福建省大田县第一中学2016届高三英语上学期第二(3)

always brightens peolple’s days.

She said at one nursing home, she realized how even a small visit with Smiley could make

people happy. “There was this man Teddy, who had no communication with anyone at all, ” George

said of one memorable nursing home resident(居民). “The staff had never seen Teddy smile

before. ” But when Smiley came up to Teddy, the staff were amazed . “ Teddy smiled when he

saw Smiley, ” George said.

After caring for Smiley for 10 years , George has learned a lot about how to care for blind

dogs. “Somebody wanted to adopt a dog that was blind, ” George said “I told her not to be

his eyes and not to run his life. ”She said it is key for Smiley to figure out how to get around

on his own without too much difficulty.

“Of course, he bumps into things sometimes. But he walks very carefully, ” George said.

“Have you noticed the dog’s high steps when he walks?He is feeling with his feet. ”

21 Smiley’s character changed_______________.

A after his eyes were cured B because of Tyler’s influence

C thanks to his owner’s company D once he get out of the puppy mill

22 Why were the nursing home staff surprised?

A Because Smiley was so cute. B Because Smiley was quite smart.

C Because Smiley recognized Teddy. D Because Smiley made Teddy smile.

23 The underlined part “run his life ” in Paragragh 5 can be replaced by “___________”.

A make him busy B overprotect him C try to change him D ask him to hurry up

24 Why are Smiley’s high steps mentioned in the last paragragh?

A To show he is very interesting . B To proves he likes playing games.

C To prove he is good at performing . D To show he moves very carefully

B

Most people who fly on passenger planes in the United States do not lose their luggage. Even

if the luggage is lost, usually it is only delayed. Most “lost” luggage is found in a few days.

Airlines search for the owners of unclaimed(未被认领的) bags for up to three months. But when

the owners cannot be found or the bags are not claimed， they are sold to a store in the small

city of Scottsboro, in the southern state of Alabama.

About one-half of one percent of all luggage passing through US airports is unclaimed. Many

of the missing bags,and what is in them, are sold at the Unclaimed Baggage Center. Seven thousand

items arrive at the store every day.

Tom Barnes, who was shopping at the store said, “ I can go into any of the large shopping

centers, like the international malls. I can walk through there for an hour and come out with

three items. But I come in to this store, and then I come out with my car full of stuff.”

Brenda Cantrell, who works at the store, said, “ The Unclaimed Baggage Center is the only

store in America that buys and resells unclaimed baggage from the airline industry. You would

be surprised at all the jackets, eyeglasses, neck pillows, blankets, laptops, Kindles, iPads

and, you know,all kinds of expensive electronics.”

The store says it once sold a container for flowers for $80 that was found to be worth $18,000.

And it says a painting it sold for $25 was later found to be worth $25,000.

The store buys the luggage from the airlines. It does not examine the things inside them before

buying them. Only about half of the items in the bags are suitable for sale at the store.