Angus，Doris，Gabriel and Kamil are some of the 21 names that have been chosen to be given to storms in the UK in the 2016/17 season．
The Met Office，the UK's national weather service，decided to give storms boys' and girls' names in 2015 in the same way as they did in America．
The Met Office hopes that naming big storms will mean people are more aware （意識到） of them and how dangerous they can be．Derrick Ryall，from the Met Office，said， "We have seen how naming storms elsewhere in the world raises people's awareness of storms before they break．"
In the past，the same UK storm could be given different names by different organizations． "We noticed that many organizations during the last couple of winters，when we have had bad storms，started giving names to them．Think back to the St Jude's Day storm in 2013，and the socalled Hurricane Bawbag in Scotland in 2011．But it led to confusion （混亂），" a Met Office spokeswoman said．
According to the Met Office，there is a name for each letter of the whole alphabet （字母表），except for Q，U，X，Y and Z．That is the same as the naming tradition used in America．And not all storms will be big enough to get names - only those expected to cause great damage．
If there are more than 21 storms in a year，the Met Office will start again with another name beginning with "A"．However，according to Met Office spokeswoman Lindsay Mears， "It's unlikely we would get through the whole alphabet in one season．We had 14 storms in the very bad winter of 2013/14，and if the naming system had been in operation then we wouldn't have used the whole alphabet．"
（1）Why are storms in the UK named？ AA
A．To increase public awareness of them．
B．To remind people of their short stay．
C．To follow what other countries did．
D．To meet the needs of its people．
（2）Examples are given in Paragraph 4 to show BB．
A．there're many storms to name in a year
B．organizations named storms differently
C．some storms' names are similar to others'
D．some storms' names are hard to understand
（3）What do we know about the names given to storms？ CC
A．Storms will be given names whatever their sizes．
B．Serious storms will be given boy's names．
C．21 letters will be used to begin the names．
D．21 names will be given at most in a year．
（4）What can be learned from Lindsay Mears？ AA
A．There are not too many big storms yearly．
B．Action will be taken to prevent storms．
C．There are usually 14 storms in a year．
D．The naming system will not change．
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