题目内容
18.A.action B.admiration C.adopted D.changed E.personal F.plain G.practicality H.published I.recognized J.unhappy K.weird |
The person's name is just too long and difficult to remember.Let's be honest,Madonna Louise Ciccone is not as easy to remember as just(35)F"Madonna".And short names are easier to remember.William Bradley became Brad Pitt and Edson Arantes do Nascimento became Pele.
Sometimes names are changed for marketing purpose.For example,if a name sounds to foreign,it may be changed to something that is more(36)Iin a market.So in the film world.Ramon Estevez(37)Cthe name Martin Sheen.Or maybe the artist's real name doesn't sound very attractive---Chad Everett does sound a lot better than Raymond Cramton!
Artists sometimes choose the name of someone they admire.Robert Zimmerman changed his name to Bob Dylan because of his(38)Bfor the Welsh poet,Dylan Thomas.
Another reason may be (39)G:in the past,women found it very difficult to become a well received writer.To avoid this situation,they sometimes gave themselves men's name,so the English author Mary Ann Evans consequently became George Eliot,and she did get her books(40)H!
分析 本文是一篇说明文,主要向我们说明了人们改名字的各种原因,有纯粹是个人原因而改名的,有由于难记而改名的,有出于营销目的而改名的,也有由于实用性而改名的等等.
解答 31-35:JAEKF
31.J;考查形容词辨析.根据前文"most people never change their names"大多数人人不会改变他们的名字,可知就算他们对自己的名字不满意,也不会改变名字.故此处填unhappy,故选J.
32.A;考查名词辨析.根据后文"However"可知有人会改变他们的名字,与前面的做法完全不同,action符合语境,故选A.
33.E;考查形容词辨析.根据后文关于智利的诺贝尔文学奖得主的举例,他由于不想让父亲知道他写的诗,所以改变了名字.可见他改名字纯粹是为了个人的原因.所以填personal
,故选E.
34.K;考查形容词辨析.根据后文以葡萄牙诗人Femando Pessoa的情况为例,说明了在其他时候,原因可能会显得怪异,weird符合语境,故选K.
35.F;考查形容词辨析.根据前句"The person's name is just too long and difficult to remember"人的名字太长,很难记住.可知本段主要讲的是普通的名字比长名字更容易记住.plain 此处被当作形容词,意为普通的.符合语境,故选F.
36-40:ICBGH
36.I;考查动词辨析.根据前文"Sometimes names are changed for marketing purpose."有时为了市场营销目的而改变名字.由下文的例子可知改变名字只是为了更好的获得市场的认可.所以空格处应填recognized,认可,故选I.
37.C;考查动词辨析.由上文可知为了更好的得到市场的认可也会改变名字,例如在电影中马丁•希恩采用了马丁辛的名字.adopted符合语境,故选C.
38.B;考查名词辨析.根据前文"Artists sometimes choose the name of someone they admire."可知艺术家有时会选择他们崇拜的人的名字.下面举例Robert Zimmerman改名的原因就是对威尔士诗人狄兰•托马斯的钦佩,admiration符合语境且与本段第一句话中的 admire相照应.故选B.
39.G;考查名词辨析.根据后文"in the past,women found it very difficult to become a well received writer.To avoid this situation,they sometimes gave themselves men's name"可知在过去,女性很难成为一个受欢迎的作家.为了避免这种情况,她们有时会给自己取男人的名字,它们改变名字是由于男性的名字比较实用,practicality符合语境,故选G.
40.H;考查动词辨析.由上文知在过去,女性很难成为一个受欢迎的作家.为了避免这种情况,她们有时会给自己取男人的名字.英国作家玛丽安安伊万斯改名后,她的书也出版了.published符合语境,故选H.
点评 做此类题,首先要通读全文,大体掌握文章的主题,其次要明白每个选项单词的汉语意思,要是有个别词不清楚意思,就要掌握它的词性,根据上下文语境以及单词的词性选择正确的选项.
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