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1、Section Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.Section Directions: In

2、this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answe

3、r questionsby markingthecorresponding letteronAnswer Sheet WhyAreAirlinesWithholdingA) Afew months ago I booked a flight for two and then went to select seats on the airlines site. Based on the destination and time of year, I was surprised to find only two adjacent seats were available without payin

4、g a premium(額外費(fèi)用). But I was even more surprised a few weeks later, when we boarded the aircraft and a flight attendant announced that only 30% of seats were occupied, so we should all feel to stretch So how could a flight that looked nearly full a month earlier wind up with seven out of ten seats e

5、mpty? Thats a question only the airlines can answer, and theyre not eager to provide many details.Are some carriers intentionally holding back seat assignments, in the hope well all pay for “premium” seats? Its a fair question, and the evidence is intriguing.Behindthescreen D) An awful plot goes on

6、behind airline and travel booking screens, and much of it is strictly off-limits to consumers. What we doknow is that for decadesnow airlines have become masters of what the industry calls yield management, offering millions ofcombinationsoffaresbasedonadvancepurchasepatternsandotherbookingtrends, s

7、o nearly everyone pays a different price based on when they buy. But now that paying extra for your seat selection has become common practice, securing yourreservation isjust halfthe E) Some industry experts have connected the dots. “Theyre trying to get people to buy premium seats,” says George Hob

8、ica, USATODAY.coms Fly Guy columnist and the founder of A. “Theywant to increase revenue. And were getting more complaints about it.” He notes that it “really annoys” passengers wanttosittogether,particularlywhentravelingwithsmallF) Hesechoed by Kevin Mitchell, chairmanof the BusinessTravel Coalitio

9、n(聯(lián)盟): “With yield management, consumers are aware and they know that airlines are constantly changing prices on seats. But if this is true, it is unethicaltheyre grossly misleading us. The thing that I find so offensive is conveying to me that I have options, butifI options, butifI waita week ortwo

10、 thenIdo haveAccording to the airlines, the reason for ancillary(附加的) revenue is unbundling(分類計(jì)價(jià)) ticket prices, so passengers who desire a given servicesay checking a bag or ordering a soft drinkpay for it, while those who dont are spared the cost. But as Mitchell notes, “Theres another twist to th

11、is. The airlines are saying fees are for optional servicesWell, seats arent optional!”O(jiān)f course, securing a good seat isnt an issue if youre in first class or youre an elite member of a frequent flyer program. But what about the rest of us? As Ive pointed out repeatedly in recent columns, were faced

12、 with record-high load factors, thehighest fortheU.S.airlineindustrysinceWorld WarII. Butevenwiththeaverage percentageof occupiedseatsfor domesticflightsat82.7%,itsstillanaveragesome flights will be fuller but others will not, particularly weeks in advance. Yet searchingfor seatskeepsgetting hardera

13、nd Seatsfor I) Hobica cites the major airlines as the prime culprits(起因), but he also notes even low-cost carriers can make securing seats difficult. On the flip side, he credits JetBlue and Virgin America for providing customers with clear policies. And then there is British Airways, which allows p

14、assengers in economy and business classes to select seats only 24 hours in advance. I asked an airline representative if seeing fewer free seats is a trend, and the response was: “Thats going to vary because there are many I decided to check on seat availability at D. I inquired about economy-class

15、availability for two seats on a busy routeAtlanta to Chicagoand conducted an apples-to-apples search for the same morning departure seven days in advance, and again 14 days in advance. For the flight one week out, a total of only eight seats were available, one preferred and seven standard, but only

16、 one set of two seats together. For the flight two weeks out, a total of 29 seats were available, consisting of 20 preferred and only nine standard, and still with only one set together. Remarkable how even twice the booking time still produced so few “free” seats, separately or together, yet therew

17、ere plenty of seats that could be boughtfor the right I contacted Delta and a spokesman said the price for preferred economy varies “depending on a number of different factors,” so customers need to compare the costs on a flight-by-flight basis. The preferred seats are reserved primarily for Medalli

18、on(大勛章) members, and become available without additional charge 24 hours prior to departure. When asked if Delta has received complaints about a of freeseats, hestated, “Overall, ourseatprogramhasbeenreceivedvery L) But my findings dovetailed(吻合) with recent complaints filed Airfarewatchdog: (1) Whe

19、n (my husband) tried to get a seat assignment on the first flight there was just one “complimentary(免費(fèi)的) seat”(near the back in the middle) available the other available seats had to be purchased for $69. On the connecting flight there were no “complimentary seats” at all! Is this legal? He bought a

20、nd paid for a ticket on these flightsand now hall! IsAirfarewatchdog: (1) When (my husband) tried to get a seat assignment on the first flight there was just one “complimentary(免費(fèi)的) seat”(near the back in the middle) available the other available seats had to be purchased for $69. On the connecting

