B

　　(2014·杭州高三第二次質(zhì)檢)

　　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：

　　【語篇解讀】　本文是選自某網(wǎng)站的一個(gè)網(wǎng)頁，介紹的是提供預(yù)訂住宿服務(wù)的一家公司。文章對于公司的目標(biāo)、服務(wù)優(yōu)勢等相關(guān)內(nèi)容進(jìn)行了介紹。

　　4.B　解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度中等。根據(jù)Lowest rates這部分中的“Booking.com guarantees to offer you the best available rates.”可知，通過這一網(wǎng)站預(yù)訂房間比其他地方能節(jié)省更多的錢。故選B。

　　5.A　解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度中等。根據(jù)小標(biāo)題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，該公司的目標(biāo)是幫助旅客找到合適的住宿地點(diǎn)。故選A。

　　6.D　解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度中等。根據(jù)文章最后一句“For further information and to list your property on Booking.com, please see our Accommodation Partner Programme.”并結(jié)合該段所在部分的標(biāo)題“Benefits for our property­owning partners”可知，如果你作為房子的主人想讓該網(wǎng)站幫助開展業(yè)務(wù)，“Accommodation Partner Programme”可能會(huì)提供相關(guān)信息。故選D。

　　7.C　解析：寫作意圖題。難度中等。瀏覽全文可知，文章的目的是為了介紹該網(wǎng)站提供的服務(wù)并吸引顧客。故選C。