Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Even
36 New Zealand has quite free rules about
37 children, names beginning with a
38 are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman
39 .
In many countries around the world,
40 names for children are becoming more popular. In Britain, you can call a child almost
41 you like. The only restrictions(限制) on parents
42 to offensive(冒犯的) words such as swear words.
43 parents choose names which come from
44 culture. For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf
45 the character in the Lord of the Rings(指环王) novels and films.
46 , names related to sport are fairly common –
47 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal(阿森纳) after the football team. Other parents like to
48 names, or combine names to make their own
49 names, a method demonstrated (证实的) by Jordan, the British model,
50 recently invented the name Tiaamii for her daughter by
51 names Thea and Amy (the two grandmothers).
Some names which were previously
52 as old-fashioned have
53 popular again, but the most popular names are not the strange
54 . The top names are fairly
55 , for example, Jack, Charlie and Thomas for boys and Grace, Ruby and Jessica for girls.
| 小题2: | | A．calling | B．naming | C．raising | D．educating |
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| 小题3: | | A．letter | B．mark | C．number | D．sign |
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| 小题4: | | A．however | B．too | C．thus | D．instead |
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| 小题5: | | A．outstanding | B．unusual | C．common | D．famous |
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| 小题6: | | A．everything | B．something | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题7: | | A．to relate | B．relate | C．relating | D．related |
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| 小题8: | | A．Many of | B．Much | C．A great many of | D．Some |
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| 小题9: | | A．popular | B．mysterious | C．current | D．present |
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| 小题11: | | A．However | B．Whereas | C．Indeed | D．Equally |
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| 小题13: | | A．make out | B．make for | C．make use of | D．make up |
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| 小题14: | | A．well-known | B．double | C．unique | D．fantastic |
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| 小题15: | | A．which | B．who | C．that | D．who that |
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| 小题16: | | A．changing | B．combining | C．separating | D．dividing |
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| 小题17: | | A．thought | B．thought about | C．thought of | D．thought over |
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| 小题18: | | A．become | B．sounded | C．formed | D．developed |
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| 小题19: | | A．personalities | B．ones | C．characters | D．varieties |
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| 小题20: | | A．traditional | B．convenient | C．classic | D．contemporary |
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