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Walking will be banned on escalators as part of a trail designed to reduce congestion(擁堵) at some of the country's busiest stations.
In the first move of its kind, all travelers will be forced to stand on both sides of escalators on the London Underground as part of a plan to increase capacity(容量) at the height of the rush hour.
A six-month trial will be introduced at Holborn station from mid-April, eliminating the rule of standing on the right and walking on the left. The move, imitating a similar structure in Far eastern cities such as Hong Kong, is designed to increase the number of people using long escalators at the busiest times. It could be expanded across the Tube network in coming years.
According to London Underground, only 40percent of travelers walk the full length of long escalators, leaving the majority at the bottom as they wait to get on to the “standing “side.
A three-week trial at Holborn last year found that the number of people using escalators at any time of could be raised by almost a third. Peter McNaught, operations director at London Underground, said: “It may not seem right that you can go quicker by standing still, but our experiments at Holborn have proved that it can be true. This new six-month trial will help us find out if we can influence customers to stand on both sides in the long term.”
Holborn has one of the longest sets of escalators on the Underground network at 23.4high. Tube bosses claim that capacity was limited because so few people wanted to walk up—meaning only one side was used at all times. Research has shown that it is more effective use of escalators over 18.5 to ban walking.
The previous trial found that escalators at the station normally carried 2,500people between 8:30 am and 9:30 am on a typical day, rising to 3,250 during the researching period.
In the new trial, which will be launched from April 18, one of three “up” escalators will be standing only, with a second banning walking at peak times. A third will remain a mix of walking and standing.
(Note: Answering the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
（1）What is theexisting problem with standing on the right and walking on the left?
（2）What did last year's three-week trial at Holborn station prove?
（3）The researchsuggests that walking should be forbidden on escalators that are at least in height.
（4）In the new trail,in addition to one escalator banning walking in rush hours, the other ＂up＂ escalators willbe used for.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）

The capacity ofescalators hasn’t been made full use of.

（2）

Passengers can go quicker by standing still.

（3）8.5m
（4）standing only and a mix of walking and standing
【解析】本文屬于議論文，禁止人們?cè)陔娮臃鎏萆献邉?dòng)，并讓所有的乘客站在扶梯的兩邊，這種做法增加了電子扶梯的容量，文章就此內(nèi)容展開(kāi)討論。（1）Thecapacity of escalators hasn’t been made full use of. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段In the first moveof its kind, all travelers will be forced to stand on both sides of escalatorson the London Underground as part of a plan to increase capacity(容量) at the height of the rush hour.所有的游客將被迫站在電子扶梯的兩邊，以增加電子扶梯的載容量，減輕高峰期的交通壓力。也就是說(shuō)原來(lái)的方法并沒(méi)有充分利用好電子扶梯的容量。（2）Passengers can goquicker by standing still. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段第一句Athree-week trial at Holborn last year found that the number of people usingescalators at any time of could be raised by almost a third.可知在Holborn進(jìn)行的為期的三周的測(cè)試發(fā)現(xiàn)乘客們不在電子扶梯上走來(lái)走去，實(shí)際上讓使用電子扶梯的乘客的人數(shù)多了三分之一。
（3）18.5m 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段最后一句Researchhas shown that it is more effective use of escalators over 18.5 to ban walking.可知靜止乘客步行的電子扶梯最好的長(zhǎng)度是超18.5米。
（4）standingonly and a mix of walking and standing 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段 In the new trial, which will be launched fromApril 18, one of three “up” escalators will be standing only, with a secondbanning walking at peak times. A third will remain a mix of walking andstanding.可知三個(gè)向上的電子扶梯中有一個(gè)在高峰期禁止行走，一個(gè)只能站立，第三個(gè)既可以站在上面也可以在上面步行。