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航海英语短文46篇 Merchant ships are designed to carry cargoSome are also designed to carry passengersThey can operate as linersThese are employed on regular routes on a fixed timetableA list of their arrival and departure dates is published in advance and they sail whether full or notLiners can be classed as either deep-sea liners or short-sea linersThe former carry mainly containerized cargo across the oceans of the worldthe later carry containerized or conventional cargo on shorter routesFerries are also classed as linersThese offer a daily or weekly service for passengers and vehicles across channels and narrow seasA few ships are still employed as passenger linersThey not only carry passengers but also some cargo on routes from Europe to North America and to the Far EastNowadays the passenger trade is very small and passenger liners usually operate as cruise ships for part of the year The deep-sea liners ____A____ Acarry mainly containerized cargo Bcarry mainly conventional cargo Coffer a daily or weekly service for passengers and vehicles Dsail across channels and narrow seas The Liners ___B_____ Aalways sail full Bsail regularly even not full Calways sail in ballast Dwill not sail if not full A list of the arrival and departure dates of liners ___D_____ Awill be published weekly Bwill be published when they sailwhether full or notfrom Europe to North America and to the Far East Cwill not be published even they sail fully loaded Dis published prior to their departure It is implied in the passage that ____A____ Athe number of passenger ships is small Ball passenger ships will carry some cargo in near future Cit is not necessary for liners to sail in regular time Dcontainer carriers should carry some passengers Nowadaysmost merchant ships are built to carry cargoesAnd they mainly operate as trampsThese vessels do not sail on regular routes or keep to a fixed timetablebut are employed where there is cargo for them to carryTramps can be classed as deep-sea tramps or short