South-East Asia’s low-cost airlines have gone from feast to famine. Cheap, short-haul, no-frills flying came【C1】______to the reg

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问题     South-East Asia’s low-cost airlines have gone from feast to famine. Cheap, short-haul, no-frills flying came【C1】______to the region, but people have【C2】______it eagerly. In just ten years,【C3】______the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation(CAPA), a research firm in Sydney, low-cost carriers’ share of the region’s aviation market has【C4】______from almost nothing to 58%. In Europe, where cheap airlines have been flying for much longer, Easy Jet and its fellows【C5】______only about 40% . Now South-East Asia’s skies are looking【C6】______
    The rise of low-cost carriers reflects potential demand for flying in an increasingly【C7】______part of the world. This year another 12 such airlines may join the 47 already flying in the Asia-Pacific【C8】______This week it was【C9】______that Beijing is planning a new, $ 14 billion airport. In South-East Asia【C10】______has been particularly strong: many of its 600m people live in large archipelagic countries,【C11】______Indonesia and the Philippines, where flying is the easiest way to get around.【C12】______the world’s 15 busiest low-cost international【C13】______, nine are in South-East Asia. All this demand requires aeroplanes: CAPA says South-East Asia is the only region where there are more planes on order than in【C14】______fleets.
    【C15】______, the expansion of airlines’ capacity seems to be getting ahead of the growth in demand. Some low-cost carriers are【C16】______to fill their seats. More luxurious airlines are feeling the trouble, too: this week Cathay Pacific said that【C17】______strong long-haul profits, competition from budget airlines was starting to【C18】______it on short-haul routes. Singapore Airlines expressed【C19】______worries earlier this month. Con Korfiatis, former boss of Jetstar Asia, the low-cost arm of Australia’s struggling Qantas,【C20】______that "the growth in the market will definitely be there, it’s just a matter of introducing too much capacity too soon. "
【C18】

选项 A、hurt
B、wound
C、injure
D、destroy

答案A

解析 本题考查词义辨析。根据上下文“尽管长途航班获利不少,来自廉价航空公司的竞争让短途航班受到 18 。”我们知道该空应该填入的词是“伤害,威胁”之类的词,而四个选项意思有点接近,故需要一一判断。首先[A]hurt一词范围很广,可以指“身体、心理和其他各种伤害”;而[B]wound强调“对人体的伤害,尤其是刀枪伤”;[C]injure强调“身体受伤”;而[D]destroy表示“毁坏,毁灭”。从意思和用法来看,hurt一词最合适,故[A]为本题答案。
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