READING-The Ice Hotel I'm Vanessa, I'm 16 and I'm Canadian. I live in Quebec, the eastern province of Canada. Quebec's weather is often very bad and cold in winter with abundant snowfalls. I like winter weather and winter sports, in particular skiing and snowboarding, so I like living here! I'm a very good skier and I'm in the local snowboarding team, too My dad works at the Ice Hotel. It's a wonderful hotel made of snow and ice! It's only five minutes away from Quebec City, where I live with my family. It's the first ice hotel in North America and it is open only in winter from January to April. In the hotel there is a church, a theatre, a restaurant and a bar. Everything in the hotel is made of ice: the pillars, the sculptures but also the furniture, for example the beds, the tables and the shelves. It is very strange and so people from all over the world come here to sleep in one of its 51 rooms. In the hotel guests sleep in Arctic sleeping bags at a temperature of about 8 Staying at The Ice Hotel is really expensive: a room for a night costs about $ 300. The Ice Hotel is also open to visitors from 10 am to midnight and there are guided tours. My dad works in the big hall of the hotel, he is a receptionist there he welcomes and helps visitors and answers the phone at the reception of the hotel. Every morning he gets up at half past six, he has a big breakfast and then he drives to the hotel. He has lunch at the hotel in the kitchen. He usually comes home at eight o'clock in the evening. He never sleeps at the hotel but he sometimes works on Sunday afternoons Are the sentences True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG)? 1 Vanessa likes living in Canada. 2 Vanessa is a good ice-skater. NG 3 Her dad works in an ordinary hotel. 4 Vanessa lives in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. 5 The Ice Hotel is the third ice hotel in North America. 6 The Ice Hotel has got more than 40 rooms. 7 The Ice Hotel guided tours are expensive. 8 Vanessa's dad is the manager of the hotelChoose the correct option. 1 Winters in Canada are usually very cold. e mild. I warm and windy. brainy and cool. BLIVEWORKSHEETS 2 Everything in the Ice Hotel is made of concrete and stones. bice and compact snow. e bricks and wood diron and plastic 3 Staying for a night in a room at The Ice Hotel is quite cheap. not very expensive. b really cheap d really expensive. 4 You can go on a guided tour of the hotel a before 10 o'clock in the morning e from ten in the morning b after midnight. d at 9 am Answer these questions. 1 How old is Vanessa? 2. What's her nationality? 3 Where does she live? 4 What's her dad's job? 5 When is The Ice Hotel apen? 6 What time does Vanessa's dad get up? 7 Where does he have lunch? 8 Do you prefer winter or summer? What do you usually do in summer? (50 words)
Respuesta:
Are the sentences True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG)?
1 Vanessa likes living in Canada. TRUE
2 Vanessa is a good ice-skater. NG TRUE
3 Her dad works in an ordinary hotel. FALSE
4 Vanessa lives in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. FALSE
5The Ice Hotel is the third ice hotel in North America.FALSE
6 The Ice Hotel has got more than 40 rooms. TRUE
7 The Ice Hotel guided tours are expensive. FALSE
8 Vanessa's dad is the manager of the hotel FALSE
Choose the correct option.
1 Winters in Canada are usually very cold. e mild. I warm and windy. brainy and cool. BLIVEWORKSHEETS
2 Everything in the Ice Hotel is made of concrete and stones. bice and compact snow. e bricks and wood diron and plastic
3 Staying for a night in a room at The Ice Hotel is quite cheap. not very expensive. b really cheap d really expensive.
4 You can go on a guided tour of the hotel a before 10 o'clock in the morning e from ten in the morning b after midnight. d at 9 am
Answer these questions.
1 How old is Vanessa?
She's 16 years old
2. What's her nationality?
her nationality is Canadian
3 Where does she live?
she lives in Quebec
4 What's her dad's job?
her dad is a hotel receptionist
5 When is The Ice Hotel open?
it is open only in winter from January to April.
6 What time does Vanessa's dad get up?
he gets up at half past six
7 Where does he have lunch?
He has lunch at the hotel in the kitchen.
8 Do you prefer winter or summer?
I prefer the summer
What do you usually do in summer? (50 words)
ésta puedes contestarla tu, tienes que expresar en 50 palabras que sueles hacer en verano.