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Gallery News
New Picture
The Gallery now has a fine still life by the Dutch 18th century painter Jan van Os. This large picture (89.1 cm×71 cm) of flowers and fruit is painted in light bright colors on wood. It is one of the first pictures of this type in the Gallery. The picture is signed and dated 1777 and 1778. It is unusual for a picture like this robe dated in two years: The artist waited for particular flowers to come out in their different seasons in order to paint them. This picture was given to the Gallery by Miss Violet Churchman in memory of her sister Ida Nancy. It is now on show in Room 25.
Special Exhibition
The exhibition "Painting in Spain During the Late 18th Century" opened in the Sunley Room on 15th March. Recently the Gallery has bought works by three Spanish painters of this period--Paret, Melendez and Francisco Bayeu, who are the focus of the exhibition. These three artists are joined by Francisco’
A. A painting done in bright colors.
B. An unusual picture of a country scene.
C. A painting of Unmoving Objects.
D. A large picture shown in a public place.

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Gallery News
New Picture
The Gallery now has a fine still life by the Dutch 18th century painter Jan van Os. This large picture (89.1 cm×71 cm) of flowers and fruit is painted in light bright colors on wood. It is one of the first pictures of this type in the Gallery. The picture is signed and dated 1777 and 1778. It is unusual for a picture like this robe dated in two years: The artist waited for particular flowers to come out in their different seasons in order to paint them. This picture was given to the Gallery by Miss Violet Churchman in memory of her sister Ida Nancy. It is now on show in Room 25.
Special Exhibition
The exhibition "Painting in Spain During the Late 18th Century" opened in the Sunley Room on 15th March. Recently the Gallery has bought works by three Spanish painters of this period--Paret, Melendez and Francisco Bayeu, who are the focus of the exhibition. These three artists are joined by Francisco’
A. Three.
B. Five.
C. Seven.
D. Eight.

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New picture
The Gallery (美术馆) now has a fine still life by the Dutch 18^th century painter Jan van Os. This large picture (89.1cm × 71cm) of flowers and fruit is painted in light bright colours on wood. It is one of the first pictures of this type in the Gallery. The picture is signed and dated 1777 and 1778. It is not unusual for a picture like this to be dated in two years : the artist waited for par ticular flowers to come out in their different seasons in order to paint them. This picture was given to the Gallery by Miss Violet Churchman in memory of her sister Ida Nancy. It is now on show in Room 25.
Special exhibition
The exhibition ’Painting in Spain During the Late 18^th Century’ opened in the Sunley Room on 15 March. Recently the Gallery has bought works by three Spanish painters of this period -- Paret, Melendez and Francisco Bayeu, who are
A. A painting of unmoving objects.
B. An unusual picture of a country scene.
C. A painting done in bright colours.
D. A large picture shown in a public place.

[简答题]Now, a new idea has been put forward which will utilize areas which have no other obvious commercial potential. These are the ponds, small lakes, disused docks and other areas of water, many of which can be found near, or even in the suburbs of big towns. A new style of construction has been designed which will provide a house for less than half the cost of the conventional building. The main saving is, of course, the land, because the new houses will float on water. There will be no need for foundations; instead the house will be built on a frame made of steel which is expected to cost about ￡ 5 000. Above this the builders will make a house with two, three or four bedrooms and all the usual modern conveniences, as well as a roof garden. Each house will be joined to the main services supplying water, gas and electricity and they will have a vacuum sewage disposal(真空污水处理) system. All the service links will have enough flexibility to allow for small differences in the water level caus

[填空题]Now Berners-Lee is doing a new project which has nothing to do with the Internet.

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Quatas
Quatas now has more flights around Australia timed to suit your business. Thanks to the flexibility of Australia’s largest fleet of aircraft, we have introduced more early morning flights to get you to your destination. And more evening flights to take you home again. So whenever you need to do business within Australia, or across the world, choose the airline that now has more business flights than ever before.
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United Airlines
United Airlines is the only one airline that flies direct from Sydney Harbour to the Golden Gate. We fly direct to San Francisco every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. This is in addition to our daily Los Angeles services. With United, San Francisco is now the golden gate to over 200 cities throughout America. So come fly the airline that’s uniting the world. Come fly the friendly skies.
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Flying Swissair
Run a critical eye over the Swissair timetable for Europe, and you’ll find it’s a masterpiece of structu

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Light pollution now has become a big problem and led to much waste in our society. It has been estimated that 30% of the electricity generated for outdoor illumination is wasted. Important, too, are the environmental costs of producing the energy to power wasted light. For example, for every kilowatt-hour of electricity used, almost two pounds of carbon dioxide and almost two grams of sulphur dioxide are emitted into the environment. (46) Thus by simply eliminating wasted light, those amounts can be substantially reduced with no negative effect on necessary lighting and with decidedly positive environmental benefits for the region.
For individuals and families another significant issue is that of light intrusion, the spilling of un- wanted light onto private property. This concern is already addressed in some local zoning codes where maximum light levels at property lines are established. (47) But as the problem becomes more common, homeowners may also sense tha