Indonesia has defended its bloody crackdown on protesters seeking higher compensation for land on Bintan Island, where Singaporeans hold the lions share of 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 Singapores 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 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.
Indonesias President Abdurrahman Wahid had cancelled at the last minute a planned meeting yesterday with representatives of the protesters, who declined to relent. Singapores 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 its 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. Singapores 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。
答案与详解
【短文大意】本文是一篇资讯稿,报道的是发生在印度尼西亚的一个冲突事件。印尼的Bintan岛是与新加坡东部毗邻的一个岛,有很多来自新加坡的投资商,也是新加坡人周末度假的胜地。当地居民为获得更高的土地补偿,在向政府抗议时发生流血冲突。该事件如果不得到妥善解决,很可能会引起社会的不稳定。
1.C主旨题。印尼的Bintan岛居民要求获得对其卖出土地的更多赔偿,官方派部队镇压抗议群众,造成流血事件。第二、四项说新加坡政府的镇压和要求新加坡政府赔偿都是错误的,第一项当地居民袭击地区议会也是不正确的。
2.D细节题。对于Bintan岛的叙述,几项均正确。这是新加坡东部毗邻的一个岛,是新加坡人周末度假的胜地,但最近发生流血事件,居民抗议活动遭到镇压。见原文。
3.C细节题。文中提及12名学生领袖中的8名被捕,是否受伤并未提及,故选此项。第一、二项符合文意,第四项不属于冲突事件的结果,所以排除选择的可能性。
4.C推断题。从这段文章中可以看出,政府关心的并不是岛上居民的利益,而是保证国外投资和岛的长期发展?因此A、B是不可能出现的,而从岛上居民从前那些反抗的结局来看,D项基本上也是不现实的,最可能的就是他们得到了一点点钱,放弃了更多的努力。
5.D推断题。从文中最后一句也可以判断仍有村民继续抗议,其他几项均有错。第一项瓦希德总统在最后一分钟取消了预计的会议,因为抗议者声势已减弱了。第二项是保护该岛的新加坡投资商而不是全国范围。第三项应是与印尼政府高级官员商谈,非新加坡政府官员。
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