1 . Google Flights reveals new feature to help travelers save money
Regular users of Google Flights might notice a new feature the next time they go to the site to check out airline schedules and compare flight prices.
The new feature officially announced on Monday morning in a news release is Google guidance on the cheapest time to book a flight, which adds price tracking alerts and a price guarantee option already in place.
Cheapest time to book: Google Flights said starting this week, searches that have reliable trend data will let users see in what time frame prices have typically been lowest. Users can then better decide whether to book now or later, Google said in the release.
Take flights from New York to Miami, for example, the cheapest time to book is usually from Sep 13 to Dec 7. Prices during this time are $59 cheaper on average.
Price tracking: Users who want to wait for lower fares before booking can use a price tracking feature that “can do most of the heavy lifting for you,” Google said.
Price guarantee: On some flight results, users might notice a price guarantee badge (标志) pop up (this won’t happen on every use). If you book one of these flights, Google said it will monitor the price every day before takeoff.
“If the price does go down, we’ll pay you back the difference via Google Pay. These price guarantees are part of a pilot program available for select Book on Google itineraries (行程) departing from the U. S.,” Google said in the release.
1. Which is the cheapest time to book a flight from New York to Miami?A.August 19. | B.September 20. | C.December 8. | D.January 11. |
A.Get your money back. | B.Pay back the difference. |
C.Monitor the price before flights take off. | D.Make sure you can get the cheapest flight. |
A.Science. | B.Entertainment. | C.Travel. | D.Education. |
2 . The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 was awarded to three American scientists Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and development of quantum (量子) dots”. They are so tiny that their size determines their properties. These smallest components of nano (纳米) technology now spread their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can also guide surgeons when they remove cancer tissue, among many other things.
Everyone who studies chemistry learns that an element’s properties are governed by how many electrons (电子) it has. However, when matter contracts to nano-dimensions quantum phenomena arise; these are governed by the size of the matter. The Nobel winners in Chemistry 2023 have succeeded in producing particles so small that their properties are determined by quantum phenomena. The particles, which are generally known as quantum dots by scientists, are now of great importance in nanotechnology.
“Quantum dots have many fascinating and unusual properties. Importantly, they have different colours depending on their size,” says Johan Åqvist, Chai r of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.
Physicists had long known that in theory size-dependent quantum effects could arise in nanoparticles, but at that time it was almost impossible to sculpture in nanodimensions. Therefore, few people believed that this knowledge would be put to practical use.
However, in the early 1980s, Alexei Ekimov succeeded in creating size-dependent quantum effects in coloured glass. The colour came from nanoparticles of copper chloride (氯化铜) and Ekimov demonstrated that the particle size affected the colour of the glass via quantum effects. A few years later, Louis Brus was the first scientist in the world to prove size-dependent quantum effects in particles floating freely in a liquid. In 1993, Moungi Bawendi revolutionised the chemical production of quantum dots, resulting in almost perfect particles. This high quality was necessary for them to be used in applications.
Quantum dots are thus bringing the greatest benefit to humankind. Researchers believe that in the future they could contribute to flexible electronics, tiny sensors, thinner solar cells and quantum communication — so we have just started exploring the potential of these tiny particles.
1. Why was the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 awarded to 3 American scientists?A.They discovered quantum size. | B.They discovered nanotechnology. |
C.They discovered quantum effects. | D.They discovered and improved quantum dots. |
A.Quantum dots. | B.Spots. | C.Atoms. | D.Grains. |
A.Moungi Bawendi. | B.Louis Brus. | C.Alexei Ekimov. | D.Johan Åqvist. |
A.Innovation is the most important thing. |
B.Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. |
C.The development of science and technology is endless. |
D.Technology from quantum dots is constantly improving. |
3 . In the late 19th century, there was a poor farmer in Scotland named Fleming. He was
This story tells us that the simple and kind Scottish farmer’s
A.determined | B.kind | C.anxious | D.disappointed |
A.working | B.drinking | C.regretting | D.weeping |
A.figured out | B.pointed out | C.worked out | D.turned out |
A.leg | B.ankle | C.chest | D.foot |
A.managed | B.tried | C.decided | D.hoped |
A.bicycle | B.car | C.carriage | D.truck |
A.recommended | B.introduced | C.treated | D.served |
A.in honor of | B.in favor of | C.in exchange for | D.in return for |
A.felt | B.announced | C.declared | D.sworn |
A.happened | B.seemed | C.followed | D.appeared |
A.son | B.farmer | C.parent | D.witness |
A.demand | B.suggestion | C.decision | D.plan |
A.spread | B.promote | C.obtain | D.continue |
A.clearly | B.eventually | C.interestingly | D.unexpectedly |
A.world-famous | B.good-looking | C.easy-going | D.hard-working |
A.energetic | B.extraordinary | C.countless | D.unbelievable |
A.approach | B.behavior | C.anecdote | D.manner |
A.receiving | B.sending | C.reporting | D.seeking |
A.defeated | B.recognized | C.cured | D.adopted |
A.commonly | B.necessarily | C.especially | D.actually |
4 . Here are some ways to introduce classical music to your children.
●When you read a story to your children, pick out a classical music piece that matches the emotion of the book.
●If your kids are always moving around, try introducing classical music to them by dancing. Instruct your children to listen to the music and dance however the music makes them feel. Parents dance with them!
●Before your kids begin playtime, make a list of classical music pieces with the name of the person who wrote it.
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●You can pick out three pieces of music to play during the week.
