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UnderarrangementsmadebytheWorldMeteorologicalOrganization（WMO）,eachmembernationisrequiredtoassignvesselstobeengagedintheinternationalmaritimemeteorologicalreportingservice.Thevesselsassignedarerequestedtoconductmeteorologicalobservationseverydayandtransmitthemincodetospecificshorestations.Inreturnfortheseobservations,thevariousmeteorologicalservicesthroughouttheworldissueradioweatherbulletinsforthebenefitofshipping.AllthesearrangementsareinaccordancewiththeInternationalConventionforSafetyofLifeatSea（SOLAS）（1974）.

Radioweathermessages,commonlyknownasweatherreports,arebroadcastatregularintervalsinopenEnglish.Nowadaysthesearetransmittedbyradiotelexservices,andshipswithinrangereceivethemwithNAVTEX.Theirformsandcontents,however,varysomewhatfromoneregiontoanother.

1.WhatdoestheWorldMeteorologicalOrganizationrequireitsmembernationtodo?

A.Toassignvesselstocarryoutmeteorologicalobservationseveryday.

B.ToassignvesselstokeeplisteningonacertainVHFchannel.

C.Totransmitthemeteorologicalrecordsincodetospecificshorestations.

D.BothAandCarecorrect.

2.Whoisresponsibleforissuingradioweatherbulletinstoships?

A.Thevesselsassignedtocarryoutmeteorologicalobservationseveryday.

B.Thelocalgovernment.

C.TheHarborSuperintendenceAdministration.

D.Thevariousmeteorologicalservices.

3.Accordingtotheabovepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrect?

A.Weatherobservationhasdevelopedlaterthannavigation.

B.ThebroadcastofradioweathermessagesisrequiredbySOLAS.

C.Theformsandcontentsofweathermessagesareexclusivelythesameallovertheworld.

D.NowadaysshipseverywherereceiveradioweathermessageswithNAVTEX.

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TropicalRevolvingStormsaresonamedbecausethewindblowsroundanareainwhichthelowestpressureisatthecenter.Thedirectionofrotationisanticlockwiseinthenorthernhemisphereandclockwiseinthesouthernhemisphere.Thewinddoesnotrevolveroundthecenteroflowpressureinconcentriccirclesbuthasaspiralmovementinwards,towardsthecenterofthestormfield.

Atropicalstormisnotsoextensiveasthedepressionofhigherlatitudes,butwithin75milesorsoofthecenter,thewindisoftenfarmoreviolent,andthehighandconfusedseasnearthecentermaycauseconsiderabledamagetolargeandwell-foundships,whilesmallvesselshavefoundered.Thedangerisstillgreaterwhenshipsarecaughtinrestrictedwaterswithoutadequateroomtomaneuver.Duetotorrentialrainandsheetsofalmostcontinuousspray,visibilitynearthestormcenterisalmostnil.

Everyshipnavigatinginanareasubjecttotropicalstormsduringtheseasonoftheiroccurrenceshouldbeconstantlyonthealertforanysignoftheirapproach,sothatstepscanbetakentoavoidthedangerouszonewhilethereisstilltimeandsea-room.

1.Theword“nil”inthesecondparagraphmostprobablymeans:

A.poorB.nothingC.moderateD.good

2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutatropicalstormiswrong?

A.Thelowestpressureofthetropicalstormisatthecenter.

B.Thedirectionofrotationofthetropicalstormisclockwiseinthenorthernhemisphereandanticlockwiseinthesouthernhemisphere.

C.Atropicalstormisnotasextensiveasthedepressionofhigherlatitudes.

D.Atropicalstormcanbringmuchrainfall.

3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutatropicalstormiscorrect?

A.Thewindisveryoftenfarmoreviolentwithin300milesorsoofthecenter.

B.Thewindrevolvesroundthecenteroflowpressureinconcentriccircles.

C.Highandconfusedseasnearthecenterofatropicalstormmaycausedamagenotonlytosmallvessels,butalsotolargevessels.

D.Itisalmostimpossibleforavesseltoavoidthedangerouszoneofthestormtropical.

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AdmiraltyNoticestoMarinersareperiodicpublicationsnotifyingchangesin,oradditionto,previouslypublishednavigationaldata.TheycontaininformationforthecorrectionofCharts,SailingDirections,LightListsandotherhydrographicpublications,whichenablesthemarinerstokeeptheirchartsandbooksup-to-dateforthelatestreportsreceived.NoticesareissueddailyandpublishedinWeeklyEditions,whichareconsecutivelynumberedbeginningfromthefirstweekofeachyear.

InadditiontoAdmiraltyNoticestoMariners,whicharepublishedbytheUKHydrographicOfficeandincludeallAustralianandNewZealandchartcorrectingNotices,thereisAmericanNoticetoMariners,whichispublishedbytheDefenseMappin