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.

21. The North Pole Adventure________.

A. provides visitors with tour guide service

B. is open to visitors for nearly one month

C. is modeled on other Christmas attractions

D. arranges elves to entertain kids in some areas

　22. What can we learn from the passage?

　　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

23. Where can you probably see the article?

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

　　When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper (护士助手) at a local hospital in my town. I volunteered about 30 to 40 hours a week during the summer.

Most of the time I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never has any visitors, and nobody seemed to care about his condition. I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, helping with anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, even though he responded with only an occasional hold of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma (昏迷).

I left for a week for a vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was gone. I didn't have the courage to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear