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　　新SAT自然科普类文章阅读解题方法　　首先我们来看一下这篇自然科普类的文章阅读和题目：　　This passage is adapted from Ed Yong,“Turtles Use the Earth’s Magnetic Field as Global GPS.” ?2011 by KalmbachPublishing Co.　　In 1996, a loggerhead turtle called Adelita swamacross 9,000 miles from Mexico to Japan, crossing the entire Pacific on her way. Wallace J.Nichols tracked this epic journey with asatellite tag. But Adelita herself had no such technology at her disposal.How did she steer aroute across two oceans to find her destination?　　NathanPutman has the answer. By testing hatchling turtles in a special tank, he hasfound that they can use the Earth’s magnetic field as their own GlobalPositioning System (GPS). By sensing the field, they can work out both theirlatitude and longitude and head in the right direction.　　Putman works in the lab of Ken Lohmann, who has beenstudying the magnetic abilities of loggerheads for over 20 years. In his lab at the University of NorthCarolina, Lohmann places hatchlings in a largewater tank surrounded by a large grid of electromagnetic coils. In 1991, hefound that the babies started in the opposite direction if he used the coils to reversethe direction of the magnetic field around them.They could usethe field as a compass to get their bearing　　Later,Lohmann showed that they can also use the magnetic field to work out theirposition. For them, this is literally a matter of life or death. Hatchlings born off the sea coast ofFlorida spend their early lives inthe North Atlantic gyre, a warm current that circles between North America andAfrica. If they’re swept towards the cold waters outside the gyre, they die.Their magnetic sense keeps them safe.　　Using his coil-surrounded tank, Lohmann could mimicthe magnetic field at different parts of the Earth’s surface. If he simulated the field at thenorthern edge of the gyre, the hatchlings swam southwards. If he simulated thefield at the gyre’s southern edge, the turtles swam west-northwest. Theseexperiments showed that the turtles can use t