2018年全國英語等級考試一級閱讀理解模擬題（16）

　　Antinuclear Demonstration

　　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 carried placards that read “No Nukes is Good Nukes，” “Sunpower， 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.

　　1. What were the demonstrators protesting about?

　　[A]Private profits.

　　[B]Nuclear Power Station.

　　[C]The project of nuclear power construction.

　　[D]Public peril.

　　2. Who had gas-masks?

　　[A]Everybody.

　　[B]A part of the protestors.

　　[C]Policemen.

　　[D]Both B and C.

　　3. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a reason for the demonstration?

　　[A]Public transportation.

　　[B]Public peril.

　　[C]Pollution.

　　[D]Disposal of wastes.

　　4. With whom were the jails and courts overloaded?

　　[A]With prisoners.

　　[B]With arrested demonstrators.

　　[C]With criminals.

　　[D]With protestors.

　　5. What is the attitude of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration?

　　[A]stubborn.

　　[B]insistent.

　　[C]insolvable.

　　[D]remissible.

　　Vocabulary

　　1.reverse 　逆轉(zhuǎn)

　　2.slide 　滑坡

　　3.plague 　瘟疫;折磨，困擾

　　4.tariff 　關(guān)稅

　　5.decry 　譴責(zé)，詆毀

　　6.lever 　杠桿;用杠桿撬動

　　7.crux 　癥結(jié)

　　8.ideologue 　空想家，思想家

　　9.intact 　原封不動的，完整無損的

　　10.investment credit 　投資信貸

　　11.research grant 　研究基金

　　寫作方法與文章大意

　　這是一則有關(guān)反對核電站的群眾示威抗議的新聞導(dǎo)報，采用對比手法。警方鎮(zhèn)壓;群眾堅決抗議。第一段就寫出了盡管警方釋放催淚瓦斯，逮捕了5000多人，示威組織者申明抗議要繼續(xù)下去，越來越多的抗議者參與對當(dāng)局加壓，想迫使其廢除在當(dāng)?shù)亟⒑穗娬镜挠媱?。其理由是在人口密集地區(qū)建站不安全，在海灣產(chǎn)生熱污染，核廢料處理無有效方法。第二段敘述了州長大人堅決維護核電站的立場，不再考慮計劃修改問題，三年內(nèi)要完成核電站建設(shè)。屆時，本州人民得益。對企圖破壞計劃實施而違法的人將以法處置。已集結(jié)全州警察加強對付這次搗亂。第三段講了雙方現(xiàn)場交戰(zhàn)：星期五破曉，數(shù)千示威者(高舉示威牌，上寫：沒有核電站就是好的核電站;不要核能，要太陽能等)沖過建設(shè)基地警察警戒線，警察用催淚瓦斯無效后，開始一個一個地抓逮示威者，被捕者將被控以非法集會、侵入和擾亂治安等罪名。

　　答案詳解

　　1. C 　抗議建設(shè)核電站計劃。不是抗議核電站。

　　至于B. 核電站還未建，所以不對。

　　A. 私人利益 和

　　D. 公共危險，這些都是示威牌上之口號不是抗議的主攻方向。

　　2. D 雙方。 最后一段第四行最后和第五行“抗議者準(zhǔn)備了他們自己的防毒面具或面罩。最后，頭戴防毒面具和頭盔的警察沖進人群一個一個地抓逮示威者。”所以說兩方面都有防毒面具。

　　3. A 公共交通運輸。

　　B. 公共危險。

　　C. 污染。

　　D. 廢料處理，是三個抗議的理由。

　　4. B 被逮捕的示威者。第一段最后一行“示威要繼續(xù)下去直到州監(jiān)牢和州法庭人滿為患，從而使州司法體系垮臺。”說明示威者準(zhǔn)備去坐牢，決不服輸?shù)臎Q心。而人多到監(jiān)牢裝不下證明州司法的問題。所以這里只能是被抓的示威者。

　　A. 犯人。

　　C. 罪犯。

　　D.抗議者。警察不可能抓所有的抗議者。關(guān)在牢里的只能是被抓的示威者。

　　5. A 固執(zhí)己見，冥頑不化。見第二段他堅持說核電站計劃不用再考慮，三年內(nèi)一定要建成，計劃準(zhǔn)時開始，本州人民到時候就能獲益。對這些違法企圖破壞計劃的人依法懲處。并且從州內(nèi)各處調(diào)集警察來處理這次“騷亂”。從語言到行動都說明，這位州長固執(zhí)己見，頑固得很。

　　B. 堅持的。

　　C. 不能解決的。

　　D. 可寬恕的。