1 . Welcome to Holker Hall & Gardens
Visitor InformationHow to Get to Holker
By Car: Follow brown signs an A590 from JB6, M6. Approximate travel times: Windermere-20 minutes, Kendal-25 minutes, Lancaster-45 minutes, Manchester-1 hour 30 minutes.
By Rail: The nearest station is Cark-in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster Preston for connections to major cities & airports.
Opening TimesSunday-Friday (closed on Saturday)11:00 am-4:00pm,30 March-2nd November.
Admission ChargesHall & 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 and nice street entertainment.
1. How long does it probably take a tourist to drive to Holker from Manchester?A.20 minutes. | B.25 minutes. |
C.45 minutes. | D.90 minutes. |
A.£12.00. | B.£9.00. |
C.£8.0 | D.£5.50 |
A.Producers’ Market. | B.Holker Garden Festival. |
C.National Garden Day. | D.Winter Market. |
2 . Making Peace with Your Parents
As a teen, you’re going through big changes physically and mentally. Your interests are increasing.
For example, try to find a time to talk when your parents are not angry, tired, distracted or hungry. A good time to talk is when you’re all relaxed. Timing is everything. If the conversation begins to turn into an argument, you’d better calmly and coolly ask to stop the conversation for now.
What do you do if you are trying your best, but your relationship with your parents continues to be rocky?
A.You may consider seeking outside help. |
B.And then you’ll be able to accept what your parents say. |
C.You can pick it up again when everyone’s more relaxed. |
D.Faced with the challenge, children don’t know what to do. |
E.And your desire to take control of your own life is growing. |
F.It also gives them a chance to clear things up if you’re not on the same page. |
G.You are more likely to get along with your parents and have more independence if your parents believe in you. |
3 . Secret codes (密码) keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.
People have used secret codes for thousands of years.
There are three main types of cryptography.
A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book.
A.It is very hard to break a code without the code book. |
B.In any language, some letters are used more than others. |
C.Only people who know the keyword can read the message. |
D.As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them. |
E.You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out. |
F.With a code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words. |
G.Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet. |
When Pasteur was a young boy in France, he spent many hours every day with the chemist (药剂师) who lived in his small town. At that time, the chemist had to make all the medicines himself. Young Louis enjoyed watching the chemist as he worked and helped those people who came to him each day.
As a school boy, Pasteur worked slowly and carefully. At first, his teachers thought that young Louis might be a slow learner. Through elementary school, high school, and college, Pasteur worked in the same thoughtful way. Then he became a college professor and a scientist , and he continued to work very carefully.
Pasteur was studying about the germs(细菌)that cause rabies when Joseph Meister became ill.In fact, Pasteur believed he had a medical treatment for rabies, but he had never given it to a person before. At first, Pasteur was afraid to treat Joseph, but the poor child was dying. Pasteur gave Joseph an inoculation(预防接种)every day for ten days. Slowly, the child became better.
During his lifetime, Pasteur studied germs and learned how they cause diseases in animals and people. He developed vaccinations(疫苗)that prevent many of these diseases. On September 28,1895, Louis Pasteur passed away, at the age of 72. The work of this great man has been of great help to modern medicine.
1. The story of Joseph Meister is given to __________.
A.express the author’s sadness |
B.introduce the subject of the text |
C.show some common diseases in 1885 |
D.warn children to stay away from dogs |
A.was once badly hurt by a dog |
B.was very interested in medicine |
C.made a living by working for a chemist |
D.had been thought of by his teachers |
A.was always patient | B.was clever but proud |
C.was a slow learner | D.was a humorous professor |
A.Germs and diseases |
B.Rabies: a terrible disease |
C.The earliest chemist in France |
D.Louis Pasteur: a great scientist |
5 . Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.
The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作) with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.
1. Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?A.Optimistic. | B.Productive. |
C.Generous. | D.Traditional. |
A.One of his masterworks. | B.A successful screen adaptation. |
C.An artistic creation for the stage. | D.One of the beat TV programmes. |
A.By popularity. | B.By importance. |
C.By size and shape. | D.By time and subject. |
A.Artworks. | B.Projects. |
C.Donations. | D.Documents. |
Becoming an adult is a very important life change, and Japan has a special holiday to celebrate this. The second Sunday in January is Coming-of-Age Day. On that day, everyone who had their twentieth birthday in the last year goes to their Town Hall for a special activity. Everyone dresses up, and many women wear beautiful dresses. The mayor makes a speech and gives presents to all the new adults.
Some kids are afraid to start school, but six-year-olds in Germany can’t wait. For them, Schulanfang is a big holiday. To celebrate a child’s first day of school, parents or friends give the child a Zuckertuete, a big color box filled with candy and little presents. People take pictures of the kids holding their Zuckertuete, and there is a school party later for the parents with cake and coffee.
