2014年职称英语考试基础篇精读荟萃(14)
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="Fourteen">Fourteen</span></p><p> <span word="Antarctica">Antarctica</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="station">station</span><span word="a">a</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="observation">observation</span> <span word="post">post</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="detecting">detecting</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="changes">changes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>. <span word="Remote">Remote</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="complex">complex</span> <span word="geological">geological</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ecological">ecological</span> <span word="systems">systems</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="prevail">prevail</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span>, <span word="Antarctica">Antarctica</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="measurements">measurements</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="sharper">sharper</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="easier">easier</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="interpret">interpret</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p> <span word="Growing">Growing</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="therefore">therefore</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="Antarctica">Antarctica</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="distant">distant</span>-<span word="early">early</span>-<span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="sensor">sensor</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="potentially">potentially</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="trends">trends</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="spotted">spotted</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="north">north</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="promising">promising</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="glaciology">glaciology</span>. <span word="Scholars">Scholars</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="Switzerland">Switzerland</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pursuing">pursuing</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="reflect">reflect</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="concern">concern</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="Antarctic">Antarctic</span> <span word="Ice">Ice</span> <span word="Sheet">Sheet</span><span word="a">a</span> <span word="concern">concern</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="share">share</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Transantarctic">Transantarctic</span> <span word="Mountain">Mountain</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 14,000 <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="high">high</span>, <span word="divide">divide</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mountains">mountains</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="plateau">plateau</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="sheet">sheet</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="thick">thick</span>. <span word="West">West</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Americas">Americas</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="sheet">sheet</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="rests">rests</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="rock">rock</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="below">below</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="level">level</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="Antarctic">Antarctic</span> <span word="Ice">Ice</span> <span word="Sheet">Sheet</span> <span word="disappeared">disappeared</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sparse">sparse</span> <span word="cluster">cluster</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="island">island</span>.</p>
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