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ReadingComprehensionDirections:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Each

passageisfollowedbysomeques-tionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthem

therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

IftheDakotaAccessPipeline(输油管道)iscompleted,itwillcarrynearlyhalfa

millionbar-relsofoilacrossfourstateseveryday.EnergyTransferPartners(ETP),a

Texas-basedcompanybehindthe$3.8billionproject,hopestofinishconstruction

thisyear.ButtheStandingRockSioux,anAmericanIndiantribe(部落),is

determinedtostopthe1,172-milepipelinefrombeingbuilt.(76)Bothsidesshowno

signsofbackingdown.

TheDakotaAccessPipelinewasannouncedin.Asectionofitwillrunnearthe

StandingRockSiouxreservation.Areservationisanareaoflandsetasidefor

AmericanIndians.Thetribesaystheconstructionthreatenstodestroyhistoricalareas

andancientburialsites.Theyalsosaythepipelinecouldpollutetheirmainwater

source,theMissouriRiver.InApril,theStandingRockSiouxbeganaprotestagainst

theproject.Theycampedattheconstructionsite.Sincethen,thou-sandsofpeople,

includingpeoplefromAmericanIndiantribes,havetraveledtothesitetojointhe

protest.

ETPsaysthatthepipelinewillhavebuilt-insafetymeasurestoprotectagainst

oilleaks.Work-erswillalsomonitoritremotely,andwillbeabletoclosevalves(阀)

withinthreeminutesifleaksaredetected.

AmericanIndianshavebeenstaginganonviolentprotestformonths.Theprotest

tookaturnlastweekwhenpolic