Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage
Room for all,for now.
But there are signs that the sharing site(住房分享網站)is starting to threaten budget hotels.Even as they lobby regulators to crack down on residential sharing services,hoteliers play down the threat such companies pose to their industry.The top brass at the Four Seasons and Hilton chains have all said that these firms do not compete for their core market;a vice-president of The Ritz-Carlton group recently claimed she had not even heard of Airbnb.And Airbnb itself agrees,arguing that it does not displace existing lodging but is creating new demand.“I’m optimistic that there isn’t going to be a war”with hotels.Brian Chesky,its boss,said in January.
A recent study seems to confirm that,for now at least,Airbnb is only nibbling at influence from Airbnb on business and luxury hotels.But in places where it has established a presence,it cut the revenues of budget hotels by 5%in the two years to December 2013.
If Airbnb were to keep growing at its current rate,the Texas study suggests that by 20 1 6 the dent in budget hotels’takings will be 10%.Wim their high fixed costs,that could push many ofthem into the red.of course.Airbnb may hit me limits of either supply or demand before then,but smaller hotels are already blaming it for their woes.“I see a direct correlation between our revenues going down and Airbnb’s going up,”says Vijay Dandapani,the president of Apple Core Hotels in New York.“We had continued growth until Airbnb.”The financing round that Airbnb has iust closed,valuing it at more than all but the four largest global hotel groups,suggests that investors agree.
Concur,a travel-and expense-management firm.has seen its corporate clients’Airbnb bookings grow from a rounding error at the start of 2012 to more than lmillion so far this year.If Airbnb can integrate with online travel agencies such as Expedia and increase the share of its hosts that provide instant booking coniirmation.business hotels may find themselves with a surprisingly unignorable competitor.
61.What is the reaction of other competitors to the appearance of Airbnb?
A. They highlight the threat it poses to their industries.
B.They never pay attention to this unworthy competitor.
C.They did not obviously worry about the appearance of Airbnb.
D.TheY are optimistic about their close cooperation in future.
62.What does the Texas study show about the future ofAirbnb in Para.47
A.Airbnb will never swallow the whole of hotel industry’s lunch.
B. Airbnb may threaten the status of luxury and business hotels.
C.Airbnb had cut a great deal of the revenues of budget hotels.
D. Airbnb probably has a bright future among its competitors.
63.What can we infer from the statements ofPara.57
A. Airbnb will become a powerful competitor in the future market.
B. Airbnb should be responsible for the woe of smA.ler hotels.
C.Airbnb’s going up correlates with others’going down.
D.Airbnb would capture 10%takings ofbudget hotels by 2016.
64.What can Airbnb do to be a surprisingly unignorable competitor?
A.Willingly collaborating with the four largest global hotel groups.
B. Cooperating with online travel agencies and increasing the share of its hosts.
C.Beating against all the potential rivals to gain its market shares.
D.Expanding its online bookings by the help of online travel agencies.
65.What’s the meaning of“Room for all.for now.”?
A. Everyone will have a private room as soon as possible.
B. The online travel agencies will offer us a room quickly.
C.It is quite convenient for people to book rooms on sharing site.
D. The information on sharing site is useful for us to book rooms.
61.What is the reaction of other competitors to the appearance ofAirbnb?其他競爭者對于Airbnb的出現有什么樣的反應?
A.They highlight the threat it poses to theft industries.他們放大了其對自己產業(yè)的威脅。
B.They never pay attention to this unworthy competitor.他們對于這樣的無名小卒不屑一顧。
C.They did not obviously worry about the appearance ofAirbnb.他們對于其出現沒有表現出過分的擔心。
D.They are optimistic about their close cooperation in future.他們對于彼此未來的合作持樂觀態(tài)度。
62.What does the Texas study show about the future ofAirbnb in Para.47第四段中德克薩斯的研究表明什么?
A.Airbnb will never swA.low the whole of hotel industry’s lunch.Airbnb將永遠不會吞噬所有旅館產業(yè)的全部。
B.Airbnb may threaten the status of luxury and business hotels.它也許會威脅到豪華旅館和商務旅館的地位。
C.Airbnb had cut a great deal ofthe revenues ofbudget hotels.它已經蠶食了快捷酒店的大量收入。
D.Airbnb probably has a bright future among its competitors.也許,它在其眾多競爭者中會有一個美好的未來。
63.What can we infer from the statements ofPara.57我們可以從第五段的論述中推斷出什么?
A.Airbnb will become a powerful competitor in the future market.Airbnb將會在未來的市場中成為一個強勁的對手。
B.Airbnb should be responsible for the woe ofsmaller hotels.Airbnb應該為小旅館的災難負責。
C.Airbnb’s going up correlates with others’going down.Airbnb收入的增加與其他企業(yè)收入的縮減有關系。
D.Aftbnb would capture 10%takings ofbudget hotels by 2016.預計到2016年,Airbnb將會獲取快捷酒店的10%的收入。
64.What can Airbnb do to be a surprisingly unignorable competitor?Airbnb怎樣可以成為一個勢不可擋的競爭者?
A.Willingly collaborating with the four largest globA. hotel groups.與四大國際酒店管理集團密切合作。
B.Cooperating with online travel agencies and increasing the share of its hosts.與網上旅行社合作,并提高其主機的預訂確認程度。
C.Beating against all the potential rivals to gain its market shares.為奪取市場份額不惜與所有潛在對手為敵。
D.Expanding its online bookings by the help ofonline travel agencies.通過網上旅行社的幫助擴展其網上預訂業(yè)務量。
65.What’s the meaning of“Room for all,for now.”?“人人有房,就是現在”是什么意思?
A.Everyone will have a private room as soon as possible.每個人都會盡快擁有一套自己的房子。
B.The online travel agencies will offer us a room quickly.網上旅行社會很快為每人提供一個房間。
C.It is quite convenient for people to book rooms on sharing site.在住房分享網站預訂房間方便快捷。
D.The information on sharing site is useful for us to book rooms.住房分享網站上的信息對于我們的預訂很有幫助。
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