Asweallknow，peopleredecoratetheirhotelsregularly．However，veryfewdoitasfrequentlyasSweden'sIcehotel．Asthenameindicates，thehotelthatislocatedintheremotevillageofJukkasjarvi，isbuiltentirelyfromiceand，the

　　Asweallknow，peopleredecoratetheirhotelsregularly．However，veryfewdoitasfrequentlyasSweden'sIcehotel．Asthenameindicates，thehotelthatislocatedintheremotevillageofJukkasjarvi，isbuiltentirelyfromiceand，therefore，hastoberebuiltannually!The26thversionofIcehotel，whichwelcomeditsfirstvisitorsonDecember11th，features69rooms．Tomakethemaffordableforeveryone，theyrangefromexpensiveluxurysuitestobasicaccommodations．

　　Amongthisyear'suniquesuiteofferingsisthe"ElephantintheRoom"，whichfeaturesamassive3﹣mtallsculptedAfricanelephantoverlookinganice﹣framedbed．The"CountingSheep"suitefeaturesfrozensheepthatmayhelpthosewhodon'tsleepwellgetagoodnight'srest．Thoughtheatmospherebetweentheluxurysuitesandthebudgetroomsmaydiffer，theyareallsubjecttothebone﹣chilling﹣5℃temperatures．Togetagoodnight'srestguestshavetolieinsidesleepingbagsandkeeptheirglovesandhatson．Thoughthatseemsalittleuncomfortable，visitorssayitisanexperiencelikenoneother．

　　Thehotelalsofeaturesabeautifullycraftedicechurchwhereover100coupleswillgetmarriedthisyearandanIceBarthatwillservedrinksiniceglasses．Thoughdiningoptionsarelimitedtothehotel'sonlyrestaurant，guestswillhavelittletocomplainaboutwithMichelin﹣trainedchefAlexanderMeier．Tokeepcustomersentertained，thehoteloffersavarietyoffunactivitieslikesnowshoeing，mooseorsnowmobilesafaris，dogsledding，andevenovernightwildernesscamping．

　　The26﹣year﹣•oldtraditionbeganaccidentallyin1989whenlocalsorganizedanartexhibitiontodrawwintervisitorstotheremotevillagethatlies200kmnorthoftheArcticCircle．Amongthemanytouristswasanadventurousgroupandtheyannouncedtheirintentionofspendingthenightintheplacewheretheexhibitionwasbeingheld．That'swhentheideaofbuildingtheicyaccommodationsdawnedonthelocals．

　　1．WhyisSweden'sIcehotelrebuilteveryyear？　

　　A．Itneedsmorerooms．

　　B．Itisentirelybuiltfromice．

　　C．Itfollowsoldtraditions．

　　D．Itcanbeeasilydecorated．

　　2．Whatisuniqueaboutthehotelthisyear？　

　　A．Itopensearlier