人郵第二輯真題 TEST 3 READING PART 5
A SUCCESSFUL AIRLINE
Executives at Fastline, now (0)____ of the country’s largest airlines, were in optimistic mood at the press conference they held yesterday afternoon. They announced that they were (31)____ a position to revise the company’s full-year profits forecast sharply upward (32)____ a result of an exceptionally strong performance over the last nine months. Profits during this period rose by very (33)____ 50 per cent compared with the same period last year. The company feels confident that this performance will continue throughout the remainder of the year. It is expected (34)_____will be a 40 per cent increase in profits for the full year compared with the 15 per cent that had been indicated (35)____ the half-year stage.
During the year, (36)____than raise its fares as most other airlines did in response to higher fuel costs, Fastline stuck to its decision to keep fares at the same level as last year. This must account to (37)_____ extent for the significant rise (38)____ only in the number of passengers booked on flights, but also in the amount of freight carried.
The airline has also confirmed that it is in negotiations with another airline to sell the whole of (39)____ 20 per cent holding in Border Air. However, executives are refusing to reveal the name of the interested party until a definite agreement (40)____ reached.
文章是介紹一個(gè)航空公司的情況。完形填空文章的選材常出現(xiàn)這種文章，不管是填詞版的還是選詞版的，介紹的內(nèi)容都是利潤較去年同期有所增長，形勢一片大好等等。
這套題目比較簡單。十個(gè)空有八個(gè)空是比較明顯的，主要是固定搭配。像這種帶點(diǎn)主觀題性質(zhì)的英語題，總體上不會太難，做多了，甚至?xí)冗x擇題簡單。
31題，看到空格后面的a position就應(yīng)該意識到空格處應(yīng)該填入一個(gè)介詞，表示處在一個(gè)什么位置。用in。be in a position to do something，固定搭配�？磦�(gè)例句幫助記憶：Next week we will be in a much better position to comment.
32題，前面是介紹結(jié)果，修改了預(yù)期的利潤，后面是說公司在過去九個(gè)月強(qiáng)勁的表現(xiàn)，也就是結(jié)果，所以很顯然，用as a result of。
33題，in comparison with，固定搭配，做對比。
34題，這是個(gè)從句，缺乏代詞作主語，表示今年將會有40%的利潤增長。在從句里充當(dāng)主語成分，后面接will be的，是there。
35題，很明顯要填入一個(gè)介詞，表示在半年階段顯示的15%的增長，用at或者是by，在，某一個(gè)階段。
36題，這空理解了意思，就好做。要看完整版的句子，前面說raise its fares as most other airlines did，像其他航空公司一樣漲價(jià)。后面說Fastline stuck to its decision to keep fares at the same level as last year.。Fastline堅(jiān)持保持費(fèi)用不變。也就是說Fastline的策略和其他航空公司的是不一樣的。表示不是的詞組，rather than。
37題，考查的也是固定短語。to a extent，to some extent，在某種程度上。
38題，這題只要看到了整個(gè)句子后半部分的but also，就能想到前面要填的是not only，增長的不僅是乘客的數(shù)量，還有貨物的數(shù)量。
39題，這空比較考驗(yàn)人。先理解意思，公司將把它全部股份的20%賣給另一個(gè)航空公司�？崭癫糠忠钊氲模莻�(gè)代詞，指代公司的，同后面的20 percent holding是一個(gè)整體，表示它20%股份。代詞中表示它的，是its。這個(gè)詞的用法很多人不熟悉，熟悉了就容易聯(lián)想到�？磦�(gè)例句加深理解：I don't know the price of the dress; its ticket has fallen off.我不知道這件衣服的價(jià)錢，它的標(biāo)簽掉了。
40題，這題也比較明顯。是動(dòng)詞的被動(dòng)語態(tài)，空格處要填入的就是be動(dòng)詞，只需要弄明白時(shí)態(tài)就行。前面的動(dòng)作是are reaching，現(xiàn)在時(shí)，所以空格填is。
