为什么航空公司会超售机票？- Nina Klietsch：英语精读讲义

完成一个询问对方截至现在是否有过某种经历的现在完成时问句：____ seen the ocean at night?

用 have 的 -ing 形式完成让步结构：Despite ____ a map, we got lost.

用表示“拒绝”的过去式短语动词完成句子：Because every room was booked, the hotel ____ our reservation.

用表示“因超售而被拒绝登机”的被动航空表达完成句子：Although Maya had a confirmed ticket, she ____ the flight after the airline sold too many tickets.

哪种情况属于 overbooking？

1. The airline sold 110 tickets for a plane with 100 seats.
2. The dentist scheduled two patients for the same 10:00 appointment.
3. The hotel accepted exactly 80 reservations for its 80 rooms.

请用本课的两个词比较结构完成句子：The hall booked 350 guests even though its full capacity is 300. The hall booked ____ its full capacity.

请用意为“虽然它很贵”的两个英文单词组成让步句首，完成句子：____, the new system is much more reliable.

请用意为“尽可能高效地使用其现有资源”的三个英文单词组成固定搭配，完成句子：The library changed its booking system to ____.

哪一句能自然表示“玛雅没有来参加原定的面试”？

1. Maya didn't show up to the scheduled interview.
2. Maya didn't show up the scheduled interview.
3. Maya didn't show the scheduled interview up.

哪一句能自然表示“应用开放的预约名额超过诊所实际能够提供的数量”？

1. The app made more appointment slots available than the clinic could actually provide.
2. The app made the clinic available to more patients than before.
3. The app had to offer more appointment slots because the clinic had extra capacity.

用 bump off 的过去时 get 被动形式完成句子：Because the flight was oversold, two travelers ____ the flight even though it still departed.

使用 tables 和 reserve，按照 how many + 复数名词 + to 不定式的准确结构完成句子：The organizer must decide ____.

在这个句子中，a delicate operation 是什么意思？

1. 在任何语境中都表示医疗手术。
2. 需要谨慎处理，因为失误可能造成问题的流程。
3. 用易碎材料制成的漂亮物品。

请填入连词，使句子表示 "If you skip the backup, you may lose your files"：Skip the backup, ____ you may lose your files.

哪句话自然地表示公司因违反协议而承担了正式处罚成本？

1. The company had to pay a fee for the regular account service.
2. The company had to pay penalties for breaking the contract.
3. The company had to pay punishments for breaking the contract.

请使用本课的准确过渡表达完成说明：The full process is complex. ____ how it works.

请用表示“历时三年收集的数据量”的 time + worth of 词组补全句子：The lab has ____ data to analyze.

用一般现在时的肯定、否定助动词并以 and 连接，补全这个紧凑的对比结构：The report records who ____ attend the weekly meeting.

哪一句把 for example 正确地作为句中插入语，并使用了正确的标点？

1. The app can for example, send a reminder before your appointment.
2. The app can, for example, send a reminder before your appointment.
3. The app can, for example send a reminder before your appointment.

请用 the probability that ... is ... 这一结构完成句子：The ____ the server will fail tonight ____ 5%.

请用本课中表示“为了让说明或计算更简单”的完整短语填空：____, we'll use round numbers.

请用本课中表示“引出未选择方案”的连接语完成句子：Mia chose to email the form ____ mail it.

用目标句型完成这项预测：After comparing all three scenarios, the analysts say ____ demand will remain steady.

用目标短语的正确时态完成句子：The repair looked simple, but we ____ a much larger bill than expected.

what's called a binomial distribution 在句中起什么作用？

1. 它要求听者为这个概念选择一个名称。
2. 它表示说话人怀疑这个概念是否有真正的名称。
3. 它中性地引出一个概念的专业名称。

用 peak at 的正确形式完成句子：Website traffic usually ____ 8 p.m.

哪句话能自然地把演示转入新的部分？

1. I looked at the report yesterday.
2. The next part of the report looked at us.
3. Let's look at the next part of the report.

请用两个目标短语完成收入与损失的对照：The shop ____ online sales but ____ each returned item.

在句子 'Let's say the room holds 80 people,' 中，Let's say 起什么作用？

1. 它引入一个供讨论的假设数字。
2. 它请某个人把这个数字大声说出来。
3. 它报告一个已经确认的数字。

用高亮的否定短语并保留缩写，完成这条规则：The voucher ____ cash.

用 replace 的正确 -ing 形式补全这个成本表达：The cost of ____ the damaged parts is $500.

请填入表示“预订后未到场的人”的复合名词：Anyone who books a table but does not arrive is a ____.

请用表示两个极端情况的标准短语完成对照：In ____, we finish today; in ____, we need two extra days.

哪句话用 in the first place 回指最初的选择？

1. First, check whether the direct train is running.
2. At first, the direct train seemed too expensive.
3. We would have saved time by taking the direct train in the first place.

用目标结构完成句子，表示两个因素都很重要：What matters ____ how quickly you finish, ____ how accurately you work.

用目标短语完成句子：Which route is shortest? We can ____ a map.

用本课所学、表示“其他同类事物”的三个词短语完成句子：The craft box has paper, scissors, tape, ____.

哪组计算指令表示：将每个数乘以其权重，把结果相加，然后计算“总数减去费用”？

1. Multiply each number by its weight, add them all up, and subtract the total from the fee.
2. Multiply each number by its weight, add them all up, and subtract the fee from the total.
3. Subtract each number from its weight, add them all up, and multiply the fee by the total.

本句中的 expected revenue 是什么意思？

1. 航空公司只是希望获得、但未进行任何概率计算的金额。
2. 按概率加权的估计值，并非保证能获得的金额。
3. 这一次已经实际获得的确切收入。

请用 by 和 check 的 -ing 形式完成句子：____ the records, Mia found the mistake.

哪句话中的 yield 表示“产生财务结果”？

1. The new pricing strategy could yield higher revenue.
2. After an hour, the other team refused to yield.
3. Drivers must yield to pedestrians at the crossing.

阅读英文句子：“The town created a solar farm from which it earns steady income.” which 指的是什么？

1. 太阳能发电场
2. 该城镇
3. 这笔收入

用两次 per 补全句子，表达“每家诊所每月”：The service handles 200 appointments ____.

哪句话中的 add up 与原句一样表示“累积”？

1. Those five-minute delays add up over a week.
2. Add five to the total.
3. Add up the numbers at the bottom of the page.

某公司能够收集用户的位置信息。哪个简短问句能把讨论转向这种做法在伦理上是否正确？

1. But should they?
2. But do they?
3. But can they?

请填入表示收费时所用的介词：The clinic charged me ____ the test.

用本课的两词表达完成问题，提出一个假设风险：____ the emergency phone has no signal?

填入 separate A from B 结构所需的介词：A detailed budget separates a realistic plan ____ a wishful one.