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You must still remember Typhoon(台风) Hato, Pakhar, Mawar and Hurricane(飓风) Harvey. These storms have ...
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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.
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