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: Ridding 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．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 ffew steps ot the loft in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose．Cotta “go”(想要方便一下)? Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant 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.)
1.Which of the following about Tayka Hotel de Sal is true?
A．The hotel is the cheapest among the four mentioned.
B．Everything in the hotel is made of salt.
C．It is on an island in the Pacific Ocean.
D．It is located on a prehistoric lake.
2.What is the similarity of the four hotels?
A．Being expensive. B．Being beautiful. C．Being natural. D．Being unique.
3.What does the underline part “Sweet Willy” refer to?
A．The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.
B．The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.
C．The name of the hotel.
D．The name of the hotel owner.
4.Which of the hotel makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?
A．Tayka Hotel De Sal B．Green Magic Nature Resort
C．Dog Bark Park Inn B&B D．Gamirasu Cave Hotel
5.What may be the purpose of the writer writing the passage?
A．To show his wide knowledge. B．To introduce some interesting hotels.
C．To develop business in tourism. D．To attract attention from the readers.
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits
the context.
On the first day of classes at a Los Angeles high school, several American boys came up to a Chinese boy and said: “Hi, what’s up?” 48 hearing their greeting, the boy, 49 had just moved to the US with his parents, raised his head and looked at the sky.
This is a story told by David Chen, 50 31-year-old actor in Taiwan who recently launched a Sina mini-blog, on which he teaches easy English expressions.
“ 51 me, the mini-blog is like a mirror．When I read the comments, I see myself more clearly.”
Chen made a breakthrough last year 52 he had a double-eyelid surgery．“I like making changes and I think it’s necessary,” he said．“I know many fans like my pretty boy image．But now I’m growing up, I want to look rougher and 53 mature.”
“When you have a new haircut, you do not need to explain it．__54___ is just like changing your mood to do so–if you feel happy, that’s great,” said Chen．“Young people should realize
that sometimes you can just do what you want to do．You will eventually get support from others if you dare to be 55 .”
PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION
Directions: read the following three passages．Each passages is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked with A, B, C and D．choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival threw actress Fan Bingbing into the international spotlight– thanks to her performance on the red carpet, not on the big screen． 36 a string of fancy dresses may have impressed many, the film featuring her -– director Wang Xiaoshuai’s Chongqing Blues–failed to take home an award．
Chongqing Blues, based on a real story, is about a captain and 37 (Wang Xueqi) who has been 38 with work __39___ neglects his family．When he learns that his son was killed by police because of a kidnapping, he goes 40 from Rizhao to Chongqing to discover the truth, while reflecting on his own faults during the trip．
In the judges’ eyes, 41 , the film was just not artsy enough．In an interview with sina.com after the award presentation, Wang Xiaoshuai admitted that the main reason why the film 42 was because it was a bit too commercial for the judges．“Yes, it’s a pity．But a film can’t just fulfill a director’s ambition．It should also 43 a market, and keep the investors’ needs 44 , ” Wang said．“So, we had to add some commercial elements into this film.”
Wang Xiaoshuai and the main actors 45 Wang Xueqi and Fan Bingbing in this film, have got a modest attitude．“We didn’t 46 too much when we came,” said Fan in a press conference．“This time we’ve 47 great communication with filmmakers around the world–that’s what we came here for.”
1.A．While B．When C．Because D．For
2.A．father B．mother C．teacher D．doctor
3.A．angry B．busy C．familiar D．popular
4.A．and B．then C．so D．or
5.A．in no way B．by the way C．all the way D．in the way
6.A．meanwhile B．fortunately C．therefore D．however
7.A．lost B．succeeded C．won D．missed
8.A．take to B．take on C．appeal to D．apply for
9.A．out of mind B．in mind C．never mind D．to mind
10.A．as B．like C．such that D．so that
11.A．expect B．think C．hope D．wish
12.A．made B．founded C．built D．established
_________ the extremely hot weather, we continued having classes．
A．Thanks to B．In addition to C．In defence of D．Regardless of
Rose _________ tell her mother that she didn’t pass the exam.
A．dare not to B．doesn’t dare to C．doesn’t dare D．dares not
Tom has been absent for two days．Do you know what _________ to him?
A．has happened B．would happen C．was happened D．had happened
