Question

【題目】

When you are talking about someone, but at that time you can't remember his or her name. What should you do then? Don't worry! In English, you can use other names to replace (代替) their real (真實的) names.

In the US, if you forget someone's name, you can just use the name John Doe for a man or Jane Doe for a woman. For example, "Did you see that boy who was running in the rain?" "Ah, yes, poor John Doe."

People use these names in US courts (法庭). This is to keep the person's identify (身份) a secret (秘密). People use the name so often that there was even a film in 1941 called Meet John Doe.

But in the UK, unknown people are called John Smith. This name is used so often that John is one of the most common first name in English, and Smith is the most common family name.

So next time you forget someone's name, you know what to say.

【1】When Americans can't remember a woman's name, they call her ________.

A.John Doe.B.Jane Doe.C.Jane Smith

【2】John Smith is used among unknown people in ________.

A.America.B.the UK.C.Canada.

【3】In US courts, people don't use real names because ________.

A.using real names is not allowed (允許)

B.they think using real names may bring them bad luck

C.they just want to keep their identify a secret

【4】The meaning of the underlined word "common" in paragraph 4 is ________.

A.普通的B.普遍的C.共同的

【5】The passage is mainly about ________.

A.why people sometimes can't remember others' names

B.differences in names between the UK and the US

C.the names American and British people use when they forget someone's name

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本文主要介紹了美國人和英國人在忘記別人名字時用的名字。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“In the US, if you forget someone's name, you can just use the name John Doe for a man or Jane Doe for a woman.”可知，在美國，如果你忘記了某人的名字，你可以用John Doe來稱呼男士，Jane Doe來稱呼女士。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中“But in the UK, unknown people are called John Smith.”可知，在英國，不知名的人被稱為約翰·史密斯。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中“People use these names in US courts (法庭). This is to keep the person's identify (身份) a secret (秘密).”可知，人們在美國法庭使用這些名字是為了保護這個人的身份。故選C。

【4】詞句猜測題。分析“This name is used so often that John is one of the most common first name in English, and Smith is the most common family name.”可知，這個名字使用得如此頻繁，以至于John是英語中最常見的名之一，而Smith是最常見的姓。所以推測common是常見的、普遍的含義。故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。A：為什么人們有時記不住別人的名字；B：英國和美國名字的差異；C：美國人和英國人在忘記別人名字時用的名字。根據(jù)全文內容可知，本文主要介紹了美國人和英國人在忘記別人名字時用的名字。故選C。