Bruce Jones thinks there is still a healthy thirst for exploration into underwater worlds on our own planet. After growing up with his grandfather who was in the marine construction business, Jones quickly got a feel for the water. He started diving at age 9 and, by the 1980s, began offering advice for those interested in the submarine business. By 1993, he was running his own company, U．S. Submarines, which designed and built submarines for resorts and individuals.
Jones plans to spend $40 million in building a hotel where the most expensive rooms will be 50 feet under the sea off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. Unlike the Jules Undersea Lodge — the only undersea hotel now, just off the coast of Key Largo, Fla. — guests at the Poseidon won't need to put on a wet suit to get to their rooms. They also won't need to worry about changing pressure levels since the rooms will be kept at above－surface pressure. Instead, they can move easily to their $1,500－a－night underwater rooms by escalator.
“I think there are a large number of people who would be interested，” said Jones, “including anyone who is looking for a different experience.”
Each room will feature strong windows that look out onto coral gardens. There will be controls in each room that guests can use to change the lighting of the underwater worlds outside their windows and to provide food for fish swimming by.
“By now I envisioned (展望) we'd have whole underwater cities，” Craig Cooper, the director for the Aquarius research station said. “It's about time some of these visions became reality.”
1. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Bruce Jones?
a. Jones started running U．S. Submarines.
b. Jones began to learn to dive.
c. Jones planned to build an undersea hotel.
d. Jones began giving others advice on the submarine business.
A. a, b, c, d B. a, c, b, d
C. b, d, a, c D. b, a, c, d
2. We can learn from the second paragraph that the Jules Undersea Lodge________.
A. lies off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas
B. is the first undersea hotel in the world
C. needn't provide wet suits for its guests
D. sends its guests to their rooms by lift
3. What do we know about Bruce Jones' undersea hotel from the passage?
A. It will be much cheaper than the Jules Undersea Lodge.
B. It has taken Jones $40 million to build it.
C. Guests in it will open the windows to give food to the fish.
D. Guests in it will see beautiful coral through the windows.
4. The underlined word “Poseidon” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. Bruce Jones' undersea hotel
B. Jules Undersea Lodge
C. an island off the coast of Key Largo
D. another name of Eleuthera Island
5. Judging by Cooper's words, his attitude towards underwater hotels is ________.
A. disappointed B. critical
C. objective D. hopeful
1. 解析：选C。事件排序题。由第一段可知，Jones 9岁开始潜水；80年代能够在潜水生意方面给他人提出见解，到1993年他已经开始经营自己的公司，而打算建海底旅馆是发生在这些事件之后。故选C。
2. 解析：选B。细节理解题。由第二段中的“the only undersea hotel now”可知，the Jules Undersea Lodge是世界上目前唯一的海底旅馆，也就是世界上第一家海底旅馆。
3. 解析：选D。细节理解题。由第四段第一句可知，海底旅馆外将会建珊瑚公园，所以入住客人通过窗户可以看到漂亮的珊瑚。
4. 解析：选A。词义猜测题。文章第二段中第一句前一部分提到Jones计划修建一个海底旅馆，再根据第二句中“Unlike the Jules Undersea Lodge...guests at the Poseidon”可推知Poseidon是Jones的海底旅馆。把句中两个破折号之间的内容去掉即可得到正确答案。
5. 解析：选D。推理判断题。从文章的最后一段可知，Cooper对海底旅馆是充满希望的。
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President Bush may talk about a plan to Mars, but Bruce Jones thinks there is still a healthy thirst for exploration into underwater worlds on our own planet. After growing up with a grandfather in the marine construction① business, Jones quickly got a feel for the water. He started diving at age 9 and, by the 1980s, began offering advice for those interested in the submarine② business. By 1993, he was running his own company, U.S. Submarines, which designs and builds submarines for others.
Jones has $40 million spent in building a hotel where the most expensive rooms will be 50 feet under the sea off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. Unlike the Jules Undersea Lodge — the only undersea hotel now, just off the coast of Key Largo, Fla. — guests at the Poseidon won’t need to put on a wet suit to their rooms. They also won’t need to worry about changing pressure levels since the rooms will be kept at above-surface pressure. Instead, they can move easily to their $1,500-a-night underwater rooms by escalator③.
“I think there are a large number of people who would be interested,” said Jones, “including anyone who is looking for a different experience.”
Each room will feature strong walls that look out onto coral④ gardens. There will be controls in each room that guests can use to change the lighting of the underwater worlds outside their windows and to provide food to fish swimming just outside. It sounds exciting— but will it happen? It’s hard to say.
“By now I envisioned⑤ we’d have whole underwater cities,” Cooper said. “It’s about time some of these visions became reality.”