21、flight there were no “complimentary seats” at all! Is this legal? He bought and paid for a ticket on these flightsand now hall! Isthislegal? Hebought and paid for a ticket on these flights and now he is supposed to “buy” a seat! (2) (After) paying for the flight, a message popped up and said that I

22、could only get a seat assignment when I checked in. In order to get a confirmed seat, I had to pay $129 extra! Unless I pay, without a confirmed seat, I am the first one to be bumped from the flight if they are overbooked. How do they get away with this? (3) Does checking in online at the 24-hour ma

23、rk before the flight give me a number in line or let me select seats then? Or do we all rush the gate with our boarding passes (and no seat assignment) in to get the seat How to M)Sowhatcanyoudo?Itsatoughproposition.UsuallyIwouldofferstrategies for countering such airline initiatives, but in this ca

24、se the options are limited. Thats why some believe the U.S. Department of Transportation should investigate these practices. AsMitchellsays, “Theairlinesareholdingallthecardswiththisone.There is a sore need for transparency on this. When people are confused, they make N) That said, consider the foll

25、owing: (1) When budgeting your airfares, make sure you consider not just baggage fees but the added cost of seat selectionfor all travelersandinbothdirections2Ifpossiblebookearlywhenthereshouldbemore seats available, and check in early too. Why the qualifier “should”? Because if availability is arti

26、ficially manipulated, its hard to be certain. (3) Book airlines that offer more transparent seat-selection policies. Of course, this is not an issue with Southwest and other carriers that offer “open seating” policies. (4) Finally, the last resort is what Hobica calls “horse trading”: negotiating se

27、at swaps with other passengers. But this has become a risky and undesirable option with flights so full, overhead bins(行李倉) so crammed and fellow passengers who may have paid premium seatsin 1. Behind the airline and travel booking screens, a terrible plot is being carried muchof whichisrigorously k

28、eptconfidential from2. The airlines excuse for additional fees is unbundling ticket prices, so those want thegiven servicelikebaggagecheck and softdrink orderingwill haveto 3. Whether some carriers withhold seats on purpose3. Whether some carriers withhold seats on purpose for earning consumersisaqu

29、estion deserving to becleared 4. Mitchell holds that there is an urgent need for transparency on carriers 5. While Hobica ascribes the main responsibilities to the major airlines, he mentionsthat thelow-cost carriersaremaking securing seats6. Some believe that, in order to solve the problem of airli

30、nes withholding someactionsshould betakenby theU.S. Department of7. When people budget their airfares, they should consider both the baggage fees theadded cost of seat 8. Kevin Mitchell considers the so-called yield management of the industry and 9. What the spokesman of Delta says suggests that the

31、 preferred economy-ticketsareavailable 24hoursinadvanceoftheplanes10. The last strategy to counter the airlines initiatives is to exchange seats with passengersbynegotiating with答案：15 D G C M610 M NFK 1. 而其中的隱情則嚴(yán)格對乘客保密。注意抓住題干中的關(guān)鍵詞 airline and travel booking screens, a terrible plot, rigorously和confi

32、dential。文章段落中，論及航空D 段出現(xiàn)，該段第一句提到，在航空公司和旅而其中的隱情則嚴(yán)格對乘客保密。注意抓住題干中的關(guān)鍵詞 airline and travel booking screens, a terrible plot, rigorously和confidential。文章段落中，論及航空D 段出現(xiàn)，該段第一句提到，在航空公司和旅毫不知情由此可見題干對原文做了同義改寫故答案為 D題干中的 a terrible plot和is rigorously kept confidential for 分別與原文中的an awful plot和is off-limitsto2. 題干中的關(guān)

33、鍵詞unbundling ticket prices和the given service。原文段落中，論及G 段出現(xiàn)，該段第一句就提到航空公司3. 得弄清楚。注意抓住題干中的關(guān)鍵詞carrierspremium和question。原文段落中，論及運(yùn)營商們是否故意收取附加費(fèi)的問題在 C 段出現(xiàn)，該段中作者提到，這是C。題干中的 withhold 和on purpose 分別對應(yīng)原文中的holding back 和intentionally。4. 住題干中的關(guān)鍵詞Mitchell, need和transparency。原文段落中，提到Mitchell且MMitchell 的原話，指出這一問題亟待透

34、明。由此可見，題干是對原文的同義改寫，故答案為 M。題干中的urgentneed對應(yīng)原文中的soreneed,carriersseatassignment5. 本的運(yùn)營商們同樣使得座位的獲得變得困難。注意抓住題干中的關(guān)鍵詞 Hobica, the main responsibilities, themajorairlines和the low-cost carriers本的運(yùn)營商們同樣使得座位的獲得變得困難。注意抓住題干中的關(guān)鍵詞 Hobica, the main responsibilities, themajorairlines和the low-cost carriers。原文段落中，提Hobica I 段出現(xiàn)，該段第一as