四级听力养成记——NO.34

四级听力养成记——NO.34...





London Heathrow is the biggest airport intheUK,

and it also handles more international passenger

traffic than any other airportin the world.

(19) For this reason, expansion was planned

and on 27th March afifth terminal opened

to help to cope with the many passengers

that passthrough the airport.

The new terminal has taken a long time

toplan and build. The idea was first

proposed back in the 1980s.

However, inspite of long preparations at

Terminal 5 ahead of the grand opening,

thingssoon descended into chaos.

There were problems from the outset

asstaff had difficulties finding car parking spaces

and getting through securityto get into the building.

(20) This caused a delay when

passengers started toarrive and enough numbers of

staff were not in place.

Long passenger queuesformed and

the slow start meant that everyone had to play

catch-up from thebeginning.

The terminal has been designed to handle

12,000 bags an hour (21)but due to a

reported "lack of training and essential support

that waspromise", a backlog of luggage

soon materialized.

By lunchtime on thatfirst day,

20 flights had been cancelled to try and

solve the problems.

Flightscontinued to be cancelled in the days

following the opening and up to 28,000bags

have now had to be placed in temporary storage.

(22) BA, the only airlineoperating at

Terminal 5 says it is working to clear the backlog,

but thenegative publicity caused by this ridiculous

failure has not helped the airportor

the airliners reputation at all.

19. What did Heathrow airport do to

dealwith the increase of passengers?

20. What problem did Terminal 5 face on

theday of its opening?

21. What is the probable reason for

theflights to be cancelled?

22. Which is the best word to describe

theopening day of Terminal 5?

19
A.Improve the efficiency.
B.Employ more staff.
C.Open a new terminal.
D.Prolong working hours.

20
A.Passengers found it

hard to park their cars.

B.Security check made

passengers felt unpleasant.

C.There were not enough staff

to serve the passengers.

D.The conveyor belt failed to work properly.

21
A.Security problems.
B.Mechanical problems.
C.Bad weather.
D.Luggage problems.

22
A.Impressive.
B.Busy.
C.Unsuccessful.
D.Imaginable.

中文解析：

希思罗机场是英国最大的机场，也是全球输送国际游客量最大的机场。鉴于此，该机场的扩建计划得以实施，机场第5个航站楼于3月27日投入运营，以分散该机场的大量客流。

新航站楼的规划和建设耗时之久。这一规划早在20世纪80年代就已提出。然而，虽然在正式投入营运前已经做了充分的准备工作，但航站楼内很快陷入了混乱状况。

候机楼的运营一开始就出现了问题——机场人员找不到停车位和大楼入口处安检。这又导致当乘客进入航站楼时因大批工作人员不到位而出现延误。

乘客排着的长队以及低效率的检票流程意味着一开始就形成了密集的乘客流。该航站楼原计划每小时输送12000件行李，但由于“员工培训和必要支援不足”，很快出现了行李积压的状况。运营首日的午间，为了缓解这一问题，20趟航班被迫取消。

接下来的几天，陆续有航班被取消，目前有28,000个行李不得不被寄放在临时存储区。作为唯一在5号航站楼运营的航空公司，英国航空公司表示目前正对积压的行李进行疏散，但是此次混乱场面无论是对机场还是公司的声誉都造成了极大的负面影响。

19. 希思罗机场采取什么方式分散日益增多的客流？

20. 机场第5个航站楼运营首日面临着什么问题？

21. 什么原因导致航班被取消？

22. 下列哪一词最能概括五号航站楼运营首日的情况？

参考答案：

【小题19】C
【小题20】C
【小题21】D
【小题22】C

习题解析：

【小题19】短文中提到希思罗机场是英国最大的机场，每天都要为大量的国际旅客提供服务，

因此expansion was planned and on 27th

March a fifth terminal opened to

help to cope with themany passengers，

由此可知，该机场是通过扩建和增加航站楼来提高对旅客的接纳力的。因此答案为选项C。

【小题20】根据短文的陈述，由于工作人员找不到停车的地方，又在安检过程中耽搁了时间，后面又提到

This cause a delay when

passengers started to arrive and

enough numbers of staff were notin place.

也就是说，没有工作经验和足够的工作人员带来了问题。因此答案为选项 C。

【小题21】短文中提到由于

lack of training and essential support

that was promised，

大量的行李堆积在一起，为了解决这些问题，有很多航班不得不被取消，由此可见，最有可能导致航班取消的原因是行李问题。因此答案为选项 D。

【小题22】此题针对希思罗机场五号航站楼开放第一天的总体情况进行提问。依照短文的描述，刚开始员工就没能按时到岗，接下来，行李堆积如山，航班被迫取消，在公众中留下了负面形象，总体而言，unsuccessful 最能概括这一天的营业情况。因此答案为选项 C。

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