Question

【题目】 You must still remember Typhoon(台风) Hato, Pakhar, Mawar and Hurricane(飓风) 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 (军队的) 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(世界气象组织) is responsible for(负责) 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 (破坏巨大的), 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.

根据上面的短文内容填空。

【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】

本文讲述了风暴的名字是怎么来的。在第二次世界大战后，妇女的名字继续被用于风暴；在1979年，男人们的名字也开始被使用。现在，世界气象组织负责飓风的命名。他们有六份名单，每年使用一份。然而，如果一场风暴的破坏力特别大，那么该风暴的名字将不再被使用。台风的新命名系统从2000年开始使用。世界气象组织要求亚太地区的14个成员国各自提交一份10人名单。成员包括中国、日本和韩国。但是，科学家们决定用动物、植物、地方甚至食物的名字来命名台风，而不是取人的名字。

【1】根据“US military weathermen named hurricanes after their girlfriends or wives. It was easy to remember.”可知美国军方气象预报员以他们的女友或妻子的名字来命名飓风。这很容易记住。故答案为his girlfriend or wife，easy to remember。

【2】根据“Now, the WMO(世界气象组织) is responsible for(负责) 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.”可知现在，世界气象组织负责飓风的命名。他们有六份名单，每年使用一份。这意味着每个名字每六年重复使用一次。因此，2011年的名单在2017年再次被使用。结合题目中是“2018”，所以此处是2012，故答案为The WMO，2012。

【3】根据“However, if a storm is especially damaging (破坏巨大的), such as 2005’s Katrina, that storm’s name will not be used again.”可知如果一场风暴的破坏力特别大，比如2005年的卡特里娜飓风，那么该风暴的名字将不再被使用，故答案为Katrina，especially damaging。

【4】根据“The WMO asked each of its 14 members in the Asia Pacific area to hand in a list of 10 names.”可知世界气象组织要求亚太地区的14个成员国各自提交一份10个名字的名单，再根据“though they happen in the Pacific Ocean instead of the Atlantic Ocean”可知它们发生在太平洋，故答案为the Asia Pacific area，they/typhoons happen in the Pacific Ocean。

【5】根据“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.”可知本文主要讲风暴的名字是怎么来的且不用人的名字命名，故答案为storms get/have (their/the) names //people give names to storms //people give storms names，human names。