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Reading Comprehension Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some ques-tions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
If the Dakota Access Pipeline(输油管道) is completed, it will carry nearly half a million bar-rels of oil across four states every day. Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), a Texas-based company behind the $ billion project, hopes to finish construction this year. But the Standing Rock Sioux, an American Indian tribe( 部落), is determined to stop the 1,172-mile pipeline from being built. (76)Both sides show no signs of backing down.
The Dakota Access Pipeline was announced in 2014. A section of it will run near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. A reservation is an area of land set aside for American Indians. The tribe says the construction threatens to destroy historical areas and ancient burial sites. They also say the pipeline could pollute their main water source, the Missouri River. In April, the Standing Rock Sioux began a protest against the project. They camped at the construction site. Since then, thou-sands of people, including people from American Indian tribes, have traveled to the site to join the protest.
ETP says that the pipeline will have built-in safety measures to protect against oil leaks. Work-ers will also monitor it remotely, and will be able to close valves (阀) within three minutes if leaks are detected.
American Indians have been staging a nonviolent protest for months. The protest took a turn last week when police were called to keep the peace between protesters and armed security guards hired by the company.
(77) Twenty-eight people have been arrested since then and charged with interfering with the pipeline construction.
第1题 Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? Dakota Access Pipeline will create more markets for oil and gas. Dakota Access Pipeline will create many job opportunities. Indians oppose the construction of an oil pipeline. Indians fight for equal voting rights. 答案：C
第2题 ETP hopes to finish this project in__________.
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答案：A
第3题 Why do American Indians protest against the construction of this pipeline?
it will cost up to $ billion.
it threatens the region' s water supply. it will make many people lose their jobs. it will force many people to leave their homes. 答案：B
第4题 According to the passage, the workers can__________ in case of pipeline leaks.
it to the local government people to leave the leak affected areas 911 valves 答案：D
第5题 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
pipeline will cross four states. pipeline is 1,179. miles long.
the protesters are from the Standing Rock Sioux. side of the dispute is willing to compromise. 答案：C
As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary(周年纪念), President Barack Obama has announced the establishment of one new national
monument, and the expansion(扩大)of another. In Maine, more than 87,500 acres of forest will become government-protected parkland for the first time. In Hawaii, a national monument created by President George W. Bush in 2006 will expand to about 582,578 square miles, four times its current size.
Obama has now created or enlarged 26 national monuments during his
presidency. As a result,his administration says, Obama has protected more of the nation' s land than any other president has. But some residents and officials, in both Maine and Hawaii, object to the plans. (78)They say their local economies depend on the use of these areas.
In establishing this monument, Obama took the side of conservationists ( 自然资源保护者)who want laws to protect wild lands. Creating a national park usually
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requires the approval of Con-gress. But a 1906 federal law allows the president to establish national monuments on his own.
The land' s new status as a monument means that mining and drilling operations are forbidden there. (79)It may also severely limit activities such as logging, road-building, and hunting. Some of Maine' s politicians who want to protect the state' s logging industries say Obama should not have acted alone. They say Washington should not tell the states how to use their land, especially when people' s jobs are at stake. Maine politician Susan Collins said the president should have listened to Maine lawmakers and residents, as well as to the U. S. Congress before making his decision. However, those who support the president' s decision say the establishment of the new monu-ment will lead to new jobs through tourism.
第6题 Which of the following is the best title for the passage? New Jobs Wild Animals
Local Economies New National Monuments 答案：D
第7题 Obama has established or enlarged __________ national monuments during his two terms.
答案：C
第8题 In national monuments, __________ is forbidden. 答案：C
第9题 The phrase at stake in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to__________.
return danger present chance 答案：B
第10题 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
national monument in Hawaii was created by President Bush. is no objection to President Obama' s decision. Obama made this decision on his own.
establishment of the new monument will lead to new jobs.
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答案：B
Toronto' s third City Hall, now known as Old City Hall, was designed by Edward James Len-nox and declared open on ,1899.
Created to provide more space for city officials, it turned out to be the largest building in the city and the largest city building in North America at the time. Lennox took three years to design the City Hall and it took 11 years to build it. Contemporaries believe that the odd carvings (雕刻) above the Queen Street entrance were actually caricatures(漫画) of councilors at the time.
Lennox even included himself in the caricatures, on the west side of the central arch ( 拱门 ),and left a strange signature in the stonework of the link portions of the building.
The third City Hall was originally used as councilors' offices and legal offices, but it is used only as a courthouse today.
When the fourth City Hall (the one we know today) was declared open in 1965, Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down. It was saved by a group of people called the \
The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street, rather than with the center of the building. The bells in the tower were not installed until the building opened. Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.
(80) The entire structure cost more than $ million to build at the time. This is equal to $ 53 million today.
第11题 Toronto's third City Hall came into use in__________. 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century 答案：B
第12题 Old City Hall was constructed in __________ years. 答案：D
第13题 The third City Hall is now used as a__________. school 答案：D
第14题 From the passage we learn that__________. spends lots of money yearly developing the city
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local residents showed a great interest in protecting the city' s cultural site City Council of Toronto hasn' t paid sufficient attention to the protection of the city' s culture
City Hall is still the largest city building in North America today 答案：B
第15题 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
build a structure like the City Hall will cost $ million today. clock tower stands parallel with the centre of the City Hall. City Hall was once pulled down in the development of the city. City Hall is now a historical site. 答案：D
Vocabulary and Structure Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete
sentences. For each sentence there are fourchoices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
第16题 Shanghai is __________ biggest city in __________ China in terms of population.
; the ; / C./; the D./; / 答案：B
第17题 When Jenny came to my place, I __________ breakfast with James. had having 答案：D
第18题 __________ I in your position, I would not accept the job. 答案：A
第19题 I got __________ money with me, so I wasn' t able to buy even a bottle of water !
答案：D
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