1. What happens at Quinceanera?
A.The birthday girl buys many gifts. |
B.The birthday girl goes to the church. |
C.Parents give a Zuckertuete to the child. |
D.Parents make speeches in the church. |
A.On one’s first day of school. |
B.On one’s twentieth birthday. |
C.On a girl’s fifteenth birthday. |
D.On the second Sunday in January. |
A.start school | B.reach the age of 15 |
C.grow into adults | D.are born |
A.Celebrating birthdays. |
B.Celebrating school holidays. |
C.Celebrating life changes. |
D.Celebrating national holidays. |
7 . Avoid Internet Addiction
Admit you have an addition.
Limit your computer time.Make sure not to turn it on too many times a week.Before using your computer,decide on a time limit such as 30 minutes.Set the clock and make sure that you get off the computer when the time is up.
Try using the computer at the library.You won't be as attracted to look at certain websites and they do have a limit on how long you can stay online.
A.You will be happier if you use the Internet less. |
B.There is no use avoiding the truth. |
C.Also,it is a good place to get some good books and magazines to read. |
D.Get a hobby or an interest. |
E.Internet addition affects a lot of people. |
F.Get your family to remind you if you've been on a long time. |
G.Try to reduce the amount of time by 5minutes each time. |
8 . I am trying to muster (鼓起) the courage to toss away my mobile phone to enjoy a more peaceful and ring-free life.
Can you imagine not having your mobile phone? In our high-tech, in-a-hurry age, a cell-free life is a hard concept to swallow. Our mobile phones can now access the Internet, and many people feel the need to express their every thought on their blog pages. If I gave up my cellphone, people would think I was mad.
I wish I had the strength to toss away my technology. I have an office phone, a home phone, an email and if people want to contact me, they can. If I’m out, people can leave a message. Do they really need to find me 24/7? However, I’m a bit like Frodo in the movie Lord of the Rings. The power of the ring is too strong and I can’t let it go.
Mobile phones have become necessary tools in our busy life. For most people, they hold all contacts and many of us don’t write up address books any more. The latest phones carry our music, pictures, movies and everything else. We feel lost without this device and when we do misplace it, we feel cut off from our fellow.
“Where have you been?” said a friend, who saw me a week after I lost my cellphone, “I tried calling you, but you disappeared. You disappeared off the face of the Earth.” See, when you don’t have a mobile phone, you don’t exist.
I’m not really going to toss my mobile phone away, in fact. We humans are such social animals and mobile phones serve us well. So in 2009, I’ve decided not to serve my mobile phone. Like all machines, I can always turn it off.
1. What does the underlined phrase “toss away” mean?A.give away | B.get away | C.break away | D.throw away |
A.show it is difficult to get rid of the mobile phone |
B.show how much he likes Frodo |
C.suggest a cell-free life is what he wants |
D.introduce a film character to us |
A.Mobile phones can do anything for us. |
B.Mobile phones have become very important in our life. |
C.We could not live without mobile phones. |
D.We would be cut off by our fellow without mobile phones. |
A.The writer is not really going to toss his mobile phone away. |
B.When you don’t have a mobile phone, you don’t exist. |
C.The writer decides not to serve his mobile phone. |
D.We humans can control ourselves and machines. |
9 . Banks view online banking as a powerful “value-added” tool to attract and keep new customers while helping to eliminate costly paper handling or teller(出纳员)interactions in an increasingly competitive banking environment .
Today, most large national banks, many local banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that haven’t yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual”(虚拟)banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.
The challenge(挑战)for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large banks can now offer fully safe, fully functional(功能的)online banking for free or for a small cost. As more banks succeed online and more customers use their sites, fully functional online banking will likely become as commonplace as automated teller machines (ATM).
Online banking has a lot of advantages. Unlike your corner bank, online banking sites never close; they’re at hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and they’re a mouse click away. If you’re out of state or even out of the country when a money problem appears, you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business. Online bank sites generally carry out and confirm (确认)deals at or quicker than ATM processing speeds. Many online banking sites now offer fashionable tools to help you manage all of your valuable items more effectively.
1. The word “eliminate” in the first paragraph probably means “ ”.A.keep | B.remove | C.reduce | D.improve |
A.To make online banking attractive. | B.To open new services all over the world. |
C.To offer online banking for free. | D.To take care of business 24 hours a day. |
A.“brick-to-click” banks are in fact another kind of physical banks |
B.the function of a “brick-to-click” bank is as common as that of an ATM |
C.a “brick-to-mortar” bank is no better than a virtual one |
D.customers can deal with their banking by a mouse click |
A.Banking of Various Forms | B.Improvement of Banking Industry |
C.Development of Online Banking | D.Functions of the “Brick-to-Click” Bank |