Question

①When Ann Agent of Portland, Oregon, was planning to attend a children's book publishing meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she booked her hotel room over the phone by debit card（銀行借記卡）．She and three workmates intended to split the bill and each pay the hotel directly at checkout time．

②Two days into the meeting, Agent's husband called from home to read her a letter from her bank: Her checking account was overdrawn, and she was being charged $35 a day in overdraft fees．“I thought there had to be a mistake,” Agent says．“I keep close track of my account balance．”

③It turns out when Agent reserved the room, the hotel “blocked,” or held, enough money in Agent’s account to cover the entire four nights’ stay, plus various charges, amounting to $580．This blocked every available penny she had and caused her to overdraw．The charges weren't called off until Agent returned home the following Monday．

④Holds are common practice in the travel and hospitality industry（服務(wù)業(yè)）．They’re the merchant’s way of ensuring you’ll pay your bill．If you rent a car, the agency could block several thousand dollars to make sure you return the car．Some restaurants will place debit card holds for large parties, and a friendly bartender can put a hold on your card if you start a bill．The hold is usually removed within five business days, sometimes much sooner．

⑤Gas stations are ill-famed for holds．On a Friday morning in January 2005, Jessica Hathaway of Allentown, Pennsylvania, bought $22．29 of gas by debit．On Saturday, the 34-year-old single mother of three checked her bank balance and learned she was almost broke．Right before the gas station took Hathaway’s account for the gas, it conducted a $75 block, which worried her all weekend before her bank released the hold the following Tuesday．

1．Which of the following best describes the structure of the text?

       A．①②→③→④⑤                                C．①→②③→④⑤

       C．①②③→④←⑤                                 D．①②→③④←⑤

2．Why did Ann have to overdraw her account?

       A．Because she didn’t take enough money with her．

       B．Because the hotel held the money in her account．

       C．Because the price of the hotel was too high．

       D．Because the meeting lasted longer than expected．

3．Jessica Hathaway’s experience is an evidence of the fact that ________．

       A．gas stations hold customers’ account too often

       B．people dislike gas stations for their poor service

       C．gas price is going up too high

       D．life is hard for a single mother

4．What is the author mainly trying to tell us?

       A．People should be careful of banking account theft．

       B．Single mothers can hardly afford the rising oil price．

       C．It’s important to take enough money before traveling．

       D．It’s common for businessmen to block customers’ account．

Answer 1

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