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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材67 ExxonValdezOilSpill TheExxonValdezdepartedfromtheTransAlaskaPipelineterminalat9:12pmMarch23,1989.AfterpassingthroughValdezNarrows,pilotMurphyleftthevesselandCaptainHazelwoodradioedtheCoastGuardtoreporttheExxonValdezhad"fetcheduphardaground"andwas"evidentlyleaking
2、someoil."Thatscratchy,understatedmessagesetthesceneforoneoftheworsthuman-causedenvironmentaldisastersinhistory.Overthenextspringandsummer,thenewsinAlaskaandaroundtheworldwasdominatedbyimagesandstoriesfromPrinceWilliamSoundandtheGulfofAlaska--thousandsofdeadanddyingbirdsandseamammals,ang
3、ryfishermen,armiesofrockwipersimprobablycleaningbeacheswithrags. BirdsandottershaveproventhemselveshighlyvulnerabletotheoildriftingaroundtheSound.Ottersaretheonlymarinemammallackingaprotectivelayerofblubberbeneaththeirhide.Theydependtotallyontheirdensefurforwarmthandfloatation.Whenthat
4、furgetsdirty,theotterdies.TheseanimalsaresosensitivetocontaminationthatearlyeffortstotransplantthemfromAlaskatootherpartsoftheWestCoastfailed.Theotters,theirfurdirtiedbyhandling,diedincaptivity.Giventhisproblem,scientistssawlittlehopeofsavingtheotters.Therewere4,000to6,000oftheseanimals
5、intheSound.Nooneknowshowmanyhadcomeincontactwiththeoil. Seabirdswerenotinmuchbettershapethanotters.Oilmattedthefeathersofbirds,andthatledtodeathinanumberofways.Mattedfeathersceasetoinsulateandbirdsdieofhypothermia.Oilcoatedfeathersmakeitimpossibleforthebirdstoflytosafeareas.Birdsexhaus
6、tthemselvestryingtostayafloatafteroildestroysthewaterrepellencyoftheirfeathers.Rescuerswerehavingadifficulttimegettingtothebirdstocatchthemonrockybeaches.Inordertorehabilitateonebirdsuccessfully,rescuersneeded150gallonsofwaterat104degrees.Theobstaclesstandinginthewayofthejobwereintimida
7、ting. Animalslivinginthenearbyforestsandroamontothetidelandsinsearchoffood.Mink,landottersandbearscouldbeharmed.Therearesimilarfearsforbaldeagles,anotherscavenger.Theeagleshavealreadybegunpreyingupontheseabirdskilledorinjuredbyoil. Scientistsknewthatthe11milliongallonsofoilth
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