A.Have your children pick one. |
B.Practice reading the story out loud with the music. |
C.Mix up the music and see how your children react. |
D.Classical music can be fun, and not boring to listen to. |
E.Tell your children the name of the piece every time you play it. |
F.Make sure you tell your children what the piece is and who wrote it. |
G.While you and your children paint, play different classical music pieces. |
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
As a Chinese who is particular interested in Chinese Red Classic Stories, I would like to introduce the Victory over Japan Day on September 3.
September 3 is set as the memory day to celebrate the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and memorize the brave soldiers who lost their life in the war. Additionally, it was the struggle and sacrifices of that generation which saved China. So it was significant for the Chinese, especially for our teenagers. In my view, we should devote all our energies to study to prepare ourselves to build a good China. And only in this way China stand among the great powers of the world and make contributions to a world peace.
Chinese drinking vessels (器皿) have kept evolving throughout the dynasties of China,
In Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, ancient China established itself a complete ceremony system.
Drinking wine was
Jingdezhen ceramics in Jiangxi Province
1. What does Socrates’ educational theory ask people to do?
A.Improve personal rules. |
B.Awake the souls of people. |
C.Respect their families and ancestors. |
A.Government should be moral. |
B.Elderly people should care for children. |
C.People should memorize rules of behavior. |
A.Through arguments. | B.Through reasoning. | C.Through personal examples. |
A.He has influenced western cultures. |
B.He used to be even more important. |
C.He has little effect on people today. |
8 . As a teenager in the 1990s, Melissa Blake was interested in fashion. Unfortunately, fashion wasn’t much interested in her. Born disabled, Blake couldn’t find jeans or dresses in her size. Paging through fashion magazines, she didn’t see a single person who looked like her, and it hurt. “When you’re a teenager—disabled or not—you’re troubled by self-worth.”
Blake, 39, has spent her adult life trying to make up for that. She is a disability-rights activist and a writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times. But she gained national attention in 2019 after clapping back at people, who said she should be banned from posting photos of herself because she’s too ugly. Over the next year, Blake posted a new selfie (自拍照) every day. “I feel like every time I post my selfie or share something about my life as a disabled woman, I’m fighting against this ableism (残障歧视),” Blake said.
Her fans went wild, calling Blake a goddess and a powerful woman. Among her fans is Mindy Scheier, the founder and CEO of Runway of Dreams. The company shows fashion for people with disabilities. Last fall, Scheier asked Blake to be a model in the biggest fashion event of the year.
Scheier said, “Putting Melissa in the event made people realize how important it is to expand who consumers are in the fashion industry, or who should be on stage, or what we’re really standing for in the word model.”
“Often, when we think of access for people with disabilities, we think of buildings and employment,” Blake says. “But it’s also important to have access to what’s fun and enjoyable. When disabled people are included, it sends a message that we deserve a seat at the table in all aspects of life.”
1. What can we know about Blake from paragraph 1?A.She didn’t have a good taste in fashion. | B.She couldn’t follow fashion for her disability. |
C.She couldn’t find fashion items in magazines. | D.She didn’t see other disabled people in her life. |
A.To defend her equal rights. | B.To attract public attention. |
C.To share her life experience. | D.To expose unkind comments. |
A.To show her admiration for her. | B.To increase fashion consumers. |
C.To present the world of models. | D.To include the disabled in fashion. |
A.From Role Model to Fashion Model. | B.From Teenager Model to Adult Model. |
C.From Fashion Sufferer to Fashion Fighter. | D.From Fashion Follower to Fashion Leader. |
1. Where will the majority of the photos be displayed?
A.In a gallery. | B.In a mall. | C.In a café. |
A.5 hours. | B.8 hours. | C.9 hours. |
A.To develop the poor countries’ economy. |
B.To teach local kids arts. |
C.To help disabled children. |
10 . The term “Hudson River school” was applied to the foremost representatives of nineteenth-century North American landscape painting. Apparently unknown during the golden days of the American landscape movement, which began around 1850s and lasted until the late 1860s, the Hudson River school seems to have emerged in the 1870s as a direct result of the struggle between the old and the new generations of artists each to assert its own style as the representative American art. The older painters, most of whom were born before 1835, practiced in a mode often self-taught and monopolized by landscape subject matter and were securely established in and fostered by the reigning American art organization, the National Academy of Design.
The younger painters returning home from training in Europe worked more with figural subject matter and in a bold and impressionistic technique; their prospects for patronage in their own country were uncertain, and they sought to attract it by attaining academic recognition in New York. One of the results of the conflict between the two factions was that what in previous years had been referred to as the American, native, or, occasionally New York school — the most representative school of American art in any genre — had by 1890s become firmly established in the minds of critics and public alike as the Hudson River school.
The sobriquet was first applied around 1879. While it was not intended as flattering, it was hardly inappropriate. The Academicians at whom it was aimed had worked and socialized in New York, the Hudson’s port city, and had painted the river and its shores with varying frequency. Most important, perhaps, was that they had all maintained with a certain fidelity a manner of technique and composition consistent with those of America’s first popular landscape artist, Thomas Cole, who built a career painting the Catskill Mountain scenery bordering the Hudson River.
A possible implication in the term applied to the group of landscapists was that many of them had, like Cole, lived on or near the banks of the Hudson. Further, the river had long served as the principal route to other sketching grounds favored by the Academicians, particularly the Adirondacks and the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire different ways.
1. According to the passage what was the function of the National Academy of Design for the painters born before 1835?A.It mediated conflicts between artists. | B.It supervised the incorporation of new artistic techniques. |
C.It supported their growth and development. | D.It determined which subjects were appropriate. |
A.In New Hampshire. | B.In the Adirondacks. |
C.In Vermon. | D.In Europe. |
A.people | B.sides | C.cities | D.images |
A.Hudson River School | B.The Nature’s Nation |
C.Early Painters and Their Drawings | D.North American Landscape Painting |