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 ??the walls.

1.What is unique about the Salt palace hotel ?

A. Its long history

B. The  price  of the rooms.

C. The guests that stay there

D. What it is made of

2.Which sentences about the area around the Salt palace hotel  is  NOT true?

A. It was a lake many years ago .

B. It is white during the day .

C. There are several roads to the hotel.

D. It is more than 10,000 square kilome ters.

3.Who is Juan Quesada?

A. A hotel guest           B. A guide

C. The hotels owner        D. An expert .

4.who keeps the rooms warm at night ?

A. Heat from the walls.       B. The desert air ,

C. The sun.                 D. The furniture .

Hong Kong has about 40 public(公共的) beaches.  Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches, you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions: 1. Never swim alone. 2. Never swim after a meal or when feel hungry or tired. 3. Do not stay in the water too long. 4. Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
Remember: A red flag (旗帜) means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.
【小题1】There are _______ public beaches in Hong Kong.
A. about forty   b. about fifty      C. about thirty     D. about twenty
【小题2】We can get to ________ by bus.

His grandfather and grandmother _____Chongqing for 40 years. They like living there.

        A. have been in               B. have been to    

C. have gone to              D. have moved to