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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 (床垫) 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: Taking a pulley(滑轮)-operated 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(罩蓬). Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. 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 of the loft(阁楼）in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant (消防栓）outside. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- Gamirasu Cave Hotel Where: Ayvali, Turkey             How much: Between $130 and $475 a night. Why it’s cool: This is caveman 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. (Don’t worry---there is heat in winter.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- Treebones Resort Where: California, America         How much: $100 a night Why it’s cool: You can sleep in a “room” any night, but how often do you get the chance to sleep in a yurt. What’s a yurt? Good question. Yurts are the name given to guest rooms at the Treebones Resort. These spaces provide all of the accessibility to nature you’d enjoy in a tent, but with all the comforts of a cabin. In one of sixteen yurts, you will doze off(打盹儿) while gazing at the stars that can be seen through a sky dome.

Below is a passages adapted from a website.

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 (床垫) 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.

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Green Magic Nature Resort

Where: Vythiri, India            

How much: About $240 a night

Why it’s cool: Taking a pulley(滑轮)-operated 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(罩蓬). Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don’t even have to come down for breakfast---the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.

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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 of the loft(阁楼）in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant (消防栓）outside.

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Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where: Ayvali, Turkey            

How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.

Why it’s cool: This is caveman 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. (Don’t worry---there is heat in winter.)

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Treebones Resort

Where: California, America        

How much: $100 a night

Why it’s cool: You can sleep in a “room” any night, but how often do you get the chance to sleep in a yurt. What’s a yurt? Good question. Yurts are the name given to guest rooms at the Treebones Resort. These spaces provide all of the accessibility to nature you’d enjoy in a tent, but with all the comforts of a cabin. In one of sixteen yurts, you will doze off(打盹儿) while gazing at the stars that can be seen through a sky dome.

1.What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To sell the hotels.

B．To attract guests.

C．To offer good service.

D．To get popular.

2.If you want to experience a thrilling life, you’d better go to ____________.

A．Treebones Resort

B．Gamirasu Cave Hotel

C．Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

D．Green Magic Nature Resort

3.Sweet Willy is the name of ____________.

A．a doghouse for the family pet

B．a thirty-foot-tall family dog

C．the building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

D．the guest rooms in Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

4.Which of the following words can best describe all the five hotels in the passage?

A．Unique.           B．Ordinary.          C．Costly.            D．Natural.

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin．Many people put some money into the   1   of the young man．

The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully． 2  from the day before, he took out a large piece of   3   and laid it on the ground．Then he began  4 ．

Before long, the young violinist was  5  with people, who were all attracted by the   6  on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat  7  ．Please come to claim（认领） it soon．"

After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and  8  through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you．You did come here．I knew that you’ re an honest man and would   9   come here．"

"Are you Mr. George Sang?"

The man nodded．

"Did you   10  something?"

"Lottery （彩票）． It’s lottery," said the man．

The violinist   11   a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen．"Is it？" he asked．

George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and   12   it; then he danced with joy．

George bought a lottery ticket which   13   him a prize of $ 500,000．He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat．  14   , the lottery ticket was also thrown in．

When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket   15   himself, the violinist said,"  16   I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever．"

We can gain and lose so much in our life．But being honest should   17   be with us．If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we  18  succeed temporarily（暂时）．However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser．Such a person is just like the   19   on the mountain．It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the  20  of going up．

1． A． box               B． hat                        C． bowl                     D． bag

2． A． Different        B． Away                    C． Free                            D． Far

3． A． cloth                     B． stone                    C． paper                    D． wood

4． A． begging                 B． shouting                C． singing                  D． playing

5． A． crowded            B． surprised               C． surrounded            D． satisfied

6． A． picture                  B． money                  C． ticket                    D． words

7． A． on purpose            B． by mistake             C． in advance             D． in a hurry

8． A． rushed                  B． looked                   C． broke                    D． lived

9． A． probably            B． certainly                C． recently                D． nearly

10． A． buy                     B． get                        C． lose                      D． search

11． A． handed out           B． gave out                C． sent out                D． took out

12． A． tore                    B． threw                    C． kissed                   D． hid

13． A． beat                    B． won                      C． took                            D． sold

14． A． However             B． Fortunately            C． Otherwise            D． Generally

15． A． by                      B． with                      C． from                     D． for

16． A． Although             B． Whenever              C． Unless                  D． Until

17． A． often                   B． always                  C． seldom                  D． never

18． A． must                   B． should                   C． may                      D． need

19． A． water                  B． air                        C． grass                    D． tree

20． A． road                    B． chance                  C． path                      D． method

Ray Charles was born on September 23rd, 1930 into a poor family in Georgia, U.S.A. His father was a railwayman who had to travel a lot, so Ray was brought up mainly by his mother, who, though not very well educated, was full of common sense. When he went blind after a serious sickness at the age of seven, it was his mother who helped him to face up to the situation. She told him he was blind, not stupid, and that he had lost his eyes but not his mind, she made him sweep floors and chop wood to show him he was by no means helpless. She used to tell him that some day she would not be there to help him, and that then he would have to look after himself.

Soon after he went blind, Ray began to take an interest in music. A neighbour showed him how to play simple tunes on the piano, and he had a love for the music he heard, played and sung in the local church. In the blind school the schoolteachers encouraged him to study a variety of instruments, Then, one more blow came. His mother died suddenly, and Ray, who loved her deeply, was so shocked that for two weeks he was unable to eat. It was another neighbour who finally managed to persuade him that his mother would have wanted him to go on, and reminded him of how she had believed in him. When his father died a year later, Ray knew he was strong enough to keep going on his own.

Between the ages of fifteen and seventeen, Ray worked with bands in Florida, but in 1948, while still only seventeen, he decided that there wasn’t much future for him there and decided to go to Seattle, in the north-west of the U.S.A.

Ray arrived in Seattle and went to a small hotel to sleep. When he woke up, he was hungry. It was two o’ clock in the morning, and everywhere was closed. Ray managed to find a small club and knocked on the door. A man on the door said they had no food, but “we’ ve got a talent night on here,” he added. Ray saw his chance and told the man he could play the piano and sing. The man tried to discourage him, but he was finally guided to the piano and sang a song. As he came off the stand, a man stopped him and said, “I’m from the Elks Club. I think you’ve got a weekend job.” That was Tuesday. By Friday he was working regularly, and after that he never looked back. It was the beginning of his climb to stardom.

1．Although he was blind, Ray’s mother made him sweep floors and chop wood for the purpose of making him ____.

　 A．helpless　 　　　 B．independent　 　 C．encouraged 　 D．useful

2．What played the most important part in Ray’s life?

　 A．His interest and talent in music.

　 B．His work with bands in Florida.

　 C．His neighbours’ help and his teachers’ encouragement.

　 D．His mother’s training.

3．What happened that made him extremely sad when he was a teenager?

　 A．He went blind.　 　 B．He lost his mother.

　 C．He became fatherless. D．The man tried to discourage him.

4．Ray got his big opportunity to success 　　.

　 A．in Georgia　　 　　　 B．in the blind school

　 C．in Florida　　 　　　 D．in Seattle