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1、2020 年四级阅读题文章精读 (20)Antinuclear DemonstrationPolice 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 constructio

2、n 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 p

3、roject. 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 s

4、tate 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.“Thisproject will begin on time and the people of this state will begin to receive its benefits on sc

5、hedule. Those who break the law in misguided attempts to sabotage the project will be dealt with according to the law,” he said. And police calledin reinforcements from all over the state to handle the disturbances.The protests began before dawn Friday when several thousand demonstrators broke throu

6、gh 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.” Theydefied police order to move from the area. Tear gas canisters fired by police failed to dislodge the

7、 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

8、 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. Whi

9、ch 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

10、of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration?A stubborn.B insistent.C insolvable.D remissible.Vocabulary1. tear gas催泪瓦斯不抵抗的*者2. passively resisting protestor3. stage 发起,举行,上演4. break up 驱散,终止6. nuke (美俚)核武器,核电站7. defy 公然蔑视 / 反抗8. canister罐,筒,榴霰弹筒9. dislodge赶走10. charg

11、e冲锋,向前冲11. trespass非法侵入,扰乱难句译注1. 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.【结构简析】句中间用 in an attempt 介词短语和 staged 分词使 句子变长。 Staged 修饰 demonstration.【参考译文】星期五

12、,再制止美国举行过的的反核 * 中,警方发 放了催泪瓦斯,逮捕了 5000多不拒捕的 * 者,企图解散 *队伍。2. The protests began before dawn Friday when several thousand demonstrators broke through police lines around the cordoned-off construction site.结构简析】主从句。【参考译文】星期五拂晓之前,当好几千名 * 者冲破警戒再核建设 基地周围的警察封锁线时, * 开始了。写作方法与文章大意这是一则相关反对核电站的群众 * 的新闻导报,采用对比手法

13、。 警方镇压 ;群众坚决 * 。第一段就写出了即使警方释放催泪瓦斯,逮捕 了 5000 多人, *组织者申明 * 要继续下去,越来越多的 *者参与对 *加压, 想迫使其废除在当地建立核电站的计划。其理由是在人口密集地区建 站不安全,在海湾产生热污染,核废料处理无有效方法。第二段叙述了州长大人坚决维护核电站的立场,不再考虑计划修 改问题,三年内要完成核电站建设。届时,本州人民得益。对企图破 坏计划实施而违法的人将以法处置。已集结全州警察增强对付这次捣 乱。第三段讲了双方现场交战:星期五破晓,数千 * 者(高举 * 牌,上 写:没有核电站就是好的核电站 ; 不要核能,要太阳能等)冲过建设基 地警察

14、警戒线,警察用催泪瓦斯无效后,开始一个一个地抓逮 * 者,被 捕者将被控以非法集会、侵入和扰乱治安等罪名。答案详解1. C * 建设核电站计划。不是 * 核电站。至于B. 核电站还未建,所以不对。 A. 私人利益 和 D. 公共危险,这 些都是 *牌上之口号不是 * 的主攻方向。2. D 双方。 最后一段第四行最后和第五行“ *者准备了他们自己 的防毒面具或面罩。最后,头戴防毒面具和头盔的警察冲进人群一个 一个地抓逮 * 者。”所以说两方面都有防毒面具。3. A 公共交通运输。B. 公共危险。 C. 污染。 D. 废料处理,是三个 * 的理由。4. B 被逮捕的 * 者。第一段最后一行“ *要继续下去直到州监牢和 州法庭人满为患,从而使州司法体系垮台。”说明 * 者准备去坐牢,决 不服输的决心。而人多到监牢装不下证明州司法的

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