There are many unusual hotels around the world. In Greenland(格陵兰岛), there is a hotel made of ice, open between December and April every year. In Turkey(土耳其), there is a cave(岩洞) hotel with a television, furniture, and a bathroom in each room. And in Bolivia(玻利维亚), there is a hotel named the Salt Palace Hotel.
Thousands of years ago, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But today, the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts(荒漠).
The larger of the two deserts is called Uyuni salt desert. During the day, the desert is bright white because of the salt. There are no roads across the Uyuni desert, so local people must show guests the way to the hotel.
In the early 1990s, a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel. He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made of salt: the walls, the roof(屋顶), the tables, the chairs, the beds, and the hotel’s bar.
The sun makes the walls and roof warm during the day. At night the desert is very cold, but the rooms are warm. The hotel has twelve rooms. A single room(单人间) costs＄40 a night, and a double room(双人间) costs＄60.
A sign on the hotel’s wall tells guests, “ Please don’t lick（添）the walls.”
小题1: The Salt Palace Hotel is unusual because__________.
A．it has long history.
B．the price of the rooms is high.
C．the guests are special.
D．it is made of salt.小题2:Which sentence about the area around the Salt Palace Hotel is NOT true?
A．It was a lake many years ago.
B．It is white during the day.
C．There are several roads to the hotel.
D．There are only two small lakes now.小题3: Juan Quesada got the salt from ___________to build the hotel.
A．the salt deserts
B．Greenland
C．Turkey
D．the small lake小题4:__________ keeps the rooms warm at night?
A．Heat from the walls
B．The desert air
C．The sun
D．The furniture小题5:Which of the following is true?
A．You can live in the ice hotel in Greenland in October.
B．You can watch TV in the cave hotel.
C．The salt hotel is in Turkey.
D．If you and your friend want to live in the Salt Hotel, you should pay＄40 a night together.
