At some point in elementary school, your science teacher may explained to you that there are 365 days in a year because that's how long it takes for Earth to complete one full journey around the sun. What they might not have explained, however, is that it's not exactly 365 days—it’s actually closer to 365. 2421 days.
So, if we want our calendar year to begin right when Earth begins a new turn around the sun, we have to account for roughly an extra quarter of a day each year, or one day every four years. History.com reports that the Egyptians had already been doing this for a while before Europe finally caught on in 46 BC, when Roman Emperor Julius Caesar and astronomer Sosigenes put their heads together to come up with what we now call the Julian calendar, which includes 12 months, 365 days, and an additional ''leap day'' every four years on February 29.
But rounding 0.2421 up to 0.25 each year created an issue, because it didn't quite add up to a full day every four years—and that tiny difference meant that after 128 years, the calendar year ended up starting a day before Earth had completed its journey around the sun. By the 14th century, the calendar year was starting 10 days before Earth finished its orbit.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII sought to correct the error by suggesting that we simply skip a leap day every so often. His Gregorian calendar, which we still use today, rules that we skip the leap day during years which can be evenly divided (被整除) by 100 but not by 400. For instance, the year 2000 included a leap day because it can be divided by 100 and 400; the year 2100, on the other hand, will not include a leap day, since it's evenly divided by 100, but not by 400.
Gregory XIII’s correction to Caesar's overcorrection is itself a bit of an under-correction, so we'll probably need to reevaluate our leap day design again in about 10,000 years.
1. What do the underlined words ''put their heads together'' in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Come across each other. | B．Bump their heads together. |
| C．Compete against each other. | D．Combine their efforts. |
| A．2100. | B．1600. |
| C．1800. | D．2020. |
| A．Emperor Julius Caesar was also an astronomer. |
| B．Today's calendar exactly agrees with the sun's turning. |
| C．The 10-day early start in calendar will always exist. |
| D．The Gregorian calendar is not yet the most accurate. |
| A．To point out a mistake made by your science teacher. |
| B．To explain how long Earth makes a trip around the sun. |
| C．To explain in detail why the leap day is needed. |
| D．To explain the reason why we need a calendar. |
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【推荐1】For more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio, a scanning of the electromagnetic waves(电磁波)that come to us from outer space. The hope is that someone out there may be trying to contact us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages, as well as messages on spacecraft traveling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to(准备接受的)such messages.
The most extensive search for intelligence planned so far involves using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1,000 stars, all within 100 light years’ of Earth. In addition, astronomers will scan the entire sky to “listen” for radio messages from more distant stars. Using a computer, astronomers will be able to monitor more than eight million channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any signal that stands out from the background noise, such as a long, loud pulse or a strong tone that could have traveled great distances.
What are the chances that other intelligence life exists in our galaxy(星系)? Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, scientists estimate that five percent-ten billion stars-are like our sun. They are medium size stars, probably with planets. Of these solar systems, perhaps half of them-five billion-have a planet like Earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution of life. Based on the estimate of five billion inhabitable (适合居住的) planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life.
However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life-organisms who can communicate with us-exists on other planets. Some believe that twenty years of searching with no hint (暗示) of an intelligible message indicates that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely, and perhaps not even advantageous for most creatures in most environments. Insects, perhaps the most evolutionarily successful of all organisms on Earth, for instance, could not communicate over radio waves.
Other scientists believe that our search has been neither long enough nor extensive enough to rule out(排除)the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our solar system is only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old. Some scientists think it is likely that civilizations, in that time, much more advanced than ours have developed. Perhaps these civilizations are sending us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking.
1. According to the passage, ______planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable.| A．5 billion | B．10 billion |
| C．200 billion | D．all |
| A．spacecraft travelling |
| B．electromagnetic waves |
| C．why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets |
| D．how scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets |
| A．Most scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planets. |
| B．Scientists are trying different ways to find signs of life on other planets. |
| C．The Earth is one of the oldest planets in our galaxy. |
| D．We are alone in the universe. |
| A．If the research continues, we may find intelligent life. |
| B．We have been working long enough to find intelligent life. |
| C．Those civilizations have sent us some signals. |
| D．Our solar system is old enough. |
【推荐2】The plan: turn Mars into a blue world with streams and green fields,and then fill it with creatures from the Earth. This idea may sound like something from a science fiction, but it is actually being taken seriously by many researchers. This suggests the future for the “red planet” will be the main topic for discussion at an international conference hosted by NASA this Week. Leading researchers as well as science fiction writers will attend the event. It comes as NASA is preparing a multi-billion-dollar Mars research programme.
