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1、Societiesallovertheworldnameplacesinsimilarways阅读答案　　Societiesallovertheworldnameplacesinsimilarways.Quiteoftenthereisnoofficialnamingceremonybutplacestendtobecallednamesaspointsofreferencebypeople.Thenanorganizedbodystepsinandgivestheplaceaname.Frequent

2、lyithappensthataplacehastwonames:Oneisnamedbythepeopleandtheotherbythegovernment.Asinmanyareas,oldhabitsdiedhard,andtheplacecontinuestobecalledbyitsunofficialnamelongafterthemeaningislost.　　ManyroadsandplacesinSingapore（新加坡）arenamedinorderthatthepioneers

3、willberememberedbyfuturegenerations.ThuswehavenamessuchasStamfordRoadandRafflesPlace.Thisisinkeepingwithtraditionsinmanycountries----inboththeWestandtheEast.　　Anotherwayofnamingplacesisnamingthemafterotherplaces.Perhapstheywerenamedtopromotefriendshipsbe

4、tweenthetwoplacesoritcouldbethatthepeoplewhousedtolivetherewereoriginallyfromtheplacesthattheroadswerenamedafter.ThemysteryisclearerwhenweseesomeoftheroadsnamedinformerBritishbases.IfyoustepintoSelectorAirbaseyouwillseePiccadillyCircus----obviouslynamedb

5、ysomehomesickRoyalAirForcepersonnel.　　Someplaceswerenamedaftertheactivitiesthatusedtogoonatthoseplaces.BrasBasahRoadisaninterestingexample,“BaseBasah”means“wetrice”inMalay（马来语）.Nowwhywouldanyonewanttonamearoad“WetRiceRoad”?Thereasonissimple.Duringthepion

6、eeringdays,wetricewaslaidouttodryalongthisroad.　　AfewroadsinSingaporearenamedbytheirshapes.Thereis“CircularRoad”forone.Otherroadsmayhavepartoftheirnamestodescribetheirshapes,like“PayaLebarCrescent”.Thisroadiscalledacrescent（月牙）becauseitbeginsonthemainroa

7、d,makesacrescentandcomesbacktojointhemainroadagain.　　36.WelearnfromParagraph1that_____.　　A.thegovernmentisusuallythefirsttonameaplace　　B.manyplacestendtohavemorethanonename　　C.aceremonywillbeheldwhenaplaceisnamed　　D.peopleprefertheplacenamesgivenbythegov

8、ernment　　【答案】B　　【解析】推理理解题。由“Frequentlyithappensthataplacehastwonames”可知。　　37.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“diehard”inParagraph1probablymean?　　A.Changesuddenly.　　B.Changesignificantly.　　C.Disappearmysteriously.　　D.Disappearve