Question

【題目】閱讀下列短文，從下面每小題的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
C

A frightening incident took place Sunday night on a plane. According to reports, the United Airlines overbooked (超額預(yù)訂) the flight, so they asked passengers to give up four tickets so that four United Airline staff (工作人員) could take the seats. The airline first looked for volunteers. They offered $400 for anyone who agreed to leave the flight, then increased to $800 and a hotel stay, but no passengers would give up their seat. In the end, the airline staff used computer to select four people to be kicked off the flight.
A 69-year-old passenger among the four unlucky passengers refused to leave and said he had to work at a hospital the next day. Three guards then showed up and pulled him out with force. The old man was badly hurt after the struggle. The flight finally left after two hours.
The scene was recorded by other passengers and posted on the Internet. You can hear the old man shouting at the guards, saying what they were doing was wrong. Many people expressed their anger at the incident.
The CEO of United Airlines defended the actions of the staff. In a letter he said to his staff, “Our people followed the rules for dealing with situations like this,” His response to the incident was thought as having a bad attitude. After the incident, United Airlines loses $800 million in the stock market (股市). A day and a half after the incident, United Airlines finally admitted it did something wrong. The government will survey the incident to find out whether the United Airlines had followed the rules.
（1）Why did the flight select four passengers to leave the plane?
A.Their luggage was too heavy.
B.They were too late.
C.The seats on the plane were not enough.
D.They shouted on the plane.
（2）Why didn't the old man give up his seat?
A.He thought the flight did not offered enough money.
B.He had to go back to the hospital to work.
C.He had to go to see the doctor.
D.He thought the computer was cheating.
（3）How long did the staff take to solve the “problem”?
A.In a very short time
B.About two hours
C.Almost one day
D.One and a half days
（4）What did the CEO say to his staff in the letter?
A.He asked them to apologize.
B.He admitted they did something wrong.
C.He supported his people.
D.He expressed his anger.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）B
（3）B
（4）C
【解析】本文講述一件發(fā)生在班機(jī)上的事情。美國航空公司因?yàn)槌�額預(yù)定，不得不請(qǐng)乘客為四位航空公司的工作人員讓座。航空公司甚至以每個(gè)座位400美元的價(jià)格請(qǐng)顧客讓座，后來增加到800外加免費(fèi)住旅館，但是沒有人主動(dòng)讓座。最后，公司不得不通過抽簽的方式讓電腦隨機(jī)選取4位乘客退出航班。其中有一位69歲的老人因?yàn)榈诙�天要去醫(yī)院上班不愿接受這個(gè)結(jié)果被保安強(qiáng)制拽出飛機(jī)，在拉扯的過程中老人受了傷。這一幕被其他的乘客記錄下來并發(fā)到了網(wǎng)上，很多人看來很氣憤。而美國航空公司的CEO站出來為他的員工的行為進(jìn)行辯護(hù)，結(jié)果使得美國航空公司的股票大跌，損失了8億美元。美國政府將對(duì)此事進(jìn)行調(diào)查以查明美國航空公司是否遵循了相關(guān)規(guī)定。
⑴細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段the United Airlines overbooked (超額預(yù)訂) the flight, so they asked passengers to give up four tickets so that four United Airline staff (工作人員) could take the seats.可知美國航空公司因?yàn)槌�額預(yù)定使得4位航空公司的工作人員沒有座位，故選C。
⑵細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段A 69-year-old passenger among the four unlucky passengers refused to leave and said he had to work at a hospital the next day可知那位69歲的乘客說第二天要到醫(yī)院上班，所以選B。
⑶細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段最后一句The flight finally left after two hours可知這個(gè)問題花了兩個(gè)小時(shí)才得以解決，故選B。
⑷推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段前兩句可知CEO為他的員工行為進(jìn)行辯護(hù)，說“我的員工遵循了處理這類問題的相關(guān)規(guī)定”，所以他支持他的員工的行為。故選C。