航海英语大风浪中航行单项选择题每日一练(2019.01.26)

单项选择题
When a vessel is swinging from side to side off course due to quartering seas，the vessel is （）.
A.broaching
B.pitchpoling
C.rolling
D.yawing
单项选择题
As a rule，ships of most configurations，when drifting in calm water with neglible current，will lie（）.
A.bow to the wind
B.beam to the wind
C.stern to the wind
D.with the wind on the quarter
单项选择题
The time required to incline from bow down to stern down and return to bow down again is called（）.
A.rolling period
B.amplitude moment
C.inclining moment
D.pitching period
单项选择题
The area around Cape Charles is（）.
A.low and bare，but the land back of it is high and wooded
B.composed of low to medium rolling hills
C.well defined with rocky outcroppings
D.marked by high，barren hills
单项选择题
By day，you sight a vessel displaying three shapes in a vertical line. The top and bottom shapes are balls，and the middle shape is a diamond. It could be a（）.
A.vessel trolling
B.mineclearing vessel
C.trawler
D.vessel engaged in replenishment at sea