Coming together to enjoy a holiday at sea is a great way to make the occasion even more special. From home-style traditional holiday meals to themed seasonal activities, you’ll always find extra chances to make great memories with your family and friends aboard Carnival’s Fantastic Holiday Cruises.
HALLOWEEN CRUISESSail any time this October and you can expect spooky-fun Halloween festivities packed with plenty of chills. If you decide to spend Halloween with us, definitely bring a costume. No costume masks, or other costume face coverings, are allowed either. Show off your costume because we’ll be picking winners in these categories.
THANKSGIVING CRUISESSkipping the prepping, the cooking, and the cleaning sounds good to everybody. Say yes to a real-deal, traditional sit-down Thanksgiving meal… surrounded by your friends and family on a vacation at sea they’ll never forget. Any hour of the day — all 24 of them — is the best time to enjoy room service, plus soft-serve and pizza are available late into the night. There are plenty of ways to play — and what’s more, win — with outdoor sports activities like mini-golf.
CHRISTMAS CRUISESHave you ever dreamed of celebrating Christmas at sea? You should — on a Carnival cruise! These cheerful getaways are some of our most popular cruises. There’s even a special mailbox for letters to Santa. There’s something funny about our on-board comedy club, which features laugh-out-loud performances. Gather at the club, grab a drink and party till late, all to the beat of the latest tunes and classics.
NEW YEAR CRUISESEvery year, it’s the same question: Where will you be for New Year’s Eve? This year, tell them you’ll be living it up on a Carnival cruise. And then invite them along! We’ll sail you straight into 2025 on an extra-festive cruise. Dancing under the stars? A special New Year’s Eve trivia party? Enjoy the evening your way and count down the last seconds of the year in the company of friends and family. ( Festivities are only held on December 31, 2024 — make sure your cruise includes this date.)
1. Which cruise will hold a costume contest?| A．HALLOWEEN CRUISES. | B．THANKSGIVING CRUISES. |
| C．CHRISTMAS CRUISE. | D．NEW YEAR CRUISES. |
| A．You will have a chance to meet Santa there. |
| B．You can play mini golf there. |
| C．No drinks are available at night. |
| D．You can watch some funny shows there. |
| A．Culture. | B．Economy. | C．Education. | D．Travel. |
2 . After waking up, you may feel frustrated that you cannot recall the dreams you had last night. Artificial intelligence may be able to help.
Previously, there have been AI models that can turn text into images. They can do this by learning from a large amount of data from both tests and images. This time, researchers from Osaka University in Japan have trained an AI system called Stable Diffusion to recreate images based on people’s brain scans, reported Science magazine.
The researchers used an online data set provided by the University of Minnesota, US, which consisted of brain scans from four participant as they each viewed a set of 1,000 photos. The scans were recorded by functional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI). The AI then learned about the brain activities by analyzing changes in blood flow shown by the fMRI data: when a part of the brain is activated, more blood will flow to it. It then matched the brain activities with the photos. Finally, the researchers tested the AI on additional brain scans from the same participants when they viewed photos of a toy bear, airplane, clock and train. If the person looked at an airplane, for example, the AI would use the brain scan data to create an image of a very blurry airplane. Then , it would turn on the previous “text-to-image” model and improve the quality of the image by feeding itself the keyword “airplane”. The final images were “convincing” with about 80 percent of accuracy, according to the researchers.
The new study created a novel approach that incorporates texts and images to “decipher the brain”, Ariel Goldstein from Princeton University, US, told Science magazine. In the future, scientists hope that the technology can be used to record imagined thought and dreams or allow people to understand how differently other animals perceive reality.
1. What makes Stable Diffusion different from previous AI models?| A．It can turn text into images. |
| B．It can reproduce images based on human’s brain scans. |
| C．It can learn from a large amount of date. |
| D．It assist people recollect their previous memory. |
| A．On additional brain scans from the same participants when they saw photos. |
| B．They analyzed changes in blood flow. |
| C．They used functional magnetic resonance imaging. |
| D．They analyzed the date. |
| A．Know about. | B．Break down. |
| C．Take over. | D．Become ill. |
| A．A new study. |
| B．Artificial Intelligence. |
| C．Functional magnetic resonance imaging. |
| D．Visualizing our dreams. |
1. What will the woman take tomorrow morning?
| A．A history exam. | B．A history lecture. | C．A physics experiment. |
| A．Mr. Smith’s lectures. | B．The American society. | C．The American Civil War. |
| A．The lecture room. | B．The library. | C．The lab. |
| A．Emily. | B．Henry. | C．Liza. |
| A．The food is healthy. | B．The service is good. | C．The food is expensive. |
1. What is the speaker doing?
| A．Hosting a program. | B．Teaching a class. | C．Reporting a study. |
| A．The wildlife protection. | B．The effects of sugar. | C．The climate change. |
| A．England. | B．India. | C．Italy. |
1. Why does the girl go to China?
| A．To improve her Chinese. | B．To see some friends. | C．To go sightseeing. |
| A．Boring | B．Useless. | C．Helpful. |
| A．Have a trip. | B．Make a phone call. | C．Sign up for a course. |
1. Whose birthday is it?
| A．Rebecca’s. | B．Michael’s. | C．Maggie’s. |
| A．At 6:30. | B．At 7:00 | C．At 7:30. |
| A．Who to call. | B．Where to park. | C．What to bring. |
1. How old is the man now?
| A．52. | B．50. | C．48. |
| A．Visit some universities. | B．Go to some museums. | C．See his grandparents. |
| A．Deliver a speech. | B．Go to a live concert | C．Meet his foreign teacher. |
