It’s always good to experience something new in life. Traveling gives plenty of such opportunities and when you choose a hotel to stay in next time, here, on this website, is a list of 4 most weird (怪异的) hotels in the world.

Dog Bark Park Inn

If you keep a dog and love animals, then you will definitely become a fan of this hotel. The shape of the hotel reminds you of a dog. Here visitors will find a microwave oven to prepare a simple meal, games, puzzles and books to entertain themselves, an air conditioner and of course a bath. There is no TV set or a phone though.

Das Park Hotel

You will love the place because it is perfectly adjusted to basic human needs. However, there is one disadvantage to all these. The matter is that bathroom facilities are not included in the price. Each room here is quite small, but has a bed, electricity and air conditioning.

CasAnus

Read the name of the hotel attentively and you will easily guess what place exactly you are going to spend your vacation in! The hotel is situated in Kemzeke, Belgium and was designed by Joep van Lieshout. Do not say no to this hotel since it is quite comfortable and nice inside.

Hobbit Motel

Deep inside we stay kids forever. This is what the creators of the Hobbit Motel kept in mind when they were creating this motel. The Hobbit Motel is located in Woodlyn Park, New Zealand. You will recognize the inn by its blocks it is made of and the green roof covered with a thick layer of grass.

21．What can you know about the Dog Bark Park Inn?

A.It doesn’t provide food for visitors.

B.Visitors can take their pets to it.

C.Its name may come from its appearance.

D.Visitors can’t make phone calls there.

22．What do visitors in Das Park Hotel need to pay extra money for?

A.The bed.                                                  B.The shower.

C.Electricity.                                                D.Air conditioning.

23．Which is the best choice for a person who most values comfort?

A.The Dog Bark Park Inn.                             B.Das Park Hotel.

C.CasAnus.                                                 D.The Hobbit Motel.

I am always nervous when I get an email from my parents with"FYI(For Your Information)". My parents are in their late 70s, and while they are quite healthy for their ages, I worry about what messages they are going to give me.

I got such an email in September from my father. He sent an email from my cousin who told that her father, my uncle Reese, had passed away. The news made my mind go blank though I have met him less than a dozen times in my life, because Reese was the first of my parents’ siblings(兄弟姐妹) to die, and I was simply not ready for that.

The memorial service was set in Florida, and I quickly decided I needed to go. I needed to be there for my father, and I needed to go for myself. Reese is about nine years older than my father, and I started to do the math in my head. I know that doesn’t make sense, but I will do anything to reason that I still have a lot of time before I will be in my cousin’s shoes.

Reese’s memorial service was small with only family and perhaps a dozen of his friends. The funeral was attended by an even smaller number, and then, the family gathered at a nearby bar to look at old photographs found among Reese’s possessions when he died.

As we drove back to the Orlando International Airport, I thought about how I am not sure what my parents want, not only in their memorial services, but also how they want to be remembered and where they want to be laid to rest. These are going to be difficult conversations, but I know I need to have them. Maybe not right now, but we do need to open the discussion at some point. It may feel too early, but I trust my parents will know that when adult children raise these questions, we do it out of love to honor their lives and their wishes.

24．Why do emails with"FYI"make the author uneasy?

A.She’s too busy to read those emails.

B.She dislikes her parents’ nonstop talking.

C.They often bring unpleasant news.

D.She’s afraid to get bad news about her parents.

25．How did the author feel about the email from her cousin?

A.Disappointed.           B.Shocked.                 C.Confused.               D.Annoyed.

26．What do we know from the third and fourth paragraphs?

A.A get-together was held at home.

B.Reese’s friends didn’t appear.

C.Not many people attended the funeral.

D.The author hesitated to go to Florida.

27．What does the author decide to do after the funeral?

A.Express her love for her parents bravely.

B.Have a talk with her parents about death.

C.Value her parents’ wishes.

D.Get everything ready for her parents.

Warm weather brought by El Niño has had mixed effects on animals in usually snowy places in North America, including New England, according to an Associated Press article.

Some animals seem to benefit from having a chance to gather more food before winter, and from expending less energy in daily survival mode. Others, like snowshoe hares, are put at center stage in predators’(捕食者) view when they lack snow for disguising their white fur — not a good thing for them, of course.

Black bears, on the other hand, have been keeping busy gathering nuts and apples, when they would normally have settled into their winter homes by now. Vermont and Massachusetts officials have asked residents to wait till snow falls to take out their bird feeders for the sake of safety, the article said.

"We suggest waiting for 6 or more inches of snow that lasts before taking out your bird feeders, especially if you have been visited in the past by bears or if there are sightings of bears in your neighborhood,"Forrest Hammond, Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s bear biologist, said in the article."Due to lack of snow and frozen ground, birds are able to seek food in fields and forests for theirnatural foods."

