中华人民共和国海事局第40期航海英语真题 (附答(3)

海事局海船船员甲类三副航海英语考试真题

C．good grabbing ground D．good dragging ground

31．A check rope is ______．

A．a safety line attached to a man working over the side

B．used to measure water depth

C．used to slow the headway of a barge

D．used to measure the overhead height of a bridge

32．The approach to the roads and harbor from the ______ entails no difficulty．

A．eastern B．easterly C．eastward D．eastwards

33．The ship is not very stable，please ______ when making a turn．

A．stop down B．speed down C．slow down D．down slow

34．Pitching is angular motion of the vessel about what axis?

A．Longitudinal B．Transverse C．Vertical D．Centerline

35．Owing to the big draught of the ship，she has to get alongside by the time of ______．

A．spring tide B．flood tide C．ebb tide D．slack water

36．The engine ______ smoke and steam．

A．gives up B．gives away C．gives in D．gives off

37．Sometimes a tropical storm moves so slowly that a vessel，if astern of it，can ______ it．

A．go ahead B．approach C．proceed near D．run into

38．A frontal thunderstorm is caused by ______．

A．pronounced local heating

B．wind being pushed up a mountain

C．a warm air mass rising over a cold air mass

D．an increased lapse rate caused by advection of warm surface air

39．Good weather is usually associated with a region of ______．

A．low barometric pressure B．high barometric pressure

C．falling barometric pressure D．pumping barometric pressure

40．An air mass is termed warm if ______．

A．it is above 70° F

B．the ground over which it moves is cooler than the air

C．it originated in a high pressure area

D．it originated in a low pressure area

41．BASHI：E TO SE 9-10．500M IN HVY SQUALLY SHWRS AND TS．SEA 8-9M．SWELL SE 6-7．From the above forecast，the wind in Beaufort Scale will be ______．

A．STRONG GALE TO STORM B．GALE TO STRONG GALE

C．NEAR GALE TO GALE D．STRONG BREEZE TO NEAR GALE

42．MAINLY GOOD BECOMING MODERATE．This forecast probably refers to ______ in a certain area．

A．visibility B．winds C．sea D．fog

43．A shipper of cargo aboard your vessel offers a letter of indemnity for the cargo．This is done in order to obtain a(n) ______．

A．Clean Bill of Lading B．Order Bill of Lading

C．Straight Bill of Lading D．Through Bill of Lading

44．Bearings are true reckoned ______ in Admiralty Charts．

A．clockwise from 000 to 359 degrees B．clockwise from 359 to 000 degrees

C．anti-clockwise from 000 to 359 degrees D．anti-clockwise from 359 to 000 degrees

45．Admiralty Notices to Mariners，containing important information for the mariners and enabling them to keep their charts and books corrected for the latest information，are issued daily and published in ______．

A．Weekly Editions B．Quarterly Editions

C．Annual Editions D．Monthly Editions

46．Lines on a chart which connect points of equal magnetic variation are called ______．