根据以下材料，回答题 ThemenandwomenofAnglo-SaxonEnglandnormallyboreonenameonly.Distinguishingepithetswererarelyadded.Thesemightbepatronymic,descriptiveoroccupational.Theywere,however,hardlysurnames.HeritablenamesgraduallybecamegeneralinthethreecenturiesfollowingtheNormanConquestin1066.Itwasnotuntilthe13thand14thcenturiesthatsurnamesbecamefixed,althoughformanyyearsafterthat,thedegreeofstabilityinfamilynamesvariedconsiderablyindifferentpartsofthecountry. Britishsurnamesfallmainlyintofourbroadcategories:patronymic,occupational,descriptiveandlocal.Afewnames,itistrue,willremainpuzzling:foreignnames,perhaps,crudelytranslated,adaptedorabbreviated;orartificialnames. Infact,overfiftypercentofgenuineBritishsurnamesderivefromplacenamesofdifferentkinds,andsotheybelongtothelastofourfourmaincategories.EvensuchanameasSimpsonmaybelongtothislastgroup,andnottothefirst,hadthefamilyoncehaditshomeintheancientvillageofthatname.Otherwise,Simpsonmeans"thesonofSimon",asmightbeexpected. Hundredsofoccupationalsurnamesareatoncefamiliartous,oratleastrecognisableafteralittlethought:Archer,Carter,Fisher,Mason,Thatcher,Taylor,tonamebutafew.Hundredsofothersaremoreobscureintheirmeaningsandtestifytotheamazingspecializationinmedievalarts,craftsandfunctions.Suchare"Day"(oldEnglishforbreadmaker)and"Walker"(afullerwhosejobwastocleanandthickennewlymadecloth). Allthesevocationalnamescarrywiththemacertaingravityanddignity,whichdescriptivenamesoftenlack.Some,itistrue,like"Long","Short"or"Little",aresimple.Theymaybetakenquiteliterally.Othersrequiremorethinking;theirmeaningsareslightlydifferentfromthemodemones."Black"and"White"implieddarkandfairrespectively."Sharp"meantgenuinelydiscerning,alert,acuteratherthanquick-wittedorclever. Place-nameshavealastinginterestsincethereishardlyatownorvillageinallEnglandthathasnotatsometimegivenitsnametoafamily.Theymaybepicturesque,evenpoetical;ortheymaybepedestrian,eventrivial.Amongthecommonernameswhichsurvivewithrelativelylittlechangefromold-Englishtimesare"Milton"(middleenclosure)and"Hilton"(enclosureonahill). WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEat,cordingtothepassage查看材料
A.Less than half of the genuine Britishsurnames come from place names. B.The name "Simpson" could be ssurname deriving from a place name if the family have had its home in theancient village of that name. C."Thatcher" is an occupationalsurname which testifies to the specialization in medieval arts. D.The meanings of all descriptive names areslightly different from the modem ones.正确答案B
