much more susceptible to influence of a strong personality than to that of a great intelligence nethod for identify ing hurricanes was the phonetic alphabet used by the military services during Of all periods of life, this is what may best be called the "plastic the late World War(able -Baker -Charlie -etc. ) The oldest method is the more cumbersome latitude-longitude description. The first written mention of lady hurricanes or 68. What age group does the author mainly discuss in this passage? storms may have been in the novel Stom, by George R. Stewart(1941). During World War ll A)Children. the practice of giving the storms female names became more widespread. In weather map B) Adolescents discussions, forecasters, especially air Force and Navy meteorologists who plot the movement C) Adults of storms over the pacific Ocean use this method of identification it soon became evident that this method in written as well as in spoken communication was shorter, quicker, and less 69. According to the author, what is most characteristic about this group A)They are romantic dreamers B)They are sensitive and very timid. 71. The oldest method of naming hurricanes was C) They are psychologically different from other groups. A)identify ing them by using the phonetic alphabet D) They are physically strong and have in inclination to rebel. B) giving them female names 70. Which of the following features does the author NOT mention about this group C) identifying them according to their longitude and latitude location A) They are easily confused mentally D) giving them politicians' names B)They have an inclination to accept whatever information they are influenced with. 72. Hurricanes were probably first given female names in C) They are sometimes motivated by great ambitions A)the Second World War D) They need a large amount of guidance and they themselves also admit this fact (E) 73. Two hurricanes were given the same name. They were both called A)"Ston In the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans all hurricanes and typhoons are now given B)“ Santa ana” female names. For several hundred years hurricanes in the Spanish islands of the Caribbean C)San Felipe were named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. An example is the D)“Abl "Santa Ana" hurricane which struck Puerto Rico on September d, the first in 1876 and the 74. The practice of naming hurricanes after saints' days began second in 1928. Early in this century a forecaster in australia named hurricanes in his area after A)in the North Atlantic area political figures whom he disked. By properly naming hurricane, the weatherman could B) in the North Pacific publicly describe a politician(who perhaps was not too generous with weather-bureau C)in Austria appropriateness)as"causing great distress"or wandering aimlessly about the Pacific. "Another D)in the Caribbean7 much more susceptible to influence of a strong personality than to that of a great intelligence. Of all periods of life, this is what may best be called the “plastic age”. 68. What age group does the author mainly discuss in this passage? A) Children. B) Adolescents. C) Adults. D) Senior citizens. 69. According to the author, what is most characteristic about this group? A) They are romantic dreamers. B) They are sensitive and very timid. C) They are psychologically different from other groups. D) They are physically strong and have in inclination to rebel. 70. Which of the following features does the author NOT mention about this group? A) They are easily confused mentally. B) They have an inclination to accept whatever information they are influenced with. C) They are sometimes motivated by great ambitions. D) They need a large amount of guidance and they themselves also admit this fact. （ E ） In the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans all hurricanes and typhoons are now given female names. For several hundred years hurricanes in the Spanish islands of the Caribbean were named after the particular saint’s day on which the hurricane occurred. An example is the “Santa Ana” hurricane which struck Puerto Rico on September 3rd, the first in 1876 and the second in 1928. Early in this century a forecaster in Australia named hurricanes in his area after political figures whom he disked. By properly naming a hurricane, the weatherman could publicly describe a politician (who perhaps was not too generous with weather-bureau appropriateness) as “causing great distress” or “wandering aimlessly about the Pacific.” Another method for identifying hurricanes was the phonetic alphabet used by the military services during the late World War (Able — Baker — Charlie — etc.). The oldest method is the more cumbersome latitude-longitude description. The first written mention of lady hurricanes or storms may have been in the novel Storm, by George R. Stewart (1941). During World War II the practice of giving the storms female names became more widespread. In weather map discussions, forecasters, especially Air Force and Navy meteorologists who plot the movement of storms over the Pacific Ocean use this method of identification. It soon became evident that this method in written as well as in spoken communication was shorter, quicker, and less confusing than any other. 71. The oldest method of naming hurricanes was . A) identifying them by using the phonetic alphabet B) giving them female names C) identifying them according to their longitude and latitude location D) giving them politicians’ names 72. Hurricanes were probably first given female names in . A) the Second World War B) 1941 C) 1825 D) 1928 73. Two hurricanes were given the same name. They were both called . A) “Storm” B) “Santa Ana” C) “San Felipe” D) “Able” 74. The practice of naming hurricanes after saints’ days began . A) in the North Atlantic area B) in the North Pacific area C) in Austria D) in the Caribbean