题目内容
Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesn’t always come home with them. Airline identification tags(标签) can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.
The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They don’t keep them, since they’re not in the warehouse business. And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.
So once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the store’s shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.
Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran(老练的)shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.
The store’s own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.
The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions(获得物) have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, and a medieval suit of armor.
Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.
【小题1】Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because______.
A.they are forgetful |
B.the owners of some luggage can’t be identified |
C.they are in a hurry |
D.there is no lost and found office in many airports |
A.they have to find the owners |
B.they have to keep the bags as long as possible |
C.some bags are expensive |
D.they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose |
A.visitors may purchase something undervalued. |
B.all thethings there are very cheap. |
C.there's a large variety of goods. |
D.visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there. |
A.A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage. |
B.The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use. |
C.The percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small. |
D.People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store. |
A.To introduce an attractive place to tourists. |
B.To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage. |
C.To advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage. |
D.To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America. |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】D
解析试题分析:本文主要就是告诉我们在美国的机场里丢失的行李的处理方法。
【小题1】B 细节题。根据第一段1,2行Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesn’t always come home with them. Airline identification tags(标签) can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where说明很多行李的标签都脱落了,导致这些行李无法辨认。故B正确。
【小题2】D 推理题。根据第二段最后一句And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.说明航空公司是无权出售这些行李来获得利润的,故D正确。
【小题3】A 细节题。根据第三段最后3行the “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the store’s shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.说明很多的游客可以从这里买到很多很有价值的东西,故A正确。
【小题4】C 推断题。根据文章最后一段Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.只有很少的乘客的东西会丢失,故C正确。
【小题5】D 主旨大意题。本文主要就是告诉我们在美国的机场里丢失的行李的处理方法,故D正确。
考点:考查社会现象类短文阅读
点评:本文主要就是告诉我们在美国的机场里丢失的行李的处理方法。文章基本上是考查细节题,对此类题型考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词,然后以此为线索,运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节,找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍,仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别,在准确理解细节的前提下,最后确定最佳答案。
It’s a goal for millions and millions of families every year——keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount, but can still afford the gifts that your loved ones will enjoy. Never has this concern been greater in recent years than right now. Even so, there are several things that you can do to help.
Hit the sales.
No one wants to get up at four o’clock in the morning and fight to get the best deal on Black Friday, and it’s surely very tough to pick up the courage and get out there in the cold for a good deal, but sometimes——it can be well worth. Many retailers(零售商) offer specials all through the day——and some even offer online Black Friday specials, so you may still be able to get a great deal on Black Friday.
Pay close attention to advertisements.
Once the Christmas shopping season is coming, retailers hungry for business will do just about whatever to get you in the store. Pay very close attention to weekly advertisements of sales among the major retailers and you may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same thing in different shops.
Shop online.
Some of us don’t like running from store to store in order to get the best price on the perfect gift, and some of us don’t like to go out in the cold at all——thankfully for us, we can do online shopping.
The world of online shopping lets people visit all the major retailers as well as some specialty stores that could only be found on the Internet. Customers can find exactly what they are looking for, at the best possible price without ever having to leave the house. With traditional Christmas shopping consumers are sometimes limited to what’s left in stock if they wait too long to get to a particular store.
【小题1】The first paragraph implies that ______.
A.nowadays not many people can afford expensive gifts |
B.recently many people don’t want to spend money on gifts |
C.Christmas is a time to make our loved ones enjoy their gifts |
D.Christmas is a time to make us feel free to buy our loved ones gifts |
A.if the weather is not very cold | B.if we don’t have to fight for the best deals |
C.if we don’t have to get up early | D.If we get what we want at a good price |
A.some experts in shopping | B.certain things for especially low price |
C.some kind of help for a certain customer | D.things that can only be found on Friday |
A.on Black Friday | B.in a particular store |
C.on the Internet | D.from retailers |
A.to tell us the best way to do shopping |
B.to attract more readers to do wise shopping |
C.to show us how hard it is to do Christmas shopping |
D.to give us advice on how to get a good deal at Christmas time |
Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is “What’s your name?” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.
Have you ever wondered about people’s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?
People’s first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.
Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.
The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook(小溪);someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.
Other early surnames came from people’s occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter — a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter —a person who made pots and pans.
The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter’s great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.
Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.
Some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name. English-speaking people added –s or –son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family’s ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O’Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell.
【小题1】Which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?
A.Places where people lived. |
B.People’s characters. |
C.Talents that people possessed. |
D.People’s occupations. |
A.owned or drove a cart |
B.made things with metals |
C.made kitchen tools or contains |
D.built houses and furniture |
A.Beatrice Smith | B.Leonard Carter |
C.George Longstreet | D.Donald Greenwood |
A.later generations | B.friends and relatives |
C.colleagues and partners | D.later sponsors |