学位英语

第6部分：完形填空（第51—65题，每题1分，共15分） 

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Why People Use Pseudonyms（假名字）?

You can't choose the name you are given at birth, but in many countries you can change it legally when you reach adulthood. Of course, most people never change their names(51) they feel unhappy about them. However some people do(52) this course of action-particularly artists! What makes an artist want to change their name? Sometimes it's for purely(53) reasons, such as the Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile, Neftalf Reyes. He didn't want his father to (54) he was writing poetry, so he changed his name to Pablo Neruda when he was a young man.(55) other times the reason may Portuguese poet Femando Pessoa, appear strange; take the case of the (56) wrote under 75 different names. The reason? "When I use a different name, I always write in a different way," he explained. In most cases, (57), people change their names for social, historical, political, or cultural reasons. Here are some of the most(58)

The person's real name is just(59) long and difficult to remember. Let's be honest, Madonna Louise Ciccone is not as (60) to remember as just plain "Madonna . And short names are much easier to remember: William Bradley became Brad Pitt and Edson Arantes do Nascimento became Pele.

Sometimes names are changed for marketing (61). For example, if a name sounds too "foreign , it may be changed to something that is more recognizable in a (62). So in the film world, Ram6n Est6vez adopted the name Martin Sheen. Or maybe the artist's real name doesn't sound ver3r attractive-Chad Everett does (63) a lot better than Raymond Cramton.

Artists sometimes(64) the.name of someone they admire. Robert Zimmerman changed his name to Boo Dylan because of his admiration for the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas.

Another reason may be practicality: in the past, women found it very difficult to get published. To (65) this situation, they sometimes gave themselves men's names, so the English author Mary Ann Evans became George Eliot, and she did get her books published!

51. A.  even if B.  as if C. as D. even

52. A, make B. take C. bring D. have

53. A. obvious B. economic C. own D. personal

54. A. understand B. know  C. recognize D. observe

55. A. On B. In C. At D. During 

56. A. whom B. who  C. which D. that

57. A. but B. although C. however D.and

58. A. scientific B. common C. technical D. average

59. A. so B. very C. too D. much

60. A. pretty B. simple  C.brief D. easy

61. A. purposes B. thoughts C. ends D. goals

62. A. market B. film C. book D. city

63. A. look B. hear C. seem D. sound

64. A. give B. change C. choose D. mention

65. A. admit  B. avoid C. assure D. affect

51 B 四个选项中除了 even ，其他三个都是连接词，从意义上看应该填入 even if ，即哪怕不太喜欢自己的名字，大多数人都不会变更它。

52 A 这里测试的是动词的搭配，和 course of action 搭配的只能是take。注意前面的 do 是用来表示强调的。

53 A 这里的选择要以下面的例子为依据，获得诺贝尔奖的智利诗人 Neftali' Reyes 改名是因为他不想让他父亲知道他在写诗，这属于个人原因.故选 personal。

54 C 四个动词中know 最合适。

55 A at other times 在别的情况下，这里的time并非是"时间"，而是 "时刻"。

56 D 这里需要的是一个在定语从句中做主语，代替人 (Fernando Pessoa ) 的关联代词。

57 B however 表示了转折。

58 C 这个句子中省略了 cases 这个词，完整的句子应该是: Here are some of the most common cases. 下面作者便讲了几个因社会、历史、政治、文化等原因而改名的情况。

59 D 这里用的是 too ... to ... 这个结构，too long and difficult to remember 太长太难记。

60 C not as easy to remember as ...不像……那么容易记住

61 D for marketing purposes 为了市场的目的，虽然 ends，goals 也有"目的"的意思，但for ... purpose "以……为目的"是一个比较固定的用语。

62 B 这句是对前面一句话的例证，有时改名字是为了达到市场的目的，所以这里自然应填人 market.

63 C 前面一句刚讲到如果一个名字听上去有点怪，那就要改一改，所以这里还是用sound ，注意 does 这里用于强调。

64 D 艺术家有时选用自己所崇拜的人的名字。

65 A 以前女人出书难，为了避免这种情况，她们就得用男人的名字了。

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