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      The way typhoons and hurricanes are named has changed over the years and no doubt will
change again. Originally, weather forecasters described typhoons and hurricanes by their positions
on a map. For instance, a typhoon might be called 21.50˚ south, 146.52˚ east. But this was terribly
confusing because storms did not stay in the same position. Other methods were therefore created to
identify the storms.
      An Australian weatherman used to name storms after politicians he disliked. His weather
forecasts would contain comments such as “Typhoon Taylor is on a destructive path.” Later on,
during World War I, typhoons and hurricanes were named according to the military alphabet: Abel,
Baker, Charlie, and so on. After that, during World War II, women’s names were used, so weather
forecasters would name them “Typhoon Betty” or “Hurricane Alice.” Then in the 1970s, because of
protests from the women’s liberation movement, weather forecasters also used men’s names. After
about 1975, we could hear about a storm named “George” instead of “Grace.”
【題組】61. The author believes that names of typhoons and hurricanes ________.
(A) are necessary to weather forecasting, and should not be changed.
(B) are extremely important to describe their strength and positions.
(C) should be taken from the leaders of the women’s liberation movement.
(D) have changed many times and will certainly change again.