Doyoudreamofahugecomfortablebed?Nearlyeveryonedoes.Thisisnotonlybecauserestisnecessaryforlifebutalsobecausethere'scomfortinalargebed.It'swonderfultostretchout.Thenarrowsinglebedreallymeanslo
Doyoudreamofahugecomfortablebed?Nearlyeveryonedoes.Thisisnotonlybecauserestisnecessaryforlifebutalsobecausethere'scomfortinalargebed.It'swonderfultostretchout.Thenarrowsinglebedreallymeanslonelylifeinfencedrooms.Somanypeoplebuybedswhichareevenbiggerthanthetraditionaldoublebed.Hereincomforttheycanspendathirdoftheirlivesasleep.
PerhapsthiswaswhyamancalledSirHenryFanshaweaskedacarpener（木匠）tobuildthebiggestbedinEnglandcalledTheGreatBedofWare.Itwasmadeinabout1580andsoonbecamefamous.Forin1596aGermantravelersawitandnotedthatitwaswideenoughforfourcouples.Poetsandplaywrights(includingShakespearein“TwelfthNight”)oftenmentionedit.
Thisisnotsurprisingforitisagrandpieceofwork.Itismadeofoak（像木）andmeasures3.3metresinlengthandwidth.Exceptforitssizeitislikeotherbedsoftheperiodafour-posterbed.Thepoststheheadboardandthecoverarerichlydecorated.Theheadboardinparticularhascarvedandpaintedfiguresandtwopanelsofinlaidwoodwhichshowspecialstructure.
TheGreatBedofWarebecameacuriosity.In1610itwasplacedinasmallhoteltheSaracen'sHeadinthetownofWare.Peoplecametoseeitandthosewhosleptinitcarvedsomewordsandtheirnamesonthewoodworkjustlikemoderntourists.Overtheyearsthebedbecamecoveredwithwordsnamesanddates;theearliestdateis1653.Duringthenineteenthcenturytheoldbedwasmovedfromonehoteltoanotheruntilitwasfinallyshowntothepublicattwopenceahead.
(1)TheGreatBedofWare________.
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A．isshowntothepublicintheSaracen'sHead;oneticketcoststwoPence
B．wasnamedafterthecarpenter
C．isbigenoughforeightpersonstosleepin
D．wasmadebecausepeoplespendathirdoftheirlivesasleep
(2)Wareisthenameof________.
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A．atown
B．anobleman
C．acarpenter
D．ahotel
(3)Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat________
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A．anarrowsinglebedathomestandsforlonelylife
B．aGermantouristhadaneffectonmakingtheGreatBedwell-knownintheworld
C．theGreatBedwasshownin“TwelfthNight”.
