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知识点1:航海出版物(灯标表、天文历、海员手册、大洋航路等) 【典型考题】

1. You may find the time of slack water after low water in a certain port from ______. A. MFAG. B. Tide tables. C. Notices to mariners. D. azimuth. 【参考答案】B

【参考译文】你可从潮汐表中查到某港在低潮后平潮时间。 【解 析】slack water平潮 low water低潮 急救指南 Tide tables潮汐表 方位表 【相关考题】

1. You will find information about the duration of slack water in the__. A. Tidal Current Tables B. Tide Tables

C. American Practical Navigator D. Sailing Directions 【参考答案】A

【参考译文】你能从潮流表中查到有关平潮持续时间的信息。 【解 析】duration持续时间

Tidal Current Tables潮流表

American

Sailing

MFAG:Medical First Aid Guide医疗

Table of azimuth

Table

of

Notices to mariners航海通告

Practical Navigator 美国实用航海,由美国数学家Bowditch撰写 Directions航路指南

2. The velocity of the current in large coastal harbors is______. A. predicted in Tidal Current Tables B. unpredictable

C. generally constant D. generally too weak to be of

concern 【参考答案】A

【参考译文】在潮流表中可查询沿海大港的流速预报情况。 【解 析】velocity of the current流速 coastal沿海的 报

harbor港口 predict预

3. ______ gives daily predictions of the times and heights of high and low waters for over 230 standard and 6,000 secondary ports in the world. A.Admiralty Tide Tables B.Admiralty Tidal Stream Atlases C.Admiralty Manual of Tides(NP120) D.Admiralty Tidal Handbooks(NP122 1-3) 【参考答案】A

【参考译文】 英版潮汐表提供全球二百三十多个主港和六千多个副港的每日高低潮时间及潮高预报。 【解 析】daily 每日的 港secondary port副港 4. Admiralty EasyTide ______.

A.has little use for ocean-going mariners。

high waters高潮 low waters低潮 standard port 主

B.permits the mariner to select and simultaneously calculate tidal heights for multiple ports for up to seven days。

C.includes periods of daylight and nautical twilight,moon phases and a springs and neaps indicator。

D.is supplied in the form of a single CD which contains the calculation program and

the seven geographic Area Data Sets(ADS)providing global coverage。 【参考答案】A

【参考译文】 英版网络潮汐表在远洋航行中很少使用 【解 析】EasyTide英版网络潮汐表 little use很少使用 mariner航海者

ocean-going 远洋的

5. Data relating to the direction and velocity of rotary tidal currents can be found in the ______.

A. Mariner's Guide B. Tidal Current Tables C. Nautical Almanac D. Tide Tables 【参考答案】B

【参考译文】潮流表可查到到有关旋转潮流方向和速度的资料。

【解 析】relating to 有关rotary tidal currents旋转潮流 Mariner's Guide航行者指南,Nautical Almanac航海天文历

6. The datum from which the predicted heights of tides are reckoned in the tide tables is ______.

A. mean low water

B. the same as that used for the charts of the locality C. the highest possible level

D. given in table three of the tide tables 【参考答案】B

【参考译文】潮汐表中用于计算预测潮高的基准面相同于所在区域的海图基准面。