What will you think of when it comes to “Hong Kong” and “great swimming”? Shopping sure, but swimming pool? Turns out, along with all its other attractions, Hong Kong is loaded with wonderful pools.
The Ritz－Carlton
The pool at the Ritz－Carlton is breathtaking, thanks to the view, the altitude and, of course, the swim. On the 118th floor at 484 meters above the street in the tallest building in Hong Kong, it's the world's highest swimming pool. The ceiling and walls are made up of 144 LED screens displaying coral reefs and other natural scenes.
W Hotel Hong Kong
If you have only one nice swimsuit, save it for the W Hotel Hong Kong. Only people living in this hotel can enjoy this wonderful pool, which is Hong Kong's highest rooftop pool. The hotel's signature WET deck is famous for stylish and occasionally wild poolside parties in summer. WET also features a good cocktail bar and a Jacuzzi.
Hotel Indigo
One of Hong Kong's unique experiences is swimming in Hotel Indigo's glass bottom pool. The pool protrudes from the hotel, allowing people below to see swimmers and the swimmers to do laps while checking out the traffic below. The pool is smaller compared to other local grand hotels and only available to the hotel guests.
Four Seasons Hotel
The Four Seasons Hotel gorgeous infinity pool overlooks Victoria Harbor. Even cooler, the hotel pipes in underwater music, making the swim much more wonderful, or annoying, depending on your taste in music. The pool is open only to hotel guests.
1. At which hotel can a tourist still enjoy swimming if he/she lives in none of the hotels mentioned above?| A．The Ritz－Carlton. | B．W Hotel Hong Kong. |
| C．Hotel Indigo. | D．Four Seasons Hotel. |
| A．They can be seen by people below. | B．They can check out the hotel. |
| C．They can guide the traffic below. | D．They can be asked to do laps. |
| A．A research paper. | B．An official announcement. |
| C．A tourist brochure. | D．A fashion magazine. |
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【推荐1】Now, perhaps more than ever, it’s important to take time to appreciate the beauty of our natural world. In the US, all you have to do is turn to the national parks for inspiration.
Not only do these parks offer hiking, camping and wildlife-spotting service, but they each have interesting stories that make them truly unique from others designated by the National Park Service. Just check it out for yourself with these fun, fascinating facts about each national park.
Name: Arches Location: Utah
Size: 119 square miles
Fact: There are more than 2,000 natural rock arches in (the appropriately named) Arches National Park, which is the biggest concentration of formations in the country.
Name: American Samoa Location: South Pacific
Size: 21 square miles
Fact: Located outside of the continental US, the American Samoa territory is spread out across three islands and happens to be the country’s only national park in the southern hemisphere.
Name: Badlands Location: South Dakota
Size: 379 square miles
Fact: At Badlands National Park, in the vast plains of South Dakota, visitors can witness a geological wonder; The rocks here are still eroding at a rate of 1 inch per year, which is a rapid rate for rocks, according to the National Park Service.
Name: Big Bend Location: Texas
Size: 1,252 square miles
Fact: At remote Big Bend National Park, geological history runs deep: Hundreds of millions of years ago, two inland seas flowed through the region, and as a result, there are thick stores of limestone and shale throughout the park.
1. The uniqueness of the four national parks lies in ________.| A．their locations | B．their natural beauty |
| C．the services they offer | D．the stories behind them |
| A．Arches. | B．Badlands. | C．American Samoa. | D．Big Bend. |
| A．It has vast plains. | B．It has constant-changing rocks. |
| C．It has a large amount of limestone. | D．It has a history of hundreds of millions of years |
【推荐2】Germans have a word wanderlust which translated into English would be ‘the desire to wander'． Nowadays the chance to travel is endless． Thanks to cheap air tickets， travelling abroad is very easy and sometimes it's even cheaper to fly out of the country than to travel within your own． So， yes， travelling is cheap but there have to be other reasons to travel and you've right， there are plenty!
I have always had this feeling of wanderlust． It started from me wanting to explore my local woods at the back of my garden as a young girl and as I have grown， so has my sense of adventure． And I found my local woods being replaced with the Brazil wetland， Pantanal， where I went last summer in search of jaguars， snakes and crocodiles． The thing with travelling is it's always different． Even if you went to the same country， to the same town and stayed in the exact same hotel it would be a completely different experience． The people you meet will be different， and they will tell you their own travelling stories： stories of holiday romance， holiday worries and stories that seem so outrageous that you can hardly believe them until something similar happens to you．
Or maybe the difference is you？ Maybe you have changed since last time you were there？ And that's the thing with travelling - it changes you． When you travel you are forced to experience a new culture． Whether it's eating guinea pig， or staying with a family where neither of you speak a common language and you have to communicate through hand actions and smiles， the experience gives me itchy feet to do it all again． And although wanderlust is a German word， the English idiom "to have itchy feet" has a similar idea． Someone who has itchy feet needs to leave or travel． This desire to explore is found not only in language but in us．
1. According to Paragraph 2， what is the most important part of travelling？ ______| A．You can have different experiences． |
| B．You can hear many travelling stories． |
| C．You will experience holiday romance． |
| D．You are able to take more adventures． |
| A．interesting | B．surprising |
| C．moving | D．disappointing |
| A．Staying with a family without common languages． |
| B．Communicating through hand actions and smiles． |
| C．Eating guinea pig with a family． |
| D．Experiencing a different culture． |
| A．give various reasons for travelling |
| B．encourage people to travel abroad |
| C．explain the German word "wanderlust" |
| D．share the writer's travelling experiences |
【推荐3】Michael Perham’s journey across the Atlantic Ocean was full of surprises. His journey included shark sightings, equipment failure and flying fish that jumped into his boat.
In January 2007, at age 14, Michael became the youngest person to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone at the time.
Michael set out on his record-breaking trip in November 2006. He began his journey from the southern coast of Spain. With his dad following in another boat, Michael completed the 3,500-mile journey, arriving in Antigua, an island in the Caribbean Sea.
During his journey at sea, Michael recorded his journey on his blog. One evening he watched dolphins leap through waves. The engine of the boat broke down once, and on another morning a flying fish landed in his lap. “It’s an amazingly good feeling when you are on the open sea and there is no land in sight,” he wrote as he watched the sun set near the Cape Verde Islands.
When Michael arrived in Antigua, crowds gathered to congratulate him. “I was surrounded by cameras, microphones, and people asking me questions. Wow, it was unbelievable,” he wrote.
1. What was Michael’s journey like?| A．Full of surprises. | B．A boring trip. | C．Full of tears. | D．A failure. |
| A．By taking pictures. | B．By writing a blog. |
| C．By emailing his friends. | D．By talking to his father. |
| A．The Youngest Person to Cross the Atlantic Alone | B．A Beautiful Sunset on the Open Sea |
| C．Strange Animals in the Ocean | D．An Accident on the Ship |
