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The light turns green and the person in front of you doesn’t step on the gas.

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问题    The light turns green and the person in front of you doesn’t step on the gas. Someone edges in on you too abruptly at the Midtown Tunnel. You’re behind a minivan driving below the speed limit on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Do you yell, gesture, curse or honk?
   Of course you do. After all, this is New York, and this spring we went from third place to second in instances of aggressive driving and road rage. A new national poll of 2,500 drivers brings word that only Miami is more badly behaved than we are.
   When the news broke in May, The New York Sun suggested that theatrical behavior behind the wheel was a source of pride to many New York motorists. One cabbie wondered how Miami could have beaten us. Nancy Julius, a clinical psychologist, admitted there were days when she was proud of outmaneuvering other drivers. "I’m actually offended that we’re only No. 2," she told me last week. "I think we should be No. 1. We’re entitled to our anger. "
   I know what she means. Why let anyone get away with anything?
   I mean, if the Colonies hadn’t been angry with King George, would we have Independence Day traffic to infuriate us? No. It’s summer, and I say let the raging begin. What else can you do but rage when confronted with a street fair?
   It’s the season for parade rage, too. Last weekend, downtown residents, gay and straight, fumed about the Gay Pride parade that tied up traffic and trashed streets. Power rage surged last week during a New York blackout. So did air rage when Northwest flights were canceled due to employee walkouts. In Los Angeles there’s heir rage, too, as neighbors of Paris Hilton vent about gawkers and paparazzi overrunning a narrow street.
   Of course you have to exercise caution if you choose to spout off. In May, Newsday reported that a road rage incident on the Long Island Expressway ended with one driver being pepper-sprayed. The other spent the night in jail.
   "A total disaster," he said. Well, yes, but maybe a little amusing too?
   I’m not suggesting it’s fun watching people endangering themselves or others. But come on, who doesn’t enjoy a good fight every now and again?
   Last Tuesday, after Gov. Eliot Spitzer publicly chided the State Legislature, the Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno, announced to the press that Mr. Spitzer should "stop wandering around this state, having a tantrum like a big overgrown rich kid. "
   Equally amusing was an MTV report last week about a music industry luncheon that ended in a rumble involving the rappers Ludacris and T. I. and their posses. And wouldn’t any Manhattan(or Hamptons)intersection be dull without the free-ranging displays of aggression? Driver turns a little soon? Bang on his trunk with your hand. And if a bicyclist barrels past while you’re on foot, give him a piece of your mind!
   Then, after taking it to the street, take it inside.
   The other morning there was a long line at my overpriced coffee place. After watching one woman cut, I was outraged to see another—chic in white—try it, too.
   "Just so you know, the line’s in the back of the store," I said. It ended with her cursing and me telling her to shut up. But instead of feeling distressed, I felt invigorated.
   "Fighting can make long lines less boring," said Robert Sinclair, an AAA spokesman. "Besides, you can’t let people step on you." [br] What does "spout off’(Para. 7)mean?
选项 A、Act aggressively.
B、Say rude words.
C、Keep silent.
D、Put somebody in jail.
答案 B
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