Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer．But there is one question that has millions of current answers．That question is“What's your name?”Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct．
Have you ever wondered about people's names?Where do they come from?What do they mean?
People's first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents．Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used．Some parents choose the name of a well-known person．A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones．
Some people give their children names that mean good things．Clara means“bright”; Beatrice means“one who gives happiness”; Donald means“world ruler”; Leonard means“as brave as a lion”．
The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names．A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook(小溪)；someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road．The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest．
Other early surnames came from people's occupations．The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals．In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village．Some other occupational names are：Carter－a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter－a person who made pots and pans．
The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village．The Carpenter's great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture．
Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities．When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray．Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman．John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer．
Some family names were made by adding something to the father's name．English-speaking people added –s or–son．The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family's ancestor was Robert．Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O．Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O'Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell．
(1)
Which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?
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A．
Places where people lived．
B．
People's characters．
C．
Talents that people possessed．
D．
People's occupations．
(2)
According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably ________．
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A．
owned or drove a cart
B．
made things with metals
C．
made kitchen tools or contains
D．
built houses and furniture
(3)
Suppose and English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named ________．
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A．
Beatrice Smith
B．
Leonard Carter
C．
George Longstreet
D．
Donald Greenwood
(4)
The underlined word“descendants”in the last paragraph means a person's ________
It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning． 1 it was an old town, even the main street was very 2 and soon became overcrowded．There was not enough 3 for all the people on the sidewalk at the roadside, 4 they overflowed into the road, 5 danger to their lives from 6 cars and buses, the drivers of 7 were constantly blowing their horns(喇叭)to 8 people to get out of their 9 ．
Yet it was a(n) 10 scene．Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to 11 to the townsfolk．Men with carts 12 their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their 13 ．They were selling apples, oranges and grapes –– the 14 of their fields． 15 it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way, laughing and talking, 16 children rushed in and out of the crowds screaming with laughter when they didn’t ask for something they could not have, or crying with 17 because they were lost．
The noise went on all day．People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bits of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers．The 18 from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street．And finally, when night at last came, the street 19 and only the rubbish 20 sadly blowing in the cooling night wind．
afraid. A person with a green thumb