2017考研英语阅读理解话题预测之航空动力.doc

2017考研英语阅读理解话题预测之航空动力 　　在考研英语中，阅读分数可谓是占到了总分的半壁江山，正所谓“得阅读者得考研”。对于备考考研的同学们，在平时的复习中一定要拓展阅读思路，各类话题都要关注，这样才能在整体上提升考研英语阅读水平!一起来学习吧! 　　Aviation capacity 　　航空动力 　　Limited skies 　　领空限制 　　Expanding airport capacity in the south-east is abet on the future of travel 　　扩大东南地区的航空能力对旅行的未来至关重要 　　EVEN before Sir Howard Davies, an economistmulling where to put extra airport capacity in Britain, rejected the idea of building a big newhub in the Thames Estuary, the backlash had begun. Boris Johnson, the mayor of London andan enthusiastic supporter of the Thames plan, spluttered in advance, then branded thedecision “myopic”. NIMBYs opposing the expansion of Heathrow and Gatwick groaned,knowing that the remaining options all involve building or extending runways at one of thoseairports. Sir Howards final recommendation, due in 2015, is sure to run into heavy fire. Tomake matters worse, he and his team must hazard a guess about the future of air travel. 　　甚至在经济学家霍华德·达维斯反对在泰晤士河口建造一座转移英国多余的航空能力的时候，反对的声音就已经出现了。伦敦市长鲍里斯·约翰逊和泰晤士计划的一位积极的支持者对此气急败坏，并认为这种决定是“目光短浅”的表现。得知当前都需要扩建两个机场或是扩建其中一个机场的跑道时，邻避主义者反对扩建希思罗机场和盖特威克机场。霍华德最终的建议将于2015年到期，的确引起了人们极大的愤怒。为了让人们更加反对，他和他的团队必须实行一个关于乘机航行的危险的猜想。 　　Heathrow and Gatwick are both full, or close to it, and want to expand. But the two airportspresently serve quite different parts of the market. Some 37% of passengers at Heathrowtransfer between flights. Nearly a third of its customers are on business. By contrast, only13% of Gatwicks customers are business travellers. Most are going on holiday. Just 7%transfer there—a proportion that has fallen by half over the past decade. 　　希思罗机场和盖特威克机场的承载量已经接近饱和，都需要扩建。但是这两个机场目前的市场服务内容并不同。希思罗机场37%的乘客都是乘飞机转车。几乎三分之一的客户都是工作出行。相反，盖特威克机场的客户只有13%是工作出差。大多数都是游客。只有7%的人是转机的—— 在过去的10年里，这个比例下降了一半。 　　Heathrows shiny new Terminal 2, which opened in June, is full of expensive shops andrestaurants run by Michelin-starred cooks to entice rich passengers. At Gatwick, recentimprovements reflect its popularity with holidaygoers: a wider lane at a spru