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江苏如东县2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）训练（7）含答案 【2015高考复习】阅读理解 Does your local town have a nickname？If so，what does it say about the area and the people who live there? Many cities are recognized across the world by their unofficial titles.New York is the Big Apple，London is the Big Smoke，and Los Angeles is famously called La La Land. Now Britains National Mapping Agency(规划局)，Ordnance Survey，and the British Linguistics (语言学)Charity，the English Project，are launching an interactive project to uncover the nicknames people use for local places. The project，which was launched last week to coincide with English Language Day，is called Location Lingo.It aims to identify the names people use every day，whether its a term of endearment(昵称) or a hate name. The University of Winchesters Professor Bill Lucas is a leader of the English Project.He explains that unofficial place names often show what people think about a place.“The name that people conjure_up or create for a place forms an emotional connection，”he says.“So Basingstoke becomes Amazingstoke，Swindon is known as Swindump.Padstow，hometown of chef Rick Stein，is nicknamed Padstein.” Basingstoke is a town in central England.The local nickname，Amazingstoke，shows the love that locals seem to have for the area.Swindon，on the other hand，is sometimes called Swindump，showing that local people think its a big dump.Stanford Le Hope in Essex is called Stanford No Hope by locals.And Padstow in Cornwall is so closely associated with the local celebrity Rick Stein that its become known as Padstein. Since launching the online database (数据库) last week，the creators have already received 3,000 alternative titles for places and landmarks. Some also say that the project could even have a practical use.Glen Hart，Ordnance Surveys head of research，says the information could be very helpful to the emergency services，for example.“By having the most complete set of nicknames，we could help the emergency services quickly locate the right place，and maybe even save