首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
—Read the article about People Express. —Choose the best word to fill each blank, from A, B, C or D. —For each question 19-33 ma
—Read the article about People Express. —Choose the best word to fill each blank, from A, B, C or D. —For each question 19-33 ma
admin
2009-01-17
45
问题
—Read the article about People Express.
—Choose the best word to fill each blank, from A, B, C or D.
—For each question 19-33 mark one letter (A, B, C or D )on your Answer Sheet.
—There is an example at the beginning.
People Express
People Express, founded in April 1981, grew rapidly on the basis of low fares and no-frills service. It soon became a leading airline and (19)______ changed the industry as firms constantly engaged in price wars to lure passengers. Then, People Express’ bubble (20)______ because it overexpanded, consumer complaints mounted and other airlines matched its fares on popular routes. In 1986, People Express (21)______ hundreds of millions of dollars and was forced to sell out to Texas Air, the owner of Continental and Eastern Airlines.
In early 1987, Texas Air (22)______ People Express into its Continental division and industry observers believed (23)______ the costly fare wars would be ended. They could not have been more wrong. To stimulate business for its (24)______ Continental Airlines, Texas Air instituted a new low fare category (25)______ MaxSaver. The fare offered prices that were up to 40 per cent lower than "supersaver" rates offered (26)______ all airlines. For example, the round-trip MaxSaver fare from New York to Houston was $79. The MaxSaver fares were immediately matched by all major airlines, (27)______ feared losing business.
While MaxSaver rates were low, they also had restrictions. Tickets could not be (28)______ or flight times modified after purchase. Passengers would have to stay over either a Saturday or Sunday, Reservations had to be made at least two days (29)______ and there were limited seats available. Three weeks after MaxSaver rates were (30)______ American Airlines announced plans to raise its discount fares and require 30-day (31)______ purchasing for its lowest fares. It felt it could not continue at the rates in effect. However, just 10 days (32)______ American Airlines had to revise its plan. Texas Air refused to abandon the MaxSaver fare; it even extended the program into the busy summer sea son. Competitors went along and the price war raged on, (33)______ an executive’s comment that "nobody’s cost structure can survive MaxSavers."
选项
A、before
B、in advance
C、ahead of
D、later
答案
B
解析
in advance是“预先,提前”,而ahead of后面要有宾语。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/8HsO777K
本试题收录于:
BEC中级阅读题库BEC商务英语分类
0
BEC中级阅读
BEC商务英语
相关试题推荐
•Readthearticlebelowaboutselectingbrandnames.•Inmostofthelines41-52thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergrammat
•Readthearticleaboutletterofcredit.•Foreachquestion31--40,writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERSonyourAnswerSheet.
•Readthefollowingarticleaboutacorporationandthequestionsontheoppositepage.•Foreachquestion15-20,markonelette
•ReadthearticlebelowaboutBusinessCardExchange.•Inmostofthelines41-52thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergrammati
•ReadthearticlebelowaboutBusinessCardExchange.•Inmostofthelines41-52thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergrammati
•Readthefollowingarticleandthequestionsafterthearticle.•ForeachQuestion15-20,markoneletter(A,B,CorD)ony
•Readthearticlebelowaboutamethodoflearninglanguagesaimedatbusinesspeople.•Choosethebestwordtofilleachgap
•Readthearticlebelowaboutamethodoflearninglanguagesaimedatbusinesspeople.•Choosethebestwordtofilleachgap
AccordingtomanagementexpertTomDavid,aprofessionalservicefirm--acompanyofconsultants,lawyersorauditors,forexampl
Inthispartofthetestyouaregivenadiscussiontopic.Youhave30secondstolookatthepromptcard,anexampleofwhich
随机试题
关于直肠癌淋巴转移的叙述,下列哪项不正确
患者女,45岁。发现贫血1年。查体:肝肋下刚可触及,脾未触及。检测白细胞3.2×109/L,中性粒细胞0.38,淋巴细胞0.62,红细胞2.10×1012/L,血红蛋白60g/L,未见幼红细胞,血小板50×109/L;骨髓片示巨核细胞全片可见1个,骨髓增生
莱菔子的主治病证是()。
下列关于法官应当遵守的职业道德准则的表述哪一项是正确的?()
BeCl2中Be的原子轨道杂化轨道类型为()。[2010年真题]
网络计划的优化不包括( )。
下列各项中,属于长期负债核算内容的有()。
A公司为集团公司,其子公司包括甲公司和乙公司。2019年甲公司(物业管理公司)为客户提供保洁服务的长期劳务合同等,满足企业向客户转让一系列实质相同且转让模式相同的、可明确区分商品的承诺。本年甲公司与客户签订一份服务合同,合同期限为一年,打包价格为300万元
伊斯兰教的标记为()。
某件刺绣产品,需要效率相当的三名绣工8天才能完成;绣品完成50%时,一人有事提前离开,绣品由剩下的两人继续完成;绣品完成75%时,又有一人离开,绣品由最后剩下的那个人做完。那么,完成该件绣品一共用了:
最新回复
(
0
)