【正文】 ums around the country. These science playlands are great fun for kids and grownups alike. They39。 Head to a natural history museum. This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur(恐龍 ) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are ing up. interest. Many offer workshops for making landmade pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children39。 A At4:53pm on January 12, United Nations aid workers Jens Kristensen was at his desk reading documents on the third floor of the Christopher Hotel, which served as UN headquarters in PortauPrince, when he felt a tremor(震顫 ). Four seconds later, the earthquake hit. “ In a split second, I consider whether to run for the door or hide under my desk,” says Kristensen,48.“ The door was closed, and I thought that maybe it was too far and I would be caught under falling debris(雜物 ), so I hid under the table.” A bookshelf topped onto his desk, protecting him from being crushed by rubble and trapping him in a tiny pocket. “ I was confined as if in a small coffin,” he says. It was so dark, and it didn’ t matter if his eyes were open or closed. He used the light from his mobile phone to see around him. He found, among other items, a jar of instant coffee. “ I had no food or water, only the coffee to suck on if I needed it.” At about 6:30 am on January 17, an oil leak silenced the building’ s generators, and Kristensen was able to hear muffled voices above where he was buried. “ I thought, I was too tired to bang and shout. But then I realized, I had to take every chance. This could be one.” So he called out. Six hours later, Kristensen saw his rescuers’ faces. “ It was so amazing. I felt I had received a second birthday,” he recalls. Dehydration(脫水 ) and pains but with only a bruise and a scratch, Kristensen took three days to recover. The UN lost more than 90 people in Haiti. But Kristensen says that the outpouring of love helps heal the pain: “ The genuine happiness of people toward me here has been wonderful. You feel part of a larger family.” 21. What protected Jens Kristensen from being injured by falling bricks? A. The bookshelf B. The desk C. The door D. The pocket 22. When Jens Kristensen heard the voices, he came to know that _______ . A. he couldn’ t have the chance to survive the earthquake B. his parents arrived here to save him at once C. he was able to ask for help from rescuers D. he was so tired that he couldn’ t say anything at all 23. Which of the following would be the best tile for this passage? A. The rescuer’ s day B. An aid worker’ s life C. A dangerous adventure D. Kristensen’ s experience in an earthquake B The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Geia, can go where she lived when she started posing the story and learn more about her life. Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer’s life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Geia Tech, asking them such questions as ‘Would you really marry a woman who works?’ And today it’d be ‘Would you marry one who doesn’t?’ ” The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”. Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture. 24. The book Gone with the Wind was _________. A. first published on a newspaper B. awarded ten Academy Awards C. written in “The Dump” D. adapted from a movie 25. The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________. A. be very pleased with B. show great respect for C. be much taller than D. show litt