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Tayka Hotel de Sal

Where:Tahua,Bolivia

How much:About $95 a night

Why it’s cool:You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood,but salt?That’s something few can claim.Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses(床垫) and blankets).The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni,a prehistoric dried­up lake which is the world’s biggest salt flat.Builders use the salt from the 4,633­square­mile flat to make the bricks,and glue them together with a paste (糊) of wet salt that hardens when it dries.When rain starts to dissolve the hotel,the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where:Vythiri,India

How much:About $240 a night

Why it’s cool:Taking a pulley(滑轮)­operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure.As you look out of your open window—there is no glass!—you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy(罩篷).Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel,or just sit on your bamboo bed and read.You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley­drawn “elevator”.

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where:Cottonwood,Idaho

How much:$92 a night

Why it’s cool:This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet.Sweet_Willy is a 30­foot­tall dog with guest rooms in his belly.Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side.You can relax in the main bedroom,go up a few steps of the loft(阁楼) in Willy’s head,or hang out inside his nose.Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters,there is also a toilet in the 12­foot­tall fire hydrant(消防栓) outside.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where:Ayvali,Turkey

How much:Between $130 and $475 a night

Why it’s cool:This is caveman cool!Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago,when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash.But your stay will be much more modern.Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel,and the white volcanic ash,called tufa,keeps the rooms cool,about 65 in summer.(Don’t worry—there is heat in winter.)

1.What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?

A.It is located on a prehistoric lake.

B.It should be protected against the rain.

C.Everything in the hotel is made of salt.

D.You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel.

2.What is the similarity of the four hotels?

A.Being expensive. B.Being comfortable.

C.Being natural. D.Being unique.

3.What does the underlined words “Sweet Willy” refer to?

A.The name of the hotel.

B.The name of the hotel owner.

C.The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D.The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.

4.Which of the hotels makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?

A.Tayka Hotel de Sal.

B.Green Magic Nature Resort.

C.Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D.Gamirasu Cave Hotel.

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题解析:本文讲的是四个宾馆住所各自的位置 价钱以及优点。

1. hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni,a prehistoric dried­up lake which is the world’s biggest salt flat.”中可以看出此宾馆位于prehistoric lake 而非其他地方,故选A。

2.

3.Sweet_Willy is a 30­foot­tall dog with guest rooms in his belly.Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side.”中可以推断出C选项为正确答案,故选C。

4. what it was like 5,000 years ago,when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash.”中可以看出此宾馆给人的感觉比较古老,故选D。

考点:考查说明文阅读。

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“Can’t anybody help you?”

“No, madam,” answered Dick. “I have only a sister. She’s a nun and she’s poor, too.”

“I don’t think so,” the nurse said angrily. “Nuns usually marry God. And God is the richest in the world, you know!”

“Well, then, ” Dick said with a smile. “Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill to my brother-in-law.”

1.How old was Dick’s sister when the earthquake happened?

A. 6 B. 8 C.10 D.12

2.The sister and brother lived a hard life because ____________.

A. they lost all as a result of the earthquake

B. they were too young

C. they were hurt in the earthquake

D. they had to look after themselves

3.Which of the following is true?

A. The nurse would arrange a third-class ward for Dick.

B. The nurse would arrange a first-class ward for Dick.

C. The nurse would post Dick’s bill to God.

D. Dick had a rich brother-in-law.

4.From the story, we know that the boy is very .

A.silly B. kind C. humorous D. Lucky

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1.We can infer from the first paragraph that ________.

A. learning better at school shows power in your job

B. the better you are at school subjects, the more helpful they are in your career.

C. learning each subject well is an ability in many jobs.

D. we should think about how to find our career

2. From the passage we learn that if a student’s school performance is not good, he will _____.

A. have no hope in his future work

B. be hopeful to find a suitable job

C. regret not having worked harder at school

D. have an opportunity of a new beginning in his future work

3.All the subjects may have direct value for job hunting except _________.

A. mathematics B. English

C. history D. technical drawing

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A. heavy- handed B. the best

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A. The relationship between school performance and career

B. how to get a job

C. How to show strengths in your work

D. working experience and knowledge at school

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