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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 12月英语六级真题阅读部分解析2 英语六级阅读真题：2016年12月英语六级真题阅读部分解析2 英语六级考前冲刺课程  Section B  Directions:In this section, you are going to read a passage with tenstatements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one ofthe paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with aletter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2.  Countries Rush for Upper Hand in Antarctica  A) On a glacier-filled island with fjords(峡湾)andelephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica’s firstOrthodox church on a bill overlooking its research base. Less than an hour awayby snowmobile. Chinese laborers have updated the Great Wall Station, a vitalpart of China’s plan to operate five basses on Antarctica, complete with an indoorbadminton court and sleeping quarters for 150 people. Not to be outdone, India’s futuristicnew Bharathi base, built on stills(桩子)using 134interlocking shipping containers, resembles a spaceship. Turkey and Iran haveannounced plans to build bases, too.  B) More than a century has passed since explorers raced to planttheir flags at the bottom of the world, and for decades to come this continentis supposed to be protected as a scientific preserve, shielded from intrusionslike military activities and mining . But an array of countries are rushing toassert greater influence here, with an eye not just towards the day thoseprotective treaties expire, but also for the strategic and commercial thatalready exist.  C) The newer players are stepping into what they view as a treasurehouse of resources. Some of the ventures focus on the Antarctic resources thatare already up for grabs, like abundant sea life. South Korea, which operatesstate-of–the-art bases here, is increasing its fishing of krill(磷虾)，found inabundance in the Southern Ocean, while Russia recently frustrated effor