新编六级听力练习 第435期

Passage Three
When Johnson worked in a high-travel job more than a decade ago, he signed up for every free mileage program available. He was fortunate enough to have 100,000 miles with one airline to get four free tickets. But it took his family of four about [32]three years to accumulate that much mileage!
As a result, he paid little attention to the low-mileage balances in most of his [33]frequent flier accounts. However, after he heard that the United Airline would start placing limits on people who didn't use frequent flier miles, he [33]checked to see whether he had any mileage due to expire at the end of the year.
Indeed, he had a grand [35]total of 2,805 miles, far from the 25,000 miles he needed to get one free ticket. However, there were ways he could use this small number of miles to take advantage of easy freebies. He had two choices: he could either find a low-cost, low-effort way to earn additional United miles to hold onto his 2,805 miles, or he could find some low-mileage redemption opportunities to get valuable freebies with his mileage.
Finally he decided to [35]use 2,000 miles to get the new $100 Restaurant.com certificate with which he could get more than one dinner by using two $50 certificates. He also used his Mileage Plus number to [34/35]earn 500 United miles with a participating car rental partner for a reservation he already booked.
That kept his account active and prevented him from losing the remaining miles. It also brought his total mileage up to the mileage, which was enough to get another freebie later!

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. How many years did Johnson wait to get free tickets?
正确答案：C
解析：短文说，Johnson全家用了三年的时间攒够了里程数才换了免费机票。故答案是C。四个选择是数字，初步猜测题目问的可能与数字细节有关，边听边做好笔记。
33. What did Johnson do after he heard of United Airline's announcement?
正确答案：B
解析：短文说，Johnson本来不注意自己的经常飞行者账户的结余，现在却因新通告要查一下在年底到期前他还有多少还没用的里程数。故答案是B。四个选择的提示词call up, look round, look over, ask for，初步猜测题目问的可能与男士查询或查看某物有关。由短文可知，虽然Johnson查的是结余，但不是银行余额，排除C。Johnson已经知道使用限期是年底，排除A。航空公司的新政策并不是介绍新的里程计划，排除D。
34. How did Johnson plan to use his low-mileage balance?
正确答案：D
解析：根据原文，他通过租车得到500里程数。故答案是D。四个选择是四种举动，初步猜测题目问的可能与男士将要如何使用某项服务有关。根据主题，应该与mileage服务有关，边听边做好笔记。
35. How much mileage was left in Johnson's account finally?
正确答案：C
解析：根据原文，本来有2,805 miles，花了2,000 miles换餐券，使用租车服务，又增加500里程数，所以最后账户里面有1,305 miles。四个选择是数字，可猜测题目问的可能与男士使用的里程数有关，要边听边做好笔记，留意有数字出现的地方和相关联的信息。