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Section B(

原快速阅读理解调整为长篇阅读理解，篇 章长度和难度不变。篇章后附有

10

个句子，每

句一题。每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。

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. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the

corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Why Are Airlines Withholding Seats?

Behind the screen indeed

[D] An awful plot goes on behind airline and travel booking screens, and much of it is

strictly off-limits to consumers. What we do know is that for decades now airlines have

become masters of what the industry calls yield management, offering millions of

combinations of fares based on advance purchase patterns and other booking trends, so 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 your reservation is just half the battle.

[E] Some industry experts have connected the dots.

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They

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re trying to get people to

buy premium seats,

”

says George Hobica,

’

s Fly Guy columnist and the founder

of .

“

They want to increase revenue. And we

’

re getting more complaints

about it.

”

He notes that it

“

really annoys

”

passengers who want to sit together,

particularly when traveling with small children.

[F] He

’

s echoed by Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalitio n(

联盟

):

“

With yield management, consumers are aware and they know that airlines are constantly

changing prices on seats. But if this is true, it is unethical

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re grossly misleading

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us. The thing that I find so offensive is conveying to me that I have no options, but if I

wait a week or two then I do have options.

”

[G ] According to the airlines, the reason for ancillary (

附加的

)revenue is unbundling

(

分类计价

)ticket prices, so passengers who desire a given service

—

say checking a bag or

ordering a soft drink

—

pay for it, while those who don

’

t are spared the cost. But as

Mitchell notes,

“

There

’

s another twist to this. The airlines are saying fees are for

‘

optional services.

’

Well, seats aren

’

t optional!

”

[H ] Of course, securing a good seat isn

’

t an issue if you

’

re in first class or you

’

re an elite member of a frequent flyer program. But what about the rest of us? As I

’

ve

pointed out repeatedly in recent columns, we

’

re faced with record-high load factors, the

highest for the U.S. airline industry since World War II. But even with the average

percentage of occupied seats for domestic flights at 82.7%, it

’

s still an average

—

some

flights will be fuller but others will not, particularly weeks in advance. Yet searching for

seats keeps getting harder and harder.

Seats for sale

[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 passengers 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:

“

That

’

s going to vary because there are so

many variables.

”

[J] I decided to check on seat availability at . I inquired about economy- class

availability for two seats on a busy route

—

Atlanta to Chicago

—

and 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 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 there were plenty of seats

that could be bought for the right price.

[K] 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

Medallion (

大勋章

)members, and become available without additional charge 24 hours prior to

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