Question

With eco-tourism on the rise, eco-hotels are fast becoming the darling of the travel industry. These days, however, staying at an eco-hotel doesn’t necessarily mean vacationing in a tree house in the Costa Rican jungle, although that is certainly a choice.

The majority of eco-hotels fall into several categories: hotels and resorts that conserve ecologically important habitats; “green” hotels that reduce, recycle, minimize waste, and protect water; sustainable hotels that harvest food from gardens on the hotel property or get part or all of their power from renewable energy; hotels that encourage community involvement such as guests taking part in trail clearing; and hotels that offer some form of environmental education to their guests.

As such, eco-hotels are a various group. Stylish urban hotels like the Willard Inter-Continental Washington focus on energy conservation whereas the Rosario Resort & Spa on Orcas Island in Washington State offers a wildly popular “green” vacation package where guests can “take a hike, clear a trail”.

No matter what you call them, eco-hotel, eco-lodge, eco-resort, or green hotel, they’re all part of the “greening” of the tourism industry.

Part of what drives this greening of the hotel industry is no doubt competition. Going green is another way to distinguish a hotel from the mass of other excellent hotels that consumers have to choose from. But for many hotels, it’s also part of their philosophy. With the concept of “going green” firmly rooted in consumers’ minds, eco-hotels have taken it to the next level, and whether or not money is the driving factor behind the greening of the hotel industry doesn’t matter so much as it’s good for the planet.

1.According to the passage, which of the following can match the idea of eco-hotel?

A．It is comfortable and fashionable.           B．It uses renewable energy.

C．It has walls of glass.                      D．It is home to endangered species.

2.From the passage, we know the Rosario Resort & Spa is a kind of hotel that _______.

A．encourages its guests to participate in its greening activities

B．harvests food from its own garden

C．has courses on the environment for its guests

D．protects important habitats

3.From the last paragraph, we can infer that _______.

A．money is the driving force behind eco-hotels

B．the hotel industry cares more about money than the environment

C．eco-hotels teach their guests the philosophy of eco-hotels

D．eco-hotels have no advantages in competing for guests

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹生態旅店是使用可再生能源旅店，行業關心的是錢不是環境。但是不管他們的出發點是什么，這是對環境有好處的。

1.細節題:從第二段的句子：“green” hotels that reduce, recycle, minimize waste, and protect water; sustainable hotels that harvest food from gardens on the hotel property or get part or all of their power from renewable energy;可知生態旅店是使用可再生能源。選B

2.細節題：從第三段的句子：whereas the Rosario Resort & Spa on Orcas Island in Washington State offers a wildly popular “green” vacation package where guests can “take a hike, clear a trail”. 可知選A

3.推理題：從文章的最后一句話and whether or not money is the driving factor behind the greening of the hotel industry doesn’t matter so much as it’s good for the planet.可知旅店行業關心的是錢不是環境。選B

考點：考查環保類短文

點評：本文要求考生讀懂文章中的每個句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關系，結合自己的生活常識和經驗，再通過邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫作目的，讀者應當知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時我們務必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據，即：已知部分－推論的前提，從中推測出未知部分－推理的結論，切忌妄加評論，把自己的觀點當成作者的觀點。