Question

    Abbey Inn is a special hotel. You might spend a holiday there and never meet any other people. No other guests, sometimes. No full-time employee.

The place looked pretty to Katrina Arthur. So she and her husband booked a weekend holiday last year. However, things started to go wrong as soon as they walked into the room.

“Smelt terrible,” Arthur said, “The air conditioning didn’t work, either. We started checking the sheets and the bed. They were really dirty.” She went to the desk to complain, but no one was there. Arthur found no employees in the hotel at all. So she cleaned the room herself. When they woke the next day, they still found no one else in the hotel. So they put the room key in a drop box and got away.

Later she left a statement online. “I was honest; I wanted people to know.” she said.

The next month, Andrew Szakaly, owner of Abbey, sent a letter to Arthur, saying her statement had caused injury to the hotel, and Szakaly would sue(起诉) her unless she took it down.

Arthur was scared. She deleted(删除) the statement, but still the hotel asked her for an extra $350 anyway.

Now the state is suing Abbey Inn for asking guests for extra money for bad statements.

1.Why did Arthur think Abbey Inn was a pretty place at first?

A.Because it was in the city. B.Because it gave guests a private place.

C.Because it had many guests. D.Because it was free of charge.

2.Arthur and her husband met the following problems, except _______.

A.bad smell B.air conditioning going wrong

C.many mice D.dirty sheets and bed

3.Why would Andrew Szakaly, owner of Abby, sue Arthur?

A.She stole the room key.

B.She didn’t pay the hotel expenses on time.

C.She broke the rules made by Abbey Inn.

D.She left a bad statement online and it caused injury to them.

4.How does the state think of this matter?

A.Arthur is a difficult guest.

B.Arthur shouldn’t leave her statement online.

C.Szakaly shouldn’t ask Arthur for extra payment.

D.Szakaly has a good reason to ask Arthur for extra money.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇新闻报道。卡特里娜·亚瑟和她丈夫在艾比旅馆入住时发现房间味道不好，空调也坏了，床单和床很脏。离开后她在网上如实地评价了这家旅馆，而旅馆经营者萨卡利写信给亚瑟，说她的评价给酒店造成了伤害。如果她不删除评价，萨卡利将起诉她。亚瑟删除了那份声明，但酒店还是要求她再支付350美元。该州已起诉这家旅馆，因为它向客人索要额外的钱。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Abbey Inn is a special hotel. You might spend a holiday there and never meet any other people. No other guests, sometimes. No full-time employee.”可知，艾比酒店是一家特别的旅馆。你可以在那里度假，你不会见到其他人。有时没有其他客人。没有全职员工。因此亚瑟一开始觉得艾比旅馆是个不错的地方是因为它给客人提供了一个私人空间。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Smelt terrible…The air conditioning didn’t work, either. We started checking the sheets and the bed. They were really dirty.”可知，房间味道难闻，空调也坏了，床单和床都很脏。”即亚瑟和她的丈夫没有遇到“很多老鼠”的问题。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中的“Andrew Szakaly, owner of Abbey, sent a letter to Arthur, saying her statement had caused injury to the hotel, and Szakaly would sue(起诉) her unless she took it down.”可知，安德鲁·萨卡利写信给亚瑟，说亚瑟的评价给酒店造成了伤害，如果她不删除网上的评价，萨卡利将起诉她。因此安德鲁·萨卡利要起诉亚瑟的原因是亚瑟在网上发表了一个该旅馆服务不好的评价，给酒店造成了伤害。故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Now the state is suing Abbey Inn for asking guests for extra money for bad statements.”可知，该州正在起诉该酒店，因为它向客人索要额外的钱。因此该州认为酒店不应该要求亚瑟支付额外的费用。故选C。