2 . The official opening of Beijing Daxing International Airport caps a long design and building process. Designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid and her Chinese partners, the airport is built for the future, having a terminal the size of 97 soccer grounds--as well as customer-service robots that provide travelers with flight updates and airport information.

Called "starfish" by Chinese media for its shape of five concourses（大厅）connected to a main hall, Daxing Airport aims to reduce the walking distance for passengers. The airport authority has promised a distance of no more than 600 meters（about eight minutes of walking）between security checkpoints and the remotest boarding gate.

This new modern airport employs a special intelligent lighting system, supported by eight big C-shaped columns that let in the sunlight, brightening the architecture and structure. Therefore, it minimizes the need to use electric lighting.

To offer a more refreshing travel experience, five outdoor courtyards with the themes "Silk Garden". "Tea Garden", "Porcelain Garden", "Countryside Garden" and "Chinese garden" feature at the end of the five departure lounges（等候室）for use by passengers waiting for their flights. Travelers will be scanned on cameras using facial recognition. Counters will be fully automated to capture face photos and relay them in each part of the journey through the airport, including security and the departure gate.

China is projected to overtake the United States as the world's biggest air travel market by 2022. The "modest" initial operational target at Daxing is to accommodate 72 million passengers and 2 million tons of goods annually by 2025. The ambitious master plan calls for the building of a total of seven runways, and moving at least 100 million passengers and 4 million tons of goods a year through the airport.

1. Why is the airport in a starfish-shaped design?

A．To hold as many passengers as possible.

B．To make the main hall easier to be found.

C．To keep security checkpoints effective.

D．To make boarding gates within easy reach.

2. What can the airport's lighting system be described as?

A．High-end.	B．Energy-saving.
C．Passenger-friendly.	D．Strangely-formed.

3. What can be inferred about the five outdoor courtyards?

A．They reflect the Chinese tradition.

B．They use popular technique.

C．They promote Chinese goods to people.

D．They follow the latest world trend.

4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT True?

A．The design and construction of Daxing International Airport took a long time.

B．Zaha Hadid, the architect of Daxing International Airport, has passed away.

C．Passengers pass through security and the boarding gate by automatically capturing pictures of faces.

D．China has now overtaken the United States to become the world's largest air travel market.

5. What do the numbers in the last paragraph indicate?

A．The airport's market.	B．The airport's project.
C．The airport's potential.	D．The airport's facilities.

3 . 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Most American students go to traditional public schools. There are about 88, 000 public schools all over the US. Some students attend about 3000 independent public schools called charter schools.

Charter schools are self-governing. Private companies operate some charter schools. They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools. They receive tax money just as other public schools do. Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning. These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate.

Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws governing traditional public schools. Local state, or federal governments cannot tell them what to teach. Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach them. Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools.

The Bush Administration strongly supports charter schools as a way to re-organize public schools that are failing to educate students. But some education agencies and unions oppose charter schools. One teachers’ union has just made public the results of the first national study comparing the progress of students in traditional schools and charter schools.

The American Federation of Teachers criticized the government’s delay in releasing the results of the study, which is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Union education experts say the study shows that charter school students performed worse on math and reading tests than students in regular public schools.

Some experts say the study is not a fair look at charter schools because students in those schools have more problems than students in traditional schools. Other education experts say the study results should make charter school officials demand improved student progress.

1. If a private company wants to operate a charter school, it must______.

A．try new methods of teaching

B．prove its management ability

C．get the government’s permission

D．obey the local and state laws

2. Charter schools are independent because_____.

A．they make greater progress

B．they enjoy more freedom

C．their class size is smaller

D．they oppose traditional ways

3. What’s the government’s attitude toward charter schools?

A．Doubtful.	B．Optimistic．
C．Subjective	D．Supportive.

4. What can we learn from the text?

A．People have different opinions about charter schools.

B．Charter schools are better than traditional schools.

C．Students in charter schools are well educated.

D．More students choose to attend charter schools.

5. It can be interred from the text that ___.

A．charter schools are all privately financed

B．one-on-one attention should be paid to students

C．the number of charter schools will be limited

D．charter schools are part of the public education system