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  This selection of books and guides offers insight to hidden charm in many favorite cities and destinations and gives you the knowledge to uncover unusual sights to see and places to visit.We hope you enjoy our choices and welcome your comments.Email your feedback to books@ gounusual.com.

  The following are taken from these books.You will find much more information about these hotels in the books.

  Kakslauttanen Hotel

  It is the home of the famous Igloo Village with the unique glass and snow igloos and the world's largest snow restaurant.In addition, their guests can enjoy the winter activities including watching the Northern Lights visible generally from late August to late April.Guests can sample the peace of sleeping in snow.Their glass igloos are fantastic for lying on your bed at night, watching the Northern Lights in the warm.You can enjoy cold or warm night sleep as required.

  Enfrente Art Hotel Ronda

  Beautifully situated in the oldest paved street of Ronda and surrounded by historic buildings, Enfrente Art Hotel Ronda is decorated with original and historical artwork and atmospheric lighting.There are lots of fun and funky touches, e.g.lights and birds nesting in old basketballs, murals(壁画)of Michael Jackson, car tyres converted to occasional tables.

  During your stay, all drinks, breakfast and the use of all facilities are included in the price of the room.

  Otter Creek Tents

  The tents are separated from the rest of the world by a quiet saltwater creek.A coconut plantation dating back to 1886, the secret location preserves the privacy and peace of guests, with the saltwater of the creek keeping even the mosquitoes away.

  Each tent sleeps two in a four-poster double bed and has a western style toilet and bathroom with running water and hot shower.The tents use the dining facilities of the charming “Elsewhere” beach houses and enjoy over a mile of the pristine(处于原始状态的)beach where one can still see the footprints of fishermen, and during the season, possibly the prints of sea turtles.

  The Original Icehotel

  “Imagine a hotel built from thousands of tons of snow and ice, and rebuilt every winter”-that is Icehotel in northern Lapland, Sweden.

  This is the original Icehotel, first created in the early 1990s.It has become the global ambassador for this genre and now licenses Icebars around the world too.With 80 rooms, the property is a huge undertaking to be rebuilt every year, and their expertise inspires other similar properties in North America and elsewhere.

(1)

People staying in Kakslauttanen Hotel can watch the Northern Lights EXCEPT in ________.

[  ]

A.

August

B.

April

C.

December

D.

June

(2)

What is special about Otter Creek Tents?

[  ]

A.

You can sleep in a house made of ice there.

B.

It is surrounded by a forest.

C.

You can enjoy the scenes of a beach.

D.

You can enjoy turtles cooked in a special way there.

(3)

If you want to experience sleeping with snow or ice around, you can choose ________.

[  ]

A.

Kakslauttanen Hotel and Enfrente Art Hotel Ronda

B.

Otter Creek Tents and Icehotel

C.

Enfrente Art Hotel Ronda and Otter Creek Tents

D.

Kakslauttanen Hotel and Icehotel

(4)

What's the author's purpose of writing the passage?

[  ]

A.

To show us the advantages of staying in hotels.

B.

To introduce and promote some books.

C.

To encourage people to travel around the world.

D.

To explain to us how people manage the hotels.

答案:1.D;2.C;3.D;4.B;
解析:

(1)

考查细节理解。根据“Kakslauttanen Hotel”中的“from late August to late April”可知答案为D项。

(2)

考查细节理解。根据“Otter Creek Tents”中的“and enjoy over a mile of the pristine(处于原始状态的)beach”可知答案为C 项。

(3)

考查细节理解。根据“Kakslauttanen Hotel”中的第一句及“you can enjoy cold or warm night sleep as required.”和“The Original Icehotel”中的“a hotel built from thousands of tons of snow and ice”可知,这两个宾馆符合要求。

(4)

考查写作目的。根据文章第二段的内容可知,本文意在介绍和推广几本书。


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