英语六级长篇阅读练习题3.docx

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英语六级长篇阅读练习题3

2019年12月英语六级长篇阅读练习题（3）

SectionB

　　Directions：

Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit．Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs．Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived．

　　Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce．Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter．AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2．

　　WhyAreAirlinesWithholdingSeats?

　　A．AfewmonthsagoIbookedaflightfortwoandthenwenttoselectseatsontheairline'ssite．Basedonthedestinationandtimeofyear,Iwassurprisedtofindonlytwoadjacentseatswereavailablewithoutpayingapremium（额外费用）．ButIwasevenmoresurprisedafewweekslater,whenweboardedtheaircraftandaflightattendantannouncedthatonly30%ofseatswereoccupied,soweshouldallfeelfreetostretchout．

　　B．Sohowcouldaflightthatlookednearlyfullamonthearlierwindupwithsevenoutoftenseatsempty?

That'saquestiononlytheairlinescananswer,andthey'renoteagertoprovidemanydetails．

　　C．Aresomecarriersintentionallyholdingbackseatassignments,inthehopewe'llallpayfor"premium"seats?

It'safairquestion,andtheevidenceisintriguing．

Behindthescreenindeed

　　D．Anawfulplotgoesonbehindairlineandtravelbookingscreens,andmuchofitisstrictlyoff-limitstoconsumers．Whatwedoknowisthatfordecadesnowairlineshavebecomemastersofwhattheindustry　callsyieldmanagement,offeringmillionsofcombinationsoffaresbasedonadvancepurchasepatternsandotherbookingtrends,sonearlyeveryonepaysadifferentpricebasedonwhentheybuy．Butnowthatpayingextraforyourseatselectionhasbecomecommonpractice,securingyourreservationisjusthalfthebattle．

　　E．Someindustryexpertshaveconnectedthedots．"They'retryingtogetpeopletobuypremiumseats,"saysGeorgeHobica,USATODAY．com'sFlyGuycolumnistandthefounderofAirfarewatchdog．com．"Theywanttoincreaserevenue．Andwe'regettingmorecomplaintsaboutit．"Henotesthatit"reallyannoys"passengerswhowanttosittogether,particularlywhentravelingwithsmallchildren．

　　F．He'sechoedbyKevinMitchell,chairmanoftheBusinessTravelCoalition（联盟）：

"Withyieldmanagement,consumersareawareandtheyknowthatairlinesareconstantlychangingpricesonseats．Butifthisistrue,itisunethical--they'regrosslymisleadingus．ThethingthatIfindsooffensiveisconveyingtomethatIhavenooptions,butifIwaitaweekortwothenIdohaveoptions．"

　　G．Accordingtotheairlines,thereasonforancillary（附加的）revenueisunbundling（分类计价）ticketprices,sopassengerswhodesireagivenservice--saycheckingabagororderingasoftdrink--payforit,whilethosewhodon'taresparedthecost．ButasMitchellnotes,"There'sanothertwisttothis．Theairlinesaresayingfeesarefor'optionalservices．'Well,seatsaren'toptional!

"

　　H．Ofcourse,securingagoodseatisn'tanissueifyou'reinfirstclassoryou'reanelitememberofafrequentflyerprogram．Butwhatabouttherestofus?

AsI'vepointedoutrepeatedlyinrecentcolumns,we'refacedwithrecord-highloadfactors,thehighestfortheU．S．airlineindustrysinceWorldWarII．Butevenwiththeaveragepercentageofoccupiedseatsfordomesticflightsat82．7%,it'sstillanaverage--someflightswillbefullerbutotherswillnot,particularlyweeksinadvance．Yetsearchingforseatskeepsgettingharderandharder．

Seatsforsale

　　I．Hobicacitesthemajorairlinesastheprimeculprits（起因）,buthealsonotesevenlow-costcarrierscanmakesecuringseatsdifficult．Ontheflipside,hecreditsJetBlueandVirginAmericaforprovidingcustomerswithclearpolicies．AndthenthereisBritishAirways,whichallowspassengersineconomyandbusinessclassestoselectseatsonly24hoursinadvance．Iaskedanairlinerepresentativeifseeingfewerfreeseatsisatrend,andtheresponsewas：

"That'sgoingtovarybecausetherearesomanyvariables．"

　　J．IdecidedtocheckonseatavailabilityatDelta．com．Iinquiredabouteconomy-classavailabilityfortwoseatsonabusyroute--AtlantatoChicago--andconductedanapples-to-applessearchforthesamemorningdeparturesevendaysinadvance,andagain14daysinadvance．Fortheflightoneweekout,atotalofonlyeightseatswereavailable,onepreferredandsevenstandard,butonlyonesetoftwoseatstogether．Fortheflighttwoweeksout,atotalof29seatswereavailable,consistingof20preferredandonlyninestandard,andstillwithonlyonesettogether．Remarkablehoweventwicethebookingtimestillproducedsofew"free"seats,separatelyortogether,yettherewereplentyofseatsthatcouldbeboughtforthefightprice．

　　K．IcontactedDeltaandaspokesmansaidthepriceforpreferredecono