| The biggest danger facing the global
airline industry is not the effects of terrorism, war, SARS and economic
downturn. It is that these blows, which have helped ground three national flag
carriers and force two American airlines into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will divert
attention from the inherent weaknesses of aviation, which they have exacerbated.
As in the crisis that attended the first Gulf war, many airlines hope that
traffic will soon bounce back, and a few catastrophic years will be followed by
fuller planes, happier passengers and a return to profitability. Yet the
industry’s problems are deeper—and older—than the trauma of the past two years
implies. As the centenary of the first powered flight approaches in December, the industry it launched is still remarkably primitive. The car industry, created not long after the Wright Brothers made hist A. (A) are the effects of various disasters B. (B) are actually not fully recognized C. (C) are attracting a lot of attention D. (D) are not the real cause of airlines’ bankruptcy [单项选择]
{{B}}TEXT C{{/B}} The biggest danger facing the global airline industry is not the effects of terrorism, war SARS and economic downturn. It is that these blows, which have helped ground three national flag carriers and force two American airlines into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will divert attention from the inherent weaknesses of aviation, which they have worsened. As in the crisis that attended the first Gulf war, many airlines hope that traffic will soon bounce back, and a few catastrophic years will be followed by fuller planes, happier passengers and a return to profitability. Yet the industry’s problems are deeper--and older--than the trauma of the past two years implies. As the centenary of the first powered flight approaches in December, the industry it launched is still remarkably primitive. The car industry, created not long after the Wright Brothers made history, is now a global industry dominated by a dozen firms, at least h A. are the effects of various disasters B. are actually not fully recognized C. are attracting a lot of attention D. are not the real cause of airlines’ bankruptcy [单项选择]Passage Three
The three biggest lies in America are: (1) “The check is in the mail”, (2) “Of course I’ll respect you in the morning”, and (3) “It was a computer error.”
Of these three little white lies, the worst is the third. It’s the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank statement cheats you out of $ 900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say,” It was a computer error.” Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it.
The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cashier in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actually does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation: “It was a compute error.”
It wasn’t, of course that computerized cashier is really nothing more than an electric event. The eye reads the Universal Product Code—chat bar of black and white lines in a corner of the package
A. Computers are stupid and inefficient. B. Computer errors are due to its dishonesty. C. Computers help stores update the price list. D. Computer errors are actually human errors. 我来回答: 提交
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