题文
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(腐败) 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 the streets, I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale. "
小题1:The first paragraph of the passage is intended to tell us that_______. A．New Yorkers have formed a habit of honking while drivingB．most New Yorkers enjoy sleeping late in the morningC．honking noise has influenced people's life in New YorkD．New Yorkers enjoy listening to the honking of horns小题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.小题3:According to the passage, most New Yorkers think Aaron's response is ___. A．pointlessB．abnormalC．sensitiveD．acceptable小题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 concernB．finding the solution to anti - honking is as meaningful as that to starvationC．big issues are beyond our control while small ones are under our controlD．if not handled properly, honking may cause serious problems like starvation 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
试题分析 纽约的噪音很是影响人们的生活，有一个日本人对此做了很大的挣扎，从激烈对抗到非暴力，以及纽约当地人对此的反应。
小题1:C 细节题。根据第一段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得出纽约的噪声很是影响人们的生活。故选 C项。
小题2:C 细节题。根据第二段So, nobly, Aaron turned to non-violence开始转变成一种比较和平的方式。故选 C项。
小题3:D细节题。根据最后一段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，可知们是可以接受的。故选 D项。
小题4:B细节题。根据最后一段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项来，解决噪音更有实际意义。故选 B项。
考点 日常生活类阅读。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“It’s common to hear .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
