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Fill in the gaps with the passive form of the verbs. Use the present simple, past simple,
present perfect or will.
The hurricane season in 2005 was one of the worst on record. Two of the worst
hurricanes were reported (report) in North America: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Since 1953, Atlantic hurricanes have been given (give) names from lists written by
the National Hurricane Center. Only women's names were used (use) at first, but in 1979
men's names were added (add). Now there are six lists of names and hurricanes are named
(name) in alphabetical order from the lists. So, the list that was used (use) in 2004 won’t/will
not be used (not use) again until 2010. For example, the first hurricane of 2004 was
Hurricane Alex. And the first hurricane in 2010 will be called (call) Hurricane Alex. The
names of serious hurricanes aren’t/are not repeated (not repeat). For example, in 2005,
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Katrina and Rita were removed (remove) from the list. Since 1954, 62 names have been
retired (retire) from the list.