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HOTEL INFORMATION

Baymont Inn Ft.Lauderdale

    3800 W．Commercial, Ft. Lauderdale．FL 33309

Lowest Prices 110% Guaranteed (保证)

Room Information

Rooms are equipped with Double, Queen , or King bed (s) , smoking or non-smoking based on location and availability. Provided in each spacious guest room is a hair dryer, coffee maker, iron, ironing board, 25’TV and guest voice mail．

Check-in Time：7:00 P. M.

Hotel Amenities：Air Conditioned, Free Parking, 24 Hour Front Desk, Pool, Television with Cable, Coffee Maker in Room, Hairdryers Available．

Beach Plaza Hotel

    625 N．Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Ft．Lauderdale, FL 33304

Room Information

    The oceanfront accommodations at Beach Plaza Hotel are some of the most affordable on Fort Lauderdale Beach．Each room features direct-dial telephone, cable television and daily maid service．The very affordable efficiency studios even include full kitchens! All rooms surround the private poolside garden courtyard．

Check-in Time：7:05 P. M.

Hotel Amenities：Air Conditioned, Coffee Maker in Room, 24 Hour Front Desk, Parking, Hairdryers Available, Pool, Television with Cable．

Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel

    3711 N．Ocean Blvd, Ft．Lauderdale, FL 33308

Room Information

    Guest rooms feature TVs, in-room movies, Internet access, in-room safes, alarm clock radios, hairdryers, refrigerators, microwaves, and balconies．

Check-in Time：7:00 A.M.

Hotel Amenities：Parking，Heated Pool, Television with Cable, and Coffee Maker in Room．

1.Which hotel gives a promise?

    A. Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．    B. Beach Plaza Hotel．

    C. Baymont Inn Hotel．          D. Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

2.In which hotel parking is the cheapest?

    A. Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．    B. Beach Plaza Hotel．

    C. Baymont Inn Hotel．          D. Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

3.If you ______ , you will probably go to Beach Plaza Hotel．

A. enjoy seeing films without leaving your hotel room

B. are fond of swimming in heated water

C. want to eat food cooked by yourself in the hotel

D. are a cigarette smoker

4.Which of the following is NOT true to the ads? 

A. All of the three hotels provide television with cable．

B. You can keep your money in the room safe in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

C. In Beach Plaza Hotel a 24-hour maid is available．

D. While staying in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel, you can surf the Internet．

B

HOTEL INFORMATION

Baymont Inn Ft.Lauderdale

    3800 W．Commercial, Ft. Lauderdale．FL 33309

Lowest Prices 110% Guaranteed (保证)

Room Information

Rooms are equipped with Double, Queen , or King bed (s) , smoking or non-smoking based on location and availability. Provided in each spacious guest room is a hair dryer, coffee maker, iron, ironing board, 25’TV and guest voice mail．

Check-in Time：7:00 P. M.

Hotel Amenities：Air Conditioned, Free Parking, 24 Hour Front Desk, Pool, Television with Cable, Coffee Maker in Room, Hairdryers Available．

Beach Plaza Hotel

    625 N．Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Ft．Lauderdale, FL 33304

Room Information

    The oceanfront accommodations at Beach Plaza Hotel are some of the most affordable on Fort Lauderdale Beach．Each room features direct-dial telephone, cable television and daily maid service．The very affordable efficiency studios even include full kitchens! All rooms surround the private poolside garden courtyard．

Check-in Time：7:05 P. M.

Hotel Amenities：Air Conditioned, Coffee Maker in Room, 24 Hour Front Desk, Parking, Hairdryers Available, Pool, Television with Cable．

Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel

    3711 N．Ocean Blvd, Ft．Lauderdale, FL 33308

Room Information

    Guest rooms feature TVs, in-room movies, Internet access, in-room safes, alarm clock radios, hairdryers, refrigerators, microwaves, and balconies．

Check-in Time：7:00 A.M.

Hotel Amenities：Parking，Heated Pool, Television with Cable, and Coffee Maker in Room．

Which hotel gives a promise?

    A. Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．    B. Beach Plaza Hotel．

    C. Baymont Inn Hotel．          D. Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

In which hotel parking is the cheapest?

    A. Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．    B. Beach Plaza Hotel．

    C. Baymont Inn Hotel．          D. Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

If you ______ , you will probably go to Beach Plaza Hotel．

A. enjoy seeing films without leaving your hotel room

B. are fond of swimming in heated water

C. want to eat food cooked by yourself in the hotel

D. are a cigarette smoker

Which of the following is NOT true to the ads? 