“Turning Mars into a little earth has long been a topic in science fiction,” said Dr Michael Mever NASAs senior scientist. “Now with scientists exploring the reality we can ask what the real possibilities of changing Mars.” Most scientists agree that Mars could be turned into a little earth, although much time and money would be needed to achieve this goal. But many experts are shocked by the idea. “We are destroying our own world at an unbelievable speed and now we are talking about ruining another planet,” said Paul Murdin from the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK.
Over the past months, scientists have become increasingly confident they will find Martian life forms. Europe and Americas robot explorers have found the proof that water, mixed with soil, exists in large amounts on the planet.
In addition, two different groups of scientists announced on March 28 that they had found signs of methane (甲烷) in the Martian atmosphere: the gas is a waste product of living creatures and could be produced by microbes (微生物) living in the red planets soil. But scientists such as Dr. Lisa Pratt, a biologist at Indiana University, say that these microbes will be put in danger by the little earth project.
“Before we have even discovered if there is life on Mars, we are talking about carrying out projects that would destroy all these native life forms, all the strange microbes that we hope to find buried in the soil,” said Dr.Pratt.
Monica Grady, a planetary scientist at the Natural History Museum, London, shares this view.“We cannot risk starting a global experiment that would wipe out the precious information we are looking for,” she said. “This is just wrong.”
1. What does the underline word “programme” in paragraph 1 most probably mean?| A．progress |
| B．prepare |
| C．project |
| D．procedure |
| A．Liquid water on Mars. |
| B．Some creatures on Mars. |
| C．A lot of good soil on Mars. |
| D．Signs of methane in Mars’ atmosphere. |
| A．Water is a key factor for life; without it, living on Mars would be impossible. |
| B．The project won’t affect the native life forms supposed to live on Mars. |
| C．The ides turning Mars into a little earth is nothing but science fiction. |
| D．Monica Grady is in favour of carrying out the little earth project. |
| A．A plan turning Mars into a little earth. |
| B．The necessity of changing Mars. |
| C．Finding water on Mars. |
| D．Mars supporting life. |
【推荐3】The idea that humans might one day live on another planet has become more and more possible thanks to science, but it still seems very far away. But what British physicist Stephen Hawking said at Oxford University in the UK made that “one day” feel a lot more real and closer.
According to Hawking, we humans only have about 1,000 years left on Earth under the threats of climate change, nuclear weapons and robots. Our beat chance to survive will be to move to another planet, “so a disaster on Earth would not mean the end of the human race”, he said.
Fortunately, we have already found that planet — Mars. In fact, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has found strong evidence last year that liquid water flows on Mars. This made the idea of living there look even more hopeful.
In fact, the speed of Mars exploration seems to have been greeting faster every day over the past few years.
In 2013, for example,the Dutch company Mars One started the first project to put humans on Mars in the mid-2020s. They offered people one-way tickets to go and build a new home on the red planet. Even if it means they’ll never come back to Earth, over 200,000 people still applied for the project, which is now in its last stages of narrowing that number down to 24.
In September, Elon Musk, the founder of US company SpaceX, also revealed a plan to get humans to Mars in six years. To meet that goal, the company is working on building larger and stronger rockets that can carry more passengers. Musk is also planning to develop a system that can produce fuel on Mars using water and carbon dioxide so that spaceships can fly back to Earth.
But staying on Mars for a few days is one thing, and living there for the rest of your life is another.
For starters, humans cannot breathe the air on Mars, so a way to keep making oxygen is needed. Dust storms also happen often on Mars, making farming there difficult. The radiation from the sun id dangerous too, because Mars doesn’t have an atmosphere like Earth’s to give people protection.
But Hawking himself seems to be looking on the bright side. He believes that we will work things out just in time, as long as we “remember to look up at the stars and not down at our feet”, he said.
