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【題目】 You must still remember Typhoon(臺風) Hato, Pakhar, Mawar and Hurricane(颶風) Harvey. These storms have been harming Asia and North America during the last few months in 2017. But have you ever wondered where the names of storms come from?

During World War II, US military (軍隊的) weathermen named hurricanes after their girlfriends or wives. It was easy to remember. So after the war, women’s names continued to be used for storms. Finally in 1979, men’s names started to be used, too.

Now, the WMO(世界氣象組織) is responsible for(負責) hurricane names. They keep six lists of names, with one list used each year. This means each name will be reused every six years. So, the 2011 name list is now being used again in 2017.

However, if a storm is especially damaging (破壞巨大的), such as 2005’s Katrina, that storm’s name will not be used again.

Typhoons are the brother of hurricanes, though they happen in the Pacific Ocean instead of the Atlantic Ocean (where hurricanes usually take place).

The new naming system for typhoons has been used since 2000. The WMO asked each of its 14 members in the Asia Pacific area to hand in a list of 10 names. Members include China, Japan and South Korea.

But instead of picking human names, scientists decided to name typhoons after animals, plants, places and even food.

根據(jù)上面的短文內(nèi)容填空。

【1】During World War II, a weatherman in the US army would name a hurricane after ___________________________. To him, it was __________________________.

【2】Now ______________________ is supposed to think of all hurricane names. In 2018, they should use the _________________ name list.

【3】No storm will be called ________________ any more, as the storm with the same name in 2005 was ___________________________.

【4】Only the 14 WMO members in ___________________________ are required to prepare names for typhoons. That’s probably because __________________________________.

【5】This article mainly tells us how __________________________________. We also know scientists now prefer not to use _____________________ to name typhoons.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 his girlfriend or wife easy to remember

【2】 The WMO 2012

【3】 Katrina especially damaging

【4】 the Asia Pacific area they/typhoons happen in the Pacific Ocean

【5】 storms get/have (their/the) names //people give names to storms //people give storms names human names

【解析】

本文講述了風暴的名字是怎么來的。在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后，婦女的名字繼續(xù)被用于風暴；在1979年，男人們的名字也開始被使用。現(xiàn)在，世界氣象組織負責颶風的命名。他們有六份名單，每年使用一份。然而，如果一場風暴的破壞力特別大，那么該風暴的名字將不再被使用。臺風的新命名系統(tǒng)從2000年開始使用。世界氣象組織要求亞太地區(qū)的14個成員國各自提交一份10人名單。成員包括中國、日本和韓國。但是，科學家們決定用動物、植物、地方甚至食物的名字來命名臺風，而不是取人的名字。

【1】根據(jù)“US military weathermen named hurricanes after their girlfriends or wives. It was easy to remember.”可知美國軍方氣象預報員以他們的女友或妻子的名字來命名颶風。這很容易記住。故答案為his girlfriend or wife，easy to remember。

【2】根據(jù)“Now, the WMO(世界氣象組織) is responsible for(負責) hurricane names. They keep six lists of names, with one list used each year. This means each name will be reused every six years. So, the 2011 name list is now being used again in 2017.”可知現(xiàn)在，世界氣象組織負責颶風的命名。他們有六份名單，每年使用一份。這意味著每個名字每六年重復使用一次。因此，2011年的名單在2017年再次被使用。結(jié)合題目中是“2018”，所以此處是2012，故答案為The WMO，2012。

【3】根據(jù)“However, if a storm is especially damaging (破壞巨大的), such as 2005’s Katrina, that storm’s name will not be used again.”可知如果一場風暴的破壞力特別大，比如2005年的卡特里娜颶風，那么該風暴的名字將不再被使用，故答案為Katrina，especially damaging。

【4】根據(jù)“The WMO asked each of its 14 members in the Asia Pacific area to hand in a list of 10 names.”可知世界氣象組織要求亞太地區(qū)的14個成員國各自提交一份10個名字的名單，再根據(jù)“though they happen in the Pacific Ocean instead of the Atlantic Ocean”可知它們發(fā)生在太平洋，故答案為the Asia Pacific area，they/typhoons happen in the Pacific Ocean。

【5】根據(jù)“But have you ever wondered where the names of storms come from?”及“But instead of picking human names, scientists decided to name typhoons after animals, plants, places and even food.”可知本文主要講風暴的名字是怎么來的且不用人的名字命名，故答案為storms get/have (their/the) names //people give names to storms //people give storms names，human names。