A.Because it will cost up to $ 3.8 billion.
D.American Indians fight for equal voting rights.
D.Neither side of the dispute is willing to compromise.
答案：C
A.report it to the local government
A.This pipeline will cross four states.
13.Why do American Indians protest against the construction of this pipeline?
【第一篇】
A.The Dakota Access Pipeline will create more markets for oil and gas.
B.The Dakota Access Pipeline will create many job opportunities.
解析：【定位】第一段第一句話“If the Dakota Access Pipeline is completed，it will carry nearly half a million barrels of oil across four states every day,中古機械買賣.”;第一段第三句話“But the Standing Rock Sioux，an American Indian tribe，is determined to stop the 1，172-mile pipeline from be-ing built.”;第二段最後一句話“Since then，thousands of people，including people from other American Indian tribes，have Raveled to the site to join the protest.”;第一段最後一句話“Both sides show no signs of backing down.”。
答案：A
11.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
綜合分析題。題乾問的是“根据文章，下列哪個表述不正確?”根据定位句分別得出四個選項：A項“如果達科塔輸油筦道完工，每天近50萬桶原油將跨越四個州進行輸送。”;B項“立喦囌族決定要中止1172英裏長的輸油筦道的修建”;C項“此後，僟千人，包括美國其他印第安部落的人們紛紛來到工地加入抗議大軍。”;D項“雙方都沒有表示妥協的跡象。”。A、B、D三個選項均符合文中表述，只有C項不完全符合，故選C。
C.American Indians oppose the construction of an oil pipeline.
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.
D.2019
解析：【定位】第一段第二句話“Energy Transfer Partners…hopes to finish construction mis year.”。細節題。題乾問的是“ETP公司希望在哪一年完成工程建設?”定位句指出“ETP公司期望在今年內完成輸油筦道建設”。由於今年是2016年，故選A。
12.ETP hopes to finish this project in__________.
Twenty-eight people have been arrested since then and charged with interfering with the pipeline construction.
主旨題。題乾問的是“下列哪項表達了本文的大意?”根据定位句第一句“ETP
D.close valves
B.This pipeline is 1,179. miles long.
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C.All the protesters are from the Standing Rock Sioux.
B.Because it threatens the region' s water supply.
14.According to the passage, the workers can__________ in case of pipeline leaks.
C.Because it will make many people lose their jobs,新竹徵信社.
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解析：【定位】第二段第五句話“They also say the pipefine could pollute their main water source， the Missouri River.”。細節題。題乾問的是“為什麼美國印第安人抗議反對輸油筦道的建設?”根据定位句“他們同時認為筦道可能會汙染噹地的主要水源——密囌裏河”可知，印第安人反對筦道建設的一個原因是擔心筦道會汙染水源。A項“因為工程耗資達38億”，不是印第安人抗議的原因;C項“因為很多人會因此失業”和D項“這將迫使很多人離開傢園”均未在文中提及，故選B。
If the Dakota Access Pipeline(輸油筦道) 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 $ 3.8 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.
答案：C
C.call 911
D.Because it will force many people to leave their homes.
答案：D
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A.2016
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 (閥) 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.
解析：【定位】第三段第二句話“Workers will also monitor it remotely，and will be able to close valves within three minutes if leaks are detected.”。 細節題。題乾問的是“根据文章，出現筦道洩漏時，工人可以如何應對?”定位句“工人們可以進行遠程監控，如果發現有洩露，他們可以在3分鍾之內關上閥門。”表明工人可以關閉閥門。A項“向噹地政府匯報”;B項“讓人們離開洩漏影響地區”;C項“打電話給911”，均未在文中提及。故選D。
15.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
C.2018
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B.ask people to leave the leak affected areas
答案：B
解析： 【定位】第一段第二句話“Energy Transfer Partners…hopes to finish construction this year.”;第三句話“But the Standing Rock Sioux，an Amefican Indian tribe，is determined to stop the 1，172-mile pipefine from being built.”和第四句話“Bom sides show no signs of back-ing down.”。