This selection of books and guides offers insight to hidden charm in many favorite cities and destinations and gives you the knowledge to uncover unusual sights to see and places to visit. We hope you enjoy our choices and wele your ments. Email your feedback to [email protected] gounusual. .
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（壁画）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（处于原始状态的）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 bee 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.
【小题1】People staying in Kakslauttanen Hotel can watch the Northern Lights EXCEPT in .A．AugustB．AprilC．DecemberD．June【小题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.【小题3】If you want to experience sleeping with snow or ice around, you can choose .A．Kakslauttanen Hotel and Art Hotel in RondaB．Otter Creek Tents and IcehotelC．Art Hotel in Ronda and Otter Creek TentsD．Kakslauttanen Hotel and Icehotel【小题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.D
网友回答
(答案→)D
解析：
【小题1】D 细节理解题。根据“Kakslauttanen Hotel”中的“…their guests can enjoy the winter activities including watching the Northern Lights visible generally from late August to late April.”可知选项D为最佳选项。
【小题2】C 细节理解题。根据“Otter Creek Tents”中的“and enjoy over a mile of the pristine(处于原始状态的) beach”可知选项C为最佳选项。
【小题3】D 细节理解题。根据“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”可以知道这两家宾馆符合要求。故选项D正确。
【小题4】B 写作目的题。根据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绍和推广几本书。故选项B为最佳答案。