Hotels can make a person’s stay away from home as restful as possible. Hotels provide warm beds to allow guests a peaceful night’s rest. Besides, some hotels offer guests special services such as newspapers to read in the morning, fresh coffee, and even breakfast. Hotel workers want their guests to feel warm and welcome when they stay in their hotel.
One hotel near the Arctic Circle, however, is different. This hotel gives its guests a cold welcome. The Ice Hotel, in Sweden, is all made of ice. The Ice Hotel might sound strange, but in some ways it is a special hotel. It has a front lobby where guests check into the hotel, plenty of rooms to sleep in, and even room service, which guests can use to have food delivered to their rooms. The Ice Hotel is different, though, because most of the items are made from ice.
It takes more than 30 tons of ice and snow to build the Ice Hotel. It melts(融化) in the summer and is rebuilt each winter. Different builders and artists create the Ice Hotel, so each winter this famous hotel has a new shape and design.
The effort of building the Ice Hotel is worth it, however. Walking into the Ice Hotel is like walking into a diamond. The walls reflect even the smallest bits of light. Ice pillars(柱子)support the roof. The floor below shines like glass. Almost every inch of this hotel sparkles inside. Visiting the Ice Hotel is truly an unusual experience.
Temperatures inside the Ice Hotel are usually below freezing. Guests wear warm jackets, hats, gloves, and thick boots. Even the owners of the Ice Hotel know that staying in a building with walls of ice four feet thick can be a bit cold. They have a solution though. The Ice Hotel has a sauna for its guests. A sauna is a room filled with steam, where guests can warm themselves. In a way, then, one could say that the Ice Hotel does give their guests a warm welcome after all.
【小题1】Why must the Ice Hotel be rebuilt each year ?

A.Because the hotel melts during the summer.
B.Because guests suggest changes to the hotel.
C.Because the hotel is damaged by the sauna.
D.Because more rooms are needed at the hotel.
【小题2】 From paragraph2 we can infer that ______.
A.the Ice Hotel has temperatures below freezing but is warm inside
B.guests of the Ice Hotel check in at the front lobby
C.the Ice Hotel is like other hotels except that it is made of ice
D.guests of the Ice Hotel may order food that is delivered to their rooms
【小题3】What is the purpose of the writer writing the article?
A.To describe the temperature inside a hotel.
B.To give information about an uncommon hotel.
C.To compare different kinds of hotels.
D.To encourage people to visit hotels.

It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn’t take even one passenger(乘客) all day. When he went by the railway station,he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked,“Where are you going,sir?”
“To the Red Hotel,” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this, he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city.
After a long time, they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars, please,” the taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week,I took a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”
【小题1】The story probably happened _______ .
A. on a winter morning        B. on a winter night
C. on a rainy day             C. on a rainy night
【小题2】When the driver saw the young man coming out of the railway station, he was
_____ .

A.happyB.not happyC.angryD.disappointed
【小题3】The driver was not happy any more because ________ .
A.the young man didn’t want to take the taxi
B.the young man wouldn’t give him money
C.the young man was carrying two big bags
D.the hotel was near the railway station and the young man would give him only three dollars
【小题4】Maybe the taxi driver got _______ dollars at last.
A.3B.2C.13D.15
【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The two taxi drivers were both honest.
B.The two taxi drivers cheated the young man.
C.It is very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel.
D.The young man knew how far it was from the railway station to the hotel.

 Last summer was Ann's first trip to Spain(西班牙). She was very excited. But when she arrived at the hotel, she found that her Spanish money wasn't in her handbag. She looked for it carefully in all her bags, but she couldn't find it. She had only a ten-pound note with her. She found a place to change her English money. On her way back to the hotel, Ann bought some cheese, some bread and some oranges. She told the manager that she didn't eat Spanish food except for breakfast, because she knew the price of hotels included (包括) breakfast. Other tourists visited places of great interest in Spain. Ann said she wasn't well. In fact, her holiday wasn't bad, except that she was hungry. After all a piece of fruit for lunch, and bread and cheese for supper isn't very much. especially not for two weeks. On the last day of her holiday, Jane, one of the tourists asked Ann why she never ate with them in the hotel restaurant. The food was delicious. Ann told her all about her money problem. Jane looked at her for a moment, and then said, “But didn't you know the price of this hotel includes everything?"

