全国英语四级考前指导试题训练

全国英语四级考前指导试题训练

Policefiredteargasandarrestedmorethan5,000passivelyresistingprotestorsFridayinanattempttobreakupthelargestantinucleardemonstrationeverstagedintheUnitedStates.Morethan135,000demonstratorsconfrontedpoliceontheconstructionsiteofa1,000-megawattnuclearpowerplantscheduledtoprovidepowertomostofsouthernNewHampshire.Organizersofthehugedemonstrationsaid,theprotestwascontinuingdespitethepoliceactions.Moredemonstratorswerearrivingtokeepupthepressureonstateauthoritiestocanceltheproject.Thedemonstratorhadchargedthattheprojectwasunsafeinthedenselypopulatedarea,wouldcreatethermalpollutioninthebay,andhadnoacceptablemeansfordisposingofitsradioactivewasters.Thedemonstrationswouldgoonuntilthejailsandthecourtsweresooverloadedthatthestatejudicialsystemwouldcollapse.

GovernorStanforthThumperinsistedthattherewouldbenoreconsiderationofthepowerprojectandnodelayinitsconstructionsetforcompletioninthreeyears.Thisprojectwillbeginontimeandthepeopleofthisstatewillbegintoreceiveitsbenefitsonschedule.Thosewhobreakthelawinmisguidedattemptstosabotagetheprojectwillbedealtwithaccordingtothelaw,hesaid.Andpolicecalledinreinforcementsfromalloverthestatetohandlethedisturbances.

TheprotestsbeganbeforedawnFridaywhenseveralthousanddemonstratorsbrokethroughpolicelinesaroundthecordoned-offconstructionsite.TheycarriedplacardsthatreadNoNukesisGoodNukes,Sunpower,NotNuclearPower,andStopPrivateProfitsfromPublicPeril.Theydefiedpoliceordertomovefromthearea.Teargascanistersfiredbypolicefailedtodislodgetheprotestorswhohadcomepreparedwiththeirowngasmasksorfacecloths.Finallygas-maskedandhelmetedpolicechargedintothecrowdtodragoffthedemonstratorsonebyone.Theprotestorsdidnotresistpolice,butrefusedtowalkawayundertheirownpower.Thosearrestedwouldbechargedwithunlawfulassembly,trespassing,anddisturbingthepeace.

1.Whatwerethedemonstratorsprotestingabout?

[A]Privateprofits.

[B]NuclearPowerStation.

[C]Theprojectofnuclearpowerconstruction.

[D]Publicperil.

2.Whohadgas-masks?

[A]Everybody.

[B]Apartoftheprotestors.

[C]Policemen.

[D]BothBandC.

3.WhichofthefollowingwasNOTmentionedasareasonforthedemonstration?

[A]Publictransportation.

[B]Publicperil.

[C]Pollution.

[D]Disposalofwastes.

4.Withwhomwerethejailsandcourtsoverloaded?

[A]Withprisoners.

[B]Witharresteddemonstrators.

[C]Withcriminals.

[D]Withprotestors.

5.WhatistheattitudeofGovernorStanforthThumpertowardthepowerprojectandthedemonstration?

[A]stubborn.

[B]insistent.

[C]insolvable.

[D]remissible.

Vocabulary

1.teargas催泪瓦斯

2.passivelyresistingprotestor不反抗的抗议者

3.stage发起，进行，上演

4.breakup驱散，终止

5.cordon戒备线，戒备

6.nuke(美俚)核武器，核电站

7.defy公然蔑视/抵抗

8.canister罐，筒，榴筒

9.dislodge赶走

10.charge冲锋，向前冲

11.trespass非法侵入，扰乱

难句译注

1.Policefiredteargasandarrestedmorethan5,000passivelyresistingprotestorsFridayinanattempttobreakupthelargestantinucleardemonstrationeverstagedintheUnitedStates.

【构造简析】句中间用inanattempt介词短语和staged分词使句子变长。Staged修饰demonstration。

【参考译文】星期五，再制止美国进行过的最大的反核游行中，警方发放了催泪瓦斯，逮捕了5000多不拒捕的抗议者，企图解散游行队伍。

2.TheprotestsbeganbeforedawnFridaywhenseveralthousanddemonstratorsbrokethroughpolicelinesaroundthecordoned-offconstructionsite.

【构造简析】主从句。

【参考译文】星期五拂晓之前，当好几千名者冲破戒备再核建立基地四周的警察封锁线时，抗议开头了。

写作方法与文章大意

这是一则有关反对核电站的群众抗议的新闻导报，采纳比照手法。警方镇压;群众坚决抗议。第一段就写出了尽管警方释放催泪瓦斯，逮捕了5000多人，组织者申明抗议要连续下去，越来越多的抗议者参加对当局加压，想迫使其废除在当地建立核电站的规划。其理由是在人口密集地区建站担心全，在海湾产生热污染，核废料处理无有效方法。

其次段表达了州长大人坚决维护核电站的.立场，不再考虑规划修改问题，三年内要完成核电站建立。届时，本州人民得益。对企图破坏规划实施而违法的人将以法处置。已集结全州警察加强应付这次捣乱。

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)冲过建立基地警察戒备线，警察用催泪瓦斯无效后，开头一个一个地抓逮者，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抗议建立核电站规划。不是抗议核电站。B.核电站还未建，所以不对。A.私人利益和D.公共危急，这些都是牌上之口号不是抗议的主攻方向。

2.D双方。最终一段第四行最终和第五行“抗议者预备了他们自己的防毒面具或面罩。最终，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.公共危急。C.污染。D.废料处理，是三个抗议的理由。

4.B被逮捕的者。第一段最终一行“要连续下去直到州监牢和州法庭人满为患，从而使州司法体系倒台。”说明者预备去坐牢，决不服输的决心。而人多到监牢装不下证明州司法的问题。