第3部分：概括大意与完成句子(第23～30题，每 题1分，共8分)
下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段1选择个最佳标题;(2)第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。
NiceNameButShesSoDeadly
1 MorethanamillionpeopleintheUnitedStatesweretoldtoleavetheirhomesovertheweekendasHurricane (飓风) DennisheadedtotheGulfcoast， afterkillingatleast 15 peopleintheCaribbeanSea.
2 Ifyoureadthenewsoftenenough=， youmaynoticethatallhurricanesaregivennames. Whyisthat? Remember， therecanbemorethanonehurricaneoperatingatonetime. Withoutnamingthem， wecouldgetconfusedaboutwhichstormweretalkingabout.
3 Forhundredsofyears， hurricanesintheCaribbeanwerenamedaftertheparticularreligiousdayonwhichtheyoccurred. OneAustralianmeteorologist (气象学家) begangivingwomensnamestotropicalstormsattheendofthe 19thcentury. In 1953， theUSNationalWeatherService， whichisresponsiblefortrackinghurricanesandissuingwarnings， beganusingfemalenamesforstorms. Byi979， bothwomenandmensnameswerebeingused. Onenameforeachletterofthealphabet (字母表) isselected， exceptforQ， UandZ.
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