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Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Paper airline tickets, once the industry (36) , are on the fast track to be forgotten.
If the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has its way, airlines will (37) only electronic tickets by the end of 2007, sending paper tickets the way of rapidly (38) industry services such as in-flight meals and free (39) .
Travelers who opt for electronic tickets check in for flights using a credit card or government ID. The (40) to electronic ticketing, which could save millions of dollars, has been underway for more than ten years.
The IATA, a (41) 1 trade group, said 96 percent of tickets issued by US airlines are electronic, while globally 77 percent of tickets are electronic.
"The US Airlines can see the light at the end of the (42) " said IATA (43) Steve Lott. "They are definitely leading the world in terms of e-ticketing and going electronic. "
(44) Airlines that want to maintain paper ticketing beyond 2007 may continue to do so, but supplies will be costly, Lott said.
(45) . On average, an airline spends $10 to process a paper ticket compared with $1 to process an electronic ticket. (46) , Lott said.