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Welcome to Holker Ha ll & Gardens

Visitor Information

____

By Car

：

Follow brown signs an A590 from JB6, imale travel times:

Windermere-20 minutes,

Kendal-25 minutes,

Lancaster-45 minutes, Manchester-I hour

30 minutes.

By Rail: The nearest stati on is Cark- in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth,

Lancaster Preston for connections to major cities & airports.

Opening Times

Sunday-Friday (closed on Saturday)11:00 am-4:00pm,30 March-2nd November.

Admission Charges

Hall & Gardens Gardens

Adults:

￡

12.00

￡

8.00

Groups

￡

9

￡

5.5

Producers: Market 13th April

Join us to taste a variety of fresh local food and drinks. Meet the producers

and get some excellent recipe ideas.

Holker Garden Festival 30th May

The event celebrate its 22nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of

gardening, making it one of the most popular events in gardening.

National Garden Day 28th August

Holker

once

again

opens

is

gardens

in

aid

of

the

disadvantaged.

For

just

a

small

donation you can take a tour with our garden guide.

Winter Market 8th November

This is an event for all the family. Wander among a variety of shops selling

gifs while enjoying a live music show a nd nice street entertainment.

long

does

it

probably

take

a

tourist

to

drive

to

Holker

from

Manchester?

A. 20minutes.

B. 25 minutes.

C. 45 minutes.

D. 90 minutes.

much should a member of a tour group pay to visit to Hall & Cardens?

A.

￡

event will you go to if you want to see a live music show?

A. Producers' Market.

B. Holker Garden Festival.

C. National Garden Day.

D. Winter Market.

B

Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port

or

river.

People

settle

in

these

places

because

they

are

easy

to

get

to

and

naturally

suited to communications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large

harbour

at

the

mouth

of

the

Hudson

River.

Over

300

years

its

population

grew

gradually

from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period

of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada,

was

unmapped

wilderness(

荒野

).

But

gold

was

discovered

there

in

1897,

and

two

years

later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.

Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or

Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and

sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty

feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche(

雪崩

) once closed

the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards

were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000

got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.

But

no

matter

how

rich

they

were,

Dawson

was

never

comfortable.

Necessities

like

food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had

all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in

settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they

left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go

—

to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of

Dawson City

—

its present population is 762.

24. What attracted the early settlers to New York City?

A. Its business culture.

B. Its small population.

C. Its geographical position.

D. Its favourable climate.

25. What do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson?

A. Two-thirds of them stayed there.

B. One out of five people got rich.

C. Almost everyone gave up.

D. Half of them died.

26. What was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson?

A. They found the city too crowded.

B. They wanted to try their luck elsewhere.

C. They were unable to stand the winter.

D. They were short of food.

27. What is the text mainly about?

A. The rise and fall of a city.

B. The gold rush in Canada.

C. Journeys into the wilderness.

D. Tourism in Dawson.

C

While famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark

buildings in China such as the new CCTV tower and the National Center for the

Performing

Arts,

many

excellent

Chinese

architects

are

making

great

efforts

to

take

the center stage.

Their efforts have been proven fruitful. Wang Shu, a 49-year-old Chinese

architect, won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize

—

which is often referred to

as

the

Nobel

Prize

in

architecture

—

on

February

28.

He

is

the

first

Chinese

citizen

to win this award.

Wang serves as head of the Architecture Department at the China Academy of Art

(CAA). His office is located at the Xiangshan campus(

校园

) of the university in

Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Many buildings on the campus are his original

creations.

The

style

of

the

campus

is

quite

different

from

that

of

most

Chinese

universities.

Many

visitors were

amazed by

the complex

architectural space and abundant

building

types.

The

curves(

曲线

)

of

the

buildings

perfectly

match

the

rise

and

fall

of

hills,

forming a unique view.

Wang

collected

more

than

7

million

abandoned

bricks

of

different

ages.

He

asked

the workers to use traditional techniques to make the bricks into walls, roofs and

corridors.

This

creation

attracted

a

lot

of

attention

thanks

to

its

mixture

of

modern

and traditional Chinese elements(

元素

).

