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Passage 4
International airlines have rediscovered the business traveler. This does not necessarily mean that airlines ever abandoned their business travelers, but many airlines were accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past on attracting passengers by volume, often at the expense of the business traveler.
Operating a major airline is essentially a matter of finding the right mix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with low fare passengers without forgetting that the front end should be filled with people who pay substantially more for their tickets.
It is no coincidence that the recent two major airlines bankruptcies were among the companies specializing in cheap flights. But low fares require consistently full aircraft to make flights economically viable; and in the recent recession the volume of traffic has reduced. Equally the large number of airliners jostling for the availa
A. abandoned their business travelers
B. contended with each other for the available passengers
C. given preferential treatment to executive passengers
D. marketed their services with masses in mind

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Passage 4
International airlines have rediscovered the business traveler. This does not necessarily mean that airlines ever abandoned their business travelers, but many airlines were accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past on attracting passengers by volume, often at the expense of the business traveler.
Operating a major airline is essentially a matter of finding the right mix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with low fare passengers without forgetting that the front end should be filled with people who pay substantially more for their tickets.
It is no coincidence that the recent two major airlines bankruptcies were among the companies specializing in cheap flights. But low fares require consistently full aircraft to make flights economically viable; and in the recent recession the volume of traffic has reduced. Equally the large number of airliners jostling for the availa
A. the recession had reduced the overall number of air passengers
B. the companies failed to attract an adequate number of passengers
C. competitions from other airliners took away all their trade
D. they introduced cheap flights for all categories of passengers

[单项选择]International airlines have rediscovered the business travelers, the man or woman who regularly jets from country to country as part of the job. This does not (62) mean that airlines ever abandoned their business travelers. (63) , companies like Lufthansa and Swissair would rightly argue that they have always (64) best for the executive-class passengers. (65) many lines could be accused of concentrating too heavily in the recent past (66) attracting passengers by volume, often at the (67) of regular travelers. Too often, they have seemed geared for quantity (68) than quality.
Operating a major airline in the 1980s is essentially a(n) (69) of finding the right mix of passengers. The airlines need to fill up the back end of their wide-bodied jets with passengers paying a (70) fare, without forgetting that the front end should be filled with people who pay (71) more for thei
A. rather
B. other
C. more
D. better