英语六级考试备考晨读美文——The Alaska Pipeline
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Alaska">Alaska</span> <span word="Pipeline">Pipeline</span></p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Alaska">Alaska</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="starts">starts</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frozen">frozen</span> <span word="edge">edge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Arctic">Arctic</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="stretches">stretches</span> <span word="southward">southward</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="northernmost">northernmost</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="ending">ending</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="seaport">seaport</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 800 <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="begins">begins</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="massive">massive</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="extremely">extremely</span> <span word="complicated">complicated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="operate">operate</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="steel">steel</span> <span word="pipe">pipe</span> <span word="crosses">crosses</span> <span word="windswept">windswept</span> <span word="plains">plains</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="endless">endless</span> <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="delicate">delicate</span> <span word="tundra">tundra</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="tops">tops</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frozen">frozen</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="weaves">weaves</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="crooked">crooked</span> <span word="canyons">canyons</span>, <span word="climbs">climbs</span> <span word="sheer">sheer</span> <span word="mountains">mountains</span>, <span word="plunges">plunges</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="rocky">rocky</span> <span word="crags">crags</span>, <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="thick">thick</span> <span word="forests">forests</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="passes">passes</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="streams">streams</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="pipe">pipe</span> <span word="is">is</span> 4 <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="diameter">diameter</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 2 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="barrels">barrels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crude">crude</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="pumped">pumped</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="daily">daily</span>. <span word="Resting">Resting</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="H">H</span> <span word="shaped">shaped</span> <span word="steel">steel</span> <span word="racks">racks</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="bents">bents</span>, <span word="long">long</span> <span word="sections">sections</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="zigzag">zigzag</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frozen">frozen</span> <span word="earth">earth</span>. <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="sections">sections</span> <span word="drop">drop</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sight">sight</span> <span word="beneath">beneath</span> <span word="spongy">spongy</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="rocky">rocky</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="surface">surface</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="on">on</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="pattern">pattern</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pipelines">pipelines</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="route">route</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="harsh">harsh</span> <span word="demands">demands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Arctic">Arctic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="subarctic">subarctic</span> <span word="climate">climate</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tortuous">tortuous</span> <span word="lay">lay</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="varied">varied</span> <span word="compositions">compositions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="soil">soil</span>, <span word="rock">rock</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="permafrost">permafrost</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="elevated">elevated</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="remainder">remainder</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="buried">buried</span> <span word="anywhere">anywhere</span> <span word="from">from</span> 3 <span word="to">to</span> 12 <span word="feet">feet</span>, <span word="depending">depending</span> <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="type">type</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="terrain">terrain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="properties">properties</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="soil">soil</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="approximately">approximately</span> $8 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="expensive">expensive</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="undertaken">undertaken</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>, <span word="no">no</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="money">money</span>, <span word="so">so</span> 8 <span word="major">major</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="formed">formed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="consortium">consortium</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="share">share</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="costs">costs</span>. <span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="shares">shares</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="fund">fund</span> <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="holdings">holdings</span>. <span word="Today">Today</span>, <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="enormous">enormous</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="climate">climate</span>, <span word="supply">supply</span> <span word="shortages">shortages</span>, <span word="equipment">equipment</span> <span word="breakdowns">breakdowns</span>, <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="disagreements">disagreements</span>, <span word="treacherous">treacherous</span> <span word="terrain">terrain</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mismanagement">mismanagement</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="theft">theft</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Alaska">Alaska</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="completed">completed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="operating">operating</span>.</p>
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