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t need. Car payments can be especially costly. Consider giving up a car and signing up for Zipcar, Car2go or another car sharing service if it'

s available in your city. These companies let you rent a car hourly, which can help when public transportation won'

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re paying. It'

s easy to sign up for a service that automatically charges you every month, such as the gym, ClassPass, Spotify or Netflix. Cancel them if you'

re not using them at least a few times a week. A service such as Truebill will track your monthly payments and show you which ones you'

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9830 官方网站:www.zizzs.com 微信客服:zizzs2018 A. Missing a payment is common for graduates. B. There are good ways to pay student loan bills. C. Paying student loan bills on time is necessary. D. Some students easily ignore their student loan bills. 10. What is a disadvantage of following an income-driven student loan repayment plan? A.You will be offered only one option. B. You may end up paying more interest. C. You have to finish paying within

10 years. D. You still need to pay more even when you earn less. 11. What do the last three tips have in common? A. They all suggest cutting costs. B. They are all about small expenses. C. They all mean avoiding expensive services. D. They all help shorten the repaying process. D Decades ago travelling by air in America was a great affair. Today it signals discomfort, extra charges and the threat of violence. Air fares are higher per seat mile in America than in Europe. The global price of jet fuel has fallen by half since 2014. That triggered a fare war between European carriers, but in America ticket prices have hardly budged. Standards of service are also worse. Only one operator based in America can be found in the world'

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30 best carriers, compared with nine from Europe. When Ryanair, currently Europe'

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9830 官方网站:www.zizzs.com 微信客服:zizzs2018 Norwegian. This happy combination of low fares and reasonable service has a simple explanation: competition. American policymakers have presided over a wave of mergers (合并)in the past few years. The biggest four carriers in America between them now control 80% of the market, compared with just 48% a decade ago. In Europe, where the top four carriers have around 45% of the market, policymakers have got three things right. First, European regulators have tried harder to preserve competition between existing carriers. The EU has been willing to block mergers to prevent airlines from building monopoly (垄断)positions at airports. Not so in America: at

40 of its

100 biggest airports, a single carrier now accounts for more than half of capacity. That pushes up prices. Second, Europe has made it easier for foreigners to encourage competition by entering new markets. There are no ownership limits at all between European countries. America caps foreign ownership at 25%. Foreign joint companies, such as Virgin America are struggling to take off. Some of Europe'