1. According to Hawking, _________.| A．Mars will be the perfect planet for the human race. |
| B．We should work harder to push forward space exploration |
| C．Mankind is pushing Earth to a quick end. |
| D．There is not much time left for humans to move to other planets. |
| A．Mars is the only planet that gas water on in in our solar system, except for Earth. |
| B．There is an increasing interest in Mars exploration these days. |
| C．The project by Mars One and SpaceX aim to take lots of people to Mars. |
| D．The impossibility of coming back to Earth has slowed down the speed of Mars exploration. |
| A．No other planets can provide a better living environment than earth. |
| B．Living conditions on Mars are very unpleasant for humans. |
| C．We still have to solve many problems before we can settle on Mars. |
| D．We should try to fond another planet that is more livable than Mars. |
| A．Uncertain. | B．Optimist. | C．Impractical. | D．Pessimistic. |
【推荐1】Chamonix, France 1924
The Games were first known as the “International Winter Sports Week”. It wasn’t until 1925 that they were officially named the Olympic Winter Games. Two days before the Closing Ceremony, the International Olympic Committee (CIOC) was approved as the official organizing committee.
St. Moritz, Swiss 1928 & 1948
Unseasonable warm weather created disorder with the events at the Swiss Alpine resort, while Norway continued to lead. Sonja Henie, just 15, combined grace with athletic ability to win the first of three Olympic gold medals in women’s figure skating. Japan sent its first delegation(代表团)—six skiers and one official.
The Swiss resort(度假胜地)hosted for the second time, the 5th Winter Games, favored as a neutral venue following World War! Germany and Japan were not allowed to participate, while single-person sled(雪橇)racing was held for the first time since the previous St. Moritz Games.
Grenoble, France 1968
The “snowy Games” attracted only about 70, 000 spectators on the ground because 500 million viewers chose to watch them on television. Women were forced to take gender(性别)tests for the first time in the Olympics.
Sapporo, Japan 1972
At the first Winter Olympics held in Asia, an argument over amateur status came to the boil when the IOC banned Austrian ski star Karl Schranz from the Games because he had been paid for appearing in a ski maker’s advertisement. American figure skater Janet Lynn settled for women’s bronze but won the hearts of the local audience while hotel manager Francisco Fernandez Ochoa staged a surprise victory in the men’s slalom(回转赛)for Spain’s first gold medallist in the 11th Winter Olympics.
1. Which delegation did the best in the first two Winter Olympics?| A．France. | B．Norway. | C．Spain. | D．Switzerland. |
| A．Due to the influence of war. |
| B．For unseasonable warm weather. |
| C．Because of the popularity of television. |
| D．Because women were not allowed to compete. |
| A．In 1924. | B．In 1928. | C．In 1968. | D．In 1972. |
【推荐2】Long, long ago people couldn’t write and they had no books. But they had stories. People learned the stories by heart and taught new ones to one another. Sometimes it was hard to remember them all.
The ancient Egyptians wrote their stories on something made from papyrus (纸沙草) plants. People in other places wanted to learn from the Egyptians to use papyrus.
In ancient China books looked a little different. People there used ink to write on bamboo or silk. And then they invented paper. Made of trees, paper was easier and cheaper to make than papyrus or parchment.
| A．It took years to finish making just one book. |
| B．But papyrus grew mainly in Egypt. |
| C．Things grew a little easier when writing was invented. |
| D．Finally books could be printed by the thousands. |
| E．The Chinese were the first to think of a way to speed things up a little. |
| F．Books in the West didn’t change for a long time after that. |
| G．Its surface was smoother and better for writing on too. |
【推荐3】Birthday card history is said to be over a hundred years old. There is no record to tell us who sent or received the first birthday card but it is said that the tradition of sending birthday cards began in England a century ago. In those times people used to personally greet a person on a birthday, but when a well-wisher was unable to do so he sent a birthday card. Thus birthday cards were more like an apology at that time.
History of greeting cards can be traced back to the ancient Chinese who are said to have started the tradition of sending goodwill messages on New Year Day. Early Egyptians too are believed to have made used papyrus scrolls（纸莎草纸画卷）to send greetings to dear ones. During early 1400 the tradition of exchanging handmade paper greeting cards developed in Europe while Germans at that time were known to have printed New Year's greetings from woodcuts. The advancement in printing technology in 1850s helped to make greeting cards more affordable. No wonder, they soon became popular means of personal communication. During the 1980s non-event cards or the cards not made for any particular occasion became popular and helped card industry reach a new high.
