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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

【語篇解讀】本篇是一篇說明文。主要給讀者講解了去英國節(jié)約開支的途徑。

段落	關(guān)鍵詞、句	大意推測
第一部分（Para. 1）	Planning a visit to Uk?  ……ways to cut your costs	開篇名義：直接告訴讀者去英國節(jié)約開支的途徑。
第二部分（Para. 2-3）	......can increase the cost of accommodation..... a week later	避開一些大事，諸如大的運動會、音樂會及展覽等。
第三部分（Para. 4-5）	Stay away from......end up paying more......	住宿離火車站遠(yuǎn)一點，這樣住宿費用會低一點。
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節(jié)約開支。
第三部分（Para. 7-8）	Get on a bike. ……saving you on……	租輛自行車來節(jié)約乘公交的費用或者是開車的停車費。

【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，主要是為了說明在有大事期間游客付費呀更高一些。

干擾項排除：C選項提及flexible ,但是指如果游客時間靈活的話，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；再看前兩個句子，只因為距離車站的距離不同，價格相差很大，從£75.75到£95.95，可知兩個信息：Farringdon首先是旅館；其次是相對來說離車站較遠(yuǎn)。

58.C。事實細(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A給的信息ground floor 與原文所給信top floor 有出入。B選項說的是位于倫敦中心，但原文給的是cities such as London,Edinburghh and Cardiff。D選項給的是over 100 per day。原文信息是420 for five days ,所以答案錯誤。

59.A。事實細(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_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：如果乘火車去你的目的地，你可能會找一家離車站很近的旅館，但這樣你可能會因為圖假期的方便而最終多花很多錢。

分析：If traveling…,這是一個省略的狀語從句。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劃會讓你租自行車按照自己的節(jié)奏來探索旅行，這樣能節(jié)約公交費用或者是停車費。that…引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞programmes; saving……用分詞短語在這里作狀語，可以改為定語從句：which saves ……