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共用题干 Why People Use Pseudonyms(假名字)?You can't choose the name you are given at birth,but in many cou...

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Why People Use Pseudonyms(假名字)?

You can't 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___________(51)they feel unhappy
about them.However some people do____________(52)this course of action一particularly artists!What
makes an artist want to change their name?Sometimes it's for purely_____________(53)reasons,such as the
Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile,Neftaif Reyes.He didn't want his father to_____________(54)he was
writing poetry,so he changed his name to Pablo Neruda when he was a young man._______________(55)other
times the reason may Portuguese poet Femando Pessca,appear strange;take the case of the______________(56)
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,____________(57),people change their names for social,historical,politi-
cal,or cultural reasons.Here are some of the most ______________(58),
The person's real name is just_____________(59)long and difficult to remember. Let's be honest,Madonna
Louise Ciccone is not as._______________(60)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______(61).For example,if a name sounds too
"foreign",it may be changed to something that is more recognizable in a___________(62).So in the film
world,Ramon Estevez adopted the name Martin Sheen.Or maybe the artist's real name doesn't sound very
attractive一Chad Everett does____________(63)a lot better than Raymond Cramton.
Artists sometimes______________(64)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
_______________(65)this situation,they sometimes gave themselves men's names,so the English author Mary
Ann Evans became George Eliot,and she did get her books published! _________(52)
  • A.make
  • B.take
  • C.bring
  • D.have