We all know that flight tickets (飞机票) are usually expensive in peak seasons (旺季) like the Christmas holiday. And it’s hard to buy a ticket in those seasons. However, when the peak seasons are over, the price of flight tickets becomes much lower. How can you buy a flight ticket successfully at a lower price? A website called Google Flights can help you.
Google Flights can help you find the best flights according to your needs and plan your trip well. For example, if you want to go to New York in February, you can input (输入) your information into the website. Then it will show you the exact day in February when the ticket price is the lowest. If you want to travel with at most 1,000 dollars but don’t know where to go, just tell Google Flights. It will tell you which city is the most suitable for you and help you make plans for your trip. Google Flights also helps you compare prices among different airlines. It provides a calendar with flight prices listed every day. What’s more, its best flights box can tell you which flights are the best combinations (组合) of price and speed.
We can say that sometimes this online tool can beat out any travel agent. To use this new tool, you need to provide your email address. Google Flights will send you emails about price changes and travelling tips. So if you plan to go out these days, just tell your needs to Google Flights and wait for emails.
1.According to the passage, the price of flight tickets _______.
A. becomes lower after peak seasons B. never changes at all
C. is high all the time D. drops a lot before peak seasons
2.What can’t Google Flights do?
A. Look for a cheaper flight ticket.
B. Help people plan their trips.
C. Give people any tips on traveling.
D. Help people book rooms in different cities.
3.The underlined phrase “beat out” in the passage may mean “_______”.
A. get along with B. do better than
C. be the leader of D. play tricks on
4.Your _______ is required if you want to use Google Flights.
A. telephone number B. home address
C. email address D. bank card
16-year-old Ruby Rios and her friends are members of the “Girls Who Code” club. The club is very popular in Kansas City. ______ aim is to teach more young girls how _____. To code means to write computer programs. It is how computer ______ tell a computer what to do.
Ruby likes to take part ______ the club activities. She can meet many ______ who work with computers, math and science. “Many girls could have ______ in computer science. Not enough girls go into this, though,” said Annissa Freeman, one of the women computer scientists who work with the “Girls Who Code” Club.
Last weekend, Freeman took the girls to an Apple store. There they learned the Apple’s coding program. Ruby was so excited about this and said, “Coding is like ______ a story.”
Ruby and her friends found that computer coders ______ in many fields. One of her friends loves health care. Computers can be used to see if people are sick. Another friend is ____ in fashion design. She found coding can be used there, too. “Coding is needed no matter ______ you do,” Ruby said. “That’s why we all should learn it well.”
1.A. It B. It’s C. Its
2.A. to write B. to sing C. to code
3.A. programmers B. designers C. programmes
4.A. in B. on C. at
5.A. woman scientists B. women scientist C. women scientists
6.A. success B. luck C. succeed
7.A. telling B. listening to C. writing
8.A. are needed B. need C. needed
9.A. fond B. interested C. exciting
10.A. why B. how C. what
— Your iphone 5 is _____.
— Maybe, but it works well.
A. out of date B. in trouble C. at the front
The _____ is a movement of part of your body, especially your hands, to show what you mean.
A. method B. gesture C. expression
If you answer a question correctly, it means your answer is _____.
A. regular B. usual C. right
— Have you _____ the life in America?
— Not really. Sometimes I still feel out of place among the local people.
A. prepared for B. taken care of C. got used to
