A

To begin your expedition of wonder, get yourself a driver’s license at your local department of motor vehicles, then rent a car and take off for New Hampshire’s Crawford Notch State Park. This beautiful park is abundant in wildlife, natural vegetation and running rivers falling from high cliffs. It is a place of spectacular mountain views, hiking trails, waterfalls and fishing locations. All you need to do is jump in your rented car or SUV and head for the sunset!

Okay, so you’ve just finished those crazy summer final exams and you’re exhausted from all of the stress. That’s okay because New Hampshire’s State Park also offers a perfect way to recover at Coney’s Flume Park where visitors can ride all the rapids in a hollowed out log, eat hotdogs and play on the amusement tides. Good times will be had no matter what your preference at Dry River Campground, which offers wood cabins, showers, electricity, flush toilets, laundry and fire rings. It’s like a home away from home, so gather your camping gear and head for the journey!

Lake Winnipesaukee

If you’re stuck on figuring out how to access your own wheels, how about finding a bus to take you to Weirs Beach? There are fall leaves tours running in the fall through the end of October. Let the captain do the driving while you enjoy the colors along the shoreline and the mountainsides.

If you can’t find some peace of mind from those nasty final exams while relaxing in your lakeside cottage, take a cruise and go fishing, go bird sightseeing, or just kick back in a rented boat and let the coo of the birds wash your troubles away.

No matter where you go in New Hampshire, you’ll meet the most friendly people you can imagine. Do dive into that rental car or SUV, take off for a vacation to New Hampshire and treat yourself to one of America’s most beautiful states. Enjoy!

21. Who is this passage mainly intended for?

A. School students. B. Bird lovers.

C. Driving learners. D. Trouble makers.

22. Where can you enjoy riding on logs?

A. At Weirs Beach. B. In your lakeside cottage.

C. At Coney’s Flume Park. D. At Dry River Campground.

23. What type of writing is this text?

A. A tour introduction. B. A travel diary.

C. An announcement. D. An official report.

B

As temperatures go up, bison（北美野牛）get smaller. Joseph Craine, research assistant professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University, examined how climate change during the next 50 years will affect grazing（放牧）animals such as bison and cattle in the Great Plains.

“Bison are one of our most important conservation animals and hold a unique role in grasslands in North America,” Craine said. “In addition to their cultural and ecological significance, they’re economically important. There are about half a million bison in the world.” Craine analyzed a data set of 290,000 weights, ages and sexes collected from 22 bison herds（兽群）throughout the U. S. The organizations kept annual records of each animal in the herd and matched the data with the climates of the sites.

Based on differences in sizes of bison across herds, Craine found that during the next 50 years, future generations of bison will be smaller in size and weigh less. Climate is likely to reduce the nutritional quality of grasses, causing the animals to grow more slowly.

“We know that temperatures are going to go up,” Craine said. “We also know that warmer grasslands have grasses with less protein（蛋白质）, and we now know that warmer grasslands have smaller grazers. It all lines up to suggest that climate change will cause grasses to have less protein and cause grazers to gain less weight in the future.”

Craine said the results of climate change in coming decades can already be seen by comparing bison in cooler, wetter places with those in warmer, drier places. For example, the average 7-year-old male bison in South Dakota weighed 1, 900 pounds, while an average 7- year-old male bison in Oklahoma — a warmer place — weighed 1, 300 pounds.

“The difference in temperature between those two states is around 20 degrees Fahrenheit, which is about three times the projected increase in temperatures over the next 75 years,” Craine said. “It is a clear indicator that long-term warming will affect bison and is something that will happen across the U.S. over the next 50-75 years.”

24. In the next fifty years, researchers Say, bison will ________.

A. become smaller and lighter B. disappear in the Great Plains

C. play a less important part D. adapt to different climate changes

25. The underlined word “grazers” probably refers to ________.

A. the researchers B. the grasses C. the bison D. the protein

26. What is the main reason for the bison to become smaller?

A. The deceasing amount of grass. B. The rising temperature.

C. The rising number of bison. D. The loss of weight.

27. Paragraph 5 is written as an example to show ________.

A. Craine’s prediction will come true in 50 years

B. bison are smaller than in the past

C. the nature balance is being destroyed

D. bison’s size is linked with different climate

C

Museum of the Moving Image(MMI)(Monday Closed)

As the best museum in New York City and with a balance of hands-on(实际操作的)activities and information, it’s the rare bird that can entertain and educate people of different ages. It’s a perfect destination for a family trip of a couple hours.

Pros—Excellent movie screenings. Easy subway access.

Cons—Difficult to reach by Car.



New York Hall of Science(NYHS)(Monday Closed)

Being New York City’s only hands-on science and technology center, it is an interactive science museum focusing on its audience of children. It has the most hands-on exhibits in an NYC museum, and it’s a fun destination for ages 5 and up. Older folks might take great interest in the NASA rockets outside the museum, but don’t bother unless you’ve kids to keep you company.

Pros—Cool interactive science exhibits, the rockets.

Cons—Hard to reach by public transportation.



Queens County Farm Museum(QCFM)(Year-round 7 days a week)

It is an actual farm in New York City and home to animals your kids can feed and a yard full of a climbing plant whose fruit can be made into wine. Good chance to meet sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and cows! The animals are mostly readily accessible to visitors. And the museum sells feed for young hands willing to get licked by sheep and goats.

Pros—Outdoor fun.

Cons—Expensive festivals, long bus ride, no subway.



Queens Museum of Art(QMA)(Monday and Tuesday Closed)

Opened in 1972 to serve as a cultural center in New York City, it exhibits art by local and international artists. Its best exhibits are on the two World’s Fairs. and of course, the Panorama of New York City, a giant , highly detailed diorama(透景画)of all five New York City boroughs(行政区)

Pros—The Panorama, Great gift shop. Easy subway access.

Cons—Not much for kids.



28. The least likely choice for 5-year-old Jack to make among the museums is______.

A．T MMI B．T NYHS C．QMA D．QCFM

29. According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?

A．All the museums mentioned above lie in New York City.

B．No other museum in New York City is better than MMI.

C．Lucky visitors can see grapes in one of the museums.

D．NYHS has the most hands-on activities in America.

30．We can know from the text that______.

A. visitors can pay a visit to all the museums by subway

B. people can visit only one of them any day

C. there is often a rare bird flying in the sky above MMI

D. the Panorama is, as a matter of fact, a great gift shop

31. In which museum can you enjoy outdoor fun?

A．MMI. B．NYHS. C．QCFM. D．QMA.

D

Cancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. “Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake (吸入，摄入), through diet or a vitamin supplement,” Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.

Garland's research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. “There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,” he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify (增强) foods with vitamin D. Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units（IU）a serving. “People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day” Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.

The authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.

“African Americans, who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake,” the authors said.

32. According to the passage, people are advised to take more Vitamin D, because__.

A. it is nutritious B. it can’t harm people’s health

C. it can lower cancer risk D. it is not taken enough every day

33．Which of the following can not help people get more Vitamin D?

A. Have some sunshine B. Have more meat

C. Have more fortified cheese D. Have a vitamin supplement

34．Who can Garland probably be?

A. A health researcher B. A doctor

C. A scientist D. A public health official

35. People from which area should take more Vitamin D according to the passage?

A. Asian people B. African people

C.