2009年6月英语六级阅读的冲刺倒计时倒数23天
<p> <span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="inns">inns</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="civilized">civilized</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="strategically">strategically</span> <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="accommodate">accommodate</span> <span word="merchants">merchants</span>, <span word="military">military</span> <span word="personnel">personnel</span>, <span word="government">government</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="travel">travel</span>. <span word="Travelling">Travelling</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="pleasure">pleasure</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="unheard">unheard</span> <span word="of">of</span>. <span word="During">During</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="Ages">Ages</span>, <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="infrequent">infrequent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="unsafe">unsafe</span>.</p><p> <span word="About">About</span> <span word="the">the</span> 12<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="travelling">travelling</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="safe">safe</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inns">inns</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="routes">routes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="accommodate">accommodate</span> <span word="merchants">merchants</span>, <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="pilgrims">pilgrims</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span>. <span word="Inn">Inn</span> <span word="standards">standards</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="steadily">steadily</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="economies">economies</span> <span word="improved">improved</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="Ages">Ages</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="inns">inns</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="primarily">primarily</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="merchants">merchants</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Industrial">Industrial</span> <span word="Revolution">Revolution</span> <span word="stimulated">stimulated</span> <span word="inn">inn</span> <span word="building">building</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="England">England</span>, <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="inns">inns</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="standard">standard</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="hotels">hotels</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="seaport">seaport</span> <span word="inns">inns</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="converted">converted</span> <span word="farmhouses">farmhouses</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="stagecoachroutes">stagecoachroutes</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="canals">canals</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="railroads">railroads</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wayside">wayside</span> <span word="inn">inn</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="hotels">hotels</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rights">rights</span>-<span word="of">of</span>-<span word="way">way</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="grew">grew</span>, <span word="new">new</span> <span word="hotels">hotels</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="constructed">constructed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="centers">centers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="theater">theater</span> <span word="districts">districts</span>. <span word="By">By</span> 1,800 <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="hotels">hotels</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="trend">trend</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> 20<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Stevens">Stevens</span> <span word="Hotelin">Hotelin</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="boasted">boasted</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="with">with</span> 3,000 <span word="rooms">rooms</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="exceeded">exceeded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hotel">Hotel</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Moscow">Moscow</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hotels">hotels</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="rooms">rooms</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="everywhere">everywhere</span>.</p>
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