四级听力复合听写模拟训练第21套

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。

　　Surging growth in international travel is driving revenue increases at the foreign units of U.S. online travel agencies and has spurred heatedfor a bigger slice of the lucrative and market.

　　Companies like Orbitz Worldwide Inc. and Priceline.com Inc. have ramped up efforts to attract customers to their sites __________, and at least one U.S. travel site, Vayama, has ________itself entirely to international bookings for travel to and from the United States.

　　Growth in bookings made outside the United States far outpaces the growth in U.S. ___________bookings.

　　That is partly because more people are traveling and partly because travelers are increasingly comfortable trusting their ________to websites, said Orbitz Chief Executive Steve Barnhart.

　　Its a competitive market place in the United states, and its going to be a very competitive marketplace _______,

　　 Barnhart said in an interview on Monday.

　　Earlier this week Orbitz said it has relaunched ebookers, its online travel company in Europe, with more ________and user reviews with the goal of attracting more European bookings.

　　__________up from $24.5 billion , according to travel research company PhoCusWright.

　　____________The number of international passengers on U.S. airlines rose 3.8% in the first five months of 2007 from the comparable period a year earlier.

　　Vayama CEO Andre Hesselink said

　　Section C

　　文章精要

　　激增的国际旅行使美国网络旅行社的收入增加，并导致各家旅行社之间为谋求更多利润而展开白热化的竞争。有越来越多的人在旅行前通过网络进行预订。许多私有公司已经预见到，未来通过网络预订旅行的市场 潜力将是十分巨大的，他们将不断开发预订旅馆、租车等更多的服务项目。

　　36. competition

　　37. expanding

　　38. overseas

　　39. devoted

　　40. domestic

　　41. reservations

　　42. globally

　　43. inventory

　　44. Bookings on European online travel agencies or the European divisions of U.S. agencies are projected to total $62.9 billion in 2007

　　45. Meanwhile, passenger traffic leaving and returning to the United States on U.S. carriers is on the rise

　　46. the privately held company sees enough potential in the international air travel market to concentrate on those bookings as well as hotels and car rentals

　　Section C

　　Surging growth in international travel is driving revenue increases at the foreign units of U.S. online travel agencies and has spurred heated competition for a bigger slice of the lucrative and expanding market.

　　Companies like Orbitz Worldwide Inc. and Priceline.com Inc. have ramped up efforts to attract customers to their sites overseas, and at least one U.S. travel site, Vayama, has devoted itself entirely to international bookings for travel to and from the United States.

　　Growth in bookings made outside the United States far outpaces the growth in U.S. domestic bookings. That is partly because more people are traveling and partly because travelers are increasingly comfortable trusting their reservations to websites, said Orbitz Chief Executive Steve Bamhart.

　　Its a competitive market place in the United States, and its going to be a very competitive marketplace globally , Bamhart said in an interview on Monday.

　　Earlier this week Orbitz said it has relaunched ebookers, its online travel company in Europe, with more inventory and user reviews with the goal of attracting more European bookings.

　　Bookings on European online travel agencies or the European divisions of U.S. agencies are projected to total $62.9 billion , up from $24.5 billion , according to travel research company PhoCusWright.

　　Meanwhile, passenger traffic leaving and returning to the United States on U.S. carriers is on the rise.The number of international passengers on U.S. airlines rose 3.8% in the first five months of from the comparable　period a year earlier.

　　Vayama CEO Andre Hesselink said the privately held company sees enough potential in the international air travel market to concentrate on those bookings as well as hotels and ear rentals.