Greeting cards have taken a new form in this present age of Internet technology. Today, they are being increasingly exchanged as electronic or e-greeting cards. Advancement in technology that began in the 1990s has led to a further growth in card industry. People find it easier to send e-cards as a means of exchanging greetings.
Greeting cards are an important means of communicating good wishes and love to a person. They carry a personal touch that makes them lovable and very special.
1. What is the function of the birthday card in England a century ago?| A．To send good wishes. |
| B．To present a personal greeting. |
| C．To make an apology. |
| D．To work as a birthday present. |
| A．the British | B．the Chinese |
| C．the Egyptians | D．the Germans |
| A．The tradition of sending goodwill messages. |
| B．The invention of handmade paper. |
| C．The advancement in printing technology. |
| D．The development in Internet technology. |
| A．The History of Greeting Cards |
| B．The Importance of Birthday Cards |
| C．The Function of Birthday Cards |
| D．The Tradition of Sending Greeting Cards |
【推荐1】Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881—1973 ) was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. It was said that everything his brush touched turned to gold. But in truth, his works could be worth more than any precious metal. Picasso created more than 20,000 works in his life, including two of the world's 10 most expensive paintings.
Between 1907 and 1913, Picasso and his colleague Georges Braque started a revolution(革命) in painting. Before that, paintings were like windows—they were painted to look as if they had depth. You could tell which objects were "close" to you and which objects were "far away". But Picasso and Braque didn't want to paint like that any more. To them, a painting wasn't a window to the world; it was marks and lines on a flat surface. Why, they thought, should an object like a guitar be shown only from one angle (角度)? A guitar can look very different depending on which angle one looks at it from. Their answer was to show all the angles. They broke the guitar up into pieces. Their style of painting is called cubism (立体主义).
But why did they feel such a need to change things? Well, the world around them was changing, too. Science was turning people's ideas upside down. Albert Einstein's theory proved that what we knew about time and space was wrong. The world was becoming different; artists needed to start seeing and painting it differently.
The famous and terrifying painting Guernica (1937) shows a terrible scene during the Spanish Civil War. In the painting, you can actually see the sky falling. Picasso couldn't have painted it without the skills he learned during his cubist period. Breaking a guitar up into pieces was his preparation for showing the world being blown to pieces.
1. What is mainly discussed about Picasso in this article？| A．The high price of his paintings. |
| B．His difficulties in career. |
| C．The popularity of his paintings. |
| D．His achievements in art. |
| A．They painted objects with different depth. |
| B．They made their paintings look like windows. |
| C．They painted an object from different angles. |
| D．They broke objects up into pieces and painted them. |
| A．Einstein's theory. |
| B．The changing world. |
| C．A broken guitar. |
| D．Spanish Civil War. |
| A．To show the theme of Picasso's paintings. |
| B．To express Picasso's anger at the war. |
| C．To describe the preparations Picasso made before. |
| D．To present the artistic effect of cubism. |
【推荐2】Make the Best of a Bad Situation
Since Covid-19 spreads all over the world, many people have to stay indoors and work from home. For most of us, it greatly challenges our lives and brings boredom. But for a few people, working at home brings more creativity. Here are three famous historical figures who let their creativity flow during past pandemics.
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
When a plague (瘟疫) hit Florence in 1348, Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio lost his father and stepmother. In order to survive, he left the city and hid in the countryside. Inspired by the experience, Boccaccio wrote The Decameron (《十日谈》), a collection of short novels framed as stories told by a group of friends, while he was quarantined (隔离) inside a house during the plague.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
In the early 17th century, a plague hit London, UK. When the number of deaths grew, the government postponed many celebrations and closed all the theaters. This meant that the entertainment industry at the time was paralyzed (瘫痪) for much of 1606. As an actor and dramatist, Shakespeare had to stop working in the playhouse. But he didn't waste a second of his time off. Instead, he used the time productively and wrote some of his most famous plays. Before the year was over, Shakespeare completed three plays—King Lear, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra.
