Question

阅读理解 　　For more than two days in September 1974, the People of Honduras shut their windows，locked their doors and covered in their homes．Fifi was outside．and they were frightened． 　　By the time Fifi had left，8000 people were dead．Fifi wasn’t a pet dog as the name suggests．It was a hurricane(飓风)，one of the most destructive⒂ natural phenomena(现象)in the world． 　　Why did we give human names to storms and hurricanes? 　　We didn’t always．Two hundred years ago，many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督教徒的)day on which the storm occurred．Later，storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore． 　　Meteorologists(气象学家)then tried naming storms after the latitude(纬度)and longitude(经度)where they occurred． 　　Finally，in 1953，hurricanes started getting people’s names－specifically，female names．Male names were added in 1979． 　　There are six sets of names for what the experts call “Atlantic tropical cyclones”(热带风暴)． 　　Each list is used every six years and consists of 2l names，starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y and Z．The names alternate between male and female． 　　A storm won’t get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62.4 kph，at which point it becomes a tropical storm．At 74 mph or 118.4 kph it’s declared a hurricane． 　　The 126 names on the list are used only for storms that form off the Atlantic coast of the US．There are separate lists for the Pacific． 　　So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific?It’s happened before．The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex． 　　Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre，headquartered in Miami，Florida．He’s in charge of(负责)picking new names for storms off the Atlantic coast． 　　He doesn’t do it alone, though．His counterparts in two dozen other countries in Caribbean， Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names． (1) From the first paragraph we can find that ________． [　　] A． Honduras is a country which was destroyed by Fifi B． Honduras is a country which has no mountains C． Honduras is a country which faces the ocean D． Honduras is a country which lies at high latitudes (2) Which of the following is true according to the passage? [　　] A． There were no hurricanes two centuries ago． B． The Caribbean is a state of the United stales． C． The Caribbean is a place where hurricanes occur often． D． Fifi was formed off the Pacific． (3) The names for storms and hurricanes off the Atlantic coast, as this passage shows, ________． [　　] A． are set for use B． are all from American English C． are difficult to spell D． are easy to fix (4) The underlined word “counterparts” in the last paragraph means ________． [　　] A． citizens holding the same opinion B． people with a similar position or function C． passengers traveling by sea D． assistants working abroad (5) Which list could be used to name the five storms from the Atlantic in a year? [　　] A． David, Helen, Jack, Mike, Lucy． B． Lucy, Mary, Owen, Tina, Peter． C． Sam, Tina, Victor, Victoria, Jean． D． Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．C;3．A;4．B;5．D;
解析：

(1)	从第一、二段可知，洪都拉斯遭到了飓风Fifi袭击，而飓风又是源于大海的，可知洪都拉斯是一个面临大海的国家。
(2)	从文中“…many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saint’s(基督教徒的)day…”可知，加勒比海是一个飓风盛行的地方。
(3)	从文中可知道有六套名字为“大西洋热带风暴”命名……(There are six sets of names for…)。
(4)	联系上下文可推测couterpart意思是“地位、职务相等的人(物)”。
(5)	文章中讲，给飓风的命名是男、女交替使用的(The names alternate between male and female．)。故应选D项。