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1、OnFridaynight,afterathree-hourweatherdelay,阅读理解答案 阅读理解OnFridaynight,afterathree-hourweatherdelay,passengersboardedaBeijing-boundflightinDhaka,BangladeshthathadastopoverinKunming,aprovincialcapitalinsouthwestChina.ScheduledtoleaveKunmingat8:45,theconnectingflightwasdelayeduntil11byadditio
2、nalpoorweather.Thisdidnotmakethepassengershappy.Severalrefusedtoboardanddemandedcompensation,butby1:45theairlinehadpersuadedeveryonetoboard. Butthatwasn’ttheendofthepassengers’problems.Aftertheyboarded,theairportstaffhadtoclearsnowfromtherunway,whichtookoveranhour.Finally,theplanebeganto
3、taxiat3:15—15minutesafterthepilotinexplicablyshutofftheairconditioning.Whenpassengerscomplained,thepilotreportedlyasked:“AreyougoingtodiesoonIfnot,justwait.”Twopassengersthenburstopentheemergencyexits,whichresultedintheirarrests. ThejournalistMattSheehan,whoin2013describedaChineseairport
4、mel ee(混乱)inhugelyentertainingfashion,toldMSNBCthat“Chinesepeoplehavejustbegunwakinguptothisideathatasaconsumeryou’reentitled(给予…的资格)tocertainprotections,buttheydon’thaveanyoftheinstitutionslikeconsumerrightsgroupsthatdothisprofessionally.” Airlines—andtheairlineindustry—areausefullen
5、sforviewingChina’sdevelopmentasawhole.InhisexcellentbookChinaAirborne,Atlanticnationalcorrespondentandaviationbuff(航空爱好者)JamesFallowsdescribedhowChinaisattemptingtocondenseacentury’sworthofdevelopmentsinaviationintoafewdecades.Thisbreakneckpacehasresultedinadazzlingarrayofnewairportsscatt
6、eredacrossthecountry,buthasincludedsomeseriousgrowingpains. 55.Whatmainlycausedthetwopassengerstoopentheemergencyexits A.Theconnectingflightwasdelayedforthreehours. B.Aftertheyboarded,theairportstaffspentoveronehourclearingsnowfromtherunway. C.beforetheplanebegant otaxi,thepilotshu
7、tofftheairconditioningfori5minutes. D.Whenpassengerscomplained,thepilotreportedlyinsultedthembysayingsomethingrudeandimpolite. 56.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“inexplicably”mean A.onpurposeB.fornoreasonC.bychanceD.withoutdelay 57.AccordingtoMattSheehan,thepassengers