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大学英语六级长篇阅读练习及答案解析

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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.

“

Th ey

’

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

—

the y

’

re grossly misleading 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

departure.

When

asked if Delta has received complaints about a dearth of free seats, he stated,

“

Overall, our

seat program has been received very well.

”

[L]

But

my

findings dovetailed (

吻合

)with

recent

complaints

filed

with

Airfarewatchdog:

(1)

When (my husband) tried to get a seat assignment on the first flight there was just one

“

complimentary (

免费的

)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 and paid for a ticket on these flights and now he is supposed