PAGE4-2015遼寧省大連市英語(yǔ)閱讀理解高考一輪專練（4）【四川省成都市2014屆高三英語(yǔ)摸底測(cè)試模擬試題（二）】Searchingforairfaresoftenseemslikeagamethatpassengersareboundtolose.Priceschangefromdaytoday,evenminutetominute.Lookingthroughmultiplewebsitesforthebestdealcanbeabigchallenge.Evenwhenyoudobook,there’snoguaranteethatyouaregoingtogetthebestprice.

“Youjustdon’tknowwhentopullthetrigger.It’snotlikebuyinganythingelseIcanthinkof,”saidGeorgeHobica,founderofA.

HarrietLevypaid$179forarecentround-tripflightonAmericanAirlinesbetweenNewYorkandFortLauderdale,Florida.Sittingjustonerowbehindher,ShirleyHarrisonpaid$215.Afewrowsback,EllisandDianneTraubpaid$317each.Therewereatleast12faresontheflight,rangingfrom$169to$360.

There’snoreasonforit,Harrisonsaid.

Farescanchangesignificantlyinjustafewhours.OneDeltaflightfromNewYorktoLosAngelesjumpedfrom$755to$1,143fromaFridaytoSaturdayinlateApril,thenfellto$718onSunday.

TheflightwasoneofadozentheAssociatedPressfollowedoverthreemonthsforavacationbetweenJuly16and22.Thenumberonefinding:avoidbookingticketsonweekends.It’sthemostexpensivetimetobuy.

There’snowaytoguaranteethebestfare.Butbeforebooking,travelersshouldpayattentiontothisadditionaladvice:

?BookonTuesday,WednesdayandThursday.That’swhenairlinesmostoftenoffersales.

?Buyinadvance,butnottooearly.Thebesttimeisfourtosixweeksbeforetraveling.Ingeneral,pricesforanygivenflightarehighesteightto10weeksandtwotothreeweeksinadvance.

?Makeuseofsocialmedia.Airlinesaregivingmorebenefitslikeexclusive(獨(dú)家)salestotravelerswhointeractwiththemonTwitterandFacebook.Thosespecialsareoftengonewithinhours.

?Theso-calleddiscountairlines–JetBlue,Air-Tran,SouthwestandFrontier–adjusttheirfareslessfrequentlythanotherairlines,soyoucanfeelmoreconfidentthatthepricewillstaythesame.Buttheirpricesaren’talwaysthelowest.Researchingmultipleairlines’faresistheonlywaytogetagooddeal.35.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?

A.Passengersareunabletosearchforairfares.

B.Airlinesoftenplaygameswithpassengers.

C.Theearlieryoubook,thelowerairfaresyou’llpay.

D.It’sdifficultforpassengerstogetthebestprice.36.Theunderlinedphrase“pullthetrigger”inParagraph2probablymeans_______.

A.startsearchingB.getthehighestprice

C.makeapurchaseD.getonboardtheplane37.Byusingalotoffiguresintheexample,theauthorintendsto_______.

A.showthereisstandardpriceforeverysingleairline

B.discovertherulesbehindairfares

C.guaranteepassengersalowprice

D.proveairfarescanvarywidely38.Passengersareadvisedtobookflights_______.