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
In 1665, when English mathematician Isaac Newton was in his early 20s, one of the last major outbreaks of the plague hit the UK, and many classes were canceled. Newton, as a student, went back home to continue his studies.
He devoted himself to his studies. The young mathematician produced some of his best works during his year in quarantine, writing the papers that would later become early calculus (微积分学), and developing his theories on physics in his bedroom. While working, an apple dropped from the apple tree outside his window and hit him or the head, which may inspired his theory of gravity.
1. What did Boccaccio do during the plague?| A．He left Italy and hid away. |
| B．He stayed indoors and read books. |
| C．He finished the great work: The Decameron. |
| D．He told his friends many interesting stories. |
| A．He got more entertainment. |
| B．He got more free time to write plays. |
| C．He began to show interest in acting. |
| D．He was inspired to evaluate history. |
| A．He had to stop his study on math. |
| B．He put the focus on physics study. |
| C．He got an idea for the theory of gravity. |
| D．He worked hard and completed his last work. |
【推荐3】A charity is carrying badly ill children above the clouds to receive the lifesaving medical treatments they need. Founded by Mark Pestal, AeroAngel provides the children with private flights to hospitals across the United States for free.
While serving on the board of another charity, Pestal recognized the need for access to high-performance airplanes that can fly in bad weather and travel long distances without stopping. Then AeroAngel was born. Most of its flights are at least 500 miles in distance, and the kids they help are often battling serious illnesses which prevent them from being in large crowds and on commercial airlines. AeroAngel’s private planes can fly into and out of small airports, making them accessible to families in both the countryside and big cities.
In addition to leading the organization, Pestal serves as a co-pilot on about 25% of its flights, but he wants to increase that number. “I’m working on putting myself out of the job as the director,”he said,“ so I can just be a co-pilot on the flights and fly the kids around.”
Four-year-old Dria from Idaho had been on a waiting list for an operation for almost two years. Her mother received a call on a Wednesday afternoon telling her there was a donor at Duke University. But Dria needed to be in North Carolina that Sunday for the operation. “With some miracles, AeroAngel was able to find a volunteer pilot to fly to Idaho on Saturday night and to be ready to leave for Duke on Sunday morning,” Dria’s mother said.
Already helping one to two families each week, AeroAngel, which has received more than $3.5 million in donations to date, aims to expand to be able to cover more areas and kids. “We’ve got a full list of probably over a dozen flights that we’re trying to fill right now. I’d like to say that we’re trying to have more pilots joining us and give them professional training. It means that we are building the program while continuing the flight services,” Pestal shared.
1. What does AeroAngel do?| A．It trains pilots to fly in bad weather. | B．It offers free transport to seriously sick children. |
| C．It encourages sick children to be more cheerful. | D．It gives sick children free medical treatments. |
| A．It is more affordable to poor families. |
| B．Its planes are more suitable for long-distance travel. |
| C．Its planes are faster than those of commercial airlines. |
| D．It can arrange flights in difficult situations. |
| A．To show how much support AeroAngel has received. |
| B．To explain how AeroAngel operates across the US. |
| C．To highlight AeroAngel’s amazing ability to provide timely help |
| D．To stress the difficulty of providing medical treatments for kids. |
| A．To control its operating costs. | B．To ask for more donations for its operations. |
| C．To make its services reach more sick children. | D．To change its focus to training pilots. |
【推荐1】Many hosts of shows become popular for their ability to eat large amounts of food. But these shows have also received criticism for their waste of food. While some hosts actually do consume the amount of food shown, others may pretend it.
On Aug 12, CCTV exposed several Chinese hosts who were pretending to eat large amounts of food while on camera, but actually later threw it away.
To discourage this practice, many video and livestreaming platforms, including Douyin, Kuaishou and Bilibili, have removed videos that show food waste, and have promoted messages to “stop food waste and eat reasonably”.
In June 2020, the United Nations warned that the world is on the verge of the worst food crisis in 50 years. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about a third of the world’s food — 1.3 billion tons — is wasted every year. In China alone, 50 million tons of food ends up in landfills every year, according to Beijing News.
Recently, campaigns against food waste have been further promoted. In August, President Xi Jinping stressed the need for protecting food security and stopping food waste.
According to China Daily, restaurants and catering associations in more than 18 provinces and all 4 municipal cities have issued guidelines to control food waste.
