【推荐1】Los Angeles Airport, also known as LAX Airport, is the main international airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area and also the state of California. The airport is located in southwestern Los Angeles, 12 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. LAX is the largest international airport in the west coast.

Terminals + info

Los Angeles Airport consists of 9 passenger terminals. These terminals are arranged in “U” shape.

Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT): Exclusively hosts those international flights that aren't hosted in Terminal 2. It has five levels.

Terminal 1: Exclusively used by Southwest Airlines.

Terminal 2: International flights, a hub for Virgin Atlantic and Southwest international passenger check-in.

Terminal 3: Passenger check-in for Interjet, Avianca, Virgin Australia and Copa Airlines. It is Delta Airlines hub.

Terminal 4: Exclusively used by American Airlines.

Terminal 5: Frontier Airlines and other carriers operate in Terminal 5.

Terminal 6: Alaska Airlines and many other airlines operate in Terminal 6.

Terminal 7: Exclusively used by United Airlines and United Express.

Terminal 8: Used for mainline flights by United Airlines and United Express.

Lost and Found

Police phone for insurance purposes: +1(424) 646-6100 /+1(424) 646-LOST (5678).

Hours: 8am to 5pm from Monday to Friday. Closed during most holidays and festivities.

Offices located at LAX Airport Police Lost & Found, 5600 W. Century Blvd, Suite 119, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

Phone: +1424-646-6100

Transport + info

Bus: Go to different destinations of Los Angeles and vicinities.

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Taxi: Taxis wait on the curbside on the Lower/Arrival Level islands in front of each terminal. The trip to downtown LA takes about 30 minutes,

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Rental Car: Renting a car is one of the best options of transportation in Los Angeles.

Check the different options here!

1. What do we know about LAX Airport?

A．It is the largest airport in the US.

B．There are altogether nine terminals.

C．Taxies are highly recommended to get around the city.

D．Passengers carried by American Airlines can board at T1.

2. When can you report your lost items?

A．7am Monday.	B．6pm Friday.
C．10am Tuesday.	D．Anytime in Thanksgiving Day.

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To promote tourism.	B．To introduce an airport.
C．To advertise a city.	D．To attract investment.

【推荐2】On Feb. 21, four students were standing on the side of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu when a driver going 110 miles per hour lost control of his car and it crashed into the parked vehicles.12 people were killed at the scene, including 2 drivers.

This kind of traffic death shouldn’t be called an accident. In Los Angeles, we seem to have accepted constant carnage (屠杀) in our streets in exchange for maximizing driver speed and convenience. The official responses to proven traffic dangers are mere gestures, if even that.

Los Angeles is a uniquely deadly city with a death rate that is four times the national average. Unsurprisingly, it’s also a city that has been designed with one thing in mind: a concept called level of service, which grades streets on how well they serve those in automobiles. To many Angelenos, that makes sense — to design our streets for car traffic, which is the way many get around the city. Unfortunately, we don’t recognize that there’s a trade-off. We can either have streets bettered for free-flowing traffic, or we can design streets for people to move around safely outside of cars.

City leaders consistently choose for the easy but deadly option. In one recent example, a resident asked the city’s Department of Transportation to block drivers from using Cochran Avenue at Venice Boulevard as a cut-through street, as they were speeding through a quiet residential neighbourhood. The department responded by suggesting a “speed awareness campaign” in which neighbours put up yard signs urging drivers to slow down.

People don’t drive based on signage, but they drive on the design of the street. The trunk roads of Los Angeles such as Venice Boulevard all need to be revised so that people are prioritized over cars. This would include narrowing travel lanes (道), building bike lanes, and banning right turns at red lights. These measures would make drivers feel like they’re in a city and not on a highway. A recent John Hopkins study says this would have substantial safety benefits.

With more than 7,500 miles of streets in the city of Los Angeles, they won’t all be rebuilt anytime soon. But with each road construction project, or each crash, we should be revising streets to make them safer for all road users.

The solution to traffic jam isn’t to make more space for cars. It’s to design the streets to be safe enough for alternatives such as biking, walking and mass transit, especially for the 50% of trips daily in Los Angeles that are less than three miles. The solution to protecting people dining outdoors isn’t crash barriers. It’s a street design that forces drivers to go slowly. The problem is carnage in the streets, and we know the solutions.

1. Why should the traffic death in Los Angeles be called “constant carnage”?

A．The traffic accidents happen quite often.

B．Too many people are killed in the traffic accidents.

C．The drivers’ speeding is to blame for the traffic death.

D．City leaders’ consistent choice contributes to the traffic death.

2. What does the word “trade-off” underlined in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A．Balance.

B．Guideline.

C．Conflict.

D．Resolution.

3. According to the passage, which is a likely solution to the traffic problem?

A．To widen travel lanes.	B．To add more crosswalks.
C．To arrange more traffic police.	D．To punish speeding drivers.

