Question

While small may be beautiful, tall is just plain uncomfortable it seems, particularly when it comes to staying in hotels and eating in restaurants.

The Tall Persons Club Great Britain (TPCGB), which was formed six months ago to campaign for the needs of the tall, has turned its attention to hotels and restaurants. Beds that are too small, shower heads that are too low, and restaurant tables with hardly any leg-room all make life difficult for those of above average height, it says.

But it is not just the extra-tall whose needs are not being met. The average height of the population has been increasing yet the standard size of beds, doorways, and chairs has remained unchanged.

“The bedding industry says a bed should be six inches larger than the person using it, so even a king-size bed at 6′6″ (6 feet and 6 inches) is falling short for 25% of men, while the standard 6′3″ bed caters for less than half of the male population.” Said TPCGB president Phil Heinricy, “seven-foot beds would work fine.”

 Similarly, restaurant tables can cause no end of problems. Small tables, which mean the long-legged have to sit a foot or so away from them, are enough to make tall customers go elsewhere.

Some have already taken note, however. At Queens Moat Houses′ Caledoman Hotel in Edinburgh, 6′6″beds are now put in as standard after requests for longer beds from taller visitors, particularly Americans.

1.What is the purpose of the TPCGB campaign?

A. To provide better services.

B. To rebuild hotels and restaurants.

C. To draw public attention to the needs of the tall.

D. To attract more people to become its members.

2.Which of the following might be a bed of proper length according to Phil Heinricy?

A.7′2″.         B.7′        C.6′6″          D.6′3″

3.What may happen to restaurants with small tables?

A. They may lose some customers.

B. They may start businesses elsewhere.

C. They have to find easy chairs to match the tables.

D. They have to provide enough space for the long-legged.

4.What change has already been made in a hotel in Edinburgh?

A. Tall people pay more for larger beds.

B. 6′6″beds have taken the place of 6′3″beds.

C. Special rooms are kept for Americans.

D. Guest rooms are standardized.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：這是一篇說明文。主要講述一個英國的高個子組織TPCGP在六個月以前向賓館和酒店發起的針對高個子的一些特殊需求的活動。

1.細節理解題。根據第二段第一句話The Tall Persons Club Great Britain (TPCGB), which was formed six months ago to campaign for the needs of the tall, has turned its attention to hotels and restaurants.可知，這次活動的目的是引起公眾對高個子的人的需要的關注。

2.細節理解題。根據第四段最后一句中的“Seven--foot beds would work fine.”可知，床鋪的合適長度是7英尺。選B。

3.推理判斷題。根據第五段可知，餐桌太小會使高個子的人們到別的地方去（吃飯），也就是說，餐桌太小的飯店會失去一些客人。選A。

4.細節理解題。根據最后一段的句子：At Queens Moat Houses′ Caledoman Hotel in Edinburgh, 6′6″beds are now put in as standard after requests for longer beds from taller visitors, particularly Americans.可知，愛丁堡的一家賓館已經使用6英尺6英寸的床鋪作為標準床鋪，故選B項。

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