根据短文内容，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

There are many unusual hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a hotel made out of ice, open between April and December every year. In Turkey, there is a cave hotel with a television, furniture, and a bathroom in each room. 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.

    The larger of the two deserts, the Uyuni salt desert, is 12,000 square kilometers. 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 (块) 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, the beds, and the hotel’s bar.

    The sun heats the walls and roof during the day. At night the desert is very cold, but the rooms stay warm. The hotel has 12 rooms. A single room costs＄40 a night, and a double room costs＄60.

A sign on the hotel’s wall tells guests, “ Please don’t lick the walls－it doesn’t taste good!”

1.People can go to __________ to visit the ice hotel in April.

   A. Greenland             B. Turkey               C. Bolivia

2.The Salt Palace Hotel is unusual because __________.

   A. it has a long history        

B. it’s made out of salt      

C. the rooms stay cold all day

3.Where did the salt used for the hotel come from?

   A. A salt factory.           B. The desert.              C. The lakes.

4.The underlined word “lick” means __________ in Chinese.

   A. 摸                        B. 踢                   C. 舔

5.The best title for the passage is _________.

A. Unusual Hotels           B. Salt Desert              C. A Story of Juan Quesad

 

A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression (抑郁症) as young adults.
The researchers used a national long-term survey of healthy young teenagers of about 13—16 to find out the relationship between media(媒体) use and depression. They based their findings on more than 4000 young teenagers who were not depressed when the survey began in 1995.
As part of the survey, the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily. They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Here was the result. The young people spent five and a half hours a day using media and more than 2 hours of that was spent watching TV.
Seven years later, in 2001, more than 7% of the young people had signs of depression. The average age at that time was 21. Brian Primack at the University of Pittsburgh medical school was the lead author of the new study. He says every extra hour of television meant an 8% increase in the chances of developing signs of depression.
The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, video games or radio. But the study did find that young men were more likely than young women to develop depression given the same amount of media use.
Doctor Primack says the study did not find out if watching TV causes depression directly. But one possibility, he says, is that it may take time away from activities that could help prevent depression, like sports and social activities. It might also prevent a person from sleeping well, he says, and that could have an influence.
The study was just published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
In December, the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happy lives. Researchers from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people. The study found that happy people are more likely to be socially active, to read, attend social services and to vote.

Process of the study	Details
The purpose of the research	To find out   【小题1】 between media use and depression
At the beginning of the research	【小题2】was made among over 4000 young people who were not depressed.
The result of the survey	These young people spent five and a half hours a day in using media and they spent over 2 hours or that  【小题3】
Seven years later	Researchers found 7% of the young people had a sign of depression. Every extra hour of watching TV meant an 8% increase in the chances of developing signs of depression.
Results of the study	1. Watching TV might have   【小题4】   and it may take time away from activities and sports. 2. Young men get more chance than young women to develop depression. 3. The reason some people get depression is that   【小题5】

When visiting Beijing, the Palace Museum is a must-see for many people.

Last year, the museum received 14.2 million visitors, which is twice the number of visitors in 2002. This year it is expected to increase by 10 percent. Compared with other popular museums around the world, the number of visitors at the Palace Museum is very high. Last year the Louvre(罗浮宫) in Paris welcomed 8.8 million visitors and the British Museum in London received 5.8 million.

A large number of visitors can bring a lot of money from ticket sales. But there are also worries that people will do demage(破坏) to relics(文物) and old buildings.

To solve the problem, some people suggested taking cultural objects out of the Palace Museum. In this way, visitors coming for ancient buildings and cultural objects will go to different places. “It is a sign of progress. Letting more people see these treasures is more important than keeping them in their original(原始的) place,” said Song Xiangguang, a professor at Peking University.

However, Shan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum, doesn’t agree on this idea. He thinks that the most important thing in protecting the Palace Museum is to keep it complete. “The 1.8 million cultural relics and the historical buildings are two key parts of the museum. They can’t be separated.” he said.

Shan said that they are planning to increase the space that is open to the public. This will not only feed visitors’ curiosity(好奇), but also spread them out so they are not putting too much pressure on one area.

Shan also wanted to set up an appointment system. “ If visitors make an appointment before they come, we can make better and different visiting routes(路线) for them.” Shan said.

1.How many visitors did the Palace Museum welcome in 2002?

A．14.2 million        B．8.8 million         C．5.8 million         D．7.1 million

2.Why did some people suggest taking cultural objects out of the Palace Museum?

A．To let more people see the relics.           B．To bring less damage to the relics.

C．To make more money from ticket sales.       D．To keep the Palace Museum original.

3.The underlined word “separated” means ______ in Chinese.

A．分离             B．破坏             C．偷窃             D．压迫

4.By reading the article, we can know that______________.

A．the Palace Museum has an appointment system now.

B．relics are the only important part of the Palace Museum.

C．the Louvre welcomed the most visitors in the world last year.

D．Shan thought that more areas of the palace should be open to public.

 

If we want to deal with the association (交往) between boys and girls properly, here are some “dos and don’ts” for you to follow.

   Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. It is very natural for the boys and girls to make friends with each other . We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep in touch with the other sex(性别) in public instead of in secret.

   Don’t be too nervous or too shy. If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friends with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have lunch in common , you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you can express yourself freely as others.

   Don’t fall into the mire of puppy love. The boys and girls at adolescence(青春期) are rich in feelings. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion , puppy love is a green apple that can’t be eaten. An apple won’t taste sweet until it is fully ripe (成熟的). Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of puppy love.

    根据短文内容，选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入题前括号内。(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

1.The main idea of the passage is to _____.

A. tell students to keep away from early love

B. give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls

C. tell students how to make friends.

D. teach boys how to talk with girls

2.We should keep in touch with the other sex in the following ways EXCEPT________.

A. with a good state of mind      B. in a real friendship

C. in public                   D. in secret

3.If you are a shy person, you can __________.

A. find friends with the same interest and hobby first

B. only have a few friends of the same sex

C. not make friends with the other sex

D. not fall in love with other students easily

4.What does the underlined word “mire” mean?

A. 波浪       B. 泥潭        C.圈套       D. 迷惑

5.A person at adolescence is _____.

A. easy to be nervous     

B. good at making friends with each other  

C. old enough to fall in love 

D. easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love

 

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized(听出)his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day; I can not see it.”
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply sign the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective (有效的)？
【小题1】The boy in the passage can not           .

A．see

B．walk

C．hear

D．speak

【小题2】 How did the man help the boy?

A．He gave the boy a lot of money.

B．He brought the boy back to his home.

C．He wrote some new words on the sign.

D．He sent the boy to a special school.

【小题3】The underlined words “held up” in the first paragraph mean          .

A．阻碍

B．举着

C．承受

D．坚持

【小题4】What happened after the man changed the sign?

A．The boy still got a few coins in the hat.

B．The boy got much more money.

C．No one gave the boy coins any more.

D．No one gave the boy coins any more.

【小题5】 What can we learn from the story?

A．Time can we learn from the story?

B．You should be brave even thought you’re blind.

C．Treating a thing differently brings a different result.

D．If we want to be rich, we should be honest.(结果)