5．I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict．I'm left （41）C．Why do these people create mistrust and problems，especially with those from other （42）D？
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s，（43）Dchildren from different races and religions played and studied （44）Ain harmony．At that time my family lived a stone's （45）Bfrom Ismail's．And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu-we just （44）Dour differences．Perhaps，our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice，well （47）Bor otherwise．
We were nine when we became friends．During the school holidays，we'd（48）Athe countryside on our bicycles，hoping to（49）Che unexpected．At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town．We would be glad of his（50）D．
When I was twelve，my family moved to Johor．Ismail's family later returned to their village，and I（51）Atouch with him．
One spring afternoon in 1983，I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur．I（52）Ay destination．The driver acknowledged my（53）Bbut did not move off．Instead，he looked （54）Dat me．"Raddar？"he said，using my childhood nickname（绰号）．I was astonished at being so（55）Aaddressed （称呼）．Unexpectedly!It was Ismail!Even after two（56）Dwe still recognized each other．Grasping his shoulder，I felt a true affection，something（57）Cto describe．
If we can allow our children to be（58）Bwithout prejudice，they'll build friendships with people，regardless of race or religion，who will be（59）Btheir side through thick and thin．On such friendships are societies built and（60）Cwe can truly be，as William Shakespeare once wrote，"we happy few，we band of brothers"．
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s，（43）Dchildren from different races and religions played and studied （44）Ain harmony．At that time my family lived a stone's （45）Bfrom Ismail's．And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu-we just （44）Dour differences．Perhaps，our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice，well （47）Bor otherwise．
We were nine when we became friends．During the school holidays，we'd（48）Athe countryside on our bicycles，hoping to（49）Che unexpected．At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town．We would be glad of his（50）D．
When I was twelve，my family moved to Johor．Ismail's family later returned to their village，and I（51）Atouch with him．
One spring afternoon in 1983，I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur．I（52）Ay destination．The driver acknowledged my（53）Bbut did not move off．Instead，he looked （54）Dat me．"Raddar？"he said，using my childhood nickname（绰号）．I was astonished at being so（55）Aaddressed （称呼）．Unexpectedly!It was Ismail!Even after two（56）Dwe still recognized each other．Grasping his shoulder，I felt a true affection，something（57）Cto describe．
If we can allow our children to be（58）Bwithout prejudice，they'll build friendships with people，regardless of race or religion，who will be（59）Btheir side through thick and thin．On such friendships are societies built and（60）Cwe can truly be，as William Shakespeare once wrote，"we happy few，we band of brothers"．
| 41．A．interested | B．pleased | C．puzzled | D．excited |
| 42．A．parties | B．cities | C．villages | D．races |
| 43．A．why | B．which | C．how | D．when |
| 44．A．together | B．around | C．alone | D．apart |
| 45．A．drop | B．throw | C．move | D．roll |
| 46．A．refused | B．made | C．sought | D．accepted |
| 47．A．paid | B．meant | C．preserved | D．treated |
| 48．A．explore | B．search | C．discover | D．desert |
| 49．A．get through | B．deal with | C．come across | D．take away |
| 50．A．arrival | B．choice | C．effort | D．company |
| 51．A．lost | B．gained | C．developed | D．missed |
| 52．A．stated | B．ordered | C．decided | D．chose |
| 53．A．attempts | B．instructions | C．opinions | D．arrangements |
| 54．A．anxiously | B．carelessly | C．disappointedly | D．fixedly |
| 55．A．familiarly | B．strangely | C．fully | D．coldly |
| 56．A．departures | B．months | C．years | D．decades |
| 57．A．possible | B．funny | C．hard | D．clear |
| 58．A．them | B．themselves | C．us | D．ourselves |
| 59．A．from | B．by | C．with | D．against |
| 60．A．still | B．otherwise | C．then | D．instead |
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Why People Use Pseudonyms（艺名）You can't choose the name given at birth，but in many countries you can change it legally when you reach adulthood．Of course，most people never change their names even if they feel （31）J about them．However，some people do take this course of （32）A-particularly artists!What makes an artist want to change their name？Sometimes it's for purely （33）E reasons，such as the Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile，Neftali Reyes．He didn't want his father to know he was writing poems，so he changed his name to Pablo Nenda when he was a young man．At other times the reason may appear （34）K； take the case of Portuguese poet Femando Pessoa，who wrote under 75different names．The reason？"When I use a different name，I always write in a different way，"he explained．In most cases，however，people do it for social，historical，political，or cultural reasons．Here are some of the most common：
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 too foreign，it may be changed to something that is more （36）I in a market．So in the film world，Ramon Estevez （37）C the 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!
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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 too foreign，it may be changed to something that is more （36）I in a market．So in the film world，Ramon Estevez （37）C the 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!
