Question

3．A group of foreign residents married to Japanese talked about their children's names．
Nicole Despres
Students services manager，40 （American）
We have no intention to live outside Japan so it made sense for the kids to take my Japanese husband's family name．However，we did want to have a Western name too，so all three of them now have both a Western and Japanese name．We agreed there would be no strange names，spelling or unusual kanji（Chinese characters in the Japanese language）．All names had to be easy to say and familiar in both Japanese and English．
John McCracken
Company general manager，27（American）
My son's name is Aiden．In part because my wife and I met in university and as she was studying Irish history and I have some links to Scotland and Ireland，I wanted a unique Gaelic（蓋爾族的）name．We settled for Aiden as we found kanji that can be used in Japan that means"legendary hero"
Paula Murakami
College women's Association of Japan，53（American）
My husband was very excited about choosing names，so I decided to let him choose．He wanted their first names to be Japanese and camp up with names that included the kanji character in his own name．Our boys，Hiroki and Kenta，never had any problems while living on the U．S．West Coast with Japanese names，and I think both as children and as adults，they love their names．
Jeff Ruiz
Recording engineer，42（Mexican）
My son's name is Lenny．My wife chose it together with me as we were looking for a name that works in both worlds-mine in Mexico，and hers in Japan-and the name Lenny is common everywhere．In Japanese we write the name in katakana as that is easy for Japanese people who seem to like names in two or three characters．

24．What do we know about the people mentioned in the passageA？
A．Nicole and her husband had an agreement on how to name the children．
B．Jeff will remain in Japan as his wife is not used to Mexican life．
C．The four couples have decided to live with the children in Japan forever．
D．Paula and her family would love to live on the U．S．West Coast．
25．Which of the following does the underlined word"katakana"meanB？
A．A Japanese system of grammar．
B．A way of writing the Japanese language．
C．A Japanese word which means"name"．
D．A name popular with Japanese people．
26．What can we infer from the passageD？
A．Nicole and her Japanese husband have a daughter and two sons．
B．Paula has little say in making a decision at home．
C．John's wife is Irish and the couple have only one child．
D．Lenny is a name familiar to Japanese when written the Japanese way．
27．Which would be the best title for the passageC？
A．Is a western name better than a Japanese name？
B．Why does your child have two names？
C．How do you choose your child's name？
D．Do you settle differences in naming your child？

Answer 1

分析 本文主要講述了在日本從事不同職業(yè)的四個外國人，在與日本人結(jié)婚并且有了孩子后，他們是如何考慮著為孩子取名字的．

解答 答案：
24．A   細節(jié)理解題及內(nèi)容歸納題    根據(jù)"Nicole Despres"部分中的"we did want to have a Western name too，…We agreed there would be no strange names，…in the Japanese language）"可知，Nicole和她的丈夫在如何給孩子們起名字上達成了一致意見；由于在"Jeff Ruiz"中，并沒有提到Jeff 的妻子不習慣墨西哥的生活，故排除B；通讀全文可知，在這四對夫妻中，只有Nicole和她的丈夫想永遠在日本住下去，其他三對夫妻并沒有明確提出這一想法，故排除C；根據(jù)"Paula Murakami"部分中的"Our boys，Hiroki and Kenta，never had any problems…with Japanese names"提到：他們給孩子取名叫Hiroki 和 Kenta，這樣即使他們的孩子生活在美國西海岸也不會有麻煩，可知他們不一定會永遠的在日本住下去，故排除D；故選A
25．B   詞義猜測題     根據(jù)"Jeff Ruiz"部分中的"In Japanese we write the name in katakana as that is easy for Japanese people who seem to like names in two or three characters．"（在日本我們以片假名的形式書寫名字，是因為對于似乎喜歡用兩、三個字符作為名字的日本人來說更容易辨認），可推測出"katakana"是日本的一種書寫形式；故選B  
26．D   細節(jié)推理題     根據(jù)"Nicole Despres"部分中的"all three of them now have both a Western and Japanese name"可知，Nicole和她的丈夫有三個孩子，但此處并沒有提及孩子的性別，故排除A；根據(jù)"Paula Murakami"部分中的"My husband was very excited about choosing names"可知，她的丈夫在對給孩子取名上感到很興奮，因此可推測出：他并不是不參與討論家里的一些決定，故排除B；由于"John McCracken"部分中的"In part because my wife and I met in university and as she was studying Irish history"，只提到了他的妻子是學習愛爾蘭歷史的，并沒說她是愛爾蘭人，故排除C；故選D
27．C   主旨大意題    通讀全文可知，本文主要講述了在日本從事不同職業(yè)的四個外國人，在與日本人結(jié)婚并且有了孩子后，他們是如何考慮為孩子取名字的；故選C

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