【题目】Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) To carry out a scientific survey.C) To rescue two sick A.merican workers.B.)To establish a new research station.D)To deliver urgent medical supplies.4.A) The darkness and cold.C.)The biting winds.B)The heavy snow and fog.D.)The ice all around.

【解析】Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard(3)A smal plane with two sick US workesarrived safeyin Chi lat Wednesday afterleaving Antarctcain a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station. After making a stop for a few hours at aBritish station on the edge of Antarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city of PuntaArenas. In a chaotic two days of flying, the rescue team flew 3,000 miles round-trip from the British stationRothera to pick up the workers at the US Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole. "The two patients aboardwill be transported to a medical facility that can provide a level of care that is not available at Amundsen-Scott, " says a spokesperson. (4)Normally planes dont go to the polar post from February to Oetober because ofthe dangersofflin i the pith-dark and cold. “Antarctca create hosie environment,"saysthe operationsdirector forthe Brtish Antareti Survey. "If you're notcareful, tl come round and bite you."3. What wa thesmal planes mision to Antartica?C4. What makes flying to Antarctica dangerous fromFebruary to October?A)