题型:阅读理解 题类:模拟题 难易度:普通
江苏省扬州市、宿迁市、连云港市2021年4月新高考英语适应性考试试卷(含听力音频)
For lots of animals—humans included—lazing about in the sunshine is one of life's greatest pleasures. But unfortunately, this leisure comes with a cost: sunburn. And, while its most likely victims are the fairer-skinned among us, animals are at risk of sunburn, too. But if this can happen to animals too, why, then, don't we ever see sunburned fish?
"If you think of it, the sun has been here forever in terms of our planet, and all individuals have been exposed to it," said Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse, a molecular epidemiologist from the Autonomous University of Queretaro, in Mexico. So, it's a pretty strong selective pressure that the sun has put on animals and that has led to many mechanisms of reacting to it."
Some of these mechanisms are obvious: hair, fur, wool, feathers and scales (鱼鳞) on many creatures create a barrier between sunshine and skin.
But, "marine mammals (海洋哺乳动物) , and specifically cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) , are an exception because they don't have fur; they don't have scales," said Acevedo-Whitehouse, who has been studying sunburn in whales for over five years.
In skin samples taken from the backs of blue, sperm and fin whales on their cross-ocean migrations, Acevedo-Whitehouse and her colleagues discovered signs of sunburn from the whales' hours spent breathing and socializing at the surface. But crucially, they also discovered that whales have specialized mechanisms that help them cancel out this burn. "The common adaptation of cetaceans is that they appear to be very effective at repairing damage," she said.
Some whales generate colors that darken and protect their skin; others have genes (基因) that set off a protective stress response in the skin. There are even whales that have developed a hard, keratinized layer (角质层) that protects the delicate skin below. "We were excited to see there isn't really evidence of skin cancer in whales," Acevedo-Whitehouse said. Now, they're trying to understand precisely how those healing mechanisms work.
This document sets out the display standards for Glasgow Museums. This guide will help exhibition planners provide access to exhibitions in our museums. Glasgow Museums' aim is to improve access to collections by having as many items as possible on display and without physical barriers. We also try out best to protect these objects without limiting access to them.
Object Placement
·Don't place objects in such a way that they could present a danger to visitors.
·All object displays, cased or otherwise, must be viewable by all, including people who are small in figure or in wheelchairs.
Open Display
·All objects on open display must be secure from theft and damage.
·All objects identified for potential open display must be viewed and agreed on an object-to-object basis by the Security Manager of the museum.
Recommendations | Distance |
Recommended distance to place objects out of “casual arm's length”(taken from the edge of the object to the edge of any proposed form of barrier) | 700mm |
*In some cases, 600mm may be acceptable, provided the plinth height is above 350mm.
Cased Objects
·All cased displays should fall within the general optimum(最优的)viewing band of 750-2000mm. Ensure everything is visually accessible from a wheelchair.
·Position small objects or those with fine detail in the front part of a case, with larger items behind.
·Position small items or those with fine detail no higher than 1015mm from floor level. Objects placed above this height are only seen from below by people in wheelchairs or people who are small in figure.
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