Notes:
① marine construction 海洋建筑
② submarine adj. 海下的
③ escalator n. 自动梯
④ coral n. 珊瑚
⑤ envision v. 展望
1. The first paragraph takes President Bush for example in order to ______.
A. praise President Bush’s plan to Mars
B. humorously introduce the main subject to readers
C. support President Bush’s plan to Mars
D. show Bruce Jones is against President Bush’s plan
2. According to the text, who had a great effect on Bruce Jones?
A. His father. B. His friends. C. His grandfather D. His grandmother
3. According to Bruce Jones’s undersea hotel, we know that ______.
A. fish outside can be seen through the hotel’s walls
B. the hotel has been built and came into use
C. it will be easy to swim into the underwater rooms
D. visitors will have to wear wet suits against water
4. According to Cooper’s words, his attitudes towards the underwater hotels are ______.
A. disappointed B. critical C. objective D. hopeful
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Five-Star Hotel Under the Sea
President Bush may talk about a plan to Mars, but Bruce Jones thinks there is still a healthy thirst for exploration into underwater worlds on our own planet. After growing up with a grandfather in the marine construction(海洋建筑)business, Jones quickly got a feel for the water. He started diving at age 9 and, by the 1980s, began offering advice for those interested in the submarine (海下的) business. By 1993, he was running his own company, U.S. Submarines, which designs and builds submarines for others.
Jones has $40 million spent in building a hotel where the most expensive rooms will be 50 feet under the sea off Eleuthera Island in the
“I think there are a large number of people who would be interested,” said Jones, “including anyone who is looking for a different experience.”
Each room will feature strong walls that look out onto coral gardens. There will be controls in each room that guests can use to change the lighting of the underwater worlds outside their windows and to provide food to fish swimming just outside. It sounds exciting― but will it happen? It’s hard to say.
“By now I envisioned (展望) we’d have whole underwater cities,” Cooper said. “It’s about time some of these visions became reality.”
72. The first paragraph takes President Bush for example in order to ______.
A. praise President Bush’s plan to Mars
B. humorously introduce the main subject to readers
C. support President Bush’s plan to Mars
D. show Bruce Jones is against President Bush’s plan
73. According to the text, who had a great effect on Bruce Jones?
A. His father. B. His friends. C. His grandfather D. His grandmother
74 According to Bruce Jones’s undersea hotel, we know that ______.
A. fish outside can be seen through the hotel’s walls
B. the hotel has been built and came into use
C. it will be easy to swim into the underwater rooms
D. visitors will have to wear wet suits against water
75. According to Cooper’s words, his attitudes towards the underwater hotels are ______.
A. disappointed B. critical C. objective D. hopeful
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A federal judge sentenced Bruce Jones to 12 years in federal prison for fraud （诈骗罪）. Over a 10 – year period, Jones had managed to cheat thousands of people throughout the state out of almost $10 million.
He advertised his fantastic ideas on TV. “For some reason,” Jones said, “TV seems to break the ice. Even though you are a total stranger to the viewer, once he sees you on TV in his home, he feels like he knows you. You enter his living room and become a trusted friend.”
Jones had an imagination that wouldn’t quit. One time he showed viewers an “official government” earthquake report which “proved” that the western half of California would collapse into the sea within three years. For $100, he said, Jones would insure （承保） your house and property for full value. Thousands of people who saw that TV ad sent him a hundred dollars each.
In another TV ad, Jones claimed that he had come to an agreement with the federal and state government for exclusive（独享的）air rights. He told viewers that, for only $100, they could own the first 10 miles above all their property. You would be able to charge any commercial plane that flew over your property $100 per crossing. You would also be able to charge government rockets, satellites, space shuttles, and space stations $100 for each and every violation of your air rights.
Another time, Jones claimed to have invented a product that gets rid of calories. He showed the viewers a spray can of “No Cal.” He said that by simply spraying No Cal on your food, a chemical interaction would cause all the calories in the food to simply disappear within about 10 seconds. The No Cal was only $10 a can. As usual, Jones received thousands of checks in the mail.
The judge told Jones that he should be ashamed of himself. Jones responded that he was very ashamed of himself, and that when he got out of prison he hoped to become a TV adviser to help people avoid getting cheated. He told the judge that he was already developing an instructional CD that, for merely $100, would save people thousands of dollars in scams （骗局） . The judge nodded, and then changed Jones’ sentence from 10 years to 12 years.
1．According to Jones, he could successfully cheat many people mainly because .
A．he promised them a large profit
B．they were too eager to make money
C．they believed too much in TV ads
D．he was skillful in communicating with people
2．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Jones showed unusual imagination in his tricks.
B．Jones was closely related to the state government.
C．Western California was in danger of going under the sea.
D．Jones felt guilty and was determined to lead a new life.
3．We can infer that people who wanted to buy “No Cal” from Jones .
A．were mainly from low income families
B．all had a rich knowledge of chemistry
C．were probably interested in losing weight
D．usually did the shopping through the Internet
4．The judge changed the sentence at last because .
A．Jones was planning another big scam
B．he could hardly believe what Jones had told him
C．Jones had cheated more people than he expected
D．he had suffered from Jones’ scams himself
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