单选题 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.Write the correct letter in boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet.
单选题 In paragraph B, the author intends to
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:题干明确地提出是B段,原文在B段提及“…Antarctica…seen to be an integral part(整体不可分割的部分)of Planet Earth,and a key component in the Earth System”,还有最后一句话“…that Antarctica’s great mass and low temperature exert a major influenceon climate and ocean circulation,factors which influence the lives of millions of people allover the globe”,符合选项C的基本意思。至于选项A中的“global warming”,在B段中并未出现相关信息,所以直接排除A选项。原文B段虽然提及“lives of millionsof people all over the globe”,但是并未提及任何关于“sea ice brings food”的信息,所以排除选项B。最后,选项D“南极洲位于地球的中心”更是不符合事实,可直接排除。综上所述,正确答案为C。
单选题 Why should Australian formers keep an eye on the Antarctic ocean temperature?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:根据题干关键词“Australian farmers”定位到原文D段中间“By receiving more accu-rate predictions,graziers in northern Queensland(北昆士兰的畜牧业者对应题干中的“Australian farmers”)are able to avoid overstocking in years when rainfall will be poor.(他们不会再在雨水不足的年份过度放牧)Not only does this limit their losses but it prevents serious pasture degradation that may take decades to repair.(不仅减少了他们的损失,而且可以避免草场的退化)”,所以答案是A。
单选题 The decrease in the number of whales and seabirds is due to
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:根据关键词“whales and seabirds”定位到原文E段最后两句话“Antarctic krill…breed well in years when sea ice is extensive and poerly when it is not”,南极洲的磷虾在海冰丰富的时候繁殖良好,反之不然。而磷虾是“whales and seabirds”的主要食物,因此符合冰少磷虾就少(这里的“Antarctic krill”等同于“food source”),磷虾少就是等同食物变少,食物变少“whales and seabirds”的数量也就下降了,所以正确答案是C。
单选题 What is the final effect of the katabatic winds?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:根据关键词“katabatic winds”定位到原文F段中部“During winter,the howling katabatics sometimes…Recent research has shown that as fresh sea ice forms(当新鲜冰层形成),it is continuously stripped away(就会被剥离)by the wind and may be blown up to90km in a single day…Since only fresh water freezes into ice…”,由此可见,重力风主要是促成了新鲜冰层进人海洋,所以答案是C。
单选题 What factor drives Antarctic water to move beyond the continental shelf?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:根据关键词“continental shelf”定位到原文F段“Since only flesh water freezes intoice,the water that remains becomes increasingly salty and dense,sinking until it spills overthe continental shelf”,随着淡水结成冰,那些剩余的海水盐分浓度越来越高,密度越来越大,因此才“spills over the continental shelf”,对应题目中的“move beyond thecontinental shelf”,所以正确答案是A。