A.inthemiddleoftheweekB.onspecialwebsites

C.severalmonthsbeforetravelingD.withairlineswhicharefamousforofferingdiscountprices【參考答案】35-38DCDA【四川省成都市2014屆高三英語(yǔ)摸底測(cè)試模擬試題（二）】Here’sthisweek’slistoffouropenjobsthroughoutthelocalarea.Whetheryou’reunemployedandneedajoboryouarejustsickoftheoneyouhave,RoswellPatchwantstohelp.Weknownewjobscanbehardtocomebythesedays,whichisSurvivalGuide.AndIreallydowhatIbelievein.Itellyouthisbecausethereisnoshameingettingyourmoney'sworth.I'malsotightfistedwhenitcomestoshoes，clothesformychildren，andexpensiverestaurants.ButIwouldn'thesitatetospendonagoodhaircut.Itkeepsitsshapelonger，andit'sthefirstthingpeoplenotice.AndIwillalsospendonaclassicpieceoffurniture.Qualitylasts.5．WhydidDeltagivetheauthor'sfamilycredits?A．Theytookalaterflight.B．Theyhadearlybookings.C．Theirflighthadbeendelayed.D．Theirflighthadbeencancelled.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段中“...giveupourseatsandleavethenextday.”可知答案。答案A6．Whatcanwelearnabouttheauthor?A．Sherarelymissesagooddeal.B．Sheseldommakesacompromise.C．Sheisverystrictwithherchildren.D．Sheisinterestedincheapproducts.解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段中“Butasabig-timebargainhunter,Iknowthevalueofadollar.Andthesedays,agooddealissomethingfewofuscanaffordtopassup.”可知作者自稱是一個(gè)一流的殺價(jià)者，并且說一筆好的交易是很少有人能夠拒絕的，因此作者不會(huì)錯(cuò)過一筆好買賣的，答案為A項(xiàng)。答案A7．Whatdoestheauthordo?A．She'sateacher.B．She'sahousewife.C．She'samediaperson.D．She'sabusinesswoman.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段第二句“IhavebeentheconsumerreporterofNBC'sTodayshowforoveradecade.”可知作者是一位媒體工作者。答案C8．Whatdoestheauthorwanttotellus?A．Howtoexposebadtricks.B．Howtoreserveairlineseats.C．Howtospendmoneywisely.D．Howtomakeabusinessdeal.解析寫作意圖題。文章最后一段講述了如何明智地花錢，即如何讓錢花得更值得，故答案為C項(xiàng)。答案C較難題目特訓(xùn)：介紹說明類Theterm“underemployment”hasthreerelatedmeanings.Inonesense,itreferstoasituationinwhichsomeonewithexcellentjobqualifications(資格)isworkinginapositionthatrequireslessqualifications,asforinstanceinthecaseofalawyerdrivingaschoolbus.Inthesecondsense,itmeansworkingpart-timewhenonewouldprefertobeworkingfull-time.Inthethirdsense,itisaformofoverstaffing(人浮于事)inwhichemployeesarenotbeingfullymadeuseof.Allformsofunderemploymenthaveeffectontheeconomyandthehealthofthebusinesscommunity.Long-termunderemploymentcanalsocoverupthetruthbehindtheemploymentsituations.Whennationscollectemploymentstatistics,theyusuallycomeupwithabasenumberof“unemployed”individuals,usingthatnumbertojudgethehealthofthejobmarket.Thisnumberdoesnotincludepart-timeworkerslookingforfull-timejobs,astheyareconsideredemployed,anditalsodoesn’treflectworkerswhoareunderpaid,consideringtheirqualifications.Inthefirstsense,underemploymentisacommonprobleminmanyofthedevelopedworld.Manypeoplewithcollegedegreesareworkinginlow-levelorserviceindustryjobsbecausethejobmarketisfull.Theissueofpart-timeemploymentisalsoveryserious.Somepeopleareforcedintopart-timejobs,whileothersfindthemselvestakingapart-timejobbecausenothingelseisavailable,eventhoughtheyreallyneedtoworkfull-time.Thisproblemisespeciallycommoninareaswithseasonalemployment,whereemployersfinditcheapertomaintainandlayoffpart-timestaffs,ratherthankeepingafullstaffatalltimes.Inthesenseofshortageofworkers,underemploymentappearsinavarietyofsituations.Somecompaniesmaintainafullstafftobepreparedforseasonalwork,ortokeepwell-trained,qualifiedworkerssothattheywillbeavailablewhenneeded.Laborlawsandunionpressuresmayalsopreventacompanyfromcuttingdownonstafforworkinghours,leadingtoasituationinwhichpeoplereporttowork,buthavenothingtodo.1.Thepurposeofthepassageis.A.toshowunderemploymentisbecomingmoreserioustodayB.toimplywomenarelaidoffmorethanmenC.toexplainthemeaningof“underemployment”D.totellthepresenteconomicsituations2.Accordingtothetext,underemploymentmeans.A.thesamemeaningastheword—unemployedB.employeesar