Question

There are many unusual hotels around the world .In Greenland ,there is a hotel made out of ice ,open between December and April every year .In Turkey ,there is a cave hotel with a television ,furniture ,and a bathroom in each room .And in Bolivia ,there is the Salt Palace Hotel .

Thousands of years ago ,the area has the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake . But over time ,all the water disappeared . Today ,the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts .

The larger of the two deserts the Uyuni salt desert ,is 12000 square kilometers .During the day ,the desert is bright white because of the salt .There are no roads across the Uyuni desert ,so local people must show guests the way to the hotel .

In the early 1900s ,a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel .He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt ;the walls , the roof , the chairs , the tables ,the beds ,and the hotels bar .

The Sun heats the walls and the roof during the day . At night is very cold , but the rooms stay warm . The hotel has twelve rooms . A single room costs 40 dollars a night .and a double room costs 60 dollars .

A sign on the hotels wall tells guests ,Please do not lick ??the walls.

1.What is unique about the Salt palace hotel ?

A. Its long history

B. The  price  of the rooms.

C. The guests that stay there

D. What it is made of

2.Which sentences about the area around the Salt palace hotel  is  NOT true?

A. It was a lake many years ago .

B. It is white during the day .

C. There are several roads to the hotel.

D. It is more than 10,000 square kilome ters.

3.Who is Juan Quesada?

A. A hotel guest           B. A guide

C. The hotels owner        D. An expert .

4.who keeps the rooms warm at night ?

A. Heat from the walls.       B. The desert air ,

C. The sun.                 D. The furniture .

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了世界上的特别旅社，重点讲解了盐宫旅馆的位置，历史以及它的结构、价格、内部装饰以及注意事项等等。

1.推理判断题。通过阅读文章可知，the Salt Palace Hotel中的物品都是用盐做成的，所以它的独特之处就在于所用的材料。故本题选D。

2.细节理解题。通过There are no roads across the Uyuni desert ,so local people must show guests the way to the hotel .可知，C说有几条路，应该是错误的。故本题选C。

3.细节理解题。根据In the early 1900s ,a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel .可知，Quesada是旅店的主人。故本题选C。

4.细节理解题。根据The Sun heats the walls and the roof during the day . At night is very cold , but the rooms stay warm 可知，应该是吸收热量的墙使得房间温暖。故本题选A。

考点：考查日常生活类短文阅读。