题目

Where do hurricane names come from? Why do we give human names to violent, mindless masses of water and wind? And how do we all agree which name to use?Before the 1940s, only the worst storms were given names. 【1】There was the Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893, the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 to name a few.The practice of using more memorable names didn't begin until 1950. It was when Atlantic tropical hurricanes received official names, although they still weren't human ones. 【2】 So the 1950 season featured such strangely named storms as Hurricane5．Mary and Lily are my classmates．I sometimes play badminton with      after school．（　　）A．theyB．themC．theirD．themselves