【单选题】
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 fromChile, Neftalii 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 appear strange ~ take the case of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, (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 LouiseCiccone is not as (60) to remember as just plain "Madonna".And short names are much easier to remember: WilliamBradley becameBrad Pitt andEdsonArantes do Nascimento became Pelt.
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, Ram6nEstevez adopted the name Martin Sheen. Or maybe the artist’s real name doesn’t sound very attractive—ChadEverett does (63) a lot better than RaymondCramton.Artists sometimes (64) the name of someone they admire. Robert Zimmerman changed his name toBooDylan 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 theEnglish author MaryAnnEvans became GeorgeEliot, and she did get her books published!
A．purposes
B、thoughts
C．ends
D．goals
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[解析] 句意：有时，改名是出于营销(推广)的目的。 根据文中的：“for marketing(为了商品销售的……)”，很明显应选A项purposes目的，侧重在通过决心、意志来达到某种效果上；B项thoughts思想，想法；C项ends虽有“目的”的含义，但侧重在通过某些手段达到最终的结果；D项goals也虽有“目的”的含义，但侧重在方向和目标上。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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 fromChile, Neftalii 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 appear strange ~ take the case of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, (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 LouiseCiccone is not as (60) to remember as just plain "Madonna".And short names are much easier to remember: WilliamBradley becameBrad Pitt andEdsonArantes do Nascimento became Pelt.
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, Ram6nEstevez adopted the name Martin Sheen. Or maybe the artist’s real name doesn’t sound very attractive—ChadEverett does (63) a lot better than RaymondCramton.Artists sometimes (64) the name of someone they admire. Robert Zimmerman changed his name toBooDylan 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 theEnglish author MaryAnnEvans became GeorgeEliot, and she did get her books published!
A．purposes
B、thoughts
C．ends
D．goals
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[解析] 句意：有时，改名是出于营销(推广)的目的。 根据文中的：“for marketing(为了商品销售的……)”，很明显应选A项purposes目的，侧重在通过决心、意志来达到某种效果上；B项thoughts思想，想法；C项ends虽有“目的”的含义，但侧重在通过某些手段达到最终的结果；D项goals也虽有“目的”的含义，但侧重在方向和目标上。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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