Snow amounts can also determine how comfortable bears are and how quickly they consume their accumulated fat during hibernation(冬眠), noted Hammond in the article. This is because snow covers and traps them in their winter homes, and also hides them from predators.

28．What may upset snowshoe hares because of El Niño?

A.Their being caught more easily.                  B.Their failing to gather more food.

C.Their consuming more energy.                   D.Their losing sight of their enemies.

29．Why did the officials ask people to keep bird feeders until snow falls?

A.They may disturb bears.                            B.There’s no need to do so.

C.To avoid attracting bears.                           D.For the safety of bears.

30．What do the bear biologist’s words imply?

A.A heavy snow is on the way.

B.Bears are common nowadays.

C.Bears live mainly on birds in winter.

D.Warm weather benefits birds in winter.

31．Which of the following is the proper title for the passage?

A.Warm Weather Helps Animals Survive

B.Snow Amounts Determine Animals’ Winter Life

C.Measures Should Be Taken to Protect Wildlife

D.Lack of Snow Affects North American Animals

People at risk of a heart attack or stroke could benefit from blood-pressure-lowering drugs even if their blood pressure is considered in the normal, healthy range. If such drugs were offered to people with cardiac(心脏的) risks regardless of their blood pressure at the beginning of treatment it could save millions of lives, researchers in Oxford University found.

For the study, the team analyzed more than 120 medical trials including around 600,000 people conducted over two decades, saying their findings are a call for an urgent review of existing blood pressure treatment guidelines."Our findings clearly show that treating blood pressure to a lower level could greatly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, if widely conducted,"said study lead author Kazem Rahimi.

High blood pressure has long been identified as a factor in higher risks of heart disease and strokes, and makes more than a billion people around the globe intorment— including one out of three U.S. adults.

Blood pressure is recorded in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) as two numbers in a ratio:"systolic"pressure inside the arteries(动脉)when the heart beats as the top number, and"diastolic(舒张的)"pressure between heartbeats, as the heart rests and is refilled with blood."Normal"blood pressure is considered at 120/80 or below, and is considered"high"at 140/90 or above, according to the American Heart Association. The researchers said their study showed that for every reduction in systolic pressure of 10 mmHg, the risk of heart attacks was reduced by a fifth and that of a stroke around a quarter.

Some experts said they thought the study’s findings were important butdid offer some warnings."One important warning is that not everyone will be able to tolerate having their blood pressure reduced to low levels, and there is a need to balance possible drug side effects and likely benefits,"Smeeth said.

32．What do the findings indicate?

A.Normal blood pressure doesn’t mean a healthy body.

B.The existing blood pressure treatment is useless.

C.High blood pressure is the first health killer.

D.High blood pressure causes many diseases.

33．What does the underlined word"torment"(in Paragraph 3) mean?

A.Tolerance.               B.Debt.                      C.Pain.                       D.Despair.

34．What is the function of Paragraph 4?

A.To teach how to measure blood pressure.

B.To compare high and normal blood pressure.

C.To explain the factor in heart attacks and strokes.

D.To show some diseases are related to blood pressure.

35．What can be inferred from Smeeth’s words?

A.He thought less of the findings.

B.Reducing blood pressure isn’t safe for everyone.

C.Most experts disagree with the findings.

D.Drug side effects are bigger than benefits.

In our lives we may have people who need help one way or another. They could be our friends, our colleagues and even our parents. And, of course, if these people do matter in our lives, we want to try our best to help them.　36　 

Consider finding someone they look up to. Usually, a proud person thinks highly of themselves, and not too highly of anyone else.　37　Find this person and get him to go up to the proud person and talk about their unwillingness to accept help from others.

Give them advice. By now you may have gotten your proud friend to come to talk to you. Now is the time for giving your proud friend some advice. But how do you give advice to someone who thinks too highly of himself? You can use words like"Don’t you think...""You told me before..."　38　 

Improve your approach and strategies as you proceed. Sometimes the proud person may feel angry that you’ve helped them.　39　You might just need to accept their roller coaster(过山车)of emotions about accepting your help and simply not take it personally, ever.

　40　Two proud people make for a very uncomfortable relationship. Don’t be too proud to let this person give a hand to you. Indeed, the moment he does, you owe him and can swiftly remind him of the debt being repaid when you offer him help back!

A. Let the proud person help you.

B. Help the proud person in a secret way.

C. Other times they realize your help counts.

D. Then suddenly they reject whatever you offer.

E. But how do we help them when they’re too proud to seek help?

F. However, most people have at least one person that they respect.

G. Try to make it seem like they already have had the solution themselves.