数千人报名“数企鹅”，4人应聘成功！

Four women have been selected for an unusual job in Antarctica—running the world’s most southerly post office and gift shop, and counting penguins.

Port Lockroy, the post office which also serves as a museum, has been closed since COVID-19 began. In preparation of re-opening Port Lockroy, the U.K. Antarctic Heritage Trust posted four job positions: a base leader, postmaster, shop manager and wildlife monitor. They received 6,000 applications, but four women were chosen to travel 9,000 miles to do the job: Clare Ballantyne, Mairi Hilton, Natalie Corbett and Lucy Bruzzone. Vicky Inglis, who had worked there before, will return for 10 weeks as the team’s leader to help get them settled.

Clare Ballantyne is the postmaster. She will be in charge of dealing with about 80,000 postcards mailed from Port Lockroy each year. Mairi Hilton is the wildlife monitor. She will be in charge of counting the penguin population and keeping an eye on baby penguins and nests. Natalie Corbett will be the shop manager. She will look after the gift shop, which can receive up to 18,000 visitors during the season. Lucy Bruzzone is the base leader. She will manage the team, and manage all ship visits.

The team will work for five months at Goudier Island in the Antarctic Peninsula, abandoning all “home comforts”. They won’t have running water or a flushing toilet, and will deal with low temperatures. They will live in almost entire daylight, as the place has about six months of daylight during its summer months—October to February—and six months of darkness in its winter months, March to September.

The women will begin training this month, including lessons from a “penguinologist(企鹅学家),” and will also get remote first aid training. They will begin their mission in early November and will stay in Antarctica until March 2023.

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1.Why was Port Lockroy closed?

A Because none visited there.

B Because COVID-19 spread.

C Because the war broke out.

D Because the owner was ill.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Port Lockroy, the post office which also serves as a museum, has been closed since COVID-19 began.”可知，洛克罗伊港邮局由于新冠疫情暂停营业。故选B。

2.Who will count penguins?

A Clare Ballantyne.

B Natalie Corbett.

C Lucy Bruzzone.

D Mairi Hilton.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第三段第四句的“She will be in charge of counting the penguin population and keeping an eye on baby penguins and nests.”可知，四个人中，负责“数企鹅”的是Mairi Hilton。故选D。

3.What does the underlined word “abandoning” mean?

A Giving up.

B Cheering on.

C Looking for.

D Picking up.

解析：选A。A词义猜测题。根据第四段划线句子后面的“They won’t have running water or a flushing toilet, and will deal with low temperatures. They will live in almost entire daylight”可知，她们所要面对的工作环境也非常艰苦，洛克罗伊港邮局被称作是全世界最偏远、最寒冷的邮局，常年温度在0度以下，没有电没有自来水也没有冲水马桶；因此她们是“放弃”家里的舒适生活。故选A。

4.What is the best title for this text?

A A team will work for five weeks at Goudier Island.

B The penguin population has increased in the past decade.

C Four women will run the post office in Antarctica.

D Port Lockroy will stop serving as a museum.

解析：选C。C主旨大意题。本文讲了南极邮局招聘4名工作人员，6000名求职者只录用了4人，这四人将于十一月踏上旅程。故选C。