14．Watching the Northern Lights shining on the sky's natural canvas may be on your list already，but be prepared to up the money．
A developer is creating a floating，snowflaked-shaped glass hotel from which guests can stare in fear at the Northern Lights from their beds．The project is called Krystall．Eighty-six luxury rooms will be covered within a glass structure alongside conference rooms and a spa（溫泉），all of which is only accessible by boat．
The stationary （靜止的） hotel will be built near in northern Norway reportedly between bays．It will be constructed，in pieces，in dry docks，before being fit together on location．
Explaining the physics and design of the hotel，Kone Olthuis，Dutch architect and founder of Waterstudio，a specialist in floating structures，said："The floating base is very big and because of that also very stable．You will not notice any movement．Different to any vessel （艦）this hotel is a floating building and will not move．The shape provides most of the stability but cables are used to take away any speed．"
"Same look and feel as a land based hotel but then on the most beautiful spot on the water．The hotel is not connected to land so all the things will be provided by boats．"
According to Mr Olthuis，who wouldn't tell the actual cost of the project，the budget is 15per cent more than it would have been if it were built on land．He said that an important thing to the hotel's construction was for its creation to be"scarless"on the perfect environment surrounding it．
"We call it a scarless development．If you take it away after a hundred years or so it will not leave any physical footprint．That is the only way to bring developments to such a valuable and beautiful marine environment in Norway．"
It is hoped that the hotel will be"self-supporting sustainable"using top of the range technology，helping to support the"growing eco-tourism market．"
"Dutch Docklands has learned to live with the water instead of fighting it，"the firm states．"Floating houses are common in the Netherlands but we took that technology abroad and scale it up in size．"
68．What do we know about Krystall？B
A．It is built as a whole at a time
B．It is designed for enjoying the Northern Lights．
C．It can float here and there stably．
D．It is constructed with glass for every room．
69．According to Mr Olthuis，what concerns most about the hotel isD．
A．how to keep it existing for hundred years
B．how to cause no damage to each piece
C．how to build it with a lot less money
D．how to make it environmentally friendly
70．What Mr Othlis said in the last paragraph implies thatA．
A．Dutch developed a sense of adapting to nature
B．eco-tourism is a growing market in the Netherlands
C．it needs technology to build floating houses
D．it is common to see house floating on water
71．What is the main idea of the passage？B
A．Build a floating houses to live in．
B．View the Northern Lights in a floating hotel．
C．Live with water in a glass hotel in Norway．
D．Use the Northern Lights in a glass hotel．
分析 本文屬于議論文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了一些開發(fā)人員正在研究建造一個(gè)可以在床上欣賞北極光的浮光酒店，文章中主要介紹了這個(gè)酒店的設(shè)計(jì)原理以及人們可以享受的服務(wù)，而文章的最后告訴我們漂浮的房子在荷蘭可能更容易被接受，因?yàn)樗麄円呀?jīng)養(yǎng)成了適應(yīng)自然的習(xí)慣．
解答 68．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第二段A developer is creating a floating，snowflaked-shaped glass hotel from which guests can stare in fear at the Northern Lights from their beds．The project is called Krystall．可知 Krystall是一種人們可以在床上欣賞北極光的項(xiàng)目，故選B．
69．D 推理判斷題，根據(jù)第六段He said that an important thing to the hotel's construction was for its creation to be"scarless"on the perfect environment surrounding it．可知 Mr Olthuis認(rèn)為酒店更應(yīng)該關(guān)注如何使酒店設(shè)計(jì)的更加環(huán)保，并且酒店周圍的環(huán)境也要改善，故選D．
70．A 推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一段"Dutch Docklands has learned to live with the water instead of fighting it，"the firm states．"Floating houses are common in the Netherlands but we took that technology abroad and scale it up in size．"可知荷蘭人已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了依靠水生存而不是與之抗?fàn)帲纱丝芍商m人已經(jīng)養(yǎng)成了適應(yīng)自然的習(xí)慣，故選A．
71．B 主旨大意題，通讀全文可知作者在本文中主要向我們介紹了適合觀看北極光的浮動(dòng)酒店，故選B．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時(shí)不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
