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.”
小题1: Bergqvist designed and built the world’s first igloo hotel because ________.
A．an art exhibition was about to open
B．he wanted to make a name for the small town
C．he believed people would enjoy trying something new
D．more hotel rooms were needed小题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．a bigger igloo will replace the present one
C．holidaymakers will soon get tired of the big igloo
D．Bergqvist’s hotel will soon become a pool of water小题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小题4: When guests leave the igloo hotel they will receive a paper stating that ________.
A．they have had a taste of adventure
B．they have had an ice-snow holiday
C．they have had great fun sleeping on ice
D．they have visited Lapland小题5:Which of the following pictures below is closest to the igloo hotel as described in the text?
