四川省汉源县第二中学2023-2024学年高一上学期英语第一次阅读能力测试

第一次能力测试（满分50分） 1.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。（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） A Planning a trip can be easier through an online travel agency than if you handle each part of the planning on your own. These are our top choices. ●Booking. Com Booking. com was founded in 1996 and has grown into an industry leader that stands out for being an all-in-one trip planning platform. From the website, you can compare and book your hotels, flights, and even airport taxis. It lists more than 28 million choices — you can find more choices per destination on Booking.com than any other online travel agency. ● Skyscanner Find deals on airfare, hotels, and car rentals with Skyscanner, which was established in 2001 and uses a special engine to compare prices from all online travel agencies. The Search Everywhere button on the homepage offers a list of the cheapest flight deals for destinations both locally and across the world. ● Hopper Hopper is a travel app available on iOS and Android that aims to help travelers save on airfare by using historical data and their own algorithm (计算程序) to predict when flights will be cheapest. Some newer features since the app’s introduction in 2009 include freezing a price for a limited time — for an extra fee — as well as app-only discounts. The company claims a 95 percent accuracy rate at predicting (预测) flight rates a year ahead. ● I Like Local Visit the website to look through a host of travel experiences in countries including Indonesia, Kenya, and Cambodia. The platform got its start in 2014 and has grown to 4, 000 local hosts. 100 percent of each booking fee goes to local hosts. Until now, 16,000 travelers have booked with I Like Local. 21. Which online agency can offer the most choices of a destination? A. Booking. com B. Skyscanner C. Hopper D. I Like Local 22. With Hopper, you can ________. A. give booking fee to local hosts. B. compare prices with a special engine. C. get discounts and accurately predicted hotel price.