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The Arctic Ice is Thawing
Father Christmas may have to move his “workshop” from the North Pole because global warming is thawing the ice beneath his feet and his reindeers' feet as well. His “workshop” is in dire straits. The “platform” for the “workshop” is melting, said Stefan Norris of the World Wildlife Fund environmental group's Arctic Program.
An eight-nation report by 250 scientists published recently predicted the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2100 because of a build-up of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, mainly from burning fossil fuels in cars or factories. The North Pole is getting more and more inhabitable to Father Christmas. ___1___. Young people learn that Father Christmas' “workshop” produces millions of gifts delivered by him on a flying, reindeer-drawn sleigh. Hollywood movies like "The Polar Express" tried to make viewers believe that Father Christmas lives at the North Pole. ___2___.
The "Fortress of Solitude" is near the North Pole that could be under threat in a warmer world. Alan Boldt, spokesman of the Danish Ministry of Science, suggested ways to rescue Father Christmas. ___3___. Another alternative, he argued, would be building some electrical facilities to ensure the ice stays on the North Pole for him. "This should be a subject for the United Nations," he said. “Danmark could build windmills to provide Father Christmas with power." Denmark says Father Christmas’s real home is Greenland, which will help, Denmark thinks, to strengthen its position in claiming the sovereignty over the Pole. ___4___.
"Doesn't he already speak Danish?" Boldt said frostily when asked if Father Christmas would be forced to learn Danish if Denmark won international recognition of its claim to the Pole. Last month's Arctic report said the region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe, partly because dark ground or water, once uncovered, soaks up more heat than ice or snow. Finland has been most favored by Father Christmas and it has about 500,000 tourists a year to visit its Christmas center in Rovaniemi in Lapland6. ___5___.
A．However, Nordic nations all reject it by claiming that their countries are his home.
B．Therefore the North Pole is the most attractive place in the world.
C．If Denmark’s claim were accepted internationally, it would have the legal right to search for oil and gas at the North Pole.
D．One of them would be building a giant floating ice rink for the workshop if the Pole thaws.
E．Maybe Father Christmas has already moved to Rovaniemi.
F．He may have to move from the North Pole within our children's lifetimes.
參考答案：
F “空1” 前面兩個句子講的是，受全球氣候變暖的影響，北極的冰正在融化，估計到2100年夏天北極將成為無冰的世界。北極越來越不適合聖誕老人居住了。於是，讀者或許會猜想，在這種情況下，聖誕老人該怎麼辦呢？選項 F 說， “He may have to move from the North Pole within our children's lifetimes”，其意思與上文配合得天衣無縫，北極住不下去了，只能移居他處。因此 F 是答案。
A “空2”前面一句說，好萊塢電影 “極地快車”想讓觀眾相信聖誕老人的故鄉在北極。下面該填什麼呢？選項A說， “However, Nordic nations all reject it by claiming that their countries are his home”，北歐國家不同意這種說法，都聲稱自己的國家才是聖誕老人的故鄉。意思和上文配得上，但意思正好相反。 所以，“空2”句子的句首用 however 與前一句接起來。A 是答案。
D “空3”前面一句說，丹麥科學部發言人提出拯救聖誕老人的幾個辦法。 “空3”的內容應該涉及具體的拯救辦法。選項 D 符合這個要求。D 說其中一個辦法是：如果北極的冰融化，就人工造個浮冰場地，上面可以承載聖誕老人的工場。 從上下文意思的連線上，從 one of them (指代前一句的 ways) 的用詞上，都可以確定，D 是答案。
C 選項 C 的句子一開始就用 “Denmark’s claim”重複“空4”前面一句的 “claiming (to the sovereignty over the Pole)”，從詞彙重複上，我們可以判斷，填入“空4”的句子應該是 選項 C 的句子。我們再從意思上分析一下。丹麥認為，說聖誕老人的故鄉是格陵蘭有助於加強丹麥聲稱自己擁有北極的主權的'地位。選項 C 說，如果丹麥的這一要求得到國際社會認可的話，它就擁有合法的權利去勘測北極的石油和天然氣。上下文意思是連貫的，所以 C 是答案。
E “空5”前面一句說，“ Finland has been most favored by Father Christmas and it has about 500,000 tourists a year to visit its Christmas center in Rovaniemi in Lapland”。當看到 選項 E 中重複出現 Rovaniemi，就知道 “空5”的位置上應該是選項 E 的句子。聖誕老人如此眷顧 Rovaniemi，每年約有50萬遊客來參觀 Rovaniemi 的聖誕中心。E 的句子說 “Maybe Father Christmas has already moved to Rovaniemi (說不定聖誕老人已經移居羅瓦涅米了) ”，是對前一句 “眷顧”的頗有風趣的總結，也是對與“空1”的句子 “He may have to move from the North Pole within our children's lifetimes” 遙相呼應。選項 E 是本題的答案。
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