Each Indian(印第安人) was supposed to keep his birth name until he was old enough to earn one for himself. But his playmates(游戲伙伴) would always give him a name of their own. No matter what his parents called him, his childhood friends would use the name they had chosen. Often it was not pleasing, such as Bow Legs or Bad Boy. But sometimes a name fit so well that the youngster found it difficult to shake it off. If he could not earn a better one from a war later, he could be stuck with a name like Bow Legs for the rest of his life.
The Indian earned his real name when he was old enough for his first fight against the enemy. His life name depended on how he acted during this first battle. When he returned from the war, the whole tribe would gather and observe the ceremony in which he would be given his name by the chief. If he had done well, he would get a good name. Otherwise he might be called Crazy Wolf or Man-Afraid-Of-a-Horse. So an Indian’s name told his record or described the kind of man he was.
A man was given many chances to improve his name, however. If in a later battle he was brave in fighting against the enemy, he was given a batter name. Some of our great fighters had as many as twelve names—all good and each better than the last.
An Indian’s names belonged to him for the rest of his life. No one else could use them. Even he himself could not give them away because names were assigned by the tribe, not the family. So no man could pass on his name unless the chief and the tribe asked him to do so.
Sometimes an Indian would be asked to give his name to a son who had performed a noticed deed. I know of only three of four times when this happened. It is the rarest honor for a person—the honor of assuming(承擔(dān)) his father’ name.
小題1:An Indian could be given the second name by__________.
A．his fatherB．the enemyC．the chief of the tribeD．his childhood friends.
小題2:The greatest honor an Indian could earn was__________.
A．a(chǎn) victory in his first battle against the enemy.B．a(chǎn) name given by the chief.
C．a(chǎn) ceremony to get his real name.D．the right to use his father’ name.
小題3:If an Indian had more than ten names, it means that___________.
A．many people in the tribe liked him.B．he was a great fighter.
C．he had a lot of friends.D．he had fought in fewer than ten battles.
小題4:Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A．The names given by the playmates of an Indian were usually not pleasant.
B．The life name of an Indian was earned in battle.
C．An Indian could throw away his birth name when he was old enough to earn one for himself.
D．The Indians themselves were not allowed to give their names away.

小題1:D
小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:C

小題1:根據(jù)But his playmates(游戲伙伴) would always give him a name of their own.及下文描述可知選D。
小題1:根據(jù)It is the rarest honor for a person—the honor of assuming(承擔(dān)) his father’ name.可知選D。
小題1:根據(jù)Some of our great fighters had as many as twelve names描述可知一些偉大的戰(zhàn)士有十二個(gè)名字之多。故選B。
小題1:根據(jù)The Indian earned his real name when he was old enough for his first fight against the enemy.及上文描述可知選C。
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