《2025年快乐之星暑假篇八年级英语》

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Ice covers much of the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋). Some pieces of ice are huge,like moving islands. As temperatures have increased,however,some of the ice has begun to disappear. Scientists have discovered huge waves in the arctic waters.
The waves were discovered by accident in May,2010. Scientist Aleksey Marchenko and his students set out on a trip. They wanted to study the icy waters. The ship travelled east and stopped next to a large block of ice around 50 miles from the small island of Hopen. Marchenko prepared to lead his students out onto the ice.
“We were ready to go but when I went
out,I discovered many cracks around,” he remembers. He decided to move the ship deeper into the ice to keep safe. The farther in they went,he thought,the harder the ice would become. As they pushed forward, however,the ship experienced small waves, and then bigger ones. Soon,the waves broke up the ice around the ship into thousands of smaller pieces.
The ship's navigation system finally recorded the largest waves. They were more than 20 feet in height. The waves were so strong that they forced huge pieces of ice to jump up and down,breaking the ice into smaller pieces within just one hour.
The speed and force of the huge waves there makes it impossible to know in advance when they are coming. That could be dangerous for navigators and local communities. Wildlife like polar bears that depend on sea ice to live is also in danger.
Some scientists think people will soon see even bigger waves in icy waters. As waves break up ice,seas will be more open, and waves will be stronger. There are stormy times ahead.
1. What happened to the ice around the ship when the ship moved into the ice?______The waves broke up the ice around the ship into thousands of smaller pieces.
2. How high were the largest waves recorded by the navigation system?______More than 20 feet.
3. What animals will be in danger because of the huge waves?______Wildlife like polar bears.
4. What will people see in these icy waters?
______People will see even bigger waves in icy waters. / Bigger waves.

答案： 1. The waves broke up the ice around the ship into thousands of smaller pieces. 2. More than 20 feet. 3. Wildlife like polar bears. 4. People will see even bigger waves in icy waters. / Bigger waves.