3． 直接解题：
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答案： B。
1 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.
A Reason for naming hurricanes
C Deadly women （*）
D History of naming hurricanes
E Organization responsible for naming hurricanes
F Ways to track hurricanes
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答案： A： （段落主题词： name。 History， organization在段落中没有分别对应的细节信息）
2 If you read the news often enough, you may 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 we're talking about.
C Deadly women （*）
D History of naming hurricanes
E Organization responsible for naming hurricanes
F Ways to track hurricanes
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答案： D（name是段落主题词，段落中出现了与“历史“ 呼应的细节信息）
3 For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the particular religious day on which they occurred. One Australian meteorologist (气象学家) began giving women's names to tropical storms at the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the US National Weather Service, which is responsible for tracking hurricanes and issuing warnings, began using female names for storms. By i979, both women and men's names were being used. One name for each letter of the alphabet (字母表) is selected, except for Q, U and Z.
C Deadly women （*）
E Organization responsible for naming hurricanes
F Ways to track hurricanes
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答案： E（E 中的核心词均出现在段落中）
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.
A to track hurricanes and issue warnings
B to avoid confusion
C to stay at home
D to be given to tropical storms
E to make predictions
F to kill at least 15 people
27 Over a million people were warned not .
答案： C。
（文章第一句常设置为考点）1 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.
A to track hurricanes and issue warnings
B to avoid confusion
D to be given to tropical storms
E to make predictions
F to kill at least 15 people
28 The responsibility of the US National Weather Service is .
答案： A。
1 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 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 we're talking about.
3 For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the particular religious day on which they occurred. One Australian meteorologist (气象学家) began giving women's names to tropical storms at the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the US National Weather Service, which is responsible for tracking hurricanes and issuing warnings, began using female names for storms. By i979, both women and men's names were being used. One name for each letter of the alphabet (字母表) is selected, except for Q, U and Z.
B to avoid confusion
D to be given to tropical storms（解答后面的题后D 也排除在选项之外）
E to make predictions
F to kill at least 15 people
29 Hurricanes are given names .
答案： 该题问题中的明显线索词较少， 因此可以先做后面的题：在剩下的选项中可直接借助搭配句意（飓风被给予名字是为了避免混淆） 判断B是答案。
1 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 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 we're talking about.
3 For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the particular religious day on which they occurred. One Australian meteorologist (气象学家) began giving women's names to tropical storms at the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the US National Weather Service, which is responsible for tracking hurricanes and issuing warnings, began using female names for storms. By i979, both women and men's 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 Here's a list of the 2005 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.
A to track hurricanes and issue warnings
B to avoid confusion
D to be given to tropical storms
E to make predictions
F to kill at least 15 people
30 At the end of the 19th century, women's names started .
答案： D。
1 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 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 we're talking about.
3 For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the particular religious day on which they occurred. One Australian meteorologist (气象学家) began giving women's names to tropical storms at the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the US National Weather Service, which is responsible for tracking hurricanes and issuing warnings, began using female names for storms. By i979, both women and men's names were being used. One name for each letter of the alphabet (字母表) is selected, except for Q, U and Z.
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