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(1-1)United Airlines has apologized for mistakenly shipping an American family's pet dog thousands of miles in the wrong direction to Japan.

The dog owner’s beloved 10-year-old dog named Buddy took an unexpected 16-hour flight to Toky following a mix-up by the airline.

The dog owner’s family are currently in the process of moving. They were meant to be reunited witl the pet in their new home city in Texas.

But when they arrived at the United Airlines cargo facility in the southern U.S. state, they found stranger's dog waiting in Buddy's place.

(1-2) Both of the dogs had been sent to the wrong destinations on connecting flights from Denver with Buddy mistakenly being sent to Japan instead.

Buddy was given a physical checkup when he arrived at Tokyo’s International Airport. The dog was then sent back to the U.S. on a private charter jet.

“I’m so glad he’s alive and coming home soon!”said the relieved dog owner.

“An error occurred during the connections in Denver.We have notified our customers that their pets arrived safely.(2) We will arrange to return the pets to them as soon as possible,”a spokesperson of United Airlines said.

未听先知

预览两道题各选项,由选项中出现的pet dog、plane、cargo、airport、flights、pets可知,新闻内容与宠物 狗和航班有关。根据第1题选项中的on boardcargosent推测,本题考查的内容可能与航班运送货物有关。第2题各选项均为动词短语,涉及 Correct、bring the pets backcontinue等词,由此可推测本题考查的内容可能与行动计划有关。

详解详析

1. What does the news report say about United Airlines?

C)。【解析】新闻开头提到,美国联合航空公司因将一户美国家庭的宠物狗运往错误的地方而道歉。接着,新闻中提到,两只狗都被从丹佛起飞的转接航班运送到了错误的目的地。因此,答案为C)。


2.What did the spokesperson for United Airlines say they would do after the incident?

A)。【解析】新闻结尾处提到,他们会尽快安排将宠物送回到主人身边。由此推断,他们会尽快纠正这一错误,故答案为A)。