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 .

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文講述了世界上的特別旅社,重點講解了鹽宮旅館的位置,歷史以及它的結(jié)構(gòu)、價格、內(nèi)部裝飾以及注意事項等等。

1.推理判斷題。通過閱讀文章可知,the Salt Palace Hotel中的物品都是用鹽做成的,所以它的獨特之處就在于所用的材料。故本題選D。

2.細節(jié)理解題。通過There are no roads across the Uyuni desert ,so local people must show guests the way to the hotel .可知,C說有幾條路,應(yīng)該是錯誤的。故本題選C。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In the early 1900s ,a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel .可知,Quesada是旅店的主人。故本題選C。

4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The Sun heats the walls and the roof during the day . At night is very cold , but the rooms stay warm 可知,應(yīng)該是吸收熱量的墻使得房間溫暖。故本題選A。

考點:考查日常生活類短文閱讀。

 

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