Your parents may have named you Tracy, Kyle, James or Keesha. But many of your friends c_小题1:_ you by another name---a nickname(绰号)---something like Red, Little Lazy Cat or Big Guy.
Your real name was given to you when you were just a newborn b__小题2:__, before you developed your personality(性格), talents(才华) and looks. Because of this, your name actually is more loved by your p__小题3:__ than you. They may have named you after a relative, or a famous person, or even because they just l__小题4:__ the sound of the name.
But your nickname, the one your f__小题5:__ call you, probably comes from something s___小题6:__ about you. If you’re tall, people might call you Stilts(高跷). If you are c__小题7:_, you may be called Brainiac(才智非凡的人) or Einstein. If you’re g___小题8:__ at basketball, you might get the name King of Basketball.
Nicknames like these, are a way of giving m___小题9:__ to a name and letting a name describe the person. The name Bill doesn’t really tell you anything about a person, b___小题10:___ if Bill is known as Flash, you can guess that he may be a fast runner.