4. Which would be the best title for the passage?

A．Drivers first or walkers first?	B．Traffic death or constant carnage?
C．More warning signs or safer designs?	D．More narrow lanes or speedy highways?

【推荐3】The Beijing Winter Olympics is a great success. On the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed train, the crew (乘务组) welcome passengers from different countries in different languages, such as “Hello!”, “Bonjour!”, “Guten Tag!”, “Zdravstvuyte!” and so on. With their good service, passengers can make their trips happy and warm.

The Bejing Zhangiakou High-speed railway plays a very important part in many aspects. It connects the three main hosting places (Beijing, Yanqing and Chongli) together. It shortens the travel time between Beijing and Chongli from more than three hours to just one hour. The trains are well designed and have many advantages, some of which are as follows:

Smart operations

Some of the trains along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway line are smart enough to drive by themselves! More than 2,700 sensors (传感器) make sure the train runs smoothly. Most importantly, the trains can run in temperatures as low as -40ºC.

Large screens

Some carriages are equipped with large screens. You can watch the Olympics live shows on it with the help of 5G technology. No matter whether you are an athlete or a reporter, you won’t miss any exciting show.

Special carriages

There are special carriages for the disabled people. It’s wider and has Braille everywhere which greatly helps the blind to read easily. There is also a barrier-free (无障碍的) toilet with an SOS button. Next to the toilet, there is also a space especially for skis.

Safe bags

A small smart card can be tied to your luggage. It connects to your phone through Bluetooth. In this way, you can always know where your luggage is. You never need to worry about losing your bags!

1. What may help a blind passenger most?

A．Large screens.	B．Smart card.
C．Bluetooth.	D．Braille.

2. How can you get your bag easily?

A．To put a phone in it.	B．To watch a big screen.
C．To tie a smart card to it.	D．To push an SOS button.

3. What’s the text mainly about?

A．The fast way to locate the luggage.

B．The advantages of the High-speed train.

C．The success of Beijing Winter Olympics.

D．The good service of the crew on the train.

【推荐1】Dancing to loud music in open spaces has been a popular way for many middle-aged and elderly Chinese people to relax and exercise. But public dancing has long been complained about because of the noise it makes.

Recently, with the help of a new device, people living near Gumei Population Cultural Park in Shanghai can now better enjoy themselves in public dancing without causing trouble for others with the loud music.

Set in a white box, the device is an amplifier that can send sound in a certain direction. Using new technology, the device controls the sound in a fan-shaped area in front of the speaker. People outside the area can hardly hear any sound.

“The device is age-friendly and it’s easy to use,” said Li Honglin from the company that made the device. The device is locked when not in use and the dancers take turns to keep the key.

Zhang Fengling, who lives in a community next to the park, said she’s glad she can now open her windows in the evening.

Gu Xinzhen, 92, who has been dancing in the park for over ten years, said the music from the new speaker is not as loud as before, which makes dancing a little less fun, but she is glad to do something for a better living environment.

Five public dancing locations in the city have also used the device. What’s more, in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, over 1,000 public dancing locations have used similar technology. “The technology will be introduced to more places,” Li said.

1. Why is the new device used in Gumei Population Cultural Park in Shanghai?

A．To record the beauty of public dancing.

B．To collect people's ideas about public dancing.

C．To solve the problem caused by public dancing.

D．To play the most popular music for public dancing.

2. What are the advantages of the new device?
①safe                  ②age-friendly            ③easy to use            ④easy to carry

A．①②

B．②③

C．②④

D．③④

3. How does the author explain how people like the new device?

A．By listing numbers.	B．By comparing facts.
C．By telling stories.	D．By giving examples.

4. What can we learn from the text?

A．Technology changes life.	B．Exercise improves health.
C．Noise pollution is harmful.	D．Good relationships don't come easy.

【推荐2】When the COVID-19 pandemic made face masks an everyday necessity, Japanese company Donut Robotics took the opportunity and created a smart mask — a high-tech upgrade to standard face coverings, designed to make communication and social distancing easier. Connected to an app, the smart mask can record the information it accepts in a written form, make the wearer’s voice louder, and translate speech into eight different languages.

Donut Robotics first developed the translation software for a robot called Cinnamon — but when the pandemic hit, the robot project was put off. That was when the team’s engineers came up with the idea to use their software in a face mask. Donut Robotics was co-founded by Taisuke no and Takafumi Okabe, aiming to change the world with small and mobile communication robots. They applied the initiative to provide services for visitors at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Cinnamon robot — designed to provide tourists with useful information — was one of four translation robot prototypes selected by the project.

But earlier this year, COVID-19 hit Asia and the airport project grounded to a halt. “We were running short of money and wondering how to keep the company going,” says Ono. The team sought a solution and came up with the idea to adapt its software for a product that would sell well in the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in face mask sales. Seeing an opportunity to make money with their translation technology, Donut Robotics launched a fundraiser on Japanese crowdfunding platform Fundinno in June. They raised $265, 000 in 37 minutes. “It was very surprising,” he says, “because it would usually take three or four months to get that kind of money.”

