The following passage is adapted from a 2008 article.
Stratospheric ozone absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation and prevents it from reaching Earth's surface and boosting skin-cancer rates. In Antarctic springtime (September to early December), stratospheric ozone concentrations are low. Consequently, the stratosphere absorbs less ultraviolet radiation and is therefore much cooler. This, in turn, increases temperature differences between air over the mid-latitude Southern Hemisphere regions and air over Antarctica—differences that cause strong, steady winds called the circumpolar westerlies.
These winds have been strengthening in recent decades due to "the ozone hole"—the low polar-ozone concentrations arising from a decades-long decline. These strengthened winds have been preventing many storm systems that head south from temperate latitudes—as well as the large quantities of warm air they contain—from reaching central Antarctica. Recently, however, average Antarctic stratospheric ozone concentrations have been increasing. Research indicates that this recovery of the ozone layer, if sustained, would slow the circumpolar westerlies while strengthening other southern-hemisphere winds, a combination that would significantly shift weather patterns. Much of Australia would become drier, and portions of South America wetter. Moreover, if control of ozone-depleting substances brings about a full recovery of the Antarctic ozone layer, the average air temperature in Antarctica may be significantly higher.
The passage indicates that ozone in the stratosphere over Antarctica
absorbs ultraviolet radiation more readily than does any other chemical substance in Earth's atmosphere
is fairly evenly redistributed by the circumpolar westerlies
is more abundant at higher altitudes than at lower
chemically interacts with gases emitted by industrial activities
is not equally abundant in all seasons of the year
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正确答案是 E. ozone不是在一年中的所有季节都一样丰富。文章指出,南极地区的臭氧浓度在南半球九月至12月初这段期间会变少。此外,文章中还表明,平均南极地区的臭氧浓度已开始增加。因此,由此可以推断出,浓度不一定在所有季节都一样丰富。