2016-2017学年高考英语阅读理解解析汇编（128）
【试题分析】 本文主要通过讲述作者和家人乘坐飞机的故事，阐明了作者对于花钱购物等的态度和认识。在作者看来，我们在花钱的时候要精打细算，理智消费。
1. Why did Delta give the author's family credits?
A．They took a later flight.
B．They had early bookings.
C．Their flight had been delayed.
D．Their flight had been cancelled.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的第五句可知，飞机票被超量预订，所以航空公司给了他们一些赔偿让他们放弃自己的座位第二天再走，故选A项。
答案：A
2. What can we learn about the author?
A．She rarely misses a good deal.
B．She seldom makes a compromise.
C．She is very strict with her children.
D．She is interested in cheap products.
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的最后一句可知，几乎没有人能拒绝得了一个好的交易，而从作者之前的经历来看，她也深知钱的价值，故答案为A。
答案：A
3. What does the author do?
A．She's a teacher.
B．She's a housewife.
C．She's a media person.
D．She's a business woman.
解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第一段第二句“I have been the consumer reporter of NBC's Today show for over a decade.”可知，作者是NBC的一名记者，即从事媒体职业，故选C项。
答案：C
4. What does the author want to tell us?
A．How to expose bad tricks.
B．How to reserve airline seats.
C．How to spend money wisely.
D．How to make a business deal.
解析：细节理解题。通读全文可知，本文主要通过作者自己的亲身经历，引出了作者对消费的认识，我们在消费时应该理智，要考虑所购买的东西是否是值得的。
答案：C