1.Why was Ann very excited? Because _______.

A. this was Ann's first trip to Spain

B. Ann was so hungry

C. Ann couldn't find her Spanish money

D. Ann wasn’t well

2.Ann didn't have Spanish food because _______.

A. she didn't like Spanish food

B. she didn't feel hungry

C. she didn't know the price of that hotel included everything

D. she didn't feel well

3.What trouble did Ann have when she was in Spain?

A. There was something wrong with her stomach

B. She couldn't find her Spanish money

C. She couldn't find the restaurant in the hotel

D. The food wasn't delicious for Ann

4.In fact, a piece of fruit for lunch, and bread and cheese for supper _______.

A. is enough for Ann                                                         B. is helpful to Ann 

C. is harmful to Ann                                                          D. isn't very much for Ann

5.On the last day of Ann's holiday Jane told her _______.

A. that she found Ann's Spanish money    

B. that she didn't feel well

C. that the price of that hotel included everything

D. that she feels hungry every day

 

I have spent years of my life traveling all over the world. When I arrive in a new country or city, usually I am _1__ and go to bed. For this reason my first day or night in any__2__place is always quiet and very little happens.

But my first night in Algeciras was very different. This night was very__3__and unusual.

At that time Alseciras in Southern Spain was a dirty and__4__looked-after city. I arrived late in the evening by boat. As soon as I got off the boat, I went to look for a __5__ . I find a small one not far from the boat.

This hotel looked dirty and untidy from the outside. But I was very tired and did not know my __6__ around the city of Algecras. And so I decided to stay in this __7__ hotel on the quay (码头). I also decided to stay in this hotel for another__8__. The moon was full and it was a clear,  bright night. From the hotel I could_9__the sea. I could see the huge rock of Gibraltar in the bright moonlight.

The hotel had a narrow _10__and no name. When I went through this doorway, I had to climb up narrow and dark stairs to the first floor. I __11__ a small cupboard with a desk in front of it. This was the hotel office.

An untidy and tired woman was sitting beside the __12__. When I said I wanted a room for the night, she took me __13__some more stairs to a room on the second floor. Inside this room the landlord was sitting playing cards with some friends. He was__14__his game of cards and I was simply a nuisance (讨厌的人). He looked at me when the woman told him that I wanted a room, Then he said, Room Five, and   __15__to his game of cards.

1.                A.frightened      B.excited         C.tired D.satisfied

 

2.                A.old            B.new           C.famous   D.unknown

 

3.                A.interesting      B.common        C.forgetful  D.strange

 

4.                A.badly          B.well            C.wrongly  D.slowly

 

5.                A.guide          B.driver          C.hotel D.dinner

 

6.                A.friend          B.address         C.home    D.way

 

7.                A.small           B.large           C.expensive D.funny-looking

 

8.                A.memory        B.person         C.reason   D.sight-seeing

 

9.                A.look down      B.find out         C.study D.forget

 

10.               A.bedroom       B.doorway        C.stairs D.river

 

11.               A.ran out of       B.picked up       C.painted   D.came to

 

12.               A.bed           B.office          C.desk  D.doorway

 

13.               A.over           B.down          C.up   D.under

 

14.               A.tired of         B.enjoying        C.buying    D.throwing

 

15.               A.turned back     B.began          C.took back  D.finished

 

 

It was a cold night. The taxi driver didn’t take even one passenger(乘客) all day. When he went by the railway station,he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked,“Where are you going,sir?”

“To the Red Hotel,” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this, he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city.

After a long time, they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars, please,” the taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week,I took a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”

1.The story probably happened _______ .

A. on a winter morning        B. on a winter night

C. on a rainy day             C. on a rainy night

2.When the driver saw the young man coming out of the railway station, he was

_____ .

A.happy            B.not happy         C.angry             D.disappointed

3.The driver was not happy any more because ________ .

A.the young man didn’t want to take the taxi

B.the young man wouldn’t give him money

C.the young man was carrying two big bags

D.the hotel was near the railway station and the young man would give him only three dollars

4.Maybe the taxi driver got _______ dollars at last.

A.3                B.2                C.13               D.15

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The two taxi drivers were both honest.

B.The two taxi drivers cheated the young man.

C.It is very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel.

D.The young man knew how far it was from the railway station to the hotel.

 

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