Most people who fly on passenger planes in the United States do not lose their bags -- called "luggage" or "baggage." Even if the luggage is lost, usually it only is delayed. Most "lost" luggage is found in a few days. Airlines search for the owners of unclaimed 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. People who shop there often find good products for low prices.

About one-half of one percent of all luggage passing through U.S. 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.

"I can go into any of the large shopping centers, like the international malls and that I can walk through there for an hour and come out with three items. I come into this store, I come out with my car full of stuff." Tom Barnes said.

Brenda Cantrell works at the store. "Well, (the) Unclaimed Baggage Center is the only store in America that buys and resells unclaimed baggage from the airline industry. So you would be surprised at jackets and eyeglasses, neck pillows, blankets, but (also) laptops and Kindles, and iPads and, you know, all kinds of expensive electronics."

The store buys the luggage from the airlines. It does not examine the things inside before buying them. Only about half of the items in the bags are suitable for sale at the store.

Since it opened in the early 1970s, the Unclaimed Baggage Center is a huge store. And it has become one of the top places for travelers to visit in Alabama. More than a million people visit the store from around the world every year.

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1.What does the underlined word unclaimed in the first paragraph mean?

A Nobody wants it any more .

B Nobody comes to ask for it.

C Airlines don’t want anybody to get it .

D Airlines keep it for themselves.

解析：选B。B。词义猜测题。Unclaimed“无人认领的”，乘客离机后遗忘了行李，由于种种原因无法前来认领，航空公司保留3个月后变卖。

2.What do the airlines Not do with the passengers’ missing luggage?

A Delay it purposely.

B Search for its owners.

C Waiting for its owners.

D Sell it to a store in Alabama.

解析：选A。A。细节理解题。 B，C，是航空公司在前三个月所做的事，即寻找物主，或等待物主来认领，三个月后才卖给那家商店（D答案），所以，这里选A。

3.When Tom Barnes goes into_________, he will always buy many things for the low prices.

A any of the large shopping centers

B international malls

C a small city of Scottsboro

D the Unclaimed Baggage Center

解析：选D。D。细节理解题。Tom Barnes说他到各大购物中心或超市，即使转上几个小时，最多也只买两三件东西，而进入那家卖遗失物品的商店，买的东西总会把车装得满满的。

4.How many shops are selling unclaimed baggage from the airlines across America?

A Seven thousand.

B Three.

C Only one.

D More than a million.

解析：选C。C。细节理解题。(the) Unclaimed Baggage Center is the only store in America that buys and resells unclaimed baggage from the airline industry这是唯一的一家可以从航空公司购买遗失物品而进行买卖的商店。

5.According to this report, which of the following statements is correct?

A The Unclaimed Baggage Center has become an attraction for travellers.

B About one-half of all luggage passing through U.S. airports is unclaimed.

C Things like jackets ,eyeglasses, neck pillows, blankets are sold expensively there.

D The store only buys luggage which is suitable for sale from the airlines.

解析：选A。A。推理判断题。本文最后一段提到it has become one of the top places for travelers to visit in Alabama.这个商店已经成了游客们最想去的地方之一。而B，C，D都与文章的叙述有差别。