The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.

　　49. What does the author mean by “most people are literally having a ZZZ” (Lines 2-3， Paragraph 5)?

　　[A] They are getting impatient.

　　[B] They are noisily dozing off.

　　[C] They are feeling humiliated.

　　[D] They are busy with word puzzles.

　　[答案] B

　　[解题思路]

　　文章第五段举了一个例子，“At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ”(大学毕业典礼上，姓氏以A、B、C打头的人自豪地受到了嘉奖，等轮到Zysman的时候，大多数人其实已经在打瞌睡了)，说明由于报了太多名字，等轮到那些名字靠后的学生上台时，台下的观众早已失去兴趣，不由地开始打盹。稍微熟悉一点英语知识的人都知道ZZZ是表示打盹的常见符号，文章巧妙地把这个符号与以Z字母开头的学生上台联系起来，颇为生动有趣。

　　[题目译文]

　　作者所谓的“most people are literally having a ZZZ”(第三段第二行)是什么意思？

　　[A] 他们变得不耐烦了

　　[B] 他们在呼呼大睡

　　[C] 他们感觉自己受到了侮辱

　　[D] 他们在做猜词游戏

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