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1、2016高考英语二轮：科普环保类阅读理解选编（3）及答案黑龙江省人庆市喇屮2016高考英语阅读练习——科普环保类ForaslongastheycanrememberJynneMartinandAprilSurgenthadbothdreamedofgoingtoAntarctica.Thiswinter,theyeachmadeittotheicycontinentasguestsoftheNationalScienceFoundation(NSF).BmtheydidrVtgoasscienti
2、sts.MartinisapoetandSurgentisanartist.TheywenttoAntarcticaasparticipants.intheNSF'sArtistsandWritersprogram.TheNSFisthegovernmentagencythatfundsscientificresearchinAntarctica.Butitalsomakesitpossibleforartists,includingfilmmakersandmusicians,toexperie
3、neeAntarcticaandcontributetheirownpointsofviewtoourunderstandingofthecontinent.ThemixingofscieneeandartinAntarcticaisn'tnew.Someoftheearliestexplorersbroughtalongpaintersandphotographers.EdwardWilsonwasaBritishpainter,doctor,andbirdexpertwhojourneyedw
4、ithRobertFalconSoottontwoseparateAntamticexpeditionsmorethan100yearsago.HerbertPontingwasaphotographerwhoalsoaccompaniedScottononeofthoseexpeditions.Inhundredsofphotos,Pontingcapturedthebeautyofthecontinentandrecordedthedailylivesandheroicstrugglesoft
5、heexplorers.Today'sscientistswritearticlesforscientifiejournals.Unliketheearlyexplorers'journals,scient市cpaperscannowbeverydifficultfornon-scientiststounderstand.WritersinAntarcticaworktoexplaintheresearchtothepublic.PeterRejcekiseditor,writer,andphot
6、ographerfortheAntarcticSun,anonlinemagazinedevotedtonewsabouttheU.S.AntarcticProgram.RejeckbeganhiscareerintheAntarcticin2003byspendingayearattheSouthPole.Hehasreturnedeveryyearsince,interviewing,scientistsaboutresearchatPalmer,McMurdo,andSouthPolesta
7、tions.TherearealsoscientistsinAntarcticawhoworkhardtoexplaintheirresearchtothepublic.ScientistDianeMcKnightwroteTheLostSeal,achildrerVsbookthatexplainstheresearchsheandothersaredoinginanunusualice-freeareainAntarcticacalledtheDryValleys.Antarcticaisfu
8、llofstoriesandwondersthatarescientific,historic,andpersonal.PeoplesuchasMartin,Surgent,Rejcek,andMcKnightaredevotedtobringingthosestoriestoasmanypeoplearetheycan/'Somepeoplearegoingtobescientists，somepeoplearegoingtobejournalists,somepeopleare