In Shanxi province, local restaurants have been asked to serve half portions to avoid waste. The Wuhan Catering Association proposed that restaurants adopt the “N-1 mode”. For example, a group of 10 diners should only order enough for nine people at first. More food is only brought to the table if required.
In addition, a nationwide “Clear Your Plate” campaign has been launched online. Users of Sina Weibo are encouraged to share photos or videos of empty plates after finishing their meals.
Meanwhile, new laws are also being considered, according to China Daily. “We will make new laws that give clear instructions on avoiding food waste,” said Zhang Guilong from the Legislative Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress. The instructions will be detailed in every part of food production, purchasing, storage, transportation, processing and consumption, according to Zhang.
1. What does the underlined word “verge” in Paragraph 4 mean?| A．Limit. | B．Guidance. | C．Edge. | D．Influence. |
| A．3.9 billion tons. | B．0.4 billion tons. | C．50 million tons. | D．16 million tons. |
| A．all the provinces have already taken some measures |
| B．“Clear Your Plate” campaign is being carried out online |
| C．laws have been made to stop waste food |
| D．people have a good sense of saving food |
| A．The more saving, the better | B．Stop wasting — you can do it |
| C．Food crisis — you have to face it | D．Online campaigns welcome you |
【推荐2】Not so long ago, a sailor sailing across the cold waters of the northern Pacific Ocean might have had every chance of meeting a sea cow. This cow would have measured 10 meters long and weighed between five and 10 tons and it would spend most of its day moving slowly in the seas, eating grass growing underwater. The cow in question was known as Steller’s sea cow, which has now died out.
Today, many people don’t know that such a strange creature once existed, or don’t know its unbelievable story. but many scientists have discovered many fundamental facts about this mystical (神秘的) animal.
Surprisingly, the first recorded sighting of a Steller’s sea cow didn’t happen until 1741. When a sailing expedition (探险) was stuck on an uninhabited island, later named Bering Island. The sailors survived by hunting and eating the enormous sea cow. Like its modern relatives, the sea cow lived in groups. That and its slow moving behavior made it easy to be caught.
Those sailors that escaped from the island spread word of the amount of meat to be found off its shore. As a result, more and more people came to hunt the animals. It is said that one sea cow could feed 33 men for a month.
However, just 27 years after the island and species had been discovered by modern man, the last sea cow was reported killed. This makes the sea cow one of the few truly large mammals known to have been driven extinct in the modern age.
1. What does the underlined phrase “in question” in Para 1 mean?| A．In danger. | B．Referred to. |
| C．In doubt. | D．Being questioned. |
| A．In 1717. | B．In 1741. |
| C．In 1768. | D．In 1775. |
| A．Endangered. | B．Huge. |
| C．Strange. | D．Mild. |
| A．An unbelievable story about the Steller’s sea cow. |
| B．When the Steller’s sea cow became extinct. |
| C．How the Steller’s sea cow has been driven extinct. |
| D．The discovery about the Steller’s sea cow dying out. |
【推荐3】Coolest Hotels in the World
Ariau Amazon Towers
The Ariau Amazon Towers hotel lets you sleep in a tree house. Eight towers make up this hotel that offers over 300 rooms. If you really want to get into the spirit, book the Tarzan Suite which is large enough for a big family. You'll be thirty feet up in the air and can travel between the towers through their wooden walkways.
Prices: starting at $300 one night for each person for a regular room and going all the way up to $3000 for the Tarzan Suite.
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The Ice Hotel
Every winter in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, a special kind of hotel called the Ice Hotel is built. Each year, world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works of art from the ice, many of which can be found in the rooms. You'll have your choice between hot or cold rooms but you will be well advised to stay at least one night in a cold room for a true experience.
Prices: starting at $318 one night for each person for either a cold room or a warm one.
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Propeller Island
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1. What is special about the Ariau Amazon Towers hotel?| A．Every room has a walkway | B．You can choose any of the towers |
| C．It is designed for big families | D．You can sleep in the tree house |
| A．$91 | B．$162 | C．$111 | D．$182 |
| A．http: //www. bahamabeachclub. com | B．http: //www. ariantowers. com |
| C．http: //www. Icehotel. com | D．http: //www. propeller-island. com |
