Washington D.C.is named after( ).

Which of the following places is named after a person?（ ）

A．Raffles Place．

B．Selector Airbase．

C．Piccadilly Circus．

D．Paya Lebar Crescent．

Passage Five

Billy Joel was born on Long Island, in New York State. He began taking piano lessons at an early age and joined his first rock band when he was fourteen. After playing in a number of Long Island groups, Billy began concentrating on his song-writing. His first album of completely original songs was Cold Spring Harbor. It was released in 1972. Two years later, after the release of the smash-hit albums Piano Man and Street-life Serenade. Billy was named "Best New Male Vocalist" by Cask Box magazine.

51. Billy Joel began taking piano lessons ______.

A. when he joined his first rock band

B. after he was named "Best New Male Vocalist"

C. at fourteen

D. before he was fourteen years old

A.her brother

B.her father

C.her grandfather

D.her uncle

A

Societies all over the world name places in similar ways. Quite often there is no official naming ceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people. Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name. Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.

Many roads and places in Singapore(新加坡) are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries ---- in both the West and the East.

Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus ---- obviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.

Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example, “Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay(马来语). Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.

A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is “Circular Road” for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like “Paya Lebar Crescent”. This road is called a crescent(月牙) because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.

36. We learn from Paragraph 1 that _____.

A. the government is usually the first to name a place

B. many places tend to have more than one name

C. a ceremony will be held when a place is named

D. people prefer the place names given by the government

Truman's insight could well be applied to another,even more venerated Washington figure:the CEO-turned cabinet secretary.

请用自己的话翻译一下,谢谢!(Washington figure和CEO-turned作何解?)

Bras Basah Road is named____________．

A．after a person

B．after a place

C．after an activity

D．by its shape

They named the island_____ its discoverer.

A. in

B. to

C. after

根据下列材料请回答 41～45 题：

B

Societies all over the world name places in similar ways．Quite often there is no official namingceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people．Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name．Frequently it happens that a place has two names：One is named by the people and the other by the government．As in many areas，old habits died hard，andthe place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost．

Many roads and places in Singapore(新加坡)are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generation．Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place．This is in keeping with tradition in many countries——in both the West and the East．

Another way of naming places is naming them after other places．Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after．The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases．If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus——0bviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel．

Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places．Bras Basah Road is an interesting example．“Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay(马来语)．Now why would an yone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road” ?The reason is simple．During the pioneering days，wet rice was laid out to dry along this road．

A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes．There is“Circular Road”for one．Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes，like“Paya I．ebar Crescent”．This roadis called a crescent(月牙)because it begins on the main road，makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again．

第 41 题 We learn from Paragraph 1 that____________．

A．the government is usually the first to name a place

B．many places tend to have more than one name

C．a ceremony will be held when a place is named

D．people prefer the place names given by the government

24 As a child, Jack studied in a village school，——is named after his grandfather．

A which

B where

C what

D.that