新视野大学英语三听说网络测试9单元.docx

Unit 9 What mode of travel do you prefer?Done with this task. Your current score: 97%Unit 9 testNextDirections: Click on the speaker to the left to start playing the audio recordings A Parts I, II and III. They will be played continuously. Once the recording starts playi P please do NOT click on either the speaker icon or the 'Unit Quiz' link in the menu above. Otherwise, you may lose the chance of hearing the complete recording.Part I ScriptDirections: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)C A. To find the passports.C B. To get the tickets.QE C. To pay the departure tax.C D. To look after the luggage.2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)C A. 2 kilograms.C B. 3 kilograms.C C. 23 kilograms. 一E D. 28 kilograms.3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)C A. He is annoyed.C B. He is furious.E C. He is not too worried.C D. He is helpless.4. (Listen to the audioC A. Trans PacificE B. Trans PacificC C. Trans PacificC D. Trans Pacificrecording for the question.)Flight 8 on July 19.Flight 8 on August 2.Flight 2 on July 19.Flight 2 on August 8.5. (Listen to the audiorecording for the question.)C A. By bus.C B. By train.E C. By air.C D. Not decided.Part II ScriptDirections: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from SI to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers.In such a mature industry with many low-fare competitors and(1)1 tiny profitsfrom operations, it is essential that airline managersidentitycontrollablecosts.In order to establish andmaintaiair services, airlines have a high levelof fixed and operating costs: labor,airplanes, engines, spares andparts, IT services and 丨airport equipment, airport handlingservices, sales distribution, training,(6)| insuranceand other costs. Thus allbut a few cents on the dollar in ticket sales is paid out to a wide variety ofproviders or internal cost centers.Moreover, the industry is structured so that airlines often act as tax collectors./c、l Ticket prices include a number of fees, taxes.,.,I, and surcharges they have little or nocontrol over, and these are passed through to various providers. Airlines are also responsible for carrying out government regulations.小、 If airlines carry passengers without proper documents on an international flight, they are respcAnalysis of the last five years shows that all the other players in the air transport chain are far more profitable than the airlines, who collect and pass through fees and revenues to them from ticket sales.(10)恒 airlines as a whole earned 6% return on capital employed, airports earned 10%catering companies 10-13%, handling companies 11-14%, aircraft lessors 5%, aircraft manufacturers 16%, and global distribution companies more than 30%.Your answerCorrect answer(1)tinytiny(2)identityidentityX(3)maintaimaintain(4)fuelfuelVnetworks.小networks(5)3insurance.(6)insuranceUexternal(7)U Ticket prices include a number of fees, (8)taxesV If airlines carry passengers without (9) proper documents on an international flight, they are responsible for carrying them back to the originating country>/ While airlines as a whole earned 6% (10) return on capital employed, airports earned 10%externalTicket prices include a number of fees,taxesIf airlines carry passengers withoutproper documents on an internationalflight, they are responsible forcarrying them back to the originatingcountryWhile airlines as a whole earned 6%return on capital employed, airportsearned 10%Part III ScriptDirections: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.1. What is the passage mainly concerned with?C A. The booming air travel industry.C B. The depressing air travel industry.C. Despite the current depression, the air travel industry will pickup.C D. Despite the current boom, the air travel industry will decline.2. What was the earliest cause of the short-term aviation industry depression? L11*11E A. The crash of the high-tech stock market.C B. A terrorist attack.C C. Consumers* desire to buy goods.C D. The poor airline service.3. Which of the following bears a larger share of the security check costs?CA.A longer trip.EB.A shorter trip.CC.Passengers atasmallairport.CD.Passengers atalargeairport.4. According to the passage, what does deregulation result in?C A. Worse service.C B. Higher fare.C C. Fast speed.E D. More competition.5. What may be the average annual growth of the air travel industry in the next two decades?C A. A 20 percent increase.C B. A 20. 5 percent increase.q厂E C. A 5. 1 percent increase.C D. A 1. 5 percent increase.Part IVDirections: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements.1. r d like to fly to Thailand on October 8th. I want to book twotickets.E A. economyB. by economyC. in economyC D. in economy class2. Airport security checks always make me nervous. I'm afraid I' 11 the alarm because of the jewelry I'm wearing.CA.putoff'EB.setoffCC.go offCD.getoff3. The security guards take ages searching stuff, but they ignore check-in baggage.CA.carry-forwardCB.carry-overCC.carry-in，宀ED.carry-on4. With all the threats security of travel today, I expected to have myluggage searched.C A. inCB.withEC.toCD.for5. When I flew from Vancouver to Paris, they simply ran my bags the scanner, and I was on my way.A. overEB.throughCC.inCD.into6. Itwilltakealong time for me to my biological clock aftertraveling abroad.CA.recoverCB.returnCC.resumeED.reset7. Before I conclude my talk, I'd like to summarize what we have .CA.dealt' EB.coveredCC.talkedCD.spoken8. Millions of people who had never, or rarely flown before, became passengers.f nEA.regularCB.traditionalCC.constantD. consistent9. The plane does have its disadvantages. For example, it is transporting large quantities of cargo.CA.unable ofCB.disable toCC.incapabletoED.incapableof10. Airlines are especially cautious about checking the conditions of aircraft to reduce the possibility of accidents to .CA.minimumQ/EB.the minimumCC.smallestD. least