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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．attract lots of travelers to the UK

C．allow travelers to make flexible plans

D．cause travelers to pay more for accommodation

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

A．a hotel away from the train station

B．the tube line to Covent Garden

C．an 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

【语篇解读】本篇是一篇说明文。主要给读者讲解了去英国节约开支的途径。

段落	关键词、句	大意推测
第一部分（Para. 1）	Planning a visit to Uk?  ……ways to cut your costs	开篇名义：直接告诉读者去英国节约开支的途径。
第二部分（Para. 2-3）	......can increase the cost of accommodation..... a week later	避开一些大事，诸如大的运动会、音乐会及展览等。
第三部分（Para. 4-5）	Stay away from......end up paying more......	住宿离火车站远一点，这样住宿费用会低一点。
第三部分（Para.6）	look after yourself self-catring flat with its own kitchen……	找那种带厨房的房子自己做饭来节约开支。
第三部分（Para. 7-8）	Get on a bike. ……saving you on……	租辆自行车来节约乘公交的费用或者是开车的停车费。

【解析】

56. C。推理判断题。难度:中等。题干关键词为：The Brighton Comedy Feasival,定位第二段。根据句子: The Brighton Comedy Feasival cost £169.15….A week later, the same room cost £118.15,可以得知，主要是为了说明在有大事期间游客付费呀更高一些。

干扰项排除：C选项提及flexible ,但是指如果游客时间灵活的话，根据具体情况而定。而本提及布莱顿的喜剧节的目的则能从上面的解析中可以看出。

57.A。推理判断题。难度:中等。题干已经明确告知第五段，所以，直接在第五段找答案。文中提及:at Farringdon, a double room cost just £62.95；再看前两个句子，只因为距离车站的距离不同，价格相差很大，从£75.75到£95.95，可知两个信息：Farringdon首先是旅馆；其次是相对来说离车站较远。

58.C。事实细节题。难度：中等。题干核心词：O’Neill Flat,定位文章第六段。第六段的小标题为;looking after yourself.文章提到细节：self-catring flat with its own kitchen……,可知答案。

解题思路：本题选项A给的信息ground floor 与原文所给信top floor 有出入。B选项说的是位于伦敦中心，但原文给的是cities such as London,Edinburghh and Cardiff。D选项给的是over 100 per day。原文信息是420 for five days ,所以答案错误。

59.A。事实细节题。难度：中等。题干核心词：a free bike ，定位7-8节。文章最后一句：free up to 30 minutes.所以可知答案。

解题思路：本题如果注意到题干核心词：free，找到文中细节：free up to 30 minutes。此题是不难得出答案的。

60．D。推理判断题。难度：较易。回到文章开头，Here we help ways to cut your costs不难看出答案。

【难句学习】

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.

翻译：如果乘火车去你的目的地，你可能会找一家离车站很近的旅馆，但这样你可能会因为图假期的方便而最终多花很多钱。

分析：If traveling…,这是一个省略的状语从句。end up doing,以。。。而告终，最终。。。for the sake of  为了。。。。。。

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.
【翻译】。。。但其他城市同样也有类似的计划会让你租自行车按照自己的节奏来探索旅行，这样能节约公交费用或者是停车费。that…引导定语从句，修饰先行词programmes; saving……用分词短语在这里作状语，可以改为定语从句：which saves ……