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听力原文: Weather scientists call hurricanes by names to make clear which storm they are talking about. An Australian weather scientist began giving women's names to storms before the end of the nineteenth century. Weather scientists used the names of their girlfriends or wives for storms during World War Two. (33) The United States weather service started officially using women's names for storms in nineteen fifty-three. In nineteen seventy-eight, it began including men's names as well.
(34) Today, scientists make up lists of names years in advance, They agree on them at meetings of the concerned organization. The lists include both American and international names.
The United States National Hurricane Center near Miami, Florida, watches for the development of storms. It gives a name to each one that reaches a wind speed of sixty-two kilometers an hour. A different list of names is used each year. The first name begins with the letter "A". The second begins with "B" and so on. The same list will not be used again for at least six years. The names of storms that have caused extremely severe damage may be retired at the request of the country that was affected. That name will not be used again for at least ten years. (35) This is done to avoid legal problems or confusion. It may be reasonable that the United States asks that the name Katrina be retired.
(34)

A. Before 19th century
B. During World War Two
C. In 1978.
D. In 1953.

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Was the man we know as Shakespeare really the author of the Shakespearean Works his comedies and his tragedies? Did he really write the【C1】______, or was he just a man that got confused? There is not even a correct【C2】______of this man's name. Shakspere, Shakespeare, and Shaxpere are【C3】______of variations. Shakespeare was both fact and fiction. He was nobody's concern【C4】______nearly two hundred years after he perished, and there is still no definite conclusion【C5】______this mystery. There is another man that can be【C6】______to the works of Shakespeare. His name is Edward DeVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. The man known as Shakespeare does not【C7】______perfectly into the necessary criteria to【C8】______the author of these works. Thomas Looney established a series of criteria that had to be fulfilled【C9】______be a possible candidate for the authorship of the Shakespearean works. To have all the knowledge that is【C10】______in the works, the author must have accomplished many things, e.g. a superior education. However, from what we know of Shakespeare, this was not a【C11】______We do not even know【C12】______Shakespeare has ever written anything.【C13】______do we know that he was paid for writing. The man Shakespeare does not even make a【C14】______that he is the author. It's not how【C15】______we know about Shakespeare that【C16】______confusion and difficulty now;【C17】______it's the things that we do know. We know Shakespeare's father, a glover, could not write. When he【C18】______documents, he simply made an X. This is【C19】______it is believed that Shakespeare could not write as well, because his education probably was passed【C20】______from his father.
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A. comedies
B. plays
C. tragedies
D. operas

A.He was a nurse working in a hospital.B.He was a medical doctor in a hospital.C.He wa

A. He was a nurse working in a hospital.
B. He was a medical doctor in a hospital.
C. He was a journalist for a newspaper.
D. He was a travel agent in San Francisco.

Why does the author say "publishers are not in business to lose money"?

A. For convincing readers that the publishing is a profitable business.
B. For persuading people to donate when they read the free content online.
C. For warning the readers that the free stuff online may not last forever.
D. For making people trust that paper publications won't be totally gone.

The example of Hiroshima is given to______.

A. give the readers a clear image of the explosion of atomic bombs
B. to show that the explosion of atomic bombs can lead to forest fires
C. to illustrate the secondary effect of the atomic bomb
D. to explain why the damages are different at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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