While open to everyone, the firm said __6__ expects the service is likely to attract celebrity clients, who are known for giving their babies unusual names.
Other names of celebrities’ babies it has checked include Kai Rooney, the name of the newborn son of English soccer player Wayne Rooney,__7__ means “probably” in Finnish, “pier” in Estonian, and “stop it” in the west African language of Yoruba.
__8__ musicians Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale may have known Zuma meant “peace” in Arabic when __9__(choose) their son’ s name, they may not have been aware it also translates as “Lord frowns in anger” in the Aztec language of Nahuatl.
However, some unusual name choices of celebrities’ babies are beyond easy translation, the company admits,__10__ as Jermajesty — the name of Michael Jackson’ s brother Jermaine’s son.
1. [解析] 考查词性转换。空格前为形容词修饰语,而且此处是cause sb.sth.的结构,因此断定此处需要填名词,embarrass的名词形式为embarrassment。
[答案] embarrassment
2. [解析] 结合语境考查形容词性物主代词。名词前设空答案首先考虑限定词,因为上文提到“Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes”,所以用their,意为“他们的女儿”。此处表示“名人夫妇Tom Cruise和Katie Holmes要是知道Suri这个名字在其他语言里的意义的话,他们也许会三思后再起名字了”。
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