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Coolest Hotels in the World

Ariau Amazon Towers

The Ariau Amazon Towers hotel lets you sleep in a tree house. Eight towers make up this hotel that offers over 300 rooms. If you really want to get into the spirit, book the Tarzan suit which is large enough for a big family. You’ll be thirty feet up in the air and can travel between the towers through their wooden walkways.

Prices, starting at $300 one night for each person for a regular room and going all the way up to$3000 for the Tarzan Suite.

For more information, visit the website:http://www.ariautowers.com

The Ice Hotel

Every winter in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden kind of hotel called the Ice Hotel is built Each year,world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works of art from the ice, many of which can be found in the rooms. You’ll have your choice between hot or cold romms,but you will be well advised to stay at least one night in a cold room for a true experience.

Prices: starting at $318 one night for each person for either a cold room or a warm one.

For more information, visit the website:http://www.icehotel.com

Propeller Island

Propeller Island City Lodge is a very special hotel that was designed by a German tist. Each room provides you with the promibility of living in a work of art. Every single piece of furmiture in the thirty rooms of the hotel has been hand-made and each room is completely different. You’ll be able to choose a room based on your own personal tastes.

Prices:starting at just $91 a night,and an additional person for only 20 extra dollars.

For more information , visit the website:http://www.propeller island.com

For information about other cool hotels in the world ,visit the website:

http://www.bahamabeachclub.com

54.What is special about the Ariau Amazon Towers hotel?

A．You can sleep in the houses     B．You can choose any of the towers

C．It is designed for big families    D．Every room has a walkway

55.For two persons spending a night in one of these hotels,they have to pay at least

A．$111    B．$182    C．$600    D．$636

56.Which website should you visit if you want to find out whether there exists a hotel the sea?

A．http://www.icehotel.com    B．http://www.ariautowers.com

C．http://www .propeller-island.com    D．http://www.bahamabeachclub.com

57.Which hotel would invite artists to come to work every year?

A．Propeller Island City Lodge    B．Ariau Amazon Towers

C．The Ice Hotel               D．Bahama Beach Club

we___________last night,but we went to the concert instead.

A.must have studied      B.might study    C.should have studied    D.would study

The news shocked the public, to great concem about students’ safety at school.

A. having led              B. led   

C.  leading               D.  to lead

In April, thousands of holidaymakers remained       abroad due to the volcanic ash cloud.

A. sticking      B. stuck   C. to be stuck  D. to have stuck

     It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night.The morning after the storm,though,was beautiful:blue skies,warm air and a calm,inviting sea touching the shore gently.

     My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him.I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same.I’m so glad I did.

On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast,but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape.After allm it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea.As we got on board,we noticed two big humps(脊背) in the distance.

On approaching them,we saw it was a mother whale with her baby.We couldn’t beliece it ----there aren’t any whales along the coast here.The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badlly polluted that nothing could surive.

The little baby whale ----actually as big as our boal----was obviously stuck and could not move.The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly,making big whirlpools(漩渦) and waves.”She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side,”my father said.At this point,myfather moved our boat in a semicirele to the other side and ,heading the boat towards the baby whale,pushed it gently.With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappared under water.Then it swam up right beside its mum.They stuggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction.We hurried up to the whales

and tried to lead them towards the bay channel.Showly,they let us lead them,some-times rising from the water right beside us to breathe----and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes.Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea,the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.

In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half.That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day,Nearly four decades later ,I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.

51. The author says “I’m  so glad I did .”(in Para.2)because __________.

A. be witnessed the whole process of fishing

B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea

C. he experienced the rescue of the whales

D. he spent the weekend with his family

52. The harbour survived the storm owing to____________.

A. the shape of the harbour

B. the arms of the bay

C. the still water in the channel

D. the long coast line

53. The mother whale failed to help her baby because__________.

A.  she had stayed in the polluted water for too long

B.  the whirlpools she had made were not big enough

C.  she had no other whales around to tutu to for help

D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction

54.what is the theme of the story?

A. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness

B. Fishing provides excitement for children

C. It’s necessary to live in harmony with animals

D. it’s vital to protect the environment

II. Cloze 20%

Directions:  For each blank in the following passages 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.

I teach biology at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my  21  how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so  22 . He had his wisdom teeth removed. Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so  23 .

       His question  24  me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a  25  about how you want to deal with life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”

“Let me give you an example,”I continued,  26 all sixty students in the class. “In  27  to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at a  28  in Henderson, 17 miles down the highway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I  29   the highway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car  30 . I tried to start it again, but the 31  wouldn’t work.  32  I turned my flashers on, took my books, and  33  down the road to the college.”

“As soon as I got there, I called and  34  for a tow truck to meet me at my car after  35 . The secretary there asked me what had happened. ‘This is my  36  day.’ ” I replied, smiling.

She was 37 . “What do you mean?”

“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway. It didn’t.” I replied. “ 38 , it broke down in the perfect place: off the highway, 39  walking distance of here.

I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient 40 .”

I ended my story. In spite of the early hour, no one in my class seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them.

21. A.schoolmates         B. children            C. teachers           D.students

22. A. had                    B. good            C. sad                          D.free

23. A. cheerful             B. grateful            C. hopeful                    D. thankful

24. A. informed            B.told                C. reminded                 D. warned

25. A. decision            B. choice             C. preference                      D. judgment

26. A. showing            B. demanding        C. addressing                   D. commanding

27. A. contribution       B. devotion      C. application           D. addition

28. A. school             B. college         C. university            D. institute

29. A. exited               B. found               C. crossed                    D. entered

30. A. broke              B. died             C. ended                    D. finished

31. A. instrument      B. wheel          C. light              D. engine

32. A. But               B. And             C. So                    D. Or

33. A. marched        B. drove              C. rode                D. followed

34. A. prepared            B. looked          C. waited                  D. arranged

35. A. class                   B. work               C. study                 D. lunch

36. A. usual                  B. unusual            C. unlucky                    D. lucky

37. A. astonished                B. excited            C. puzzled                 D. pleased

38. A. Anyway            B. Instead            C. Also                  D. Still

39. A. within             B. beyond            C. without                  D. along

40. A. order                       B. need                C. way                D. situation

 I could hardly believe he ______ have been taken in by such a simple trick.

A. could        B. should       C. may          D. must

. Do you think it ______ to attend the summer training courses run by the Sunday school?

A. worth     B. worthy     C. worthwhile    D. worthy of 

. Just like a voyage at sea, our life journey, ______ time is limited, is full of difficulties as well as opportunities.

    A. what             B. of which                C. while                D. whose

三．  閱讀理解

Einstein, a great scientist of the age, was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.

Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he had not given him the right change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it to Einstein, saying, “The trouble with you is that you don’t know your figures.”

Einstein said that there were only twelve people living who understood his Theory of Relativity although a good many books had been written to explain it.

He had nothing but contempt(蔑視) for the things most people set their hearts on --- for fame and riches(財(cái)富) and luxury(奢華).

He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life. He said that he often thought in music.

1．The conductor thought Einstein _____ ．

A． wasn’t good at maths           B．had good memory  

C． was either mad or strange        D．liked to make trouble

2．Einstein meant that many people _____ ．

A.  knew his Theory of Relativity well because they could explain it    

B．had written to have grasped his theory correctly 

C．pretended to have grasped his abstract theory  

D．a(chǎn)dmired him very much

3．Which of the following statements is true?

A.  Einstein care little for fame or wealth.

B.  Einstein had nothing but enough fame and riches and luxury.

C.  Einstein was eager for the things most people set their hearts to.

D.  In the eyes of Einstein, most people had a strong wish to publish book on the theory.

4.  The underline part “set their hearts on” means _____.

A.  believe           B. have           C. love           D. hate