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雅思考试阅读考题回顾 朗阁海外考试研究中心 徐航 考试日期 2014年10月25日 Reading Passage 1 Title 英国北极科考船（科考类） Question types 判断题 Summary填空 文章内容回顾 北极发现一艘沉没的科考船遗体，科考船是十几年前英国人去北极的团队，当时的设备技术等安全有保证，莫名失踪后，悬赏寻找，因纽特人帮助救援。科学家讨论船只当年遇难原因，有人认为是供水系统出现问题，有人认为是引擎问题，有人却认为是食品中毒问题。 部分文章回忆： tins of food heritage System to feed the engines with water is also the piping used to send food to screw 相关英文原文阅读 TORONTO (AP) - One of two British explorer ships that disappeared in the Arctic more 160 years ago has been found, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday. The HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were last seen in the late 1840s. Canada announced in 2008 that it would search for the ships led by British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Harper, speaking in Ottawa, said it remains unclear which ship has been found, but images show theres enough information to confirm its one of the pair. Franklin and 128 hand-picked officers and men vanished on an expedition begun in 1845 to find the fabled Northwest Passage. Franklins disappearance prompted one of historys largest and longest rescue searches, from 1848 to 1859, which resulted in the passages discovery. The route runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic archipelago. European explorers sought the passage as a shorter route to Asia, but found it rendered inhospitable by ice and weather. This is truly a historic moment for Canada, said Harper, who was beaming, uncharacteristically. This has been a great Canadian story and mystery and the subject of scientists, historians, writers and singers so I think we really have an important day in mapping the history of our country. Harpers government began searching for Franklins ships as it looked to assert Canadas sovereignty over the Northwest Passage, where melting Arctic ice has unlocked the very shipping route Franklin was after. The original search for the ships helped open up parts of the Canadian Arctic for discovery back in the 1850s. Harper said the ship was