Passage 5

　　International airlines have rediscovered the business travelers, the man or woman who regularly jets from country to country as part of the job. This does not necessarily mean that airlines ever _1_ their business travelers. Indeed, companies like Lufthansa and Swissair would rightly argue that they have always _2_ best for the executive class passengers. But many lines could be accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past on attracting passengers by volume, often at the _3_ of regular travelers. Too often, they have seemed geared for quantity rather than quality. Operating a major airline in the 1980s is essentially a matter of finding the right mix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with low fare passengers,without forgetting that the front end should be filled with people who pay_4_ more for their tickets.

　　It is no _5_ that the two major airline bankruptcies in 1982 were among the companies _6_ in cheap flights.but low fares require consistently full aircraft to make flights economically viable(可行的), and in the recent recession the volume of traffic has not grown. EquaUy the large number of airlines jostling for (爭奪)the _7_ passenger has created a huge excess of capacity. The net result of excess capacity and cut-throat _8_ driving down fares has been to push some airlines into _9_ and leave many others hovering on the brink.

　 　Against this grim background, it is no surprise that airlines are turning increasingly to the business travelers to improve their rates of return. They have _10_ much time and effort to establish exactly what the executive demands for sitting apart from the tourists.

　　A)competition B)entertained C)coincidence D)abandoned

　　E)expense F)centralizing G)collapse H)attachable

　　I)nvested J)ultimtely K)specializing L)available

　　M)substantially N)approach O)catered

　　Passage 5

　　解題思路

　　1.[D]此處應填人that從句的謂語動詞。首句提到國際航空公司rediscovered重新找到商務游客，由此推斷這里應該是講有關失去、拋棄的經歷，因此選abandoned，表示這并不一定意味著航空公司放棄過商務游客。

　　2.[0]have表明此處應填人動詞的過去分詞，且能與for搭配。catered for迎合，顧及符合句意，表示他們一直都在迎合商務階層的乘客。

　 　3.[E] the... of結構表明此處應填入名詞?？崭袼诰涮岬胶娇展颈蛔l責過于關注乘客的數量，由此可知那些定期乘坐航班的乘客被忽略了，at the expense of以為代價符合句意。at the approach of在快到的時候，意思不對，故排除approach。

　　4.[M]此處應填人副詞，修飾more。根據逗號前后內容的對比，此處應該選與low fare(低票價)意思相反的詞，substantially大量修飾more,表示多得多，符合句意。

　　5.[C] no表明此處應填入名詞?？崭窈髏hat從句提到，1982年破產的兩家大航空公司都是廉價航空，由這個共性選擇coincidence巧合最恰當。

　　6.[K]此處應填人形容詞或分詞，作后置定語修飾companies,且能與in搭配。specializing與in搭配，意為專門從事，表示這些公司專營廉價航班，符合文中語境。

　　7.[L]此處應填人形容詞或分詞，修飾passengers。根據句意眾多航空公司為爭奪乘客，已導致了運載量過剩,可判斷此處的定語應該是available能得到的。

　　8.[A]此處應填入cut-throat(激烈的，拼命的)所修飾的名詞。上文提到航空公司爭奪乘客，故competition競爭符合此處語境，表示降低票價的激烈競爭。

　　9.[G]此處應填入名詞，作介詞into的賓語。根據driving down fares(降低票價)和該段首句中的bankruptcies(破產)推斷此處應該是講低價競爭將一些公司逼垮，其他許多公司瀕臨倒閉。故collapse倒塌，崩潰正確。

　　10.[I]have表明此處應填入動詞的分詞形式，作句子謂語。根據賓語time and effort，此處應選invested投人(資金、時間等)。

　　Passage 5

　　International airlines have rediscovered the business travelers, the man or woman who regularly jets from country to country as part of the job. This does not necessarily mean that airlines ever _1_ their business travelers. Indeed, companies like Lufthansa and Swissair would rightly argue that they have always _2_ best for the executive class passengers. But many lines could be accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past on attracting passengers by volume, often at the _3_ of regular travelers. Too often, they have seemed geared for quantity rather than quality. Operating a major airline in the 1980s is essentially a matter of finding the right mix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with low fare passengers,without forgetting that the front end should be filled with people who pay_4_ more for their tickets.

　　It is no _5_ that the two major airline bankruptcies in 1982 were among the companies _6_ in cheap flights.but low fares require consistently full aircraft to make flights economically viable(可行的), and in the recent recession the volume of traffic has not grown. EquaUy the large number of airlines jostling for (爭奪)the _7_ passenger has created a huge excess of capacity. The net result of excess capacity and cut-throat _8_ driving down fares has been to push some airlines into _9_ and leave many others hovering on the brink.

　 　Against this grim background, it is no surprise that airlines are turning increasingly to the business travelers to improve their rates of return. They have _10_ much time and effort to establish exactly what the executive demands for sitting apart from the tourists.

　　A)competition B)entertained C)coincidence D)abandoned

　　E)expense F)centralizing G)collapse H)attachable

　　I)nvested J)ultimtely K)specializing L)available

　　M)substantially N)approach O)catered

　　Passage 5

　　解題思路

　　1.[D]此處應填人that從句的謂語動詞。首句提到國際航空公司rediscovered重新找到商務游客，由此推斷這里應該是講有關失去、拋棄的經歷，因此選abandoned，表示這并不一定意味著航空公司放棄過商務游客。

　　2.[0]have表明此處應填人動詞的過去分詞，且能與for搭配。catered for迎合，顧及符合句意，表示他們一直都在迎合商務階層的乘客。

　 　3.[E] the... of結構表明此處應填入名詞。空格所在句提到航空公司被譴責過于關注乘客的數量，由此可知那些定期乘坐航班的乘客被忽略了，at the expense of以為代價符合句意。at the approach of在快到的時候，意思不對，故排除approach。

　　4.[M]此處應填人副詞，修飾more。根據逗號前后內容的對比，此處應該選與low fare(低票價)意思相反的詞，substantially大量修飾more,表示多得多，符合句意。

　　5.[C] no表明此處應填入名詞。空格后that從句提到，1982年破產的兩家大航空公司都是廉價航空，由這個共性選擇coincidence巧合最恰當。

　　6.[K]此處應填人形容詞或分詞，作后置定語修飾companies,且能與in搭配。specializing與in搭配，意為專門從事，表示這些公司專營廉價航班，符合文中語境。

　　7.[L]此處應填人形容詞或分詞，修飾passengers。根據句意眾多航空公司為爭奪乘客，已導致了運載量過剩,可判斷此處的定語應該是available能得到的。

　　8.[A]此處應填入cut-throat(激烈的，拼命的)所修飾的名詞。上文提到航空公司爭奪乘客，故competition競爭符合此處語境，表示降低票價的激烈競爭。

　　9.[G]此處應填入名詞，作介詞into的賓語。根據driving down fares(降低票價)和該段首句中的bankruptcies(破產)推斷此處應該是講低價競爭將一些公司逼垮，其他許多公司瀕臨倒閉。故collapse倒塌，崩潰正確。

　　10.[I]have表明此處應填入動詞的分詞形式，作句子謂語。根據賓語time and effort，此處應選invested投人(資金、時間等)。