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15．The honking of horns （喇叭），as anyone who has tried to get more than a few minutes of sleep in New York will tell you，is one of the city's most widely enjoyed common pastimes．But Aaron Naparstek has had enough of it．On one occasion，the 31-year-old website developer approached the open window of a 4x4．waited for the driver to finish honking，offered a polite"excuse me"and then yelled"Ho-o-o-o-o-o-onk!"in his face．（The response was fierce anger．） Then a few months ago he lost his patience and threw three eggs from the window of his Brooklyn apartment on to the windscreen of a car honking loudly below．But the driver threatened to kill him．So，nobly，he chose the path of non-violence．He started writing anti-honking haiku verses-honku，he called them-and taped them to local lampposts：
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 mismanagement）
"Then this really weird thing started happening，"Naparstek says．"All these other haiku started appearing that I hadn't written．"Naparstek's section of Brooklyn is now covered in anti-honking poetry，written by everyone from scary environmental activist types to violent revolutionaries；
Patience slowly fades
Residents store up their eggs
That day is coming soon．
Inevitably Naparstek has started a website-www．honku．org-and now people from across the country send him news of their own anti-honking campaigns．Poetry，it turns out，can change the world after all （if you've got enough tape ）．Then，just recently，anti-anti-honking haiku started to appear，taped up by locals who thought Naparstek should stop worrying about honking and start worrying about starving children，say，or war in the Middle East instead．Naparstek has an answer for that．"Stop me if this is too tenuous（不靠谱的），"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 Clinton Street，I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale．"He pauses for a moment．"I told you it was tenuous．"

55．We can learn from the beginning of the passage thatA
A．honking noise has influenced people's life in New York
B．most New Yorkers enjoy sleeping late in the morning
C．New Yorkers have formed a habit of honking while driving
D．New Yorkers enjoy listening to the honking of horns
56．What is Naparstek's final response to the honking of horns？D
A．Ignore it． 
B．Yell at the driver．
C．Write to the government．
D．Act in a peaceful way．
57．The underlined word"haiku"in the passage is most probablyC
A．a type of game         B．a kind of language      C．a style of poem    D．a websile
58．According to the passage，most New Yorkers think Naparstek's response is．
A．pointless    B．reasonable      C．strange       D．abnormal
59．In response to the criticism of his anti-honking campaign，Naparstek believesA
A．finding the solution to anti-honking is as meaningful as that to starvation
B．violence in the Middle East is more of an issue worthy of note
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
60．Which of the following best describes the tone of this passage？
A．Matter-of-fact．  B．Pessimistic．  C．Humorous．  D．Serious．

Answer 1

分析 本文属于社会文化类的阅读短文．主要描述了在纽约，骑车喇叭带给人们的巨大困扰．一位网站开发人员因为曾经较不理智的行为受到警告甚至威胁，后来改变了对这一行为的抵制方法，采用写打油诗的形式来表达自己的不满，语言幽默诙谐，受到了较好的效果．

解答 55-60 ADCBAC
55．A．．细节理解题．从第一段第一句及后文提到的两个例子：大喊"Ho-o-o-o-o-o-onk"以及用鸡蛋砸挡风玻璃可知，在纽约，汽车喇叭声严重影响了人们的正常生活．故选A．
56．D．．细节理解题．根据第一段中的"So，nobly，he chose the path of non-violence"以及后文提到的他写诗、建网站等行为可知，他后来采取了和平的非暴力的方式．故选D．
57．C．．词义猜测题．根据画线词下面的内容以及文章后半部分提到的poetry可知，haiku应该是一种诗歌形式．故选C．
58． B．．推理判断题．根据最后一段第一句话可知，全国很多人都对他的网站表示支持，由此可以推断B项正确．
59．A．．推理判断题．根据最后一段中Naparstek的话可知，他认为如果能够解决汽车喇叭声的问题的话，可以将解决的方法在更大的范围内推广．因此，他认为，解决这个问题和解决饥饿和战争等问题一样，意义重大．故选A．
60．C．．推理判断题．通读全文可知，作者是以一种幽默的口吻写这篇文章的；故选C．

点评 本文属于社会文化类阅读．主要考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．