4. There is not much the airlines can do when it comes to ___。
A. making sure the departure are not delayed
B. the efficient handling of luggage
C. speeding up customs procedure
D. the improvement of the condition of waiting lounges
5. Which of the following is a bad habit of the executive passengers that frustrates the airlines？
A. they do not book their seats in advance
B. they do not sit on the seats they are supposed to take
C. they do not travel on the flight they have booked
D. they do not pay in advance for the seats they book.
答案與解析：
1.文章標題分析：The operation (經(jīng)營)of International (國際的)Airlines(航空公司)
2.直接解題：
1. According to (根據(jù))the passage， in operating airlines it is essential (重要的，本質(zhì)的)to ___。
A. keep in mind (記住)the need of the executives (行政主管)only.
B. Satisfy(滿足) the need of the low fare(費用) passengers at the expense of (在損害。。的情況下)the executives
C. Try to attract(吸引) as many passengers as possible (盡可能。。。的)by reducing fares
D Cater to (滿足)the need of passengers sitting at both ends of jets(飛機)。
答案：D.
分析： 借助常識可以直接排除A(只記住行政主管的需要)和B(在損害行政主管利益的情況下滿足低票價乘客的需要)， 利用題干中出現(xiàn)的修飾詞essential作為答案線索，這樣找到答案相關(guān)句：(第2段)Operating a major(較大的；主要的) airline is essentially (本質(zhì)上， essential的副詞形式)a matter (事情，問題)of finding the right mix (組合)of passengers. 該句說“經(jīng)營以家較大的航空公司從本質(zhì)上說就是找到合適的乘客組合的問題” 。接下來的句子說“ The airlines need to fill up (填滿)the back of their wide-bodied (寬機身的)jets with low fare passengers， without forgetting(忘記) that the front end should be filled with (裝滿了。。)people who pay substantially (充分地) more for their tickets(航空公司應該在機身寬的飛機的尾部裝滿購買低價票的乘客，同時別忘了讓支付了更高票價的乘客坐在飛機的前端)”。 該句暗示要滿足各種乘客的需要。
2. The following are all mentioned as reasons why airlines are having a hard time(have a hard time： 遇到了困難) except that ___。
A. the tourist industry (旅游業(yè))is experiencing (經(jīng)歷)an all-time (空前的)low低谷
B. there is no increase (增加)in the number of passengers
C. there are more seats on the planes than needed
D the competition (競爭)between airlines is strong(激烈的)
答案：A.
分析： 利用問題句中反映細節(jié)信息的短語結(jié)構(gòu)have a hard time作為答案線索，這樣找到答案相關(guān)句：
(第3段)But low fares require (要求)consistently(一直) full aircraft to make flights economically (經(jīng)濟地)viable(可行的)， and in the recent recession(蕭條) (與have a hard time呼應)the volume(量) of traffic(交通) has not grown.該句說“在最近的蕭條期間，載客量沒有增加” ，因此判斷“乘客量沒有增加”是造成航空空司經(jīng)營困難的一個原因。
Equally the large number of airlines jostling for(為。。而競爭) the available (可得到的)passengers has created a huge excess(過剩) of capacity(容量)。
該句說“航空公司對乘客的爭搶造成了大量容量的過剩”。
The net(最終的) result of excess capacity (運載量過剩)and cut-throat(激烈的) competition driving down (壓低)fares had been to push(逼迫) some airlines into collapse (倒閉)and leave many.