Aren’t you glad that mothers and fathers give names to their children？Names are the quickest and easiest and the most friendly way to say who’s who．Another nice thing about names is that they do not change(变化)as people do．Yesterday Mary’s hair was long．Today her hair is short．But her name is still Mary．On his birthday Uncle Tom didn’t have moustache(胡子)．At Christmas time he did．But his name is still Tom．People are always changing a little or a lot，but people’s names are still the same．

  A name sometimes says something nice about someone．Girls’ names often come from words meaning“pretty(漂亮的)”，“happy”，“lovely”…Boys’ names are often borrowed from words which mean“strong”，“brave(勇敢的)”…

1．____________ usually give names to the children．

  A．Parents        B．Friends        C．Teachers         D．Family members

2．A man’s name  ____________．

  A．is always changing．                      B．changes as he does．

  C．is seldom(几乎不)changing               D．changes at any time

3．Some people sometimes have their ____________ when writing for newspaper．

  A．family names    B．given names    C．full names       D．pen names

4．If there is a word“brave”in a boy’s name．that means his parents wish him___________．

  A．to have a strong body          B．to be stronger，when he grows up

  C．to have a name for love           D．not to be afraid of anybody

5．In the last paragraph，the underlined word“borrow”means ___________．

  A．借用                 B．使用            C．拿走                  D．带来

—You aren’t a professional athlete, are you?

—________．I am just a football fan.

A．Yes, I am           B．No, I’m not            C．Of course          D．Sometimes

—You aren’t a professional athlete, are you?

—________．I am just a football fan.

A．Yes, I am           B．No, I’m not            C．Of course           D．Sometimes