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1、九（1）二模后专项练习阅读与表达专项练习2017八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）What’sinaName?ManyAmericannamescomefromEngland.ButwheredidmostEnglishnamescomefrom?Centuriesago,mostpeopleinEnglandhadonlyonename—theirfirstname.Inthe11thcentury,fiveorsixofthe50peopleinavillagemigh
2、tbenamedWilliam,anditwaseasytogetconfused.ButintheMiddleAges,peoplefoundawaytodescribeeachpersonexactly.IftherewerefourWilliamsinonevillage,onemightbereferredtoasWilliamthesonofJohn.AsecondmightbecalledWilliamfromthehill.Athird,Williamtheblacksmith(铁匠)
3、.Andafourth,Williamthebrownhaired.Inconversation,peoplemightrefertothefourWilliamsasWilliamJohn’sson,Williamhill,Williamsmith,andWilliambrown.Itwas300or400yearsbeforetheseextra(附加的)namesgraduallydevelopedintolastnames,orsurnames.Theywerepassedonfromgen
4、erationtogeneration.Bythe1300s,Robert,thesonofWilliamsmith,hadthenameRobertsmith,evenifhewasnotablacksmithlikehisfather.Asthelastnamebecamewidelyaccepted,thefirstletterwascapitalized,asinRobertSmith.Bythe15thcentury,mostpeopleoftheupperandmiddleclasses
5、hadsurnames.Manysurnameswerebasedonfather-sonrelations.The“sonof”partwasaddedtothefather’sfirstname,likeJohnson,meaningJohn’sson.Sometimesitwasshortenedtojust“s”,asinJonesorEvans.SurnameslikeHilldescribedtheplacewhereapersonlived.Theyarethemostcommonty
6、peofsurname.Athirdkindofsurnamewasbasedonaperson’sjob.Foresterwassomeonewholookedaftertheforest.IntheMiddleAges,occupationnamessuchasBaker,Carpenter,andMillerbecamecommon.Thefourthkindofsurnamewasanickname(绰号).AmanwhosesurnamewasBearmightbeasfierceasab
7、ear.Haveyoueverwonderedwhysomesurnamesaresocommon?ThemostcommonsurnameintheEnglishlanguageisSmith.Beingabletomakemetals(金属)intotoolswasanimportantskillintheMiddleAges,andmanypeopleweretrainedblacksmiths.ThemostcommonAmericansurnamesareSmith,Johnson,Wil
8、liams,andBrown.61．WheredomanyAmericannamescomefrom?62．Whendidpeoplefindawaytodescribeeachpersonexactly?63．Howlongdidittakeforextranamestodevelopintolastnames?64．Whatisthefourthparagraphmainlyabout?20104九（1）二模后专项练习八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分
