1、Part I Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. (Listen to the audio recording for
2、the question.)A. To find the passports.B. To get the tickets.C. To pay the departure tax.D. To look after the baggage.Your answer Correct answerC C2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. 2 kilograms.B. 3 kilograms.C. 23 kilograms.D. 28 kilograms.Your answer Correct answerD D3. (Listen
3、 to the audio recording for the question.)A. Flying is relaxing and enjoyable.B. Flying could be harmful to the human body.C. Passengers should not carry hairspray on board.D. Most passengers like to drink water on board.Your answer Correct answerB B4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question
4、.)A. She is frightened of flying.B. She hates the long queue at the check-in.C. She is not happy with the high fare.D. She thinks the service on the flight is bad.Your answer Correct answerA A5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. He is annoyed.B. He is furious.C. He is not too worri
5、ed.D. He is helpless.Your answer Correct answerC CPart II Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear.
6、 For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. In such a mature industry with many low-fare competitors and S1(1) profits from operations, it is essential that airl
7、ine managers S2 (2) controllable costs. In order to establish and S3 (3) air services, airlines have a high level of fixed and operating costs: labor, S4 (4) , airplanes, engines, spares and parts, IT services and S5 (5) , airport equipment, airport handling services, sales distribution, training, S
8、6 (6) , and other costs. Thus all but a few cents on the dollar in ticket sales is paid out to a wide variety of S7 (7) providers or internal cost centers. Moreover, the industry is structured so that airlines often act as tax collectors. S8 (8) , and surcharges they have little or no control over ,
9、 and these are passed through to various providers. Airlines are also responsible for carrying out government regulations. S9 (9) . Analysis of the last five years shows that all the other player s in the air transport chain are far more profitable than the airlines, who collect and pass through fee
10、s and revenues to them from ticket sales. S10 (10) , catering companies 10-13% , handling companies 11-14%, aircraft lessors 5%, aircraft manufacturers 16%, and global distribution companies more than 30%. Your answer Correct answer(1) tiny tiny(2) identify identify(3) maintain maintain(4) fuel fuel
11、(5) networks networks(6) insurance insurance(7) external external(8)Ticket prices include a number of fees,taxesTicket prices include a number of fees, taxes(9)If airlines carry passengers without proper documents on an international flight,they are responsible for carrying them back to the originat
12、ing countryIf airlines carry passengers without proper documents on an international flight, they are responsible for carrying them back to the originating country(10)While airlines as a whole earned 6%, return on capital employed, airports earned 10%While airlines as a whole earned 6% return on cap
13、ital employed, airports earned 10%Part III Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answe
14、rs. 1. What is the passage mainly concerned with?A. The booming air travel industry.B. The depressing air travel industry.C. Despite the current depression, the air travel industry will pick up.D. Despite the current boom, the air travel industry will decline.Your answer Correct answerC C2. What was
15、 the earliest cause of the short-term aviation industry depression?A. The crash of the high-tech stock market.B. A terrorist attack.C. Consumers desire to buy goods.D. The poor airline service.Your answer Correct answerA A3. Which of the following bears a larger share of the security check costs?A.
16、A longer trip.B. A shorter trip.C. Passengers at a small airport.D. Passengers at a large airport.Your answer Correct answerB B4. According to the passage, what does deregulation result in?A. Worse service.B. Higher fare.C. Fast speed.D. More competition.Your answer Correct answerD D5. What may be t
17、he average annual growth of the air travel industry in the next two decades?A. A 20 percent increase.B. A 20.5 percent increase.C. A 5.1 percent increase.D. An 1.5 percent increase.Your answer Correct answerC CPart IVDirections: Choose the right answer. 1. Id like to fly _ to Thailand on October 8th
18、. I want to book two tickets.A. economyB. by economyC. in economyD. in economy classYour answer Correct answerA A2. Airport security checks always make me nervous. Im afraid Ill _ the alarm because of the jewelry Im wearing.A. put offB. set offC. go offD. get offYour answer Correct answerB B3. Secur
19、ity guards take ages searching _ stuff, but they ignore check-in baggage.A. carry-forwardB. carry-overC. carry-inD. carry-onYour answer Correct answerC D4. With all the threats _ security of travel today, I expected to have my luggage searched.A. inB. withC. toD. forYour answer Correct answerD C5. When I flew from Vancouver to Paris, they simply ran my bags _ the scanner, and I was on my way.A. overB. throughC. inD. intoYour answer Correct answerB B
