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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（冰屋）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.
Art Hotel in Ronda

Beautifully situated in the oldest paved street of Ronda and surrounded by historic buildings, Art Hotel is decorated with original and historical artwork and atmospheric lighting. There is lots of fun and funky touches, e. g. lights and birds nesting in old basketballs, wall murals（壁畫(huà)）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 salt-water creek. A coconut plantation dating back to 1886, the secret location preserves the privacy and peace of guests, with the salt water of the creek keeping even the mosquitoes away.
Each tent sleeps 2 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（處于原始狀態(tài)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 inspired other similar properties in North America and elsewhere.
小題1:People staying in Kakslauttanen Hotel can watch the Northern Lights EXCEPT in ________.
A．AugustB．AprilC．DecemberD．June
小題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.
小題3:If you want to experience sleeping with snow or ice around, you can choose ________.
A．Kakslauttanen Hotel and Art Hotel in Ronda
B．Otter Creek Tents and Icehotel
C．Art Hotel in Ronda and Otter Creek Tents
D．Kakslauttanen Hotel and Icehotel
小題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.
小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B

小題1:D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Kakslauttanen Hotel”中的“…their guests can enjoy the winter activities including watching the Northern Lights visible generally from late August to late April.”可知選項(xiàng)D為最佳選項(xiàng)。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Otter Creek Tents”中的“and enjoy over a mile of the pristine(處于原始狀態(tài)的) beach”可知選項(xiàng)C為最佳選項(xiàng)。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Kakslauttanen Hotel”中的第一句以及“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”可以知道這兩家賓館符合要求。故選項(xiàng)D正確。
小題4:B 寫(xiě)作目的題。根據(jù)短文第二段中的句子：The following are taken from these books. You will find much more information about these hotels in the books.可以知道本文旨在介紹和推廣幾本書(shū)。故選項(xiàng)B為最佳答案。
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C．They pay too much attention to examination marks and language skills.
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In common land plants, the living cells of roots take upmost of the water. Land plants without roots do exist, however. Those greenish-yellow lichens（苔蘚）you see on rocks in the high mountains have no roots. Half a billion years ago, when water plants started to enter the land, the first land plants did not have roots.
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Parents often believe that they have a good relationship（關(guān)系）with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son: suddenly he seemed to be talking more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut,” Joanna noted.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changed in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up (蜷伏) with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a little girl and sometimes like a young lady.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, author of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. “This completely changes during the teen years,” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”
Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break(休息), for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.
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A．is always busy with his studiesB．doesn’t want to be disturbed
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their daughter isn’t as lovely as before  
they can’t read their daughter’s mind exactly
they don’t know what to say to their daughter
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A． Teenagers talk a lot with their friends
B． Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.
C． Teenagers do not talk much with their parents
D． Teenagers talk little about their own lives
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A.  Parents are unhappy with their growing children.
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小題1:Which of the following best explains the asynchronous development?
A A child has good development both in mind and body.
B A child cannot get along well with his classmates.
C A child is intellectually developed but not equal with emotionally.
D A child doesn’t feel happy with his school and teachers.
小題2:What is most likely to be talked about in the paragraph following the passage?
A How a gifted child gets along with his classmates.
B How to get a gifted child involved（被卷入） in a classroom discussion.
C What can arouse（激發(fā)） a gifted child’s interest.
D How a teacher should handle a gifted child in class.
小題3:We can infer from the passage that ______.
A we needn’t pay special attention to gifted children
B a gifted child is well above others in every way
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