2014年职称英语考试基础篇精读荟萃(10)
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="ten">ten</span></p><p> <span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="tear">tear</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="arrested">arrested</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 5,000 <span word="passively">passively</span> <span word="resisting">resisting</span> <span word="protestors">protestors</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="attempt">attempt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="break">break</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="antinuclear">antinuclear</span> <span word="demonstration">demonstration</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="staged">staged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 135,000 <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="confronted">confronted</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> 1,000-<span word="megawatt">megawatt</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Hampshire">Hampshire</span>. <span word="Organizers">Organizers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="demonstration">demonstration</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="continuing">continuing</span> <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="actions">actions</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="arriving">arriving</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cancel">cancel</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="demonstrator">demonstrator</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="unsafe">unsafe</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="densely">densely</span> <span word="populated">populated</span> <span word="area">area</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="thermal">thermal</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bay">bay</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="acceptable">acceptable</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="disposing">disposing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="radioactive">radioactive</span> <span word="wasters">wasters</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="demonstrations">demonstrations</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="jails">jails</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="courts">courts</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="overloaded">overloaded</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="judicial">judicial</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="collapse">collapse</span>.</p><p> <span word="Governor">Governor</span> <span word="Stanforth">Stanforth</span> <span word="Thumper">Thumper</span> <span word="insisted">insisted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="reconsideration">reconsideration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="delay">delay</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="completion">completion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="receive">receive</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="benefits">benefits</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="schedule">schedule</span>. <span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="break">break</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="misguided">misguided</span> <span word="attempts">attempts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sabotage">sabotage</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="dealt">dealt</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="law">law</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="reinforcements">reinforcements</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="handle">handle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disturbances">disturbances</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="protests">protests</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="dawn">dawn</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cordoned">cordoned</span>-<span word="off">off</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="site">site</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="placards">placards</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="No">No</span> <span word="Nukes">Nukes</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Good">Good</span> <span word="Nukes">Nukes</span>, <span word="Sunpower">Sunpower</span>, <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="Nuclear">Nuclear</span> <span word="Power">Power</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Stop">Stop</span> <span word="Private">Private</span> <span word="Profits">Profits</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Peril">Peril</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="defied">defied</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span>. <span word="Tear">Tear</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="canisters">canisters</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dislodge">dislodge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="protestors">protestors</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="prepared">prepared</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="masks">masks</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="facecloths">facecloths</span>. <span word="Finally">Finally</span> <span word="gas">gas</span>-<span word="masked">masked</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="helmeted">helmeted</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crowd">crowd</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="drag">drag</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="one">one</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="protestors">protestors</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="resist">resist</span> <span word="police">police</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="power">power</span>. <span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="arrested">arrested</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="unlawful">unlawful</span> <span word="assembly">assembly</span>, <span word="trespassing">trespassing</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="disturbing">disturbing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="peace">peace</span>.</p>
页:
[1]