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1、2022年职称英语考试：理工类C级概括大意题(2)Nice Name But Shes So Deadly1 More than a million people in the United States were told to leave their homes over the weekend as Hurricane (飓风) Dennis headed to the Gulf coast， after killing at least 15 people in the Caribbean Sea.2 If you read the news often enough， you may
2、 notice that all hurricanes are given names. Why is that? Remember， there can be more than one hurricane operating at one time. Without naming them， we could get confused about which storm were talking about.3 For hundreds of years， hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the particular religio
3、us day on which they occurred. One Australian meteorologist (气象学家) began giving womens names to tropical storms at the end of the 19t century. In 1953， the US National Weather Service， which is responsible for tracking hurricanes and issuing warnings， began using female names for storms. By 1979， bo
4、th women and mens names were being used. One name for each letter of the alphabet (字母表) is selected， except for Q， U and Z.4 So who decides which names are used each year? The World Meteorological Organization uses six lists in rotation， so each list is reused every six years.5 Heres a list of the 2
5、005 Atlantic hurricanes， according to the US National Hurricane Centre： Arlene， Bret， Cindy， Dennis， Emily， Franklin， Gert， Harvey， Irene， Jose， Katrina， Lee， Maria， Nate， Ophelia， Philippe， Rita， Stan， Tammy， Vince， Wilma.1 Paragraph 12 Paragraph 23 Paragraph 34 Paragraph 4A Reason for naming hurri
6、canesB Warning of an approaching hurricaneC Deadly womenD History of naming hurricanesE Organization responsible for naming hurricanesF Ways to track hurricanes5 Over a million people were warned not6 The responsibility of the US National Weather Service is7 Hurricanes are given names8 At the end of
7、 the 19th century， womens names startedA to track hurricanes and issue WarningsB to avoid confusionC to stay at homeD to be given to tropical stormsE to make predictionsF to kill at least 15 people参考答案:1. B2. A3. D4. E 5. C6. A7. B8. D本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第2页 共2页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页第 2 页 共 2 页
