3. Which 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 of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration？

［A］ stubborn.

［B］ insistent.

［C］ insolvable.

［D］ remissible.

Vocabulary

1.reverse 逆转

2.slide 滑坡

3.plague 瘟疫;折磨，困扰

4.tariff 关税

5.decry 谴责，诋毁

6.lever 杠杆;用杠杆撬动

7.crux 症结

8.ideologue 空想家，思想家

9.intact 原封不动的，完整无损的

10.investment credit 投资信贷

11.research grant 研究基金

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，再制止美国举行过的最大的反核示威游行中，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. 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。

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