3. Why are the Dry Valleys left bare?
' K+ U l+ g) Z9 w7 v[A] Vicious wind blasts the snow away.
+ G9 D: V$ ?3 }9 |6 H$ M[B] It rarely snows.
0 Y5 V o7 Y: P8 \9 ][C] Because of the global warming trend and fierce wind.
9 U4 `! {- n: R0 S u, s, j[D] Sand dunes.
7 Y% `4 R$ L; D# D3 e4. Which of the following is true?. [& A% k$ D1 x- P
[A] The “Dry Valleys” have nothing left inside.
# l4 g5 g4 q& Z% o+ ^# e[B] The “Dry Valleys” never held glaciers.$ T5 I5 y" r s1 j' c
[C] The “Dry Valleys” may carry a message of hope for the verdant.% M, t M9 a) z* A
[D] The “Dry Valleys” are useless to scientists.
$ T# h: D2 `- a+ DVocabulary' t- d( H! m Q/ ]. e
1. distant-early-warning sensor 远距离早期报警传感器. q' q+ c3 J/ C3 ]% k
2. plateau 高原,5 x* h* e+ J' ?8 M b9 S9 v
3. 高地
7 o. M6 E' R$ c; ~' R$ R1 I4. slash 挥砍5.
0 \. `3 S! {2 A: Y6 J6. blast 一阵疾风/狂风: H5 g* k! n% |- G( T' m
7. vicious 邪恶的,
. E1 F2 h! {4 t8 h+ X8. 凶魔般的
- r. ?6 q9 T) W6 a2 J9. gorge 峡谷1 G+ c, p; }6 w' j" R( ]
10. ripple 起伏,& F- y% W5 C7 R3 ?# `( l: T D
11. 使起微波
* @, W- t3 R, t12. sand dune 沙丘0 Q2 H$ o C$ {5 }+ O, |, h- y2 R
13. verdant 绿色9 [/ i" ^" g) @; g& c2 B$ K0 D/ w1 r4 K
14. extraterrestrial 地球之外的
/ p+ m7 W0 j1 n. H4 L" `# y1 j15. aura 气氛5 k P* B- Z+ u2 ~4 B5 i
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1. Growing numbers of scientists therefore see Antarctica as a distant-early waning sensor, where potentially dangerous global trends may be spotted before they show up to the north.( W w9 \; g9 m; f6 ], j4 f+ f- W
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