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 ?
A.Its long history
B.The price of the rooms.
C.The guests that stay there
D.What it is made of
小题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.
小题3:Who is Juan Quesada?
A.A hotel guestB.A guide
C.The hotels ownerD.An expert .
小题4:who keeps the rooms warm at night ?
A.Heat from the walls.B.The desert air ,
C.The sun.D.The furniture .
(C)
A year ago,I paid no attention to English idioms (习语), though my teacher told us the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised. Gently shaking his head,shrugging his shoulders, he said,“You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought , perhaps this is not a right topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted (打断) again by his words: “You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “ ‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really!’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” I realized I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions. Remember: what the English teachers said is always right to us students.
小题1:A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because       .
A.I had no interest in them
B.English idioms were very difficult
C.I did not realize the importance of them
D.my teacher didn’t tell us the importance of them
小题2:At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant       .
A.I had talked too much
B.I had to stop talking
C.he was not interested in the topic
D.he was only interested in the Great Wall
小题3:“… was shown in an amusing experience.” The word “amusing” probably means       .
A.interestingB.importantC.terribleD.unlucky
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.
B.The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
C.The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
D.The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.
小题5:After the Englishman explained the idiom, ___________.
A.I felt very silly
B.the Englishman became a real fool
C.I became more carefully in everything
D.I thought the Englishman had made me a fool
Australian colour consultant(顾问)Kylie Bartnicki is talking with a group of women in Pudong, Shanghai, who are interested in how colours affect people's confidence and help form(形成)people's first impressions(印象).
Kylie traces(追溯)back her interest in colours to when she went for her first job interview at age 18. "My mother bought me a new red top to wear to my interview and she said, "Wear this, and it will be lucky."' Kylie recalls. "I wore it, had a great interview and got the job. Ever since then I started thinking about how powerful the colour is, how it makes us look and how it makes us feel."
"When we wear clothes in a good colour, the colour will make our skin, hair and eyes shine and we look happy and smart," Kylie says.
Winter and summer are "cool colourings" and autumn and spring are "warm colourings". Someone who loves "cool colouring" might have red or golden hair, brown eyes and gold or yellow skin.
Chinese women belong to the "autumn season" if they have darker, peachy skin. Chinese women belong to the "winter season" if they have pale skin. Kylie says that Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair will look best in deep, rich colours. Light pinks and blues should be  avoided because they may wash our Chinese skin tones(肤色).
Their talk usually lasts one and a half to two hours and costs 600 yuan (89 dollars). Kylie says her customers(客户) are as young as five years old and as old as 90. The customers between their 30s and 50s always want some fresh ideas on developing their own personal style.
小题1:Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair won't look beautiful in_______.
A.purpleB.redC.deep greenD.light blue
小题2:A mother and her daughter need to pay___ to get the advice from Kylie for their 2-hour talk.
A.$89B.$120 C.$178D.$600
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Wearing clothes in a good colour will make us look happy.
B.When Kylie was 18, she started to be interested in colours.
C.Kylie's customers are in between their 30s and 50s.
D.Autumn and spring are "warm clourings".
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