Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Even 36 New Zealand has quite free rules about 37 children, names beginning with a 38 are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman 39 .
In many countries around the world, 40 names for children are becoming more popular. In Britain, you can call a child almost 41 you like. The only restrictions(限制) on parents 42 to offensive(冒犯的) words such as swear words.
43 parents choose names which come from 44 culture. For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf 45 the character in the Lord of the Rings(指环王) novels and films. 46 , names related to sport are fairly common – 47 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal(阿森纳) after the football team. Other parents like to 48 names, or combine names to make their own 49 names, a method demonstrated (证实的) by Jordan, the British model, 50 recently invented the name Tiaamii for her daughter by 51 names Thea and Amy (the two grandmothers).
Some names which were previously 52 as old-fashioned have 53 popular again, but the most popular names are not the strange 54 . The top names are fairly 55 , for example, Jack, Charlie and Thomas for boys and Grace, Ruby and Jessica for girls.
A.when B.in C.though D.for
A.calling B.naming C.raising D.educating
A.letter B.mark C.number D.sign
A.however B.too C.thus D.instead
A.outstanding B.unusual C.common D.famous
A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
A.to relate B.relate C.relating D.related
A.Many of B.Much C.A great many of D.Some
A.popular B.mysterious C.current D.present
A.for B.by C.after D.like
A.However B.Whereas C.Indeed D.Equally
A.in B.after C.since D.till
A.make out B.make for C.make use of D.make up
A.well-known B.double C.unique D.fantastic
A.which B.who C.that D.who that
A.changing B.combining C.separating D.dividing
A.thought B.thought about C.thought of D.thought over
A.become B.sounded C.formed D.developed
A.personalities B.ones C.characters D.varieties
A.traditional B.convenient C.classic D.contemporary