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Weallknowthatitispossibleforordinarypeopletomaketheirhomesontheequator(赤道),althoughoftentheymayfeeluncomfortablyhotthere.Millionsdoit.ButasfortheNorthPole(北极)----weknowthatitisnotonlyadangerouslycoldplace,butthatpeoplelikeyouandIwouldfinditquiteimpossibletolivethere.Atthepresenttimeonlythescientistsandexplorerscandoso,andtheyusespecialequipment.Menhavebeentravellingacrossandaroundtheequatoronwheels,ontheirfeetorinshipsforthousandsofyears;butonlyafewmen,withgreatdifficultyandinveryrecenttime,haveevercrossedtheicetotheNorthPole.Soitmaysurpriseyoutolearnthat,whentravelingbyair,itisreallysafertoflyovertheNorthPolethanovertheequator.Ofcourse,itisnottrueaboutlandingsinthepolarregion,buttheweather,ifweareflyingataheightof5,000metersabovethePoleisadelight.At4,000metersandmoveabovetheearthyoucanalwaysbesurethatyouwillnotseeacloudintheskyasfarasyoureyescanreach.Inthetropics(热带),ontheotherhand,youarenotcertaintokeepclearofbadweatherevenatsuchheightsas18,000or20,000meters.
Aeroplanescan'tclimbashighorasquicklyincoldairasinwarm.Norcanclouds.Inpractice,thisisanadvantagetotheaeroplane,whichisalreadyatagoodheightwhenitreachesthepolarregionandsodoesnottoclimb,whileatthesametimecoldairkeepsthecloudsdownlow.
"Millionsdoit."inthissentence"doit"refersto( ). A.feelinguncomfortablyhotontheequator
B.flyingovertheNorthPole
C.flyingovertheequator
D.makinghomesontheequator
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