A. All of the three hotels provide television with cable．

B. You can keep your money in the room safe in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

C. In Beach Plaza Hotel a 24-hour maid is available．

D. While staying in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel, you can surf the Internet．

A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolutions: we stopped talking to one another.
I was walking in the park with a friend recently，and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation.   
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another, With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person my more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wise…they're a great help to use. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.  
More and more .I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn't really have time to talk, The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier…or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts．
So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging. with people who live near me，no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.
【小题1】Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?   

HOTEL INFORMATION

Baymont Inn Ft. Lauderdale

3800 W. Commercial, Ft. Lauderdale. FL 33309. Lowest Prices 110% Guaranteed

Room Information:

Rooms are equipped with Double, Queen, or King bed(s), smoking or non-smoking based on location and availability. Provided in each spacious guest room is a hair dryer, coffee maker, iron, ironing board, 25’ TV and guest voice mail.

Check-in Time: 7:00 P. M.

Hotel Amenities: Air Conditioned, Free Parking, 24 Hour Front Desk, Pool, Television with Cable, Coffee Maker in Room, Hairdryers Available.

Beach Plaza Hotel

625 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304

Room Information

The oceanfront accommodations at Beach Plaza Hotel are some of the most affordable on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Each room features direct-dial telephone, cable television and daily maid service. The very affordable efficiency studios even include full kitchens! All rooms surround the private poolside garden courtyard.

Check-in Time: 7:05 P. M.

Hotel Amenities: Air Conditioned, Coffee Maker in Room, 24 Hour Front Desk, Parking, Hairdryers Available, Pool, Television with Cable.

Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel

3711 N. Ocean Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308

Room Information

Guest rooms feature TVs, in-room movies, Internet access, in-room safes, alarm clock radios, hairdryers, refrigerators, microwaves, and balconies.

Check-in Time: 7:00 A.M.

Hotel Amenities: Parking，Heated Pool, Television with Cable, and Coffee Maker in Room.

1.Which hotel gives a promise?

A. Baymont Inn Ft. Lauderdale.                             B. Beach Plaza Hotel.

C. Baymont Inn Hotel.                             D. Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel.

2.In which hotel parking is the cheapest?          

A. Baymont Inn Ft. Lauderdale.                             B. Beach Plaza Hotel.

C. Baymont Inn Hotel.                            D. Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel.

3.If you ______ , you will probably go to Beach Plaza Hotel. 

A. enjoy seeing films without leaving your hotel room

B. are fond of swimming in heated water

C. want to eat food cooked by yourself in the hotel

D. are a cigarette smoker

4.Which of the following is NOT true to the ads?           

A. All of the three hotels provide television with cable.

B. You can keep your money in the room safe in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel.

C. In Beach Plaza Hotel a 24-hour maid is available.

D. While staying in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel, you can surf the Internet

Switching telephone providers used to be the only way homeowners could save money on telephone bills. Now thanks to new technology, comsumers have another choice-making phone calls over the internet. And this can be completely free if you call another person with an internet phone set-up.

The technology is called voice over internet protocol (协议), or VoIP. In 2005, consumer demand for VoIP dramatically grew. In the US, where popularity has grown faster than here in the UK, 8.4 million are predicted to subscribe this year. For the past couple years, VoIP pioneers such as Skype have accounted for the majority of internet phone subscribers.

VoIP is attractive to consumers because it’s cheaper than traditional phone services. With the basic equipment of PC, microphone and headset, and VoIP software and broadband internet for optimum (最适宜的) voice quality, consumers can save a fortune chatting for free to other internet phone owners and save money calling regular landlines (通讯电缆). But, as the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Many of these services suffer from uncontinuous lapses (失效) in quality. While some users may tolerate echoes or a dropped call, improved quality is needed to attract more customers.

Computing has examined the benefits of using a PC as a telephone with VoIP in how easy they were to set up, how effective they were and the range of their features.

Skype(www. skype.com) came top for its bother-free approach, easy set-up and exceptional voice clarity. Sipgate (www. sipgate. co. uk), MSN(www. messenger. msn. co. uk) and Yahoo! Messenger (uk. messenger. yahoo. com) provide an audio “wizard” that improves sound levels. Google Talk (www. google. com/ talk) was less helpful and Babble. net (www. babble. net) was let down by its poor help files. Yahoo! Messenger provides some of the best features, including the option of landline calls, webcam chats, instant messaging, voice-mail and conference calls.

1.Which one of the following if you call others?

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 implies that ______.

3.Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?