Ono says the first wave of supply is expected to take place in Japan, with 5,000 to 10,000 masks available by December, priced at $40 to $50 each. Donut Robotics will not expand overseas until April 20.

1. What is special about the smart mask?

A．It can process languages.	B．It uses a loudspeaker.
C．It is created for foreigners.	D．It is popular in Japan.

2. Which word can replace the underlined words “grounded to a halt” in paragraph 3?

A．Launched.

B．Improved.

C．Stopped.

D．Succeeded.

3. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A．Japan’s mask export trade.	B．The benefits of the smart mask.
C．Production of masks in Japan.	D．The future of the smart mask.

【推荐1】Coffee helps millions get going. Now a company called Bio-bean wants it to get buses going too. Arthur Kay is the founder.

The company collects waste coffee grounds (渣滓) from all across the UK, from thousands of different outlets and then turns those waste coffee grounds in the factory in Cambridgeshire into advanced biofuels. The United Kingdom produces half a million tons of coffee grounds per year. Most are thrown away. Bio-bean gets grounds from everywhere from coffee shops to instant coffee factories. They extract (提炼) the oil to use as part of a 20% bio-diesel blend (生物柴油混合物). And the real driver for this is to make a fuel that’s usable with an existing engine. So the key with Bio-bean is to deliver fuels that can work at scale today.

London’s bus network is partly fueled by bio-diesel blends made from cooking oil and animal fat to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Bio-bean’s contribution is modest. It has produced enough to run one bus for a year on 20% coffee oil. It is just a start.

If you got all the waste of coffee grounds in London, it’d be enough to power about one third of London’s bus networks, which can be a significant contribution, but it’s not going to solve everything in one go. Kay hopes to eventually produce 100% coffee-based bio-diesel and he would like to take the technology global. Coffee is one of the world’s most popular drinks and millions of tonnes of waste coffee grounds have been produced and wasted every year. So Bio-bean wants to work with companies to save money and importantly save CO₂ emissions.

So your morning jolt can fuel both you and your ride to work.

1. What does Bio-bean turn waste coffee grounds into?

A．Cooking oil.

B．Biofuels.

C．Coffee additives.

D．High quality fat.

2. What achievement has Bio-bean made so far?

A．They recycle all the coffee grounds in the UK.

B．They reduce London’s gas emissions by one third.

C．They save coffee shops in the UK millions of dollars.

D．They produce coffee oil for one bus to operate for a year.

3. What’s Arthur Kay’s attitude toward Bio-bean’s efforts?

A．Optimistic.

B．Doubtful.

C．Critical.

D．Defensive.

4. What does the underlined word “jolt” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Bus.

B．Coffee.

C．Bio-bean.

D．Coffee grounds.

【推荐2】It’s a challenging Friday morning for Jaouad Benaddi. He’s been trying to get his goat to climb an argan tree. He holds a bag of grain (谷物) to encourage a goat to join him, waiting for the goat to catch up and eat for a moment, then holds its neck to pull toward him, but the goat fights back and jumps out of the tree.

Morocco’s tree-climbing goats, which are also called flying goats, have made headlines in recent years. Often described as a unique phenomenon in the North African nation, their climbing is born and natural.

However, Liz Cabrera Holtz, Wildlife Campaign Manager at World Animal Protection, said, “These animals are being controlled and badly treated. They’re not moving freely. They don’t have access to food, water, or even shade. Being forced to stay in trees for hours is not a normal behavior.”

Actually, Morocco is experiencing its worst drought in decades, making it increasingly difficult for farmers to grow crops in this western region. Beginning in the early 2000s, some started treeing their goats to earn tips from tourists. The income source reduced after the COVID-19 hit in early 2020. But after the country’s lockdown ended early this year, the goat-display business continued.

Benaddi says he had no interest in using his goats as roadside attractions until it became too dry to grow crops. “I’m doing a job, the goats are doing a job,” he says. “The money we make is used to buy food for all of us—my family and the goats.”

1. How does Benaddi deal with his goat?

A．Training it to jump out of the tree.	B．Feeding it on some vegetables.
C．Planting some argan trees for it.	D．Attracting it to climb up the tree.

2. What’s Liz’s attitude towards the goats’ situation?

A．Confused.

B．Supportive.

C．Worried.

D．Uncertain.

3. What makes agriculture more difficult in Morocco?

A．The competition in farming.	B．The extreme weather.
C．The requirement of the government.	D．The development of tourism.

4. What can we infer about Benaddi?

A．He depends on his goats to make a living.	B．He is leading a rich life with his family.
C．He spends his money helping the country.	D．He is unwilling to grow crops on the farm.