1UnitUnit 1 1 ArtArt .阅读理解A AIs pricing a plane ticket based on the passengers weight fair? If youre taking an international flight on Samoa Air today, your fare will be based on your weight, along with that of your luggage. The cost is 93 cents to $106 for each kilogram.The average American woman weighs 75.5 kilograms, far from the ideal weight for her average height. Her ticket on Samoa Air, at the $1 a kilogram rate, would cost $75.50. But lets be honest here. Since the average American woman is overweight, the ticket will cost her more.Samoa Air Chief Executive Chris Langton said, “Planes are run by weight and not by seat. The plane can only carry a certain amount of weight and that weight needs to be paid.” He believes other airlines should adopt the policy. Its not a new idea. I remember a newspaper columnist years ago who put forth the idea that the heavier among us should pay more for their seats on planes, trains and buses. Who hasnt been squeezed into a middle seat between two plussized folks on a flight? Its happened to me; one time my married seatmates had purposefully chosen their seats to have more space until a soldout flight put me between them. Not one of my better flying experiences. What if such a policy is adopted by some airlines in the United States? Could such pricing provide a muchneeded motivation for Americans to reduce body weight? I hope so. But, as we know, more than onethird of us are obese and another third are overweight. The high probability is that the heavy customers will not suddenly lose weight or stop flying, but will instead choose a different airline, simply moving the supposed problem elsewhere. Theres no doubt that the heavier will suffer more discrimination(歧视). Discrimination against the overweight in the United States has increased by 66 percent over the last decade“and is comparable to rates of racial discrimination, especially among women， ”wrote Yale University researcher Rebecca M Puhl. Your weight can affect your salary, your chances for employment, how others view you and even, now, your air fares. “If the policy succeeds, it may encourage the spread of body discrimination across different industries and the wider culture， ” said one 2British editorial writer. He holds that it is companies duty to provide equipment that meet the needs of their customers. And well see how effective it is as a business model.语篇导读本文为议论文，就航空公司根据乘客体重来决定机票价格的规定而展开讨论。1In Paragraph 3, Chris Langton _.Aexplained the reasons for the ticket policy Bshowed the difficulties of the ticket policyCexpressed his doubt about the ticket policy Ddiscussed the advantages of the ticket policy解析 A A 细节理解题。第三段主要讲述了萨摩亚航空公司的首席执行官克里斯兰顿所说的一番话：飞机是按重量而不是按座位运行的，飞机只能携带一定量的重量，重量应该被计价，并且鼓励其他航空公司也采用这项政策，故选 A 项。 2If some American airlines adopt the ticket policy, _.Athey will possibly lose a lot of customersBthere will be less overweight peopleCpeople will use other forms of transportationDthe problem of overweight planes will be partly solved解析 A A 细节理解题。 根据第五段最后一句可知，采用这项票价政策之后，很大的可能是那些超重的乘客不会突然减轻体重或者停止乘坐飞机，而是会选择其他的航空公司，把这些假定的问题转移到别处。所以采用这项政策的航空公司将会失去很多乘客，故选 A项。3The author mentions Puhls study to show _.Awomen are less likely to suffer discriminationBracial discrimination is getting worse nowadaysCthe ticket policy will have little influence on the obeseDthe ticket policy will make body discrimination more serious解析 D D 细节理解题。第六段主要讲述了身体肥胖会在求职和生活等各方面遭受歧视的问题，这时引用耶鲁大学的研究者普尔的话：快速增长的体重歧视已经赶上种族歧视了，尤其是对女人的体重歧视。结合全文内容可知，这项票价政策将加剧体重歧视问题，故选D 项。4Which best describes the British editorial writers attitude to Samoa Airs policy?AOptimistic. BDefensive. 3CDisapproving. DCasual.解析 C C 观点态度题。在倒数第二段一位英国社论作家说：如果这项政策成功(推行)，它可能会加剧身体歧视在不同行业和文化中的传播，他认为提供设备满足乘客的需求是公司的责任。由此可以推知，该作家对萨摩亚航空公司的政策持反对态度，故选 C 项。B BSome houses are designed to be smart. Others have smart designs. An example of the second type of house won an Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects. Located on the shore of Sullivans Island off the coast of South Carolina, the awardwinning cubeshaped beach house was built to replace one smashed to pieces by Hurricane Hugo 10 years ago. In September 1989, Hugo struck South Carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or destroying 36,000 homes in the state. Before Hugo, many new houses built along South Carolinas shoreline were poorly constructed, and enforcement(执行) of building codes(建筑法规) wasnt strict, according to architect Ray Huff, who created the cleverlydesigned beach house. In Hugos wake, all new shoreline houses are required to meet stricter, betterenforced codes. The new beach house on Sullivans Island should be able to resist a Category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 179 to 209 kilometers per hour. At first sight, the house on Sullivans Island looks anything but hurricaneproof. Its redwood shell makes it resemble “a large party lantern” at night, according to one observer. But looks can be deceivin