There are many unusual hotels around the world .In Greenland ,there is a hotel made out of ice ,open between December and April every year .In Turkey ,there is a cave hotel with a television ,furniture ,and a bathroom in each room .And in Bolivia ,there is the Salt Palace Hotel .
Thousands of years ago ,the area has the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake . But over time ,all the water disappeared . Today ,the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts .
The larger of the two deserts the Uyuni salt desert ,is 12000 square kilometers .During the day ,the desert is bright white because of the salt .There are no roads across the Uyuni desert ,so local people must show guests the way to the hotel .
In the early 1900s ,a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel .He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt ;the walls , the roof , the chairs , the tables ,the beds ,and the hotels bar .
The Sun heats the walls and the roof during the day . At night is very cold , but the rooms stay warm . The hotel has twelve rooms . A single room costs 40 dollars a night .and a double room costs 60 dollars .
A sign on the hotels wall tells guests ,Please do not lick 添the walls.
【小题1】What is unique about the Salt palace hotel ?

There are many unusual hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a hotel made out of ice, open between April and December every year. In Turkey, there is a cave hotel with a television, furniture, and a bathroom in each room. And in Bolivia, there is the Salt Palace Hotel.
Thousands of years ago, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But over time, all the water disappeared. Today, the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts.
The larger of the two deserts, the Uyuni salt desert, is 12,000 square kilometers. During the day, the desert is bright white because of the salt. There are no roads across the Uyuni desert, so local people must show guests the way to the hotel.
In the early 1990s, a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel. He cut big blocks (块) of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt: the walls, the roof, the tables, the chairs, the beds, and the hotel’s bar.
The sun heats the walls and roof during the day. At night the desert is very cold, but the rooms stay warm. The hotel has 12 rooms. A single room costs＄40 a night, and a double room costs＄60.
A sign on the hotel’s wall tells guests, “ Please don’t lick the walls-it doesn’t taste good!”

1. 1.

   People can go to __________ to visit the ice hotel in April.
   

   1. A.
      Greenland            
   2. B.
      Turkey              
   3. C.
      Bolivia
2. 2.

   The Salt Palace Hotel is unusual because __________.
   

   1. A.
      it has a long history        
   2. B.
      it’s made out of salt      
   3. C.
      the rooms stay cold all day
3. 3.

   Where did the salt used for the hotel come from?
   

   1. A.
      A salt factory.          
   2. B.
      The desert.             
   3. C.
      The lakes.
4. 4.

   The underlined word “lick” means __________ in Chinese.
   

   1. A.
      摸                       
   2. B.
      踢                  
   3. C.
      舔
5. 5.

   The best title for the passage is _________.

   1. A.
      Unusual Hotels          
   2. B.
      Salt Desert             
   3. C.
      A Story of Juan Quesad

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。
Which is the biggest country in the world? Well, look at the map and you’ll know it is Russia. It is followed by Canada, China, the U.S.A. and Brazil. Among them, China has the largest number of people, with a population(人口) of about 1.3 billion(十亿). Canada has the longest coastline(海岸线). The total length(长度) of the coastline is about 202,080 kilometers. It is long enough to go around the earth six times.
Do you know which is the largest island(岛) in the world? Is that Hawaii? No, it is much smaller than the largest island in the world—Greenland. Greenland is to the northeast(东北) of Canada. Ice covers 81% of its land. It is very cold there, so there are only about 56,000 people living on the island.
【小题1】Russia is the largest country in the world.
【小题2】The country with the largest population is China.
【小题3】The total length of Canada’s coastline is about 202,080 kilometers.  
【小题4】The largest island in the world is Hawaii.
【小题5】The population of Greenland is about 56,000.

根据短文内容，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

There are many unusual hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a hotel made out of ice, open between April and December every year. In Turkey, there is a cave hotel with a television, furniture, and a bathroom in each room. And in Bolivia, there is the Salt Palace Hotel.

    Thousands of years ago, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But over time, all the water disappeared. Today, the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts.

    The larger of the two deserts, the Uyuni salt desert, is 12,000 square kilometers. During the day, the desert is bright white because of the salt. There are no roads across the Uyuni desert, so local people must show guests the way to the hotel.

    In the early 1990s, a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel. He cut big blocks (块) of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt: the walls, the roof, the tables, the chairs, the beds, and the hotel’s bar.

    The sun heats the walls and roof during the day. At night the desert is very cold, but the rooms stay warm. The hotel has 12 rooms. A single room costs＄40 a night, and a double room costs＄60.

A sign on the hotel’s wall tells guests, “ Please don’t lick the walls－it doesn’t taste good!”

1.People can go to __________ to visit the ice hotel in April.

   A. Greenland             B. Turkey               C. Bolivia

2.The Salt Palace Hotel is unusual because __________.

   A. it has a long history        

B. it’s made out of salt      

C. the rooms stay cold all day

3.Where did the salt used for the hotel come from?

   A. A salt factory.           B. The desert.              C. The lakes.

4.The underlined word “lick” means __________ in Chinese.

   A. 摸                        B. 踢                   C. 舔

5.The best title for the passage is _________.

A. Unusual Hotels           B. Salt Desert              C. A Story of Juan Quesad

Greenland is the largest island（岛）in the world. It’s in Europe（欧洲）. Near Greenland there is another land. It’s very small. Its name is Iceland. Do you think Greenland is green and warm? And do you think Iceland is white with ice? If you do, you are quite wrong. Few people live on Greenland. Maybe there are more people in one small town on Iceland than those in the whole of Greenland. Because most of the island is covered with（覆盖）ice, the ice on Greenland is higher than the tallest building in the world. How about Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it isn’t. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice as Greenland. Iceland has lots of hot springs. They give out hot water and steam（水蒸气）. The weather is not so cold as that on Greenland. And there are more people on Iceland than on Greenland.

根据短文内容，判断正（A）误（B）。（10分）

1.Iceland is a land of ice.

2.The weather on Greenland is colder than that on Iceland.

3.“Hot spring” here means “暖春”.

4.The whole Iceland is covered with ice.

5.The people on Iceland are more than those on Greenland.