Police fired tear gas and arrested more than 5,000 passively resisting protestors Friday in an attempt to break up the largest antinuclear demonstration ever staged in the United States. More than 135,000 demonstrators confronted police on the construction site of a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant scheduled to provide power to most of southern New Hampshire. Organizers of the huge demonstration said, the protest was continuing despite the police actions. More demonstrators were arriving to keep up the pressure on state authorities to cancel the project. The demonstrator had charged that the project was unsafe in the densely populated area, would create thermal pollution in the bay, and had no acceptable means for disposing of its radioactive wasters. The demonstrations would go on until the jails and the courts were so overloaded that the state judicial system would collapse.
Governor Stanforth Thumper insisted that there would be no reconsideration of the power project and no delay in its construction set for completion in three years. “This project will begin on time and the people of this state will begin to receive its benefits on schedule. Those who break the law in misguided attempts to sabotage the project will be dealt with according to the law,” he said. And police called in reinforcements from all over the state to handle the disturbances.
The protests began before dawn Friday when several thousand demonstrators broke through police lines around the cordoned-off construction site. They earned placards that read “No Nukes is Good Nukes,” “Sun power, Not Nuclear Power” and “Stop Private Profits from Public Peril”. They defied police order to move from the area. Tear gas canisters fired by police failed to dislodge the protestors who had come prepared with their own gas masks or facecloths. Finally gas-masked and helmeted police charged into the crowd to drag off the demonstrators one by one. The protestors did not resist police, but refused to walk away under their own power. Those arrested would be charged with unlawful assembly, trespassing, and disturbing the peace.
41. ___ were the demonstrators protesting about?
42. Who had gas-masks?
43. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a reason for the demonstration?
44. With whom were the jails and courts overloaded?
45. What is the attitude of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration?
Notes: 1. cordon 警戒线,警戒;2. nuke (美俚)核武器,核电站;3. defy 公然,蔑视;4. canister 罐,筒,榴霰弹筒;5. dislodge 赶走
问题1选项
A.Private profits
B.Nuclear Power Station
C.The project of nuclear power construction
D.Public peril
问题2选项
A.Everybody
B.A part of the protestors
C.Policemen
D.Both B and C
问题3选项
A.Public transportation
B.Public peril
C.Pollution
D.Disposal of wastes
问题4选项
A.With prisoners
B.With arrested demonstrators
C.With criminals
D.With protestors
问题5选项
A.stubborn
B.insistent
C.insolvable
D.remissible
第1题:C
第2题:D
第3题:A
第4题:B
第5题:A
41. 【试题答案】C
【试题解析】推理判断题。根据题干定位到原文第一段Police fired tear gas and arrested more than 5,000 passively resisting protestors Friday in an attempt to break up the largest antinuclear demonstration ever staged in the United States…Organizers of the huge demonstration said, the protest was continuing despite the police actions. More demonstrators were arriving to keep up the pressure on state authorities to cancel the project.(周五,在试图驱散美国有史以来规模最大的反核示威活动中,警方发射了催泪瓦斯,并逮捕了5000多名消极反抗的抗议者。越来越多的示威者涌来,继续向国家当局施压,要求取消这个项目)以及第二段开头Governor Stanforth Thumper insisted that there would be no reconsideration of the power project and no delay in its construction set for completion in three years.(斯坦福斯•桑珀州长坚持说,不会重新考虑这个电力项目,也不会推迟计划在三年内完成的建设)可知示威者抗议的是核电建设项目,核电站还未建成,选C选项“核电建设项目”,同时可知B选项“核电站”错误;A选项“私人利润”以及B选项“公共危机”和原文不符。因此C选项正确。
42. 【试题答案】D
【试题解析】事实细节题。根据题干关键字“gas-masks”定位到原文最后一段Tear gas canisters fired by police failed to dislodge the protestors who had come prepared with their own gas masks or facecloths. Finally gas-masked and helmeted police charged into the crowd to drag off the demonstrators one by one.(警察发射的催泪弹并没有把带着防毒面具或面罩的抗议者赶走。最后,戴着防毒面具和头盔的警察冲进人群,一个一个地拖走了示威者)可知警察和示威者都有防毒面具,选D选项“B和C”;A选项“每个人”范围太大;B选项“一部分抗议者”以及C选项“警察”都不完整。因此D选项正确。
43. 【试题答案】A
【试题解析】事实细节题。根据题干定位到原文第一段The demonstrator had charged that the project was unsafe in the densely populated area, would create thermal pollution in the bay, and had no acceptable means for disposing of its radioactive wasters.(示威者指责该项目在人口密集的地区是不安全的,会对海湾造成热污染,而且没有可接受的处理放射性废料的方法)可知B选项“公共危险”,C选项“污染”,D选项“废物的处置”都有提及;A选项“公共交通”未提及。因此A选项符合题意。
44. 【试题答案】B
【试题解析】推理判断题。根据题干关键字“jails and courts”定位到原文第一段最后一句The demonstrations would go on until the jails and the courts were so overloaded that the state judicial system would collapse.(示威活动将持续下去,直到监狱和法院超负荷运转,以致国家司法系统崩溃)可知示威者准备通过坐牢这一途径表示绝不服输,选B选项“被捕的示威者”,被捕的示威者最可能导致监狱和法庭超载,同时可知D选项“示威者”错误,示威者还没有到被捕的程度,不是最佳选择;A选项“囚犯”和C选项“罪犯”与原文无关。因此B选项正确。
45. 【试题答案】A
【试题解析】观点态度题。根据题干关键字“Stanforth Thumper”定位到原文第二段Governor Stanforth Thumper insisted that there would be no reconsideration of the power project and no delay in its construction set for completion in three years.(斯坦福斯•桑珀州长坚持说,不会重新考虑这个电力项目,也不会推迟计划在三年内完成的建设)以及第二段This project will begin on time…And police called in reinforcements from all over the state to handle the disturbances.(这项工程将按时开始……警方从整个州调来了增援部队来处理骚乱)可推测斯坦福斯•桑珀不会因为外界的影响改变决定,即使动用警力也在所不惜,选A选项“固执”;B选项“坚持”的程度没有A选项深,不能更确切地表达斯坦福斯•桑珀的观点;C选项“不能解决的”以及D选项“可宽恕的”和原文无关。因此A选项正确。