2．Buying a plane ticket today can be a difficult experience.sometimes with a large number of choices——青夏教育精英家教网——

2．Buying a plane ticket today can be a difficult experience，sometimes with a large number of choices to make，each with its own price tag．Checking a bag？With most airlines you'll have to pay for that---and maybe for a carry-on．Prefer an emergency exit row？That will cost you．Want to board early to take up overhead bin space （机上行李箱空间） for your roll-aboard luggage？Be ready to pay or use an airline credit card．Want a coke during drink service？Frontier Airlines charges $1.99．Each airline，large and small，has its own offerings and prices，creating a lot of other fees．
"The fees are so high these days that the actual price of the ticket loses its meaning，"said Max Levitte，co-founder of Cheapism．com，which recently charted airline fees among a dozen carriers．"You feel like you're forced to pay little by little all the time．Consumers don't know what to expect unless they read the fine print，which is a lot nowadays．"
What consumers call fees，airlines call unbundling （分类计价）---making choices from services formerly included in the fare．Airline officials couch it in terms of giving fliers more choices．United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek last month likened it to customizing a pizza，"We used to serve you a pizza with all the toppings，and that's all you got，"he said during a speech at a meeting of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce．Unbundling allows passengers to pay for only the services they want，he said．
Jean Medina，spokesman for industry group Airlines for America，said fees have a consumer benefit．"The model of charging customers for services they value and are willing to pay for has enabled airlines to keep airfare affordable，"she said，adding that airfare increases since 2000 haven't kept pace with the national inflation rate．Without the revenue，airlines in 2012 would have lost more than 58 percent passenger，she said．
The fee increase began in 2008，as airlines had to deal with rising jet-fuel prices while not raising base fares，which would put them at a competitive disadvantage，said Jay Sorenen，president of IdeaWorksCompany，which regularly examines airline fees．
To be fair，some fees are for new services not formerly included in fares---wireless Internet airlines access and new economy seats with extra legroom （踏脚处），for example．Fees are big business．In 2012，airline revenue from sources other than tickets amounted to an estimated﹩36.1 billion worldwide，up 60 percent from 2010，according to IdeaWorksCompany．Fees were a big part of that growth．
"For the consumer，it is very confusing，"Airline stock analyst Hunter Keay said．"Unless the consumer fights back，airlines are going to keep getting away with this and make it harder to make a good decision．"
Examples？It charges﹩10 if an airport agent prints your boarding pass at the airport rather than you print it yourself at home．Its website has 38 different fees for luggage，including carry-ons．It charges﹩3 for soda or juice．
Spirit officials have defended the fee strategy，saying passengers who fly airline know what to expect．"Our customers have told us again and again they want low fares and the option to choose the add-ons they want，"said Spirit spokesman Misty Pinson．"And we're proud to give them what they need．"
But how do you avoid fees？There's no easy answer．Mostly，you have to know what services are available and how much they cost because it's so difficult to compare fares，apples to apples，among airlines，experts say．"The consumer needs to do the math，"Anne Banas，executive editor of Smart Travel．com said．

58．Paragraph 1mainly implies thatB．
A．plane tickets today are very expensive
B．airline companies are creating many fees
C．airlines can offer a variety of services
D．it is very difficult to choose transportation
59．According to Max Levitte，to get services well worth the money，customers had betterB．
A．pay the fees little by little
B．know the rules of the services
C．pay a visit to Cheapism．com
D．choose as few as the services
60．What can we learn about Jay Sorenen's view on"unbundling"？A
A．It helped pay for a part of jet-fuel prices．
B．It helped make airline's base fares higher．
C．It helped make airline services more attractive．
D．It helped airline companies examine the fares．
61．The underlined part in the last paragraph means"C"．
A．learn math well
B．train computing power
C．compare fares and fees
D．avoid extra fees．

Environment Awareness Week
Regal Convention Centre，Halls 1-4
24-30 March 2011 10：00 am-9：00 pm
Free admission for all!
Save the environment，Save our future
Organized by：
Our environment needs help．With the participation of more than 50 organizations，Environment Awareness Week is the biggest public education event dedicated to environmental protection and conservation．Don't miss it!Come and know more about：
The Threats to Earth （Hall 1）-What is global warming？How serious is pollution？Learn about different environmental problems from our university students．Protect our environment!
The Search for Renewable Energy （Hall 2）-Can we get electricity from wind，solar energy，waves，rivers and underground heat？Get the answers from Solar Ace，Teflon，Touch Wind Resources and other participants．
The Quest for Freshwater （Hall 3）-Is the shortage of freshwater worsening？What are Singapore's solutions for treating w astewater？Hear from Flow Technologies，HydroMax Solutians and other participants．
The 3 Rs to Save Earth （Hall 4）-How can we REDUCE，REUSE and RECYCLE to cut down household wastes？Find out from the Global Gaia Network，Green Earth Foundation and other participants．
For more information，please call Mr．Philip Koh at 6553 1188，send an email to Mrs．Daisy Soh at daisy_soh@ief．org or visit the event's website at http://www．ief．org/eaw．

56．The main aim of Environment Awareness Week is toC．
A．explain ways for producing freshwater to save the environment
B．discuss global warming and other environmental problems
C．educate the public on protecting the environment
D．learn about renewable energy sources that protect the environment
57．It can be learned that in the eventB．
A．each hall charges the same amount of money as the other
B．Tefron works to seek for alternative energy
C．students at the university cause various environmental problems
D．one can get more information text by texting a message．

20．An Asian country，Singapore，launched the Speak Good English Movement，which didn't_______the problems as it aims to．（　　）

19．Archeologists announced last week that they_______more than 30，000 relics from the Jiangkou stretch of the Minjiang River in Meishan city，Southwest China's Sichuan province．（　　）

	A．	had excavated		B．	excavated
	C．	have excavated		D．	have been excavating

18．A social insurance service agency in Zhengzhou has changed its office design_______a public complaint about inconvenient service windows．（　　）

	A．	in proportion to		B．	in answer to
	C．	in addition to		D．	in regard to

17．People-to-people exchanges remain a solid foundation for the China-US relationship，Xi said，_______to
promote exchanges in tourism，arts，sports and health care to enhance public support and improve ties．（　　）

	A．	promising		B．	to have promised
	C．	promised		D．	to promise

16．Xiongan New Area will be the center for innovation and high-end high-tech industries，not an area purely for developing real estate industry，_______a"gold mine"for property speculators．（　　）

15．Jack appreciated his teachers'help_______ he couldn't find ways to express his gratitude．（　　）

14．-You'd better not leave the window open．
-Thank you for reminding me； maybe it's_______thieves to enter．（　　）

13．Chinese political TV series In the Name of People，which began airing on March 28^th，gives a deep_____into what makes a politician's soul twisted．（　　）

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