We all know what it is like to be unable to turn your head because of a cold in the muscles of your neck, or because an unexpected twist has made your neck ache and stiff. Your whole body feels tight. The slightest move makes you jump with pain. Nothing could be worse than a pain in the neck. That is why we use phrase to describe some people who give you the same feeling. We have all met such people.

One is the man who always seems to be clapping his hands—often at the wrong time—during a performance in the theater. He keeps you from hearing the actors.

Even worse are those who can never arrive before the curtain goes up and play begins. They come hurrying down to your row of seats. You are comfortably settled down, with your hat and heavy coat in your lap. You must stand up to let them pass. You are proud of your self-control after they have settled into their seats…Well, what now…Good God, one of them is up again. He forgot to go to the men’s room, and once more you have to stand up, hanging on to your hat and coat to let him pass. Now, that is “a pain in the neck.”

Another, well-known to us all, is the person sitting behind you in the movies. His mouth is full of popcorn; he is chewing loudly, or talking between bites to friends next to him. None of them remain still. Up and down, back and forth, they go for another bag of popcorn, or something to drink.

Then, there is the main sitting next to you at a lunch counter smoking a smelly cigar. He wants you to enjoy it too, and blows smoke across your food into your mouth.

We must not forget the man who comes into a bus or subway car and sits down next to you, just as close as you will let him. You are reading the newspaper and he leans over and stretches his neck so that he can read the paper with you. He may even turn the paper to the next page before you are ready for it.

We also call such a person a “rubberneck”, always putting out his neck to where it does not belong, like neighbors who watch all your visitors. They enjoy invading your privacy. People have a strong dislike for rubbernecks. They hate being spied upon.

1.Where can you find this passage?

A. Medicine dictionaries.  B. A travel guide.

C. Social science books.     D. Students text books.

2.How do you feel when late comers walk back and forth in front of you in a cinema?

A. Disturbed.     B. Ignored.         C. Bored.  D. Relaxed.

3.A “rubberneck” often                 .

A. says bad words behind people

B. quarrels face to face with neighbors

C. bargains the price with sales women

D. asks about other people’s business

4.Which of the follow is “a pain in the neck”?

A. Someone who helps you find your seat in a movie theatre.

B. Someone who smokes in a smoking section on a train.

C. Someone who throws trash out of his car window on the highway.

D. Someone who goes to the doctor for his severe pain on the neck.

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:文章通過短語“a pain in the neck”來引入話題,介紹了一些在公共場合喧嘩的不文明社會行為。

1.文章主要介紹了“a pain in the neck”的意思,和一些例子,像看演出時不該鼓掌卻鼓掌,看演出遲到,電影院里大聲說話,公共場合抽煙等。文章講述的是關于公共場合的一些不文明行為,是一些社會現(xiàn)象。C項社會科學書籍符合題意,故選C。

2.a pain in the neck指那些令人討厭的事情,在電影院發(fā)出噪音,影響他人觀看,是不文明的行為,會給他人帶來厭惡感,故選A。

3.根據(jù)最后一段“We also call such a person a “rubberneck”, always putting out his neck to where it does not belong, like neighbors who watch all your visitors. They enjoy invading your privacy.”可知,愛打聽別人隱私的人,被稱為“rubberneck”,故選D。

4.a pain in the neck指的是社會不文明行為。A是幫助他人;B在吸煙室抽煙,D看醫(yī)生都是文明行為,C項“在高速上亂丟垃圾”屬不文明行為,故選C。

考點:社會生活類短文閱讀

 

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