1 . It’s no surprise to hear the honking of horns in New York. Whoever tries every day to get more than a few minutes of sleep in the morning in the city will tell you that he could do nothing about it! No one can deny honking of horns is just one of his most widely enjoyed pastimes.
But Andy, a Japanese website developer has had enough of it. Once, the 27-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 means 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, Andy 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 because of corrupt(腐败) mismanagement)
"Then this kind of chain reaction started happening," Andy says. "All these other haiku started appearing unexpectedly" Andy’ s community is now covered in anti - honking poetry, written by all walks of life. Patience slowly fades;
Residents store up their eggs; That day is coming soon.
It’s understandable that Andy has set up 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, launched by locals who thought Andy should stop worrying about honking and start worrying about starving children, or war in the Middle East instead. Andy has an answer for that. "Stop me if this is too ridiculous ," 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. "
1. What does the first paragraph intend to tell us about New Yorkers?| A．They enjoy listening to the honking of horns |
| B．Their life has been affected by the honking noise |
| C．They get accustomed to sleeping late in the morning |
| D．They have formed a habit of honking while driving |
| A．Pretended to ignore it. | B．Screamed at the driver. |
| C．Acted in a peaceful way. | D．Complained to the government. |
| A．acceptable | B．pointless |
| C．sensitive | D．abnormal |
| A．if not handled well, honking will cause serious problems like starvation |
| B．fierce violence in the Middle East is more of an issue worthy of concern |
| C．violence in the world as well as honking on the street is under our control |
| D．finding the solution to anti - honking is as meaningful as that to starvation |
