新视野大学英语三听说网络测试9单元

Unit 9 What mode of travel do you prefer?

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Part I Script

Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and 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 the question.)

A. To find the passports.

B. To get the tickets.

C. To pay the departure tax.

D. To look after the luggage.

2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. 2 kilograms.

B. 3 kilograms.

C. 23 kilograms.

D. 28 kilograms.

3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. He is annoyed.

B. He is furious.

C. He is not too worried.

D. He is helpless.

4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. Trans Pacific Flight 8 on July 19.

B. Trans Pacific Flight 8 on August 2.

C. Trans Pacific Flight 2 on July 19.

D. Trans Pacific Flight 2 on August 8.

5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

A. By bus.

B. By train.

C. By air.

D. Not decided.

Part II Script

Directions: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. 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 the third time, check your answers.

In such a mature industry with many low-fare competitors and

from operations, it is essential that airline managers

costs.

In order to establish and

of fixed and operating costs: labor,

parts, IT services and

services, sales distribution, training, and other costs. Thus all but a few cents on the dollar in ticket sales is paid out to a wide variety of

Moreover, the industry is structured so that airlines often act as tax collectors.

and surcharges they have little or no

control over, and these are passed through to various providers. Airlines are also responsible for carrying out government regulations.

Analysis of the last five years shows that all the other players in the air transport chain are far more profitable than the airlines, who collect and pass through fees and revenues to them from ticket sales.

catering companies 10-13%, handling companies 11-14%, aircraft lessors 5%, aircraft manufacturers 16%, and global distribution companies more than 30%.

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Part III

Script

Directions: Listen to the following recording, and 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. 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.

2. What was 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.

3.Which of the following bears a larger share of the security check costs?

A. A longer trip.

B. A shorter trip.

C. Passengers at a small airport.

D. Passengers at a large airport.

4.According to the passage, what does deregulation result in?

A. Worse service.

B. Higher fare.

C. Fast speed.

D. More competition.

5.What may be the 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. A 1.5 percent increase.

Part IV

Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements.

1.I'd like to fly ___________ to Thailand on October 8th. I want to book two

tickets.

A. economy

B. by economy

C. in economy

D. in economy class

2.Airport security checks always make me nervous. I'm afraid I'll _________

the alarm because of the jewelry I'm wearing.

A. put off

B. set off

C. go off

D. get off

3.The security guards take ages searching _______ stuff, but they ignore

check-in baggage.

A. carry-forward

B. carry-over

C. carry-in

D. carry-on

4.With all the threats ____ security of travel today, I expected to have my

luggage searched.

A. in

B. with

C. to

D. for

5.When I flew from Vancouver to Paris, they simply ran my bags __________

the scanner, and I was on my way.

A. over

B. through

C. in

D. into

6.It will take a long time for me to _______ my biological clock after

traveling abroad.

A. recover

B. return

C. resume

D. reset

7.Before I conclude my talk, I'd like to summarize what we have _________.

A. dealt

B. covered

C. talked

D. spoken

https://www.360docs.net/doc/d23025112.html,lions of people who had never, or rarely flown before, became _______

passengers.

A. regular

B. traditional

C. constant

D. consistent

9.The plane does have its disadvantages. For example, it is __________

transporting large quantities of cargo.

A. unable of

B. disable to

C. incapable to

D. incapable of

10.Airlines are especially cautious about checking the conditions of aircraft

to reduce the possibility of accidents to ___________.

A. minimum

B. the minimum

C. smallest

D. least