1 . Welcome to the North Pole Adventure

The North Pole Adventure is a one-of-a-kind interactive Christmas attraction for the entire family. Unlike other Christmas attractions, it is open from November 26 until Christmas Eve. It is not a guided tour. While elves (小精灵) are throughout the adventure to interact with your children, your kids can spend as much time in each area as they wish. The adventure features a replica (复制品) of the North Pole including everything you imagine at Santa’s North Pole.

Santa’s House

Kids will experience what it’s like at the North Pole and see first-hand what it takes for Santa and his elves to get ready for Christmas each year. The memories your children will take away from Santa’s House will be ones they will remember for a life time.

Post Office

All kids will be assisted by Santa’s elves in writing a letter to Santa and then depositing it in Santa’s magical mailbox. A few days before Christmas, they will receive letters at their own homes from Santa.

Elf University

Elf University is the place where elves go to school. It’s also the place where kids enjoy making Christmas presents, coloring Christmas pictures, and even filling out applications to become elves one day.

Admission

Buy your tickets online to avoid waiting in line. If the tickets sell out when you buy them online, there will still be tickets available at the ticket office.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The North Pole Adventure provides visitors with tour guide service.

B．The North Pole Adventure arranges elves to entertain kids in some areas.

C．The North Pole Adventure is modeled on other Christmas attractions.

D．The North Pole Adventure is open to visitors for nearly one month.

2. What can we learn about the North Pole Adventure?

A．Kids can have fun in Santa’s House by dressing up like Santa.

B．Elf University offers kids opportunities for becoming elves.

C．Kids who visited Post Office would receive letters on Christmas Eve.

D．Tickets to the adventure can be bought online if they sell out at the ticket office.

3. Where can you probably see the text?

A．A tourist booklet.	B．A science fiction.
C．A newspaper.	D．A story book.

2 . One minute, Peggy Lewis and her husband were watching the trees blow in the wind outside their home in Eureka, Kansas. Next, they were surrounded by broken glass from the house’s windows. The roof tore off. The walls fell down. After the 152-mph tornado (龙卷风) had passed, it took a team of neighbors to pull the couple out from the ruins and take them to the hospital.

When the couple returned to their home three days after that awful night, Lewis wanted one thing — her family Bible. Lewis bought the Bible 35 years ago, at the start of her marriage. She’d used it to hold her family’s old photos, newspaper obituaries (讣告) of loved ones, a handkerchief from her great-grandmother and so on.

The Bible wasn’t where she’d last seen it, on top of an old dresser in her bedroom. Then two volunteers showed up to help the couple dig out. After an hour of searching, one volunteer found the Bible while cleaning through the little stones. It had flown approximately ten feet from that unlucky dresser. Surprisingly, while many books inside the house had been destroyed beyond recognition, the Bible was still intact (完好的), even though it had sat in the rain for days. A few of the Bible’s treasures did go missing. But ever so slowly, they began reappearing in Lewis’s life. Days after the Bible was found, volunteers discovered one of the newspaper obituaries outside the house. Two weeks later, a neighbor found another piece of newspaper sticking to her fence. “It was such a shock,” said Lewis.

Lewis and her family are living at a friend’s house until they get back on their feet. But the Bible already has its well-deserved place of honor, on Lewis’s borrowed dresser. She knows that while every good book tells stories of extremely bad weather and unlikely survival, this one actually lived it.

1. Why was the Bible so valuable to Lewis?

A．It’s a book published 35 years ago.

B．It’s a witness of her family’s history.

C．It’s the wedding gift from her husband.

D．It’s the first thing she bought for her family.

2. How were the Bible and its treasures found?

A．Volunteers found them outside the house.

B．Lewis found them when cleaning up the ruins.

C．They were found when floating near the old dresser.

D．Lewis’ neighbor and some volunteers discovered them.

3. What does the underlined sentence “this one actually lived it” in the last paragraph mean?

A．This book was of high quality.

B．This book survived the tornado.

C．This book was worthy of being read.

D．This book told the stories about tornado.

4. In which part of a magazine can you find the article?

A．History and art.	B．Financial observation.
C．Everyday wonders.	D．Science and technology.

3 . Older women who walk a little over three kilometers each day might live longer than less active women of the same age, a new study suggests.

Many Americans hoping to stay healthy set a daily goal of 10, 000 steps, or about eight kilometers. They often have this goal because they are wearing electronic devices which set that target, note researchers in the United States. Their findings appeared recently in the publication JAMA Internal Medicine.

But it is not clear how much intensity(强度)or speed matter when counting the health benefits of every step, the researchers write. They add that 10,000 steps per day might not be the right goal for everyone.

For the study, researchers observed 17,000 women, all in their early 70s. They asked the women to wear accelerometers for at least four days. Accelerometers are small devices that measure the number of steps and the intensity of movement. The researchers followed up with the women much later, around 4. 3 years later, on average. Since the beginning of the study, 504 women had died. Compared to women who took no more than 2, 718 steps daily, the women who took at least 4,363 steps per day were 41 percent less likely to die.

“Even a modest amount of steps is associated with lower death rates, "said I-Min Lee, the lead writer of a report on the study. "The rate of stepping did not matter in these older women: it was the number of steps that mattered.

The study had a few limitations. For example, the researchers only measured women’s movements once, at the start of the study period. It is possible that the women’s behaviors changed over time. Still, the results are "good news for older adults who may have difficulty walking at faster paces, "said Keith Diaz, a researcher at Columbia University. He was not involved in the study.

“Any walking is better than nothing, " Diaz said by email. "With even small amounts of walking, your risk of death will be sharply reduced "For those who have difficulty walking, other research shows that any form of aerobic activity provides health benefits," he added. "Swimming, bicycling or any form of activity that is continuous in nature will provide health benefits.

1. What conclusion can we come to from the text?

A．People who walk about 10,000 steps can live longer.

B．10,000 steps per day might be the right goal for people.

C．The more steps one walks per day, the longer life he may live.

D．The number of steps is important for a long life among older women.

2. How is paragraph 4 mainly developed?

A．By giving examples.	B．By comparison.
C．By listing statistics.	D．By explaining reasons.

3. What can be leaned from what Diaz said?

A．People who walk fast will get more health benefits.

B．If people have a habit of walking, the risk of death will be reduced.

C．People with walking difficulty can not benefit from activities

D．Activities such as swimming and bicycling are not as beneficial as walking.

4. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A medical journal.	B．A news report.
C．A magazine about fashion.	D．A traveler brochure.