大学英语四级阅读理解练习题(5)

investments, reports said yesterday. “I am very sad by the turn of events,” the head of the Bintan District Assembly, Mr Huzrin Hood, was quoted as saying in Singapore’s Straits Times daily. “But if nothing was done, there will be problems for Bintan in the long run.”

Bintan, about 50 kilometers east of Singapore, is a popular weekend resort for Singaporeans, who also hold the majority of the $S1.35 billion ($1.23 billion) in investments there. In a pre-dawn operation on Sunday, Indonesian troops moved in to quell nearly a week of protests outside the Bintan Beach International Resort by about 200 disgruntled villagers. At least 13 people were injured, four of them seriously, and more than 70 people arrested in the 45-minute operation, according to the Straits Times. Three of the injured were said to have gunshot wounds in the chest and stomach. The report said the arrested were blindfolded and tied up before being put into a speedboat and brought to a police station in Tanjung Pinang, south of Bintan island. Eight of 12 student leaders fighting for the

villagers’ rights were also held in the operation. The villagers had set up a blockade and camped at a road leading to the Bintan Beach International Resort,

demanding additional compensation for the land they sold for the resort and an industrial estate managed by a unit of Singapore conglomerate SembCorp Industries Ltd. Armed with knives and spears, they had last week seized a power plant of the Bintan Industrial Estate, severing electricity and water supply to the 27 factories there. They left the plant after being given assurances their demands would be looked into.

Indonesia’s President Abdurrahman Wahid had cancelled at the last minute a planned meeting yesterday with representatives of the protesters, who declined to relent. Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Goh Chok Tong, also expressed regret over the protests and appealed to Indonesia to protect foreign investors in Bintan. 『Mr. Hood said the Indonesian Government had no choice but to act, because the villagers kept on rejecting its proposals for an end to the blockade.』① He would go to Jakarta this week to meet senior central Government officials to help resolve the problems faced by the villagers, he said. “There are many of them still out there, and if they are still unhappy they can cause problems for Bintan in the future.”

1.What is the topic of this passage, according to the passage?

A. Indonesia villagers attacked the Bintan District Assembly.

B. Indonesia government defended it’s protesters who sought higher compensation for land on Bintan island from Singapore.

C. Indonesia defended its bloody crackdown on protesters seeking higher compensation for land on Bintan Island. D. Indonesia government defends its villagers cracked down by Singapore.

2.Bintan is .

A. a popular weekend resort for Singaporeans B. an island where Singaporean hold the majority of the $1.23 billion investment

C. a place where Indonesia cracked down protesters seeking more compensation D. all of the above

3.Which of the following is Not true about the crackdown

in Bintan?

A. Indonesian troops quelled the protesters outside the Bintan Beach international Resort by about 200 villagers.

B. At least 13 people were injured, but no death so far. C. Eight of 12 student leaders fighting for the villagers’ rights were also injured in the operation. D. The villagers demand additional compensation for the land they sold for the resort and an industrial estate managed by a unit of Singapore conglomerate SembCorp Industrials Ltd.

4. Which of the following is the most probable result? A. The villagers’ request was finally fulfilled. B. The Singaporeans were driven out and everything was settled.

C. The villagers was given a little more money and warned not to make any more disturbance, they have no choice but to submit.

D. More protest broke out and evolved into a revolution.

5.From the last part of the passage we know . A. the representatives declined to relent after the meeting

with President Wahid

B. Singapore’s Prime Minister expressed regret over the protesters and appealed to Indonesia to protect foreign investors in the country

C. head of the Bintan District Assemble will meet senior central Singapore government officials to deal with the problems faced by the villagers

D. many protesters are still keeping on their act in Bintan

Vocabulary

1.disgruntled adj. 不满的;不高兴的

2.blindfold n. 眼罩;障眼物 vt. 遮眼;蒙骗 adj. 看不清的;盲目的

3.blockade n. 阻塞 vt. 封锁 4.relent vi.发慈悲，动怜悯的

长难句解析

①【解析】“have no choice but to do?”意为“没有别的选择，只能??”。

【译文】 Hood先生说印度尼西亚政府别无选择只能采取行动，因为村民仍然拒绝结束封锁。

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