The best kept secret in San Diego is waiting to offer you a delightful getaway—without leaving town.
Less than three years ago, the Parisi Hotel was just an office building above the shops on the corner of Prospect Street. Now, that valuable space is an intimate luxury hotel with several rooms overlooking the ocean. You'll be amazed when you enter from the corner and ascend the curving staircase to the secondfloor lobby. It will take you into a different world.
What will you find when you enter the large contemporary lobby is a hand some and peaceful space that was designed with a hint of Tuscany in its modern Mediterranean style. The lobby has a large fire place with comfortable sofas in warm neutral colors surrounding it. You'll feel relaxed just sitting there—with its skylight overhead letting in the morning sun. All the rooms are more like suites (套间), with large comfortable beds, beautiful baths and stylish customdesigned furnishings and art throughout.
The Parisi Hotel is the perfect place for seniors because it's quiet and restful—with only 20 rooms. You won't find many hotels like this in the center of a tourist town.
The shops are all around you. Likewise for some of the city's best restaurants, you will never have to take your car out of the garage during your stay. And, by the way, the underground parking lot at the Parisi Hotel is free for hotel guests.
Once you stay at this little gem (珍品), you'll want to return again and again. I know we do. It's a perfect place for seniors.
Rates for standard suites begin at $ 275. You can call the hotel for reservation at (858)4541513. The Parisi Hotel is located at 1111 Prospect St. right across from La Valencia.
1.What does the underlined word “ascend” in Para.2 mean?
A. Find. B. Change.
C. Use. D. Climb.
2.When you enter the lobby, you will find that ________.
A. it is decorated with Mediterranean furniture
B. the walls are painted in bright colors
C. a large fireplace is burning all the time
D. sunlight comes through the window in the roof
3.The Parisi Hotel is perfect for old people because ________.
A. all the rooms are like suites with beautiful ocean view
B. it can give them the sense of peace
C. it is convenient for them to go shopping
D. it has stylish customdesigned furnishings and art throughout
4.According to the passage,________.
A. the price of the suites in the Parisi Hotel varies
B. the Parisi Hotel has furniture specially designed for old people
C. the Parisi Hotel is located in a secret place in San Diego
D. you must make a reservation before entering the hotel
A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she ______ play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill.______ she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and ______all day about how wonderful and exciting ______must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some ______ skill and sensibility (识别力), she ______ her mother for a bike ride ______ the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go,______ her keeping close to the house and not ______ too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew______ where she was heading! ______ the hill and across the valley, she rode to the ______ of the golden house.
______ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path______to the house and then on the house itself.She was very disappointed when she ______ that all the windows were ______ and rather dirty.
So ______and heartbroken, she didn't go any further. She ______, and all of a sudden she saw an amazing ______. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she______ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her house.
1.A. might B. should C. would D. must
2.A. Unless B. Although C. Since D. But
3.A. dreamed B. worried C. asked D. shouted
4.A. this B. that C. it D. which
5.A. different B. scientific C. musical D. basic
6.A. begged B. blamed C. invited D. paid
7.A. inside B. outside C. through D. along
8.A. insisting on B. relying on C. arguing about D. wondering about
9.A. traveling B. running C. riding D. walking
10.A. madly B. rapidly C. exactly D. possibly
11.A. Over B. Down C. Around D. Beside
12.A. windows B. steps C. center D. gate
13.A. Until B. As C. While D. Because
14.A. getting B. introducing C. leading D. moving
15.A. felt B. learned C. concluded D. found
16.A. transparent B. bright C. plain D. wide
17.A. anxious B. angry C. serious D. sad
18.A. turned around B. cheered up C. settled down D. dropped in
19.A. hill B. valley C. background D. sight
20.A. imagined B. decided C. realized D. guessed
—He tried to explain it to me but I just couldn't understand.Do you?
—________.
A. Not likely B. Not certainly
C. Not really D. Not cleverly
I thought I could continue to work here, but________I shall have to look for another job.
A. in fact B. as it is
C. as usual D. as is the case
Emergency line operators must always ________ calm and make sure that they get all the information they need to send help.
A. grow B. appear
C. become D. stay
All the money ________, the young man had no choice but to start hunting for a job.
A. has been spent B. had been spent
C. having spent D. having been spent