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John: Yes, I’ve been an uncle since yesterday noon. 

Kate: Congratulations! Is it a boy or a girl? 

John: An eight-pound boy. They named him Francis. That’s spelled with an “i” before the “s”, you know. 

Kate: That’s right. Frances with an “e” is a girl’s name. But they are both pronounced the same. Why did they name your nephew Francis? 

John: I don’t know. They considered a lot of other names, like Richard, Edward, Philip, David, and several others. 

Kate: What if the baby had been a girl? Didn’t they have any girl’s names in mind? 

John: They couldn’t agree on any. Whenever he suggested a girl’s name, she said, “I hate that name!” Some people have very strong feelings about names. 

Kate: I think most people do. Sometimes I decided not to like someone I haven’t even met, just because I don’t like his name. 

John: That reminds me of something I read a few days ago. Somebody had found out that school children with certain names get low marks in school just because of their names. 

Kate: Their family names? 

John: No, their first names. That’s what the article said. 

1. The first sentence “Has your sister’s baby arrived yet?” means _______. 

A. Has your sister’s baby come here yet? 

B. Has your sister’s baby reached your home yet? 

C. Has your sister’s baby been sent to you yet? 

D. Has your sister given birth to that baby yet? 

2. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage? 

A. Francis is boy’s name. 

B. Frances is a girl’s name. 

C. Francis and Frances have the same pronunciation. 

D. There is no difference between Francis and Frances. 

3. According to the passage, we can infer that a nephew is _______. 

A. a baby boy

B. a baby girl 

C. the son of one’s brother’s or sister’s

D. the daughter of one’s brother’s or sister’s. 

4. Reading the passage, we can know _______. 

A. Americans have only first names

B. Americans have only family names

C. Americans have both first names and family names

D. Americans have either first names or family names

【答案与解析】本文是一篇对话，是 John 和 Kate 关于人的名字的谈论。

1. D。细节判断题。根据原文 John 说的话 Yes, I’ve been a uncle since yesterday noon可知 Kate 是问 John 他的姐姐生了小孩没有。所以正确答案为 D。

2. D。细节题。根据原文可知 John 的姐姐生了个男孩，取名 Francis，Francis 是男孩名，而 Frances 是女孩名。Francis 和 Frances 的读音是相同的。由此可判断出此题正确答案为 D。

3. C。推断题。根据原文可知 John 的姐姐生了个男孩，取名 Francis。然后再根据Kate 问 John 的话可推知 nephew  是指一个人的 sister 或 brother 的儿子。所以答案为 C。

4. C。细节题。根据最后两句 Kate 和 John 的话  Their family names? No, their first names…可知此题答案为 C。