2．There are many special hotels around the world．In Greenland，there is a hotel made out of ice．In Turkey，there is a cave hotel．And in Bolivia，there is the Salt Palace Hotel．
Thousands of years ago，the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake．But over time，all the water disappeared．Today，the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts．
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 out of salt：the walls，the roof，the tables，the chairs and the beds．
The sun heats the walls and roof during the day．So the rooms stay warm at night，though it's cold outside in the desert．The hotel has twelve rooms．A single room costs 40anight，andadoubleroom60．
A sign on the hotel's wall tells guests，"Please don't lick （舔） the walls．"
41．Where did the salt for the hotel come from？C
A．A cave．B．The lake．C．The salt desert．D．A salt field．
42．What keeps the rooms in the Salt Palace Hotel warm at night？D
A．The water in the lake．B．The sand in the desert．
C．The furniture in the rooms．D．The heat from the walls and roof．
43．What is the passage mainly about？B
A．A large lake．B．A special hotel．C．A beautiful wall．D．A famous desert．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，本文講述了世界上的特別旅社，重點講解了鹽宮旅館的位置，歷史以及它的結構、價格、內部裝飾以及注意事項等等．
解答 41．C 細節理解題．根據文章第5行He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it．可知，the Salt Palace Hotel中的物品都是用鹽做成的，所以它的獨特之處就在于所用的材料，故C正確．
42．D 細節理解題．根據第二段1，2行The sun heats the walls and roof during the day．So the rooms stay warm at night，though it's cold outside in the desert．可知，應該是吸收熱量的墻使得房間溫暖；故選D．
43．B 主旨大意題．根據第一段There are many special hotels around the world．In Greenland，there is a hotel made out of ice．In Turkey，there is a cave hotel．And in Bolivia，there is the Salt Palace Hotel可知本文主要介紹的是世界上一座很特殊的賓館，是用鹽做成的．故B符合．
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