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2011年度职称英语综合类完型填空新增文章(打印版).doc

2011年度职称英语综合类完型填空新增文章(打印版)

综合类完形填空新增文章 篇目 第五篇 Why People Use Pseudonyms *第十二篇 Sport or Spectacle? +第十五篇 Life Expectancy in the Last Hundred Years 第五篇 Why People Use Pseudonyms You cant 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 --1-- they feel unhappy about them. However, some people do --2-- this course of action—particularly artists! What makes an artist want to change their name? Sometimes its for purely --3-- reasons, such as the Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile, Neflali Reyes. He didnt want his father to --4-- he was writing poetry, so he changed his name to Pablo Neruda when he was a young man.--5-- other times the reason may appear eccentric; take the case of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, --6-- 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,--7-- ,the reason is for social, historical, political, or cultural reasons. Here are some of most --8--: The persons real name is jus --9-- long and difficult to remember. Lets be honest, Madonna Louise Ciccone is not as –10-- to remember as just plain Madonna. And short names are much easier to remember:William Bradley became Brad Pitt and Edson Arantes do Nascimento became Pele. Sometimes names are changed for marketing –11--.For example,if a name sounds too foreign, it may be changed to something that is more recognizable in a –12--. So in the film world, Ramon Estsvez adopted the name Martin Sheen. Or maybe the artists doesnt sound very attractive -- Chad Everett does –13—a lot better than Raymond Cramto. Artists sometimes --l 4-- the name of someone they admire. Robert Zimmerman changed his name to Boo Dylan 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 –15-- this situation theys situation they sometimes gave

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