题目内容
【题目】 There are many unusual hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a ______ made 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 ______. And in Bolivia, there is the Salt Palace Hotel.
Thousands of years ______, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But over time, all the water ______. Today, the area has only 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 ______ the salt. There are no roads across the Uyuni desert, ______ 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 of ______ from the desert and used the blocks to build it. ______ in the hotel is made of salt: the walls, the roof, the tables, the chairs, the beds, and the hotel's bar.
______ heats the walls and roof during the day. At night the desert is very ______, but the rooms stay warm. A sign on the hotel's wall tells guests, "Please don't lick (舔) the walls."
【1】A.placeB.restaurantC.hotel
【2】A.roomB.dayC.way
【3】A.agoB.laterC.last
【4】A.frozeB.disappearedC.boiled
【5】A.according toB.as forC.because of
【6】A.becauseB.soC.but
【7】A.saltB.sandC.soil
【8】A.NothingB.EveryoneC.Everything
【9】A.The earthB.The sunC.The moon
【10】A.coldB.hotC.wet
【答案】
【1】C
【2】A
【3】A
【4】B
【5】C
【6】B
【7】A
【8】C
【9】B
【10】A
【解析】
文章介绍了世界上的特别旅馆,重点讲了盐宫旅馆的位置,历史以及它的结构、内部装饰以及注意事项等。
【1】句意:在格陵兰岛,有一家冰制酒店,每年12月至4月间开业。
考查名词辨析。place场所;restaurant餐馆;hotel旅馆。根据“There are many unusual hotels around the world.”世界上有许多不寻常的旅馆。可知此处应该是举例说明不寻常的旅馆。故选C。
【2】句意:在土耳其,有一个洞穴旅馆,每个房间都有电视、家具和浴室。
考查名词辨析。room房间;day一日;way方法。根据“with a television, furniture, and a bathroom”有电视、家具和浴室。可知,这些都是旅馆里房间里的用品。故选A。
【3】句意:几千年前,盐宫酒店周围是一个大湖。
考查副词辨析。ago以前;later后来;last最后的。ago只能与一段时间连用;只能放在时间段之后,不能置于其前;通常只与过去时连用。此题就是属于这种用法。Thousands of years ago:几千年前。later用于一段具体时间之后,表示从过去或将来算起的多长时间以后,但通常不指从现在算起的多久以后。last用作形容词,意为“最后的”“最近过去的”等。故选A。
【4】句意:但随着时间的推移,所有的水都消失了。
考查动词辨析。froze结冰;disappeared消失;boiled沸腾。根据“Today, the area has only two salt deserts.”今天,这个地区只有两个盐沙漠。可知,此处是指所有的水都消失了。故选B。
【5】句意:白天,由于盐分的缘故,沙漠是白色的。
考查连词。according to根据;as for至于;because of因为。根据“During the day, the desert is bright white 5 the salt.”白天,_______ 盐分的缘故,沙漠是白色的。可知,选择because of因为,表明沙漠是白色的原因。符合语境。故选C。
【6】句意:乌尤尼沙漠没有公路,所以当地人必须带客人去酒店。
考查连词。because因为;so因此,所以;but但是。根据“There are no roads across the Uyuni desert, 6 local people must show guests the way to the hotel.”乌尤尼沙漠没有公路,_______ 当地人必须带客人去酒店。可知,两句之间为因果关系,选择so因此,所以;符合语境。故选B。
【7】句意:他从沙漠里切下大块的盐,然后用这些盐块来建造旅馆。
考查名词辨析。salt盐;sand沙;soil土壤。根据空后的“from the desert”,以及上文提到“the area has only two salt deserts.”这个地区只有两个盐沙漠。可知,他是用盐块来建造旅馆的。故选A。
【8】句意:酒店里的一切都是盐做的:墙壁、屋顶、桌子、椅子、床和酒吧。
考查代词。Nothing没有什么;Everyone所有人;Everything所有事物。根据“the walls, the roof, the tables, the chairs, the beds, and the hotel's bar.”墙壁、屋顶、桌子、椅子、床和酒吧。可知,这一切东西都是由盐做成的。故选C。
【9】句意:白天太阳把墙和屋顶晒热。
考查名词辨析。The earth地球;The sun太阳;The moon月亮。根据空后面的“heats the walls and roof during the day,”可知,在白天,应该是太阳把墙和屋顶晒热。故选B。
【10】句意:晚上沙漠很冷,但是房间里很暖和。
考查形容词辨析。cold冷的;hot热的;wet潮湿的。根据“but the rooms stay warm.”但是房间里很暖和。此句中的but表示转折,与前文形成对比,此处应该是说晚上沙漠很冷。故选A。
本题的第4小题是考查动词辨析的。如果不看语境,三个选项都可以。但是要结合语境。根据“Today, the area has only two salt deserts.”今天,这个地区只有两个盐沙漠。可知,此处是指所有的水都消失了。故选B。