题目内容
hotel A. contrary B. clothing C. cloth D. wonder
People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahan or the Louver.
Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure--a surprising and exciting trip. They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they do this? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of hardships, but they’re a lot of fun. One organization, Earth watch, sends small groups of volunteers to different parts of the world. Some volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals. Others learn about people of the past.
Would you like an adventure in the Far North? A team of volunteers is leaving from Mormons, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day.
Do you enjoy ocean animals? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball.” They also understand opposites. How much more can they understand? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows orcas. We call orcas “killer Whale”, but they’re really dolphins—the largest kind of dolphin. This beautiful animal travels together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earth watch is studying how this happens.
Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorum. This explosion was more terrible than Karate or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompeii. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the past.
Do you want a very different vacation? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earth watch vacation is for you.
The Tai Mahan may be _______.
A. a shopping center B. a hotel
C. a dancing hall D. a place of interest
From the passage, on an adventure trip, people ______.
A. may not spend much time on sightseeing
B. won’t meet some difficulties or hardships
C. can’t enjoy them
D. can’t learn something
If you want to learn something about people of the past, you can _______.
A. join the team to Hawaii
B. join the team to the Far North
C. join the team to Washington
D. join the team to Greece
The word intelligent in paragraph 4 means _______.
A. exciting B. beautiful
C. large D. clever
Which of the following is false?
A. Some people find sightseeing trips boring.
B. Earth watch is planning all these special adventures.
C. The number of orcas is decreasing.
D. 3 volcano explosions in all broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.
I can’t find my watch. I must have ________it in the hotel.
A. lost B. missed C. left D. forgotten
Richard Gray was a famous explorer.He was also a millionaire.He had visited every country in the world.He had crossed the Antarctic,flown across the Atlantic by balloon,and climbed Mount Everest.Last year he decided to walk across Death Valley,the hottest place on Earth.He walked for days over the hot desert sand.One night he found the camp where he had been the night before.Gray had walked in a circle.He was lost.?
Two days later he had drunk all his water.He couldn’t walk.He crawled to the top of a sand dune,and there he saw a man.The man was wearing smart,clean trousers,a white shirt and a tie.Gray crawled over to him.?
“Water...water...”he said.?
“I’m terribly sorry,old boy,”replied the man,“but I haven’t got any water with me.”?
“Help me!”shouted Gary,“I’m a rich man...a millionaire... I’ll give you anything.”?
“That’s very nice of you,old boy,”said the man.“Look,I can’t give you any water,but would you like to buy my tie?”?
“A tie?Of course not!”screamed Gray,and crawled away.He crawled slowly up the next sand dune.His mouth was full of sand.His lips were cracked and dry.He couldn’t breathe.He reached the top of the dune and there he saw a huge good hotel.Girls were swimming in the large swimming pool.Beautiful fountains were all around the hotel.
“Is it a mirage?”he thought.“Am I dying?”He stood up and staggered down the dune.?
A waiter in a shining white uniform came out of the door.?
“Water...water...a bath! Food!”screamed Gray.?
“I’m sorry,you can’t come into this hotel,”said the waiter.?
“Why not?I’ve got plenty of money.I’m a millionaire.”?
“Ah,”replied the waiter,“but you aren’t wearing a tie,”?
1.The famous explorer ________.?
A.had crossed the Antarctic and the Atlantic by balloon?
B.had traveled all over the world?
C.had walked across Death Valley?
D.had ever been a millionaire?
2.Death Valley is ________.?
A.a valley where people may die from loss of ?
B.a dead place where people dare not go?
C.a terribly hot valley where people may die of heat?
D.a place’s name?
3.The man offered to sell his tie to Gray because ________.?
A.he wished to get some money from Gray?
B.Gray was a rich man?
C.he didn’t have any water with him?
D.he thought a millionaire needed to wear a tie?
4.If Gray ________,he would have got some water to drink in the hotel.?
A.had got a lot of money with him?
B.had put on his tie at once?
C.had said he was a famous millionaire?
D.had bought the tie from the man?
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A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves up during one particularly icy cold winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years ago. They both had jobs, so it was decided that her husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day. Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into the hotel. There he decided to open his laptop(笔记本电脑) and send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis. However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address and sent the e-mail without noticing his error.
In the mean time: In Houston, a woman had just returned from her husband’s burial. He was a minister of many years who had been “called home to glory” following a heart attack. The woman checked her e-mail, expecting message from family and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted(昏厥)and fell to the floor. Her son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My Loving Wife
From: Your Departed Husband
Subject: I’ve arrived!
I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then. Hope your journey is as uneventful(平静)as mine was.
P.S. Sure is hot down here.
1. Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?
A. To visit their family and friends B. To escape from the cold winter
C. To escape from their busy work D. To attend a friend’s funeral
2. What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?
A. He checked into a wrong hotel B. He forget to bring the laptop
C. He misspelled her wife’s address D. He forgot to mail his letter
3. The expression “called home to glory” probably suggests that the man had______.
A. gone back to his hometown B. called his family to say hello
C. been awarded an honor D. died and gone to heaven
4. How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?
A. Pleased B. Inspired C. Frightened D. Moved
5. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. The woman’s husband died of a heart attack
B. The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail
C. The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago.
D. His wife wouldn’t go to Florida for his error.
Coolest Hotels in the World
Ariau Amazon Towers
The Ariau Amazon Towers hotel lets you sleep in a tree house. Eight towers make up this hotel that offers over 300 rooms. If you really want to get into the spirit, book the Tarzan suit which is large enough for a big family. You’ll be thirty feet up in the air and can travel between the towers through their wooden walkways.
Prices, starting at $300 one night for each person for a regular room and going all the way up to$3000 for the Tarzan Suite.
For more information,visite the website:http://www.ariautowers.
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The Ice Hotel
Every winter in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden kind of hotel called the Ice Hotel is built. Each year,world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works of art from the ice, many of which can be found in the rooms. You’ll have your choice between hot or cold rooms,but you will be well advised to stay at least one night in a cold room for a true experience.
Prices: starting at $318 one night for each person for either a cold room or a warm one.
For more information, visit the website:http://www.icehotel.com
Propeller Island
Propeller Island City Lodge is a very special hotel that was designed by a German tist. Each room provides you with the promibility of living in a work of art. Every single piece of furmiture in the thirty rooms of the hotel has been hand-made and each room is completely different. You’ll be able to choose a room based on your own personal tastes.
Prices:starting at just $91 a night,and an additional person for only 20 extra dollars.
For more information,visit the website:http://www.propeller island. com
For information about other cool hotels in the world ,visit the website: http://www.bahamabeachclub. com
1.What is special about the Ariau Amazon Towers hotel?
A.You can sleep in tree houses.
B.You can choose any of the towers.
C.It is designed for big families.
D.Every room has a walkway.
2.For two persons spending a night in one of these hotels,they have to pay at least______.
A. $111 B.$182 C.$600 D.$636
3.Which website should you visit if you want to find out whether there exists a hotel the sea?
A.http://www.icehotel.com
B.http://www.ariautowers.com
C.http://www .propeller-island. com
D.http://www.bahamabeachclub. com
4. Which hotel would invite artists to come to work every year?
A.Propeller Island City Lodge B.Ariau Amazon Towers
C.The Ice Hotel D.Bahama Beach Club
