It’s common to hear the honking of horns in New York. Whoever tries every day to get more than a few minutes of sleep in the city will tell you that he could do nothing about it! Honking of horns is just one of their most widely enjoyed pastimes.
But Aaron, a Japanese website developer has had enough of it. Once, the 31-year-old man approached the open window to wait for the driver to finish honking, delivered a polite "excuse me" and then yelled " Ho-o-o-o-onk!", which suggests fierce anger in Japan. Then he threw three eggs from the window of his apartment on to a passing car honking loudly below when his patience was worn out. Instead of apologizing to him, the driver threatened to kill him angrily. So, nobly, Aaron turned to non-violence. He started writing anti-honking haiku verses, a form of Japanese poetry, and submitted them to local newspapers:
Oh .forget Enron;
The problem around here is;
All the damn honking
(Enron: a major American company that recently caused a scandal by going bankrupt be­cause of corrupt(腐敗) mismanagement)
"Then this kind of chain reaction started happening," Aaron says. "All these other haiku star­ted appearing that I haven't written." Aaron’ s community is now covered in anti - hon­king poetry, written by all walks of life, ranging from scary environmental activist types to violent revolutionaries:
Patience slowly fades;
Residents store up their eggs;
That day is coming soon.
It’s no surprise that Aaron has started a website — www. honku. org — and now people from across the country send him news of their own anti - honking activities. It seems that poetry can change the world after all. Then, just recently, anti-anti- honking haiku started to appear, taped up by locals who thought Aaron should stop worrying about honking and start wor­rying about starving children, say, or war in the  Middle East instead. Aaron has an answer for that. "Stop me if this is too tenuous(不靠譜的) ," he says," but they talk about the violence in the Middle East like it' s a force of nature, like it' s beyond our control. But actually it's kind of like the honking - the violence is man -made. If we can figure out how to stop honking on the streets, I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale. "
【小題1】The first paragraph of the passage is intended to tell us that_______.

A．New Yorkers have formed a habit of honking while driving 
B．most New Yorkers enjoy sleeping late in the morning 
C．honking noise has influenced people's life in New York 
D．New Yorkers enjoy listening to the honking of horns 
【小題2】What is Aaron’s final response to the frequent honking of horns?
A．Pretended to ignore it. 
B．Screamed at the driver. 
C．Acted in a peaceful way. 
D．Complained to the government. 
【小題3】According to the passage, most New Yorkers think Aaron's response is ___.
A．pointless 
B．a(chǎn)bnormal 
C．sensitive 
D．a(chǎn)cceptable 
【小題4】Faced with the criticism of his anti-honking campaign, Aaron notes that___.
A．fierce violence in the Middle East is more of an issue worthy of concern 
B．finding the solution to anti - honking is as meaningful as that to starvation 
C．big issues are beyond our control while small ones are under our control 
D．if not handled properly, honking may cause serious problems like starvation 


【小題1】C
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】B

解析試題分析 紐約的噪音很是影響人們的生活，有一個(gè)日本人對(duì)此做了很大的掙扎，從激烈對(duì)抗到非暴力，以及紐約當(dāng)?shù)厝藢?duì)此的反應(yīng)。
【小題1】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段Whoever tries every day to get more than a few minutes of sleep in the city will tell you that he could do nothing about it得出紐約的噪聲很是影響人們的生活。故選 C項(xiàng)。
【小題2】C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段So, nobly, Aaron turned to non-violence開(kāi)始轉(zhuǎn)變成一種比較和平的方式。故選 C項(xiàng)。
【小題3】D細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段Then, just recently, anti-anti- honking haiku started to appear, taped up by locals who thought Aaron should stop worrying about honking and start wor­rying about starving children, say, or war in the  Middle East instead，可知們是可以接受的。故選 D項(xiàng)。
【小題4】B細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段If we can figure out how to stop honking on the streets, I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale得出B項(xiàng)來(lái)，解決噪音更有實(shí)際意義。故選 B項(xiàng)。
考點(diǎn) 日常生活類閱讀。

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