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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 and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried?up lake that's the world's biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633?square?mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste 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: Riding a pulley?operated(滑轮操控的) 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. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel. You don't even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley?drawn “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 30?foot?tall 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 to the loft in Willy's head, or hang out inside his nose.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where: Ayvali, Turkey

How much: between $130 and $475 a night

Why it's 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.

1.Which of the following about Tayka Hotel de Sal is TRUE?

A. The hotel is the cheapest among the four hotels.

B. Everything in the hotel is made of salt.

C. Rain has no effect on the hotel.

D. It is located on an old lake.

2.What is the similarity of the four hotels?

A. Being old. B. Being unique.

C. Being natural. D. Being beautiful.

3.It can be inferred that ________.

A. it is the same man who designed the four hotels

B. Green Magic Nature Resort is the dearest in India

C. the building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B is like a dog

D. Gamirasu Cave Hotel is the oldest among the four ones

4.What's the writer's purpose in writing the passage?

A. To show his wide knowledge.

B. To develop business in tourism.

C. To attract attention from readers.

D. To introduce some interesting hotels.

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So much to do, so little time. So much information, so little time to read it. In this age there is more information than ever before. There is not enough time to read everything we want to read. However, you can consume more information in shorter time through speed-reading.

The first thing about speed-reading is looking at the word and recognizing it. Don’t say the word in your mind, just look at it and recognize its importance. Later you will recognize clumps of four words or more to increase your speed. This is the first and most important step in speed-reading.

The next step is technique. As with any other skill, speed-reading requires technique. You should first be sitting up straight with your book flat on a horizontal (水平的) surface such as a table or a desk. Next, you should be able to see the entire page. This is necessary if you want to recognize clumps of words. Lastly, you should be focused. It is hard to read with a lot of noise. Find a quiet place to read. This will help your understanding of the text.

You need something to guide your eyes while reading. You should use your finger. Move your finger smoothly across the page. Keep your eyes focused on the words as you recognize them while using your finger as a guide. This will increase your speed.

The third step is practice. Practice makes perfect. Read using different techniques, but make sure you understand what you are reading.

1.From the first paragraph, we know that _______.

A. there is more limited information than ever before

B. conditions ask people to use less time to know more information

C. people can read what they like

D. the less you read, the more time you will spend

2.Which of the following shows the RIGHT time order for speed-reading according to the passage?

a. Ask for more technique.

b. Look at many words and recognize them.

c. Practise more.

A. c, a, b B. c, b, a C. b, a, c D. a, c, b

3.The underlined part “you should be focused” in the third paragraph means that .

A. a person should devote all his attention to reading

B. your feelings will be hurt while reading

C. a person should forget his difficulties while reading

D. you should pay attention to your faults while reading

4.To speed up your reading, you could .

A. use something to guide your eyes

B. say every word out loud

C. know it is necessary to read quickly

D. underline some important words while reading

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here are what the experts suggest:

1.____. Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N. Y., was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. Then she married a circus clown (小丑).“I became interested in the clowns.”she recalls.“One day I put on a costume and painted my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.” ___2.__ To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing.

3.____ It doesn't take you too much time and can be easy. Collect favourite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humour you find in everyday life. “Good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they will be gone.” says Virginia Tooper.

Laugh when you need it most.“____4.___”says comedian Bill Cosby.“And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.” he insists.

Gray Alan, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain—because it comes naturally.____ 5.____. Just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs.

A.You can soften the worst blows through humour.

B.Mix with people who laugh.

C.Practise the art of laughing.

D.Keep a laughter file (文档).

E.He who laughs last laughs best.

F.But it's also something that has to be developed (培养).

G.People's joy can affect those around them.

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