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Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.

AVOID BIG EVNENTS big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival(19 Oct.) cost ￡118.15.

If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid—or you're looking for a big event to pass your time­check out sites such as Whatsonwhen.com, which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.

STAY AWAY FROM THE STATION If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.

Don't be too choosy about the part of town you stay in. Booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodge's Central Euston hotel in London for Saturday 22 September was ￡95.95. A room just a tube journey away at its covent Garden hotel was ￡75.75. And at Farringdon, a double room cost just ￡62.95.

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really central hotels in cities such as London, Edinburgh and Cardiff can cost a fortune, especially at weekends and during big events. As an alternative consider checking into a self­catering flat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city centre buildings. A great example is the historic O'Neill Flat on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, available for ￡420 for five days in late September, with room for four adults.

GET ON A BIKE London's ‘Boris bikes’ have attracted the most attention, but other cities also have similar programmes that let you rent a bicycle and explore at your own pace, saving you on public transport or car parking costs.

Among the smaller cities with their own programmes are Newcastle (casual members pay around ￡1.50 for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or ￡5 per day)．

56．The Brighton Comedy Festival is mentioned mainly to show big events may________．

A．help travelers pass time

B．a(chǎn)ttract lots of travelers to the UK

C．a(chǎn)llow travelers to make flexible plans

D．cause travelers to pay more for accommodation

57．“Farringdon” in Paragraph 5 is most probably ________．

A．a(chǎn) hotel away from the train station

B．the tube line to Covent Garden

C．a(chǎn)n ideal holiday desinationo

D．the name of a travel agency

58．The passage shows that the O'Neill Flat ________．

A．lies on the ground floor

B．is located in central London

C．provides cooking facilities for tourists

D．costs over ￡100 on average per day in late September

59．Cardiff's program allows a free bike for a maximum period of ________．

A．half an hour　　　　　　　 B．one hour

C．one hour and a half  D．tow  hours

60．The main purpose of the passage is ________．

A．to tell visitors how to book in advance

B．to supply visitors with hotel information

C．to show visitors the importance of self­help

D．to offer visitors some money­saving tips

Answer 1

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】本篇是一篇說(shuō)明文。主要給讀者講解了去英國(guó)節(jié)約開(kāi)支的途徑。

段落	關(guān)鍵詞、句	大意推測(cè)
第一部分（Para. 1）	Planning a visit to Uk?  ……ways to cut your costs	開(kāi)篇名義：直接告訴讀者去英國(guó)節(jié)約開(kāi)支的途徑。
第二部分（Para. 2-3）	......can increase the cost of accommodation..... a week later	避開(kāi)一些大事，諸如大的運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)、音樂(lè)會(huì)及展覽等。
第三部分（Para. 4-5）	Stay away from......end up paying more......	住宿離火車(chē)站遠(yuǎn)一點(diǎn)，這樣住宿費(fèi)用會(huì)低一點(diǎn)。
第三部分（Para.6）	look after yourself self-catring flat with its own kitchen……	找那種帶廚房的房子自己做飯來(lái)節(jié)約開(kāi)支。
第三部分（Para. 7-8）	Get on a bike. ……saving you on……	租輛自行車(chē)來(lái)節(jié)約乘公交的費(fèi)用或者是開(kāi)車(chē)的停車(chē)費(fèi)。

【解析】

56. C。推理判斷題。難度:中等。題干關(guān)鍵詞為：The Brighton Comedy Feasival,定位第二段。根據(jù)句子: The Brighton Comedy Feasival cost £169.15….A week later, the same room cost £118.15,可以得知，主要是為了說(shuō)明在有大事期間游客付費(fèi)呀更高一些。

干擾項(xiàng)排除：C選項(xiàng)提及flexible ,但是指如果游客時(shí)間靈活的話，根據(jù)具體情況而定。而本提及布萊頓的喜劇節(jié)的目的則能從上面的解析中可以看出。

57.A。推理判斷題。難度:中等。題干已經(jīng)明確告知第五段，所以，直接在第五段找答案。文中提及:at Farringdon, a double room cost just £62.95；再看前兩個(gè)句子，只因?yàn)榫嚯x車(chē)站的距離不同，價(jià)格相差很大，從£75.75到£95.95，可知兩個(gè)信息：Farringdon首先是旅館；其次是相對(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)離車(chē)站較遠(yuǎn)。

58.C。事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。難度：中等。題干核心詞：O’Neill Flat,定位文章第六段。第六段的小標(biāo)題為;looking after yourself.文章提到細(xì)節(jié)：self-catring flat with its own kitchen……,可知答案。

解題思路：本題選項(xiàng)A給的信息ground floor 與原文所給信top floor 有出入。B選項(xiàng)說(shuō)的是位于倫敦中心，但原文給的是cities such as London,Edinburghh and Cardiff。D選項(xiàng)給的是over 100 per day。原文信息是420 for five days ,所以答案錯(cuò)誤。

59.A。事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。難度：中等。題干核心詞：a free bike ，定位7-8節(jié)。文章最后一句：free up to 30 minutes.所以可知答案。

解題思路：本題如果注意到題干核心詞：free，找到文中細(xì)節(jié)：free up to 30 minutes。此題是不難得出答案的。

60．D。推理判斷題。難度：較易�；氐轿恼麻_(kāi)頭，Here we help ways to cut your costs不難看出答案。

【難句學(xué)習(xí)】

1.      If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you coule end up paying moer for the sake of convinience of your holiday.

翻譯：如果乘火車(chē)去你的目的地，你可能會(huì)找一家離車(chē)站很近的旅館，但這樣你可能會(huì)因?yàn)閳D假期的方便而最終多花很多錢(qián)。

分析：If traveling…,這是一個(gè)省略的狀語(yǔ)從句。end up doing,以。。。而告終，最終。。。for the sake of  為了。。。。。。

2 …but other cities also have similar programmes that let you rent a bicycle and explore at you own pace，saving you pubilc transport or car parking costs.
【翻譯】。。。但其他城市同樣也有類似的計(jì)劃會(huì)讓你租自行車(chē)按照自己的節(jié)奏來(lái)探索旅行，這樣能節(jié)約公交費(fèi)用或者是停車(chē)費(fèi)。that…引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞programmes; saving……用分詞短語(yǔ)在這里作狀語(yǔ)，可以改為定語(yǔ)從句：which saves ……