2. 外语
  3. A. affected B. backward C. booming D. cancel E. capacity F. closures G. estimated H. force I. historic

A. affected B. backward C. booming D. cancel E. capacity F. closures G. estimated H. force I. historic

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问题    A. affected   B. backward   C. booming    D. cancel     E. capacity
   F. closures   G. estimated   H. force     I. historic    J. predicted
   K. pressure   L. progress    M. running    N. violently    O. worldwide
   An air-travel crisis caused by a volcanic cloud emitting from Iceland worsened sharply Saturday. The US President and other world leaders were forced to 【C1】______ plans to attend the Polish president’s funeral. Across Europe, commercial flight bans were in 【C2】______ in 24 countries, with some closing airports through Monday. Concerns have also been raised that a long period of【C3】______and delays could affect the pace of European economic recovery when it is lagging be- hind that of the United States.
   Given the global links of international air travel, the problems in Europe were beginning to spread chaos 【C4】______. As far away as Singapore, the backup of international passengers was so bad that hotels were becoming hard to find in the city-state. In Europe, economists were assessing the longer-term impact of the 【C5】______ flight disruptions, but winners and losers were emerging. Airlines and air-freight companies were the most 【C6】______, with the aviation industry facing losses  【C7】______ at $200 million a day. British Airways and other airlines said they are not insured against groundings by volcanic clouds.
   Rail lines were seeing 【C8】______ business, however, with many adding trains and operating at standing-room-only 【C9】______. Auto rental agencies in Paris were 【C10】______ out of cars, and some taxi companies were getting enormous cross-national fares. Hotels were also cleaning up. Although many are seeing cancellations by guests who never arrived, in most cases those losses have been more than made up for by a market of travelers with no place to go.
【C9】
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答案E
解析 空格前面的介词at和修饰空格的定语standing-room-only提示，这里需要一个名词。standing-room-only的意思是“只有站的”，其后应该接一个表示“地方”的名词。词库中的capacity指“(地方、车辆等的)可容纳人数”，因此选E。
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