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

AVOID BIG EVENTS  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 £169.15 at Booking.com. A week later, the same room 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 time—check out sites such as Whatsonwhen.com, which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.

STAYAWAY 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 self-catering 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).  (358 words)

1. 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

2.“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 destination                              

D. the name of a travel agency

3.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

4.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. two hours

5.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 self-help   

D. to offer visitors some money-saving tips

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析： 本文是說明文，介紹了幾條關于如何減少旅行花費的建議：1. 避開大型事件；2. 遠離車站；3.照顧自己；4.騎自行車。

1.細節理解題。根據文章的第二段：big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation.....（大的體育賽事、音樂會和展覽都會增加住宿的費用）可知，選D（大的賽事會導致多付住宿費。）。

2.詞意推測題。在STAYAWAY FROM THE STATION中，對比了車站附近的旅館的價格和距離較遠的較便宜的旅館的價格， Farringdon是指離車站遠的旅館。故選A。

3.推理判斷題。在LOOK AFTER YOURSELF 一段中，提到As an alternative consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen. （作為備用方案，考慮入住自帶廚房的自炊式公寓。）,后面提到以O’Neill 公寓為例，由此可知，選C（O’Neill可以為游客提供炊具。）。

4.細節理解題。在GET ON A BIKE一段中，提到Really