B
(2014·杭州高三第二次质检)
Below is a webpage from the Internet.
The company
Booking. com B.V., part of Priceline. com, owns and operates Booking. com, the world leader in booking accommodation online. Each day, over 625,000 room nights are reserved on Booking. com.The Booking. com website and apps attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.
Established in 1996, Booking. com B.V. guarantees the best prices for every type of property(房屋), from small, familyrun bed and breakfasts to apartments and fivestar hotels. Truly multilanguage, Booking. com is available in more than 40 languages, and offers over 428,734 properties in 197 countries.
Booking. com B.V. is based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and is supported internationally by 115 offices in over 50 countries around the world：
The team
Over 6,500 people right across the world are dedicated to serving Booking. com's customers and propertyowning partners.
Our mission
To help leisure and business travelers, whatever their budgets, easily discover, book, and enjoy the world's best places to stay.
Our goal
Booking. com is an informative, userfriendly website that guarantees the best available prices.
Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and costeffective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodation, in every corner of the world.
Our Hotel and Content teams work from local support offices with our property partners to support transparency(透明), availability, and best pricing for all our customers. Our multi language Customer Service team provides 24/7 devoted assistance and advocacy to make sure our customers' stays meet their expectations.
Benefits for our customers
●Lowest rates
Whether you're staying in a city, by the coast or in the countryside, Booking. com guarantees to offer you the best available rates.
●No reservation fees
The Booking. com reservation service is free. We do not charge any booking fees or add any administration fees—and in many cases, rooms can be cancelled free of charge.
●Secure booking
The Booking. com reservation system is secure and your credit card and personal information are coded. We work to high standards to guarantee your privacy. For further details, please check our Privacy Statement.
●Benefits for our propertyowning partners
More than 2.8 million room nights are booked on our website every week. Booking. com provides a costeffective committeebased model, a network of over 5,000 partner websites, and a personalized account management service to help you to guarantee your highest profits.
★For further information and to list your property on Booking. com, please see our Accommodation Partner Programme.
4. According to the above passage, if one books a room through Booking. com B.V., he ________.
A.will be charged a very small fee for the booking
B.can save more money than booking elsewhere
C.can cancel the room at any time for free
D.ought to make sure that his booking is safe
5. The goal of the Booking. com company is to ________.
A.help travelers find the right places to put up in
B.support the local governments in helping travelers
C.help reduce the costs of running hotels effectively
D.assist travelers in communicating with each other
6. Which of the following may provide you with the information needed if you are the owner of a hotel and want Booking. com to help you with your business?
A.Hotel and Content.
B.Privacy Statement.
C.Customer Service.
D.Accommodation Partner Programme.
7. The above passage is written to ________.
A.describe how the website works
B.persuade readers to set up similar sites
C.introduce service and attract customers
D.present ways to get free and excellent service
答案：
【语篇解读】 本文是选自某网站的一个网页，介绍的是提供预订住宿服务的一家公司。文章对于公司的目标、服务优势等相关内容进行了介绍。
4.B 解析：细节理解题。难度中等。根据Lowest rates这部分中的“Booking.com guarantees to offer you the best available rates.”可知，通过这一网站预订房间比其他地方能节省更多的钱。故选B。
5.A 解析：细节理解题。难度中等。根据小标题Our goal之下第二句“Our goal is to provide business and leisure travelers with the most accessible and costeffective way of discovering and booking the broadest selection of accommodation”可知，该公司的目标是帮助旅客找到合适的住宿地点。故选A。
6.D 解析：细节理解题。难度中等。根据文章最后一句“For further information and to list your property on Booking.com, please see our Accommodation Partner Programme.”并结合该段所在部分的标题“Benefits for our propertyowning partners”可知，如果你作为房子的主人想让该网站帮助开展业务，“Accommodation Partner Programme”可能会提供相关信息。故选D。
7.C 解析：写作意图题。难度中等。浏览全文可知，文章的目的是为了介绍该网站提供的服务并吸引顾客。故选C。
