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山东德州2013届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练精析26 (A) Somewhere on the other side of the world, a small group of workers is busy with a life-or-death struggle. This battle isn’t about self-protection, as admirable as that might be. By staying to face the radiation and fire at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following the earthquake and then tsunami（海啸）in Japan, the 50 or so workers may have already shortened their lives. They knew that would happen. And yet they stay, working in near-total darkness, pumping seawater onto exposed nuclear fuel in hopes that they can prevent thousands of tons of radioactive material going into the air, and protect the health of millions of people. Their task sounds like something out of a sci-fi thriller. They worked on the equipment in the complete darkness only by their flashlights, listening for explosions. They carry heavy oxygen tanks on their backs. They wear white, full-body jump suits to protect their bodies. Like Oscar said in揂rmageddon? 揝cariest environment imaginable. That抯 all you have to say. ?According to news reports, some of the 50 workers volunteered to remain behind to take charge of the fire pumps with which they抮e spraying seawater on the exposed fuel. 揑t抯 part of the job, part of the training, 攁n American nuclear power plant operator said. 揘obody makes a secret of the possible dangers at a place like this. If there抯 a problem, you don抰 call somebody in to fix it. It抯
our problem. We抮e the only ones who can fix it. That抯 just what we do. ?I don抰 know a
bout you, but I抳e never really thought of nuclear power plant workers as 揼uardians at the gate敆those whose jobs may at any time place them in a position to protect us, perhaps at the risk of their own lives. These are obviously guardians at the gate. In every case they抮e trained to respond to unknown possibilities. For them, it isn抰 a matter of courage梚t抯 a standard operating procedure. 1. The third paragraph is mainly about _______ . A. the way