Stifling a Sneeze Damages Health

王琴芳

阅读理解

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.

答案与解析

1.B。词义猜测题。从时间状语从句中的“a quiet theatre”和“a packed train”可以判断B正确。

2.D。推理判断题。男子因为显示礼貌而憋回喷嚏导致内伤，故D选项“顺其自然是最好的法则”正确。其他各选项含义：A.这就是人生。B.祸兮福所倚，福兮祸所伏。C.忙乱易错。欲速则不达。

3.C。细节理解题。结合文章的第一段和第三段可以知道C符合题意。

4.D。推理判断题。根据文章第四段第一句话可以推断D正确。其他选项是错误信息。

5.B。主旨大意题。本题的关键词是最后一段的to suppress a sneeze“控制喷嚏”，故B正确。

长难句分析

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（摇撼的）explosion of air.但是医生警告大家不要采取这种礼貌做法，因为有一名男子正是因为试图把喷嚏憋回去而撕裂了喉咙内侧。

这是个复合句。连词But后面是主句，after引导时间状语从句，其中while引导非谓语动词短语做ruptured的伴随状语，contain在句中的意思是“控制”，常被作为熟词生义考查。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.先前曾出現过因试图把喷嚏憋回去而导致鼓膜破裂、眼睛血管破裂、面部神经受损、肌肉拉伤甚至肋骨断裂的病例。

这是个简单句。虽然句子较长却是个简单句。分词状语suffering from后面是一系列的宾语。