Project manager Robert Bursiewicz says: “Nowadays it's possible to build submarines ('潜艇) which go deeper than 500m below the sea surface, so building an underwater hotel is not a problem. ”
In fact, they don't plan to have the hotel very deep. Water acts like a filter (过滤器) for sunlight, and below 15m most colors, apart from blue, are washed out. And we all want to see colorful marine life, don't we?
But this isn't the first hotel to offer underwater views from the bedrooms. The two-bedroom Jules' Undersea Lodge, off the coast of Florida, has been taking in guests 10m beneath the surface since 1986.
The company that operates the hotel also runs a diving course for beginners to help get guests down and into the hotel. It is accessible only through an opening at the bottom.
And you'll find all the usual facilities in the room, according to Teresa McKirma, Jules's chief financial officer. It has a television, air conditioning and Wi-Fi. But for the staff, simple things like cleaning and making beds can be challenging, since the lodge is in sea water.
"It actually takes quite a lot of work to get anything down there," she says. "We have to put everything in waterproof boxes and attach weights to them to counter their buoyancy (浮力). "
The hotel has suitably sized waterproof boxes so that pizzas can be delivered by divers to guests who order them for their evening meal. And after a meal, if you can't sleep because of the excitement of the experience, you don't have to count sheep. You'll fall asleep quicker if you count fish.
【小题1】According to the passage, the new hotel will ______.
| A．contain three discs | B．come into use soon |
| C．have a movable structure | D．be built 500m beneath the surface |
| A．They have financial problems. |
| B．They lack advanced technology. |
| C．They refuse to enjoy colorful life. |
| D．Most colors are washed out below 15m. |
| A．entertainment is impossible in the hotel |
| B．the staff's work is difficult to finish |
| C．it's easy to get things down there |
| D．the built hotel is badly equipped |
| A．Passengers can't enjoy their meals. |
| B．Passengers will feel fed up with the views. |
| C．Passengers have no choice but to count fish. |
| D．Passengers may get excited about the experience. |
| Dear Parents, Welcome to 3rd grade! Thank you for entrusting your child with us this year. My goal for this year is to help your child to be an independent learner. I promise an amazing school year with you and your child. Together with this letter, I’ve sent some forms for you to fill out. I need this information to learn more about your child. You can send them back to me (through your child) not later than this Friday, January 29th. I believe that communication is the key to a successful classroom experience. Your child will bring home a daily planner for homework. My classroom blog(博客) (http://classconnect.org/rruiz/) is your window to our classroom learning. I do a weekly update so that you can know what we’ve learned for the week or check our lessons for the next week. Please check the blog to learn more about classroom rules this week. Be sure to talk about these with your child. I will go over everything again during our parents meeting sometime in March to explain more about these key points. My door is always open. If you have opinions to share, just email me at rrruiz@sdho.org or send a note through your child. I also have meeting times during the day, so if you’d like to speak with me in person, please get in touch with the school office. Thank you again. I can’t wait to get started! Yours in education, Mrs. Ria Ruiz   |
| A．A school headmaster. | B．A Grade 3 teacher. |
| C．A primary school student. | D．A parent of a 3rd grader. |
| A．What his kid is still weak at. | B．What his kid is good at. |
| C．What his kid thinks of the lesson. | D．What his kid has learned and will learn. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city’s West End. Built in 1947, the structure had been abandoned (放弃) years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down. But the price was right, so Yocum bought it. He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition (拆除), pulling rubbish out through the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building, The demolition was hard work, but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there—the walls, the rust, the light,” Yocum said. “Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops. It’s like an art installation (装置) in there—a slow-motion show.”
Since the back building had been constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to the building to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof. The back of the building is a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife. A sort of buffer (缓冲) zone between the front and the back contains a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical (机械的) room, and the walls that separate these zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond.
Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from the decoration of their building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work. It has also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less.
【小题1】According to the passage, it is for most young architects in big cities to work in a building of their own.
| A．easy | B．unnecessary |
| C．unrealistic | D．common |
| A．pulled rubbish out through the roof |
| B．removed the skylights from the bathroom |
| C．presented a slow–motion show in an art gallery |
| D．built a kitchen at the back part of the old building |
| A．benefited a lot from pulling down the roof |
| B．turned more old buildings into art galleries |
| C．got inspiration from decorating their old building |
| D．paid more attention to the outside of the gallery |
| A．people can learn a lot from their failures |
| B．it is worthwhile to spend money on an old building |
| C．people should not judge things by their appearance |
| D．creative people can make the best of what they have |
Not only do smart-phones provide unlimited access to information, they provide perfect opportunities to multitask (doing two unrelated things at the same time). Any activity can be accompanied by music, selfies or social media updates. Of course, some people pick improper time to text and lawmakers have steeped in.
Twenty states have bans on driving using a hand - held phone while still allowing hands - free calls. Yet hands - free or hand - held makes no difference.
People sense this and when on the phone they drive slower and increase their following distance, but they are far too confident and think these measures reduce risks.
People multitask merely because they see no harm in it; they see benefits.
| A．They multitask for efficiency, to fight boredom or to keep up with social media. |
| B．But legislation（法律）won’t ban all situations in which multitasking is unwise. |
| C．Instead of multitasking, they take more rest breaks and get a social media fix during a break. |
| D．They damage driving process as equally as external (外部的) dangers go. |
| E．However, texting while biking seems so undemanding as to be harmless. |
| F．Forty - eight states have banned texting while driving. |
| G．This confidence is especially understandable for very simple tasks. |
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