【题目】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 Suite 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, visit the website: http://www.ariautowers.com

The Ice Hotel

Every winter in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, a special 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 artist. Each room provides you with the possibility of living in a work of art. Every single piece of furniture 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.

【2For 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 under 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.

【题目】In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.

“You can’t say it’s not a great university, just because Papa went there.”

“That’s not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can’t afford to send you to college.”

“I wouldn’t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren’t that bad, are they?”

“No,” she said. “I don’t expect you to help support us.”

Father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop, His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my Parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment could show returns. What’s more , they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful ;otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.

I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to get what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship. My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success.

【1】The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because

A. his father graduated from the university

B. his mother did not thinks it is a great university

C. his parents needed him to help support the family

D. his parents did not have enough money for him

【2】The father started his small shop with the money from

A. a local league B. his university

C. his relatives D. his college friends

【3】Why did the mother renew her membership in the league?

A. To help with her husband’s business

B. To raise money for her son

C. To meet her long-forgotten friends

D. To better manage her life

【4】According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn?

A. To get a well-paid job for himself

B. To improve relations with his mother

C. To go to his dream university

D. To carry on with his father’s business

【题目】Mark Twain was a great writer.He was born in 1835 in the USA.He was also a famous speaker.He was famous for his sense of humour.Many people liked to listen to his talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

One day,Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing.Before he was going to leave,one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there.Mark Twain waved his hands and said,“It doesn’t matter.The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine.I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town,Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station.He went into his room,but when he was just about to have a rest,quite a few mosquitoes flew around him.The waiters felt very sorry about that.“I’m very sorry,Mr.Mark Twain.There are too many mosquitoes in our town,” one of them said to him.

Mark Twain,however,made a joke,saying to the waiter,“The mosquitoes are very clever.They know my room number.They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

But that night Mark Twain slept well.Do you know why?That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

【1】That day Mark Twain went to the town ________.

A.to see one of his friends

B.because he wanted to do something there for his writing

C.because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

D.to see one of his relatives

【2】All the people present laughed heartily because ________.

A.the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

B.the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

C.Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

D.Mark Twain made a joke

【3】From the story we know ________.

A.no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

B.the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

C.Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

D.there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

【4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Mark Twain liked to tell interesting stories to make people laugh.

B.Mark Twain went to the small town for his writing.

C.He slept well because the mosquitoes didn’t come into his room.

D.The waiters felt sorry,for there were many mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room.

【题目】How words came into being is unknown. All we assume (推测) is that some early men invented certain soundsin one way or anotherto express thoughts and feelingsactions and thingsso that they could talk with each other. Later they agreed upon certain signscalled letterswhich could be put together to show those soundsand which could be written down. Those soundswhether spoken or written in letters, are called words.

The power of wordsthenlies in their associations—the things they bring up to our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experienceand the longer we livethe more certain words bring back to us the happy and sad events of our pastand the more we read and learnthe more the number of words that mean something to us increases.

Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which have powerful effects on our minds and feelings. This clever use of words is what we call literary style (文体)Above allthe real poet is a master of words. He can express his meaning in words which sing like musicand which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them correctlyor they will make our speech silly and common.

1We learn from the text that language might have begun with________.

A. expressions B. actions

C. signs D. sounds

2What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?

A. The learning of new words.

B. The importance of old words.

C. The relation of human experience with words.

D. The gradual change and development of words.

3In the last paragraph, what does the author suggest that we should do?

A. Use words skillfully.

B. Make musical speeches.

C. Learn poems by heart.

D. Associate with listeners.

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