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（2017原创）

英国地铁扶梯新规

out side first choose compare

but convenient rule actually waste

In England,people used to stand on the right of escalators (自动扶梯）,allowing others to walk on the left.But there is some change to this1_______.Now people can stand on both 2_______of escalators at Holborn station.As one of the busiest stations of London Underground,Holborn was the

3_______station in the country to ask travelers to stand on both the right and left sides of escalators.A test was carried4______ first.The test which lasted for three weeks showed that standing

on both sides5________reduced congestion（拥挤）by30 percent—16,220people an hour are able to travel on the escalator during rush hours6__________to the usual12745 when both standing and walking are allowed.

Transport for London(TfL)hopes the new standing rule will be tested for six months.and will make the most of

7_______space on longer escalators,where most people choose to wait on the right.London Underground operations director Peter McNaught said,“The etiquette on London Underground is for customers to stand on the right of escalators,allowing others to walk on the left.However,few customers8_______to walk on longer escalators such as Holborn,so much of the left-hand side is unused.We hope that this can lead to reduce congestion at Holborn and make journeys9________for all of our customers.”Many passengers had expressed concern because they would have chosen to dash up the stairs,10_______TfL

have considered those fears ahead of this latest experiment.

【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了伦敦地扶梯新规，即：过去空出左边仅在右边站，现在变为两边同时站人，结果会有效的缓解拥挤。

【词汇分析】

out prep.向；离去

side n.一边→sides(pl.)

first adj.第一的adv.第一，首先

choose v.选择→chooses（动词单三形式）→chose（过去式）→chosen（过去分词）

compare v.比较→compares（动词单三形式）→compared（过去式）compare to与……比较

but conj.但是

convenient adj.方便的→convenience n.方便

rule n.规则；规定→rules(pl.)

actually adv.实际上；事实上

waste n.&v.浪费

adj.浪费的

1.rule【解析】根据全文描述的内容可知，是地铁规定有变化，rule规则，规定，空前有this，应填单数，故填rule。

2.sides【解析】根据下文“stand on both the right and left sides of escalators”，可知空处填sides。

3.first【解析】根据上句“Now people can stand on both sides of escalators at Holborn station.”可知此处应是表达霍尔本是第一个应用新规的站点，故填first。

4.out【解析】分析下文，可知此句表达首先进行了测试，carry out实行；执行,固定搭配，故填out。

5.actually【解析】分析句子成分，空处应为副词，结合所给词，actually符合题意，表达测试显示站在扶梯两边事实上减少了拥挤，故填actually。

pared【解析】根据本句中的数字变化可知是在进行比较，分析所给词，compare比较，此处是被比较，故填

compared。

7.wasted【解析】联系上下文可知此处是说充分利用浪费掉地空间，结合所给词，waste浪费，空后为名词，空处需用形容词，wasted浪费的，故填wasted。

8.choose【解析】联系上下文可知此处是表达很少有顾客去选择这么长地扶梯，结合所给词，choose选择，此处用一般现在时，故填choose。

9.convenient【解析】由全文可知，这条地铁新规是为了使人们获得更多的方便，结合所给词，convenient方便的。

10.but【解析】分析句子结构，空处应为连词，由上句行人担心，到空处后面的已经考虑到了这些担心，可知两句是转折的，空前有逗号隔开，故填but。

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