Question

Holidaymakers who are bored with baking beaches and overheated hotel rooms head for a big igloo. Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo hotel.  Built in a small town in Lapland, it has been attracting lots of visitors, but soon the fun will be over.

    In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation (作品) will be nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem,” he says, “We just look forward to replacing it.”

    Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was so successful that he designed the present one, which measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks piling 1 000 tons of snow onto a wooden base；when the snow froze, the base was removed.“The only wooden thing we have left in the igloo is the front door,” he says.

    After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success.  With no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0℃, it may seem more like a survival test than a relaxing (轻松的) hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “as well as a good start in survival training.”

    The popularity of the igloo is beyond doubt: it is now attracting tourists from all over the worlD．At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms. “You can get a lot of people in,” explains Bergqvist. “The beds are three meters wide by two meters long, and can fit at least four at one time.”

1.Bergqvist designed and built the world’s first igloo hotel because _____.

A．he believed people would enjoyed trying something new

B．he wanted to make a name for small town

C．an art exhibition was about to open

D．more hotel rooms were needed

2.When the writer says “the fun will be over,” he refers to the fact that _____.

A．hotel guests will be frightened at the thought of the hard test

B．Bergqvist’s hotel will soon become a pool of water

C．holidaymakers will soon get tired of the big igloo

D．a bigger igloo will replace the present one

3. According to the text, the first thing to do in building an igloo is _____.

A．to gather a pool of water

B．to prepare a wooden base

C．to cover the ground with ice

D．to pile a large amount of snow

4.When guests leave the igloo hotel they will receive a paper stating that _______.

A．they have visited Lapland

B．they have had an ice-snow holiday

C．they have had great fun sleeping on ice

D．they have had a taste of adventure

 

Answer 1

答案：1A2B3B4D
解析：

1．本文的主要内容是介绍国外的一种独特旅游形式：冰屋体验。在这篇文章中，作者大体上陈述了下面一些意思： ①提出本文主题：Nile Bergqvist首创世界第一个冰屋宾馆； ②Nile Bergqvist首创冰屋宾馆的过程； ③描述冰屋宾馆的结构； ④陈述冰屋宾馆内的活动； ⑤冰屋宾馆的营业效果。 本题涉及的是上面的第1和第2项内容。但是，考生能否对本题作出正确判断，不仅仅依靠本文的第1和第2段，还要依靠考生对全文意思的理解。其中第4项内容对于判断本题也起着重要作用。 虽然本文涉及了冰屋宾馆的房间，但是，文中没有谈及“需求更多房间”的意思，所以，D项不是Nile Bergqvist首创冰屋宾馆的动因。C项艺术展引起了Nile Bergqvist首创冰屋宾馆的想法，但是，那只是一种引发，也不是动因。B项内容在文中则没有涉及。由此考生应当判断： Nile Bergqvist首创冰屋宾馆是相信人们乐于尝试新奇体验。 2.考生要解决本题需要从整体上理解第一段和第二段的意思： 3.这样的判断相对而言并不困难，但是，重要的问题是，考生是否能够从行文之中把相关的事实提取出来，然后安排它们的时间顺序： 在行文中，关于建构冰屋，piling 1 000 tons of snow是首先出现的，但是，这句话涉及了a wooden base，从这样的措辞可以确定，雪是堆积在一个木制的基础上的。因此，建构冰屋的第一个步骤是prepare a wooden base。 4.考生判断此题需要对本篇的相关文字进行分析，并作深层次的理解： 本篇直接涉及“证书”问题的语句仅有一处： After their stay，all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success． 其中的关键词语是：survival，their success． 考生通过对全篇基调的正确领悟就可以作出下面的判断： ①住冰屋不是一般的游览。从而否定了A； ②住冰屋不是度过一般的冰雪节目。从而否定了B； ③住冰屋不是一般的娱乐。从而否定了C； ④住冰屋是一种冒险体验。从而选定D。