Question

【题目】阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
C

A frightening incident took place Sunday night on a plane. According to reports, the United Airlines overbooked (超额预订) the flight, so they asked passengers to give up four tickets so that four United Airline staff (工作人员) 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】本文讲述一件发生在班机上的事情。美国航空公司因为超额预定，不得不请乘客为四位航空公司的工作人员让座。航空公司甚至以每个座位400美元的价格请顾客让座，后来增加到800外加免费住旅馆，但是没有人主动让座。最后，公司不得不通过抽签的方式让电脑随机选取4位乘客退出航班。其中有一位69岁的老人因为第二天要去医院上班不愿接受这个结果被保安强制拽出飞机，在拉扯的过程中老人受了伤。这一幕被其他的乘客记录下来并发到了网上，很多人看来很气愤。而美国航空公司的CEO站出来为他的员工的行为进行辩护，结果使得美国航空公司的股票大跌，损失了8亿美元。美国政府将对此事进行调查以查明美国航空公司是否遵循了相关规定。
⑴细节理解。根据第一段the United Airlines overbooked (超额预订) the flight, so they asked passengers to give up four tickets so that four United Airline staff (工作人员) could take the seats.可知美国航空公司因为超额预定使得4位航空公司的工作人员没有座位，故选C。
⑵细节理解。根据第二段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岁的乘客说第二天要到医院上班，所以选B。
⑶细节理解。根据第二段最后一句The flight finally left after two hours可知这个问题花了两个小时才得以解决，故选B。
⑷推理判断。根据最后一段前两句可知CEO为他的员工行为进行辩护，说“我的员工遵循了处理这类问题的相关规定”，所以他支持他的员工的行为。故选C。