56. Which of the following about Tayka Hotel de Sal is true?

　 A. The hotel is the cheapest among the four mentioned.

　 B. Everything in the hotel is made of salt.

　 C. It is on an island in the Pacific Ocean.

　 D. It is located on a prehistoric lake.

47. A. made　　　 　　B. founded　 　　　C. built　 　　　D. established

SECTION　C　(12　points) Directions:　Complete　the　following　passage　by　filling　in　each　blank　with　one　word　that　best　fits

　the　context.

On the first day of classes at a Los Angeles high school, several American boys came up to a Chinese boy and said: “Hi, what’s up?” 　48　 　　hearing their greeting, the boy, 　49 　　　had just moved to the US with his parents, raised his head and looked at the sky.

This is a story told by David Chen, 　50 　31-year-old actor in Taiwan who recently launched a Sina mini-blog, on which he teaches easy English expressions.

“ 　51　 　me, the mini-blog is like a mirror. When I read the comments, I see myself more clearly.”

Chen made a breakthrough last year 　　52　 　he had a double-eyelid surgery. “I like making changes and I think it’s necessary,” he said. “I know many fans like my pretty boy image. But now I’m growing up, I want to look rougher and 　53　 mature.”

“When you have a new haircut, you do not need to explain it. __54___ is just like changing your mood to do so–if you feel happy, that’s great,” said Chen. “Young people should realize 　　

that sometimes you can just do what you want to do. You will eventually get support from others if you dare to be 　55　 .”

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION

　　Directions: read the following three passages. Each passages is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked with A, B, C and D. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

Tayka Hotel De Sal

Where: Tahua, Bolivia

How much: About $95 a night

Why it’s cool: You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That’s something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt-including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses (床垫) and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake that’s the world’s biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where: Vythiri, India

How much: About $240 a night

Why it’s cool: Ridding a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window-there is no glass!-you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don’t even have to come down for breakfast-the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where: Cottonwood, Idaho

How much: $92 a night

Why it’s cool: This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a ffew steps ot the loft in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose. Cotta “go”(想要方便一下)? Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant outside.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where: Ayvali, Turkey

How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.

Why it’s cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65℉in summer. (Don’t worry-there is heat in winter.)

46. A. expect　　　　 B. think　　　　　 C. hope 　　　　D. wish

45. A. as 　　　　　　 　　B. like　　 　　 　　C. such that　 　D. so that

44. A. out of mind 　　B. in mind　　 　　C. never mind 　D. to mind

43. A. take to　 　　　B. take on　 　　　C. appeal to　 　　D. apply for

42. A. lost　　　 　　B. succeeded　　　 C. won　　　　 D. missed

41. A. meanwhile　 　B. fortunately　　　 C. therefore　　 D. however

40. A. in no way　　 B. by the way　 　　C. all the way 　D. in the way

39. A. and　　　　　 B. then　　　　　 C. so　　 　　　D. or