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Devil, V8, Anal, Christ; these are among the baby names【C1】______by New Zealand’s department of internal affairs, who recently【C
Devil, V8, Anal, Christ; these are among the baby names【C1】______by New Zealand’s department of internal affairs, who recently【C
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Devil, V8, Anal, Christ; these are among the baby names【C1】______by New Zealand’s department of internal affairs, who recently【C2】______a【C3】______list of those disallowed by registrars in the past ten years.
Few decisions are more【C4】______than the naming of offspring. Yet laws【C5】______the choice of both first names and surnames are not【C6】______around the world. Denmark expects new parents to choose from a register of acceptable names; Portugal lists banned and approved ones. German registrars prohibit the use of most nouns and place-names, and also frown【C7】______any that do not clearly imply a gender: bad luck, Kim.
Governments argue that these rules prevent children being【C8】______with absurd names that may cause them problems in later life. They also aim to block names that might cause【C9】______to others. In 2009 a couple in New Jersey lost custody of a boy they had named Adolf Hitler.
【C10】______concerns play a role, too. Government databases may struggle with long names: New Zealand allows 100 characters for all first names; the state of Massachusetts has a【C11】______of 40 for each. Chinese face a particular difficulty: their language has tens of thousands of characters, but a name that uses【C12】______or rare ones can mean computer problems.
Whether these decisions make any difference is another matter. A study in 2002 suggested that individuals may be influenced by their first names, without even being【C13】______of it. A disproportionate number of girls named Georgia live in the American state that【C14】______their name; boys named Dennis may be slightly【C15】______likely to become dentists than those called Walter (and Georges seem to have a【C16】______for geology). Academics with surnames in the【C17】______half of alphabet are more likely to get good university jobs (the authors of papers are listed alphabetically). Ballot papers that list politicians’ names that way also show a【C18】______effect.
But reinvention beckons. Britain’s chancellor was born Gideon Osborne; aged 13, he became George. The UK Deed Poll Service, a legal firm, in 2011 helped 60,000 Britons rename themselves (fees start at £33, around $50); it was only 5,000 a decade before. American courts report similar trends. Some such applicants may wish to【C19】______their parents’ expectations, while others may regret they were not given a more【C20】______name.
【C14】
选项
A、allows
B、shares
C、grants
D、identifies
答案
B
解析
横线所在的这一段主要在讨论名字对于人的潜在影响。A disproportionate number of girls named Georgia live in the American state that 14 their name.有多得不成比例的女孩子“住在佐治娅州”。本题很难直接通过上下文猜测出词义,只有通过分别将四个选项填入空格处的办法来判断正确答案。allow表示“同意”,如果填该词,那么整句话的意思将变成“多得不成比例的女孩住在佐治亚州,因为这个州允许女孩子使用她们的名字”,句义无逻辑性。share表示“分享,共有”。填在句中,整句话的意思是“有多得不成比例的叫乔治娅女孩子住在佐治亚州”。这句话逻辑上通顺,而且也符合这一段的主旨,为正确答案。grant“同意”,和allow一样,句义上讲不通。identify“识别,鉴别”(identify sth.)或者“认同”(identify with sth.),无论是从语法还是句义上,填identify一词都无法成立。因此,本题的正确答案是[B]。
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