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(2019·福州5月适应性练习)Flying the friendly skies has been, well, not quite as friendly these days. If you’re looking not just for the best prices, most convenient times and most direct routes, but also for an airline that will treat you to a flight, you’ll want to check these latest rankings.
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e got our hands on the 2017 Airline Satisfaction Study, released this month, from J.D. Power North America, a global research firm. Here’s what they discovered about the best airlines.
Alaska Airlines took home the top honor for the 10th time. Flying anywhere and Alaska Airlines is an option? Jump on that deal! Why? For the past decade, they’ve ranked the highest among traditional carriers, with the score of 765 on a 1，000－point scale. Delta took home the silver but only with a seven－point gap from its competitor Alaska Airlines. American Airlines came in for the bronze.
For budget airlines, Southwest is second to none. Since the research was divided into parts, Southwest got an honor of its own in the “low－cost carrier” part, defeating JetBlue Airways by four points. This small margin(差数) is significant, since Southwest officially ends JetBlue Airways’ winning this category constantly for 11 years.
The full list of the top 10 airlines, either in traditional carriers or the budget ones are below：
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Best traditional airlines：
○Alaska Airlines
○Delta Airlines
○American Airlines
○United Airlines
○Air Canada
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Best low－cost airlines：
○Southwest Airlines
○JetBlue Airways
○United Airlines
○WestJet
○Frontier Airlines
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【解题导语】 本文主要讲述了最新的航空公司排名的相关情况。
1．What is the score of Delta Airlines in the 2017 Airline Satisfaction Study?
A．772． B．769.
C．765. D．758.
D 解析：数字计算题。根据第三段中的“Alaska Airlines took home the top honor...with the score of 765...Delta took home the silver but only with a seven－point gap”可知，765－7＝758，故三角洲航空公司在2017年航空满意度调查中的得分为758。
2．Which airline does well both in traditional and budget carriers?
A．Alaska Airlines. B．Air Canada.
C．United Airlines. D．Frontier Airlines.
C 解析：细节理解题。根据Best traditional airlines和Best low－cost airlines部分中都包含United Airlines可知，C项正确。
3．What do we know about Southwest Airlines?
A．It took the second place.
B．It narrowly beat JetBlue.
C．It is the best traditional airline.
D．It is the safest airline.
B 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“This small margin(差数) is significant, since Southwest officially ends JetBlue Airways’ winning this category constantly for 11 years．”可知，Southwest险胜JetBlue。故选B。
