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.

　　50. Which of the following is true according to the text？

　　[A] People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often ill-treated.

　　[B] VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.

　　[C] The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go.

　　[D] Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias.

　　[第46题答案及题解页数] A 第页

　　[第47题答案及题解页数] D 第页

　　[第48题答案及题解页数] C 第页

　　[第48题答案及题解页数] B 第页

　　[第50题答案及题解页数] D 第页

　　[长难句突破]

　　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.

　　主体句式：All tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest.

　　结构分析：本句的主语是all，而冒号前面的内容是all具体指代的内容，弄清楚这一点那么整个句子的结构就迎刃而解。

　　[全文译文]

　　在上个世纪里，各种不公和歧视都受到谴责或被定为非法。但是还有一种隐伏的歧视形式仍在大行其道：字母表主义。对那些还没有意识到这种劣势的人们来讲，这指的是对那些姓氏首字母排在字母表后半部分的人的歧视。

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