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完形填空 Nineteen-year-old Beau Jessup is studying Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics. She started her own business 1 she was just 15. She is paying her way through college by helping Chinese2find names for their children through her 3Special Name. In a TED Talk in 2016, Jessup 4 that during a trip to China about two years ago, one of her father's colleagues asked her to 5 an English name for her daughter. Based on the 6 from her father of the young girl's personality, Jessup picked a name that 7 the colleague. This experience 8 her to build the Chinese language website specialname. cn to 9 Chinese parents pick English names for their kids. Jessup 10 a database of 4,000 names for the website with five characteristics. Each name 11 what that name means. After parents enter the gender (性别)and characteristics of the child, the website will recommend(推荐)three 12 and provide two examples of famous people 13 to each name. "The parents involve their family and friends in the final14 , making their chosen name both appropriate and special," Jessup explained. Jessup at first provided the service for free, but after naming 162,000 babies, she 15 customers for a fee. "Most of my customers are parents who 16that their children will study abroad…he English names used by our Chinese friends are 17 names which is used primarily to help them fit in 18 stand out when they study abroad. " "The first time a parent sent me a photograph of their baby, a beautiful little girl 'Ellen', the mother 19me for giving her an English name and she said that she hoped this name would help her 20 friends in the future." (1) A . until B . when C . so D . that (2) A . parents B . friends C . relatives D . colleagues (3) A . website B . phone C . college D . magazine (4) A . learned B . whispered C . explained D . added (5) A . announce B . present C . call D . pick (6) A . imagination B . direction C . description D . income (7) A . annoyed B . delighted C . defeated D . worried (8) A . inspired B . discouraged C . commanded D . advised (9) A . hear B . see C . feel D . help (10) A . sold B . collected C . built D . proved (11) A . likes B . represents C . doubts D . requires (12) A . companies B . patterns C . destinations D . names (13) A . related B . invited C . returned D . compared (14) A . hobby B . point C . decision D . practise (15) A . paid B . charged C . cost D . provided (16) A . hope B . find C . confirm D . complain (17) A . family B . professional C . additional D . exact (18) A . rather than B . other than C . but also D . even if (19) A . influenced B . changed C . greeted D . thanked (20) A . answer B . make C . take D . show 答案:(1)B;(2)A;(3)A;(4)C;(5)D;(6)C;(7)B;(8)A;(9)D;(10)C;(11)B;(12)D;(13)A;(14)C;(15)B;(16)A;(17)C;(18)A;(19)D;(20)B;
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