Question

They are the little sweeties who look pretty cute in a photo, or when sleeping—but a lot less appealing at 30, 000 ft, crying loudly in the seat right next to you.

According to a new survey, almost seven in ten Britons dislike flying with babies so much that they would like to see child-free areas introduced on planes. As for long-distance flights where people want to sleep, almost one in four British travelers believes that no-kid-zones should be fixed as required sections.

The survey was conducted by bookings website LateDeals.co.uk, with 1,108 UK consumers questioned as to what they hate most about air travel.

And our dislike of noisy children and babies on planes runs deep, it seems.

More than a third of us—35 percent—would pay extra to travel on a childless service.

Long-distance passengers would be prepared to pay an additional ￡63 to the cost of a return ticket if it meant adults only on board. And on short-distance flights, an extra ￡28 on the price of a return fare would be considered good value if it guaranteed an absence of angry babies in the middle of the economy-class aisle(走道).

However, screaming babies are not the only source of annoyance for British travelers. In fact, according to the research on the most annoying types of airline passengers, a crying baby ranks as only the fourth. Over half of those surveyed—58 percent—selected “drunk travelers” as their pet peeves. People with “bad personal hygiene(卫生)” and travelers who kick the back of the seat in front were also near the top of the list, causing anger to 48 and 47 percent of us respectively(分别地).

Crying babies came in at fourth on the list, a pet peeve for 43 percent of those surveyed.

1.Britons dislike flying with babies because they_________.

A. make too much noise

B. get angry easily

C. sleep right next to them

D. stay in the economy-class aisle

2.How many British travelers surveyed would like to have no-kid-zones on planes?

A. About 35％.B. About 43％.

C. About 70％.D. About 58％.

3.What type of writing is this text?

A. A brochure.B. A tourist guide.

C. An announcement.D. A news report.

4.What does the underlined phrase “pet peeves” in the last fourth line mean?

A. Pets on a plane.

B. Passengers with a baby.

C. People who annoy you.

D. People who were surveyed.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了最近的调查发现，大部分英国人在飞机上不喜欢坐在有孩子的座区。

1. 细节理解题。根据文章第一段的but a lot less appealing at 30, 000 ft, crying loudly in the seat right next to you. 可知，不列颠人不愿意带孩子飞行主要是孩子会制造很大的噪音，故选A。

2. 细节理解题。根据文章第二段According to a new survey, almost seven in ten Britons dislike flying with babies so much that they would like to see child-free areas introduced on planes.可知，大约70%的人不愿意带孩子飞行。故选C。

3. 推理判断题。根据第2段“According to a new survey, almost seven in ten Britons dislike flying with babies so much that they would like to see child-free areas introduced on planes”可知，这是一篇调查报告，而这有可能出现在新闻报道中，不可能出现在“手册”、“旅游指南”和“声明”中，故选D。

4. 词义猜测题。根根据倒数第2段“Over half of those surveyed—58 percent—selected ‘drunk travellers’ as their pet peeves”可知，在飞机上，饮酒的乘客是最不受欢迎的乘客。也就是：使你烦恼的人。故选C。

【名师点睛】

猜词悟义。任何一篇文章中的句子在内容上都不是绝对孤立的，都跟句子所在的段落及整整篇文章有关。利用上下文提供的情景和线索，进行合乎逻辑的综合分析进而推测词义，是阅读过程中的一大关键，最常见的就是利用上下文语境、常识和语法关系推断词义。

①抓住所需推断词汇前后的“mean”或系动词或破折号等直接定义该词的部分。

②抓住文章主旨与该段所表达的中心。特别对于议论文要牢记论点与论据的相互支撑关系。

③通过例证、比喻、对照、插入语等语法结构推断词义。

5.词义猜测题。根根据倒数第2段“Over half of those surveyed—58 percent—selected ‘drunk travellers’ as their pet peeves”可知，在飞机上，饮酒的乘客是最不受欢迎的乘客。也就是：使你烦恼的人。故选C。

考点：考查新闻报道类阅读