第6部分：完形填空（第51—65題，每題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 四個選項中除了 even ，其他三個都是連接詞，從意義上看應該填入 even if ，即哪怕不太喜歡自己的名字，大多數(shù)人都不會變更它。

52 A 這里測試的是動詞的搭配，和 course of action 搭配的只能是take。注意前面的 do 是用來表示強調(diào)的。

53 A 這里的選擇要以下面的例子為依據(jù)，獲得諾貝爾獎的智利詩人 Neftali' Reyes 改名是因為他不想讓他父親知道他在寫詩，這屬于個人原因.故選 personal。

54 C 四個動詞中know 最合適。

55 A at other times 在別的情況下，這里的time并非是"時間"，而是 "時刻"。

56 D 這里需要的是一個在定語從句中做主語，代替人 (Fernando Pessoa ) 的關聯(lián)代詞。

57 B however 表示了轉折。

58 C 這個句子中省略了 cases 這個詞，完整的句子應該是: Here are some of the most common cases. 下面作者便講了幾個因社會、歷史、政治、文化等原因而改名的情況。

59 D 這里用的是 too ... to ... 這個結構，too long and difficult to remember 太長太難記。

60 C not as easy to remember as ...不像……那么容易記住

61 D for marketing purposes 為了市場的目的，雖然 ends，goals 也有"目的"的意思，但for ... purpose "以……為目的"是一個比較固定的用語。

62 B 這句是對前面一句話的例證，有時改名字是為了達到市場的目的，所以這里自然應填人 market.

63 C 前面一句剛講到如果一個名字聽上去有點怪，那就要改一改，所以這里還是用sound ，注意 does 這里用于強調(diào)。

64 D 藝術家有時選用自己所崇拜的人的名字。

65 A 以前女人出書難，為了避免這種情況，她們就得用男人的名字了。

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