Wang

’

s works show a deep understanding of modern architecture and a good

knowledge

of

traditions.

Through

such

a

balance,

he

had

created

a

new

type

of

Chinese

architecture, said Tadao Ando, the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.

Wang believes traditions should not be sealed in glass boxes at museums.

is only evidence that traditions once existed,

Chinese

people

have

a

misunderstanding

of

traditions.

They

think

tradition

means old things from the past. In fact, tradition also refers to the things that

have been developing and that are still being created,

many

Chinese

people

are

learning

Western

styles

and

theories

rather

than

focusing on Chinese traditions. Many people tend to talk about traditions without

knowing what they really are,

The study of traditions should be combined with practice. Otherwise, the

recreation of traditions would be artificial and empty, he said.

28.

Wang

’

s

winning

of

the

prize

means

that

Chinese

architects

are

___________.

A. following the latest world trend

B. getting international recognition

C. working harder than ever before

D. relying on foreign architects

29. What impressed visitors to the CAA Xiangshan campus most?

A. Its hilly environment.

B. Its large size.

C. Its unique style.

D. Its diverse functions.

30. What made Wang

’

s architectural design a success?

A. The mixture of different shapes.[

B. The balance of East and West.

C. The use of popular techniques.

D. The harmony of old and new.

31. What should we do about Chinese traditions according to Wang?

A. Spread them to the world.

B. Preserve them at museums.

C. Teach them in universities.

D. Recreate them in practice.

D

Adults

understand

what

it

feels

like

to

be

flooded

with

objects.

Why

do

we

often

assume that more is more when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news

is that I can help my own kids learn earlier than I did how to live more with less.

I found the pre-holidays a good time to encourage young children to donate

less-used things, and it worked. Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did

decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to

pay

for

her

holiday

due

to

illness.

She

chose

to

sell

a

few

larger

objects

that

were

less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund(

基金

)(our

kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor)

For weeks, I've been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: How do we make it

a habit for them? And how do we train ourselves to help them live with, need, and

use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to test my own theory

on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep

his

interest.

I

expected

that

one

toy

would

keep

his

attention

for

about

five

minutes,

ten

minutes,

max.

I

chose

a

red

rubber

ball-simple,

universally

available.

We

passed

it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on

it,

throwing

it.

It

was

totally,

completely

enough

for

him.

Before

I

knew

it

an

hour

had passed and it was time to move on to lunch.

We both became absorbed in the simplicity of playing together. He had my full

attention

and I

had his.

My little

experiment to find joy

in a

single object worked

for both of us.

32. What do the words

“

more is more

”

in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. The more, the better.

B. Enough is enough.

C. More money, more worries.

D. Earn more and spend more.

madeGeorgia agree to sell some of her objects?

A. Saving up for her holiday

B. Raising money for a poor girl

C. Adding the money to her fund

D. Giving the money to asick mother

34. Why did theauthor play the ball with Shepherd?

A. To try out an idea

B. To show a parent's love

C. To train his attention

D. To help him start a hobby

can be asuitable title for the text?

A. Take It or Leave It

B. A Lesson from Kids

C. Live More with Less

D. The Pleasure of Giving

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5

小题

;

每小题

2

分，满分

10

分

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Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance

expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow ,life and death, and everything else in

between.

____We

dance

from

Florida

to

Alaska,

from

north

to

south

and

sea

to

sea.

We

dance

at weddings, birthdays , office parties and just to fill the time.

“

I adore dancing,

”

says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa.

“

I

can't

imagine

doing

anything

else

with

my

life.

Bridges

runs

dance

classes

for

all ages.

them, it's a way of meeting people and having a social life.

____

“

They're learning

to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave

with a smile. ____

”

So,

do

we

dance

in

order

to

make

ourselves

feel

better,

calmer,

healthier?

Andrea

Hillier says,

“

Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all

these years, I want to get better and better.____ I find it hard to stop! Dancing

reminds me I'm alive.

A. So why do we dance?

C. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.

D. My older students say it makes them feel young.

E. I keep practicing even When I'm extremely tired.