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1、2016年11月5日北京地区成人学位英语考试真题I.ReadingComprehensionPassage1IfDakotaAccessPipeline(输油管道)completed,itwillcarrynearlyhalfamillionbarrelsofoilacrossfourstateseveryday.EnergyTransferPartners(ETP),aTexas-basedcompanybehindthe$3.8billionprojecthopestofinishconstructionthisyear.ButtheStandingRock
2、Sioux,anAmericanIndiantribe(部落),isdeterminedtostopthe1,172-milepipelinefrombeingbuilt.(76)Bothsidesshownosignsofbackingdown.TheDakotaAccessPipelinewasannouncedin2014.AsectionofitwillrunneartheStandingRockSiouxreservation.AreservationisanareaoflandsetasideforAmericanIndians.Thetribesa
3、ystheconstructionthreatenstodestroyhistoricalareasandancientburialsites.Theyalsosaythepipelinecouldpollutetheirmainwatersource,theMissouriRiver.InApril,theStandingRockSiouxbeganaprotestagainsttheproject.Theycampedattheconstructionsite.Sincethen,thousandsofpeople,includingpeoplefromot
4、herAmericanIndiantribes,havetraveledtothesidetojointheprotest.ETPsaysthatthepipelinewillhavebuilt-inmeasurestoprotectagainstoilleaks.Workerswillalsomonitoritremotely,andwillbeabletoclosevalves(阀)withinthreeminutesifleaksaredetected.AmericanIndianshavebeenstaginganonviolentprotestform
5、onths.Theprotesttookaturnlastweekwhenpolicewerecalledtokeepthepeacebetweenprotestersandarmedsecurityguardshiredbythecompany.(77)Twenty-eightpeoplehavebeenarrestedsincethenandchargedwithinterferingwiththepipelineconstruction.1.Whichofthefollowingisthemainideaofthepassage?A.TheDakotaAc
6、cessPipelinewillcreatemoremarketsforoilandgas.B.TheDakotaAccessPipelinewillcreatemanyjobopportunities.C.AmericanIndiansopposetheconstructionofanoilpipeline.D.AmericanIndiansfightforequalvotingrights.2.ETPhopestofinishthisprojectin_____.A.2016B.2017C.2018D.20193.WhydoAmericanIndianspr
7、otectagainsttheconstructionofthispipeline?A.Becauseitwillcostupto$3.8billion.B.Becauseitthreatenstheregion’swatersupply.C.Becauseitwillmakemanypeoplelosetheirjobs.D.Becauseitwillforcemanypeopletoleavetheirhomes.104.Accordingtothepassage,theworkerscan_____incaseofpipelineleaks.A.repor
8、ttothelocalg
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