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第十四周Week Fourteen ⊗ 第十四周」Week Fourteen Monday →答案P203 ■阅读理解 人类活动对企鹅的影响 ◎关键词:penguins◎体裁:议论文◎词数:349◎难度:3○建议时间:7′◎正确率:/4 A new argument has been put forward as tocolleagues believe that Culik's research was Whether penguins are disturbed by the presence ofmethodologically flawed because the monitoring of tourists in Antarctica. penguins' responses needed capturing and Previous research by scientists from Keilrestraining the birds and fitting them with heart- University in Germany monitored Adelie penguinsrate transmitters.Therefore, argues Nimon, it and noted that the birds'heart rates increased would not be surprising if they became stressed on dramatically at the sight of a human as far as 30seeing a human subsequently meters away. But new research using an artificial 1.According to the passage, what overall egg, which is equipped to measure heart rates,message is presented? disputes this. Scientists from the Scott Polar A. No firm conclusions are drawn. Research Institute at Cambridge say that a slowB.Neither Culik's nor Nimon's findings are of moving human who does not approach the nest toomuch value. closely, is not viewed as a threat by penguins. C.Penguin reduction is closely related to tourist The earlier findings have been used to partlybehavior. explain the 20 percent drop in populations of D. Tourists are not responsible for the fall in certain types of penguins near tourist sites. penguin numbers. However, tour operators have continued to insist 2.Which one argument of the following is stated that their activities do not adversely affect wildlife in the passage? in Antarctica, Saying they encourage non- A. Penguins are harder to research when they disruptive behavior in tourists, and that the decline have young. in penguin numbers is caused by other factors. B.Tour operators should encourage tourists to Amanda Nimon of the Scott Polar Research avoid Antarctica. Institute spent three southern hemisphere summersC. Not all penguins