高中英语外刊时文新闻阅读理解四篇Passage1 美国因黑人死亡引发的抗议示威It'sbeenaweeksince46-year-oldbalckGeorgeFloyddiedafterpleadinghecouldn'tbreatheasaMinneapolisofficerkneeledonhisneck.ThefourofficersinvolvedwerefiredandDerekChauvin,whopressedhiskneeontheman'sneck,wascharged（控告）withthird-degreemurderandsecond-degreemanslaughter.InthedayssinceFloyd'sdeath,thousandspouredontothecountry'sstreetstoprotestthekillingandthosewhodiedbeforeFloydasaresultofpolicebrutality.Thedemonstrations（示威游行）beganinMinneapolisandspreadlikewildfireacrosstheUS--LosAngeles,Atlanta,Washington,DC,Miami,NewYorkCityandChicagoallsawcrowdsdemonstrating.Manyprotestswerepeaceful,withpeopleholding"BlackLivesMatter"and"Ican'tbreathe"signs,shoutingloudlyandarmedwithfacemasksforprotectionagainstcoronavirus（新冠病毒）.Butsomegroupsturnedviolentovertheweekend,settingfirestobuildingsandpolicecars,breakingthroughwindowsofbusinesses,looting（抢劫）andfightingwithpoliceforces.Policerespondedforcefully,shootingteargasandrubberbulletsatthecrowdsandarrestinghundredsthroughoutthecountries.InNewYorkCity,apolicevehiclewasseendrivingthroughacrowdofprotesters.InAtlanta,twoofficerswerefiredaftertheirviolentarrestoftwocollegestudentswascaughtonvideo.It'sstillunclearwhatthecomingdayswilllooklike.Tohelpcontroltheviolence,atleast40citieslawfullyestablishedcurfews（宵禁 ）andmorethanadozengovernorsorganizedNationalGuardarmy.Inthenation'scapital,asimilarscene.Justbefore8p.m.Sundaynight,armedofficersandprotestersremainedinastandoffindowntownWashingtonascrowdsthrewwaterbottlesatpoliceandpolicerespondedwithflashbangsandpepperspray.InNewYork,agroupofprotestersremainedinManhattanasnightfell,facingoffwithpoliceafterseveralfiresweresetandsomestoreswerelooted.OfficialsinseveralcitieshavewarnedthatthosewhoarelootingstoresandcreatingscenesofchaosarenottheretoprotestFloyd'sdeath.1Whatdoestheunderlinedword“brutality”meaninparagraph1?AthoughtfulassistanceBlongworkinghoursCviolenttreatmentorbehaviorDbreakinglocallaws2Wh...
