Stifling a Sneeze Damages Health

王琴芳

閱讀理解

1. What's the meaning of the underlined word in the first paragraph？

A. Cautious.

B. Polite.

C. Considerable.

D. Cool.

2. From the 34-year-old's experience we can conclude that _______.

A. so the world wags

B. no weal without woe

C. haste makes waste

D. it is the best rule to let things take their course

3. Stifling a sneeze can lead to the following complications EXCEPT _______.

A. air trapped in the chest between both lungs

B. perforated eardrum

C. ruptured his mouth

D. ballooning blood vessel in the brain

4. According to doctors' words we can infer that

_______.

A. intense retching caused the man's ruptured throat

B. the pressure in the man's throat made him vomit intensively

C. a sneeze is intended to release external pressure

D. the man was likely to be diagnosed as Boerhaave

5. What's the main idea of the last paragraph？

A. The approaches to treating the man.

B. The treatment to the man and the suggestion on controlling a sneeze.

C. The treatment to the man and the ways to stifle a sneeze quickly.

D. The cure for the man and the advice on stifling a sneeze easily.

答案與解析

1.B。詞義猜測(cè)題。從時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句中的“a quiet theatre”和“a packed train”可以判斷B正確。

2.D。推理判斷題。男子因?yàn)轱@示禮貌而憋回噴嚏導(dǎo)致內(nèi)傷，故D選項(xiàng)“順其自然是最好的法則”正確。其他各選項(xiàng)含義：A.這就是人生。B.禍兮福所倚，福兮禍所伏。C.忙亂易錯(cuò)。欲速則不達(dá)。

3.C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合文章的第一段和第三段可以知道C符合題意。

4.D。推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段第一句話可以推斷D正確。其他選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤信息。

5.B。主旨大意題。本題的關(guān)鍵詞是最后一段的to suppress a sneeze“控制噴嚏”，故B正確。

長(zhǎng)難句分析

1. But doctors have warned against the polite practice， after a man ruptured（撕裂）the back of his throat while trying to contain the convulsive（搖撼的）explosion of air.但是醫(yī)生警告大家不要采取這種禮貌做法，因?yàn)橛幸幻凶诱且驗(yàn)樵噲D把噴嚏憋回去而撕裂了喉嚨內(nèi)側(cè)。

這是個(gè)復(fù)合句。連詞But后面是主句，after引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，其中while引導(dǎo)非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)做ruptured的伴隨狀語(yǔ)，contain在句中的意思是“控制”，常被作為熟詞生義考查。如：

（1） My father could hardly____his pride in me， and my mother eventually gave in before my success.

A. catch

B.include

C.hold

D.contain

（2） The gas tank____twenty gallons of gas， but now it may____only three gallons.

A. holds； contain

B.holds； be contained

C. is held； contain

D.is held； be contained

（3） The rocket____a number of scientific instruments，______ a television camera.

A. contains； includes

B.includes； contains

C. contains； including

D.contains； included

答案：（1）D（2）A（3）C

2. Previously people have been admitted to hospital suffering from burst eardrums， ruptured blood vessels in the eyes， damaged facial nerves， pulled muscles and even cracked ribs from trying to contain the huge force.先前曾出現(xiàn)過因試圖把噴嚏憋回去而導(dǎo)致鼓膜破裂、眼睛血管破裂、面部神經(jīng)受損、肌肉拉傷甚至肋骨斷裂的病例。

這是個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單句。雖然句子較長(zhǎng)卻是個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單句。分詞狀語(yǔ)suffering from后面是一系列的賓語(yǔ)。