Americanschoosenamesfortheirchildrenwithcare.Parentsusuallythinkabouttheimpressionanamegivesnotitsmeaning.MostAmericanswouldconsidera“Jennifer”moreattractivethana“Bertha”，forexample.Thelastnameorsurnam

　　Americanschoosenamesfortheirchildrenwithcare.Parentsusuallythinkabouttheimpressionanamegivesnotitsmeaning.MostAmericanswouldconsidera“Jennifer”moreattractivethana“Bertha”，forexample.Thelastnameorsurnamemustalsobeconsideredwhenchoosingafirstandmiddlename.AnamelikeLesterChesterHesterwouldsoundpoeticbutodd.Parentswouldavoidnamesthatremindthemofpeopletheydon’tlike.Ontheotherhandpeoplemightnametheirchildrenafterarespectedelderlyrelativeorevenafamousperson.Thepopularityofcertainnamescanchangewitheachnewgeneration.NamesthatwereoncecommonlikeFannyorElmersoundold-fashionedtoday.Butothernames—likeJohnandDavidMaryandSarah—havestoodthetestoftimeandcontinuetobefavorites.

　　PeopleinAmeicadon’talwayscalltheirfriendsandrelativesbytheirgivennames.Insteadtheyoftenusenicknames.Sometimesnicknamesareshortformsofalongername.ForinstanceagirlnamedElizabethmaybecalledLisaBethorBetsy.Aschildrengrowuptheymaydecideforthemselveswhichnicknametheywishtobecalled.SomepeoplejustgobytheinitialsoftheirfirstandmiddlenameslikeB.J.orR.C.Andofcoursepeoplemaycalltheirchildrenortheirsweetheartsotherspecialnicknames.Oftentheyhavea“sweet”flavorlikeHoneyorSugar.What’sinaname?Aworldofsignificance.Soifyou’rechoosinganEnglishnameforyourselftakecaretochooseagoodone.Amade-upnamecouldsoundstrangetonativeEnglishspeakers.AndatranslationofyourChinesenamemaynotmakeanappropriatenameeither.Butagoodnamecanleaveapositiveandlastingimpression.AsanAmericanpoliticianoncesaid“InreallifeunlikeinShakespearethesweetnessoftherosedependsuponthenameitbears.”

　　1.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinparagraph2mean?

　　A.Peoplechangenamesinordertobepopularwiththenewgeneration.

　　B.Nameswillchangebythemselvesinordertobepopular.

　　C.Somenamesmaynolongerbepopularamongthenewgeneration.

　　D.Nonamescanstandthetestoftime.

　　2.Whenchoosingnamesyoushouldsticktothefollowingprinciplesexceptthat_________.

　　A.theimpressionanamegivesismoreimportantthanitsmeaning

　　B.youcannameafterawell-kn