AWelcome to Holker Hall GardensVisitor InformationHow to get to HolkerBy Car Follow brown signs on A590 from J36, M6. Approximate travel times: Windernere-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 and Preston for connections to major cities airports.Opening TimesSunday-Friday(closed on Saturday) 11:00am-4:00pm, 30th march-2nd November.Admission ChargesHallGardens Gardens Adults: 12.00 8.00Groups: 9.00 5.50Special EventsProducers Market 13th AprilJoin us to taste a variety of fresh local food and drinks. Meet the producers and get some excellent recipe ideas.Holker Garden Festival 30th MayThe event celebrates 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 AugustHolker once again opens its gardens in aid of the disadvantaged. For just a small donation you can take a tour with our garden guide.Winter Market 8th NovemberThis is an event for all the family. Wander among a variety of shops selling gifts while enjoying a live music show and nice street entertainment.21. 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 minutes22. How much should a member of a tour group pay to visit Hall Gardens?A. 12.00 B. 9.00 C. 8.00 D. 5.5023. Which 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 MarketBCities 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 30000.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 warning. 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 20000 people who dug for gold, 4000 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 climate25. 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 richC. almost everyone gave upD. half of them died26. What was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson?A. they found the city too crowdedB. they wanted to try their luck elsewhereC. they were unable to stand the winterD. they were short of food27. What is the text mainly about?A. the rise and fall of a cityB. the gold rush in CanadaC. journeys into the wildernessD. tourism in DawsonCWhile famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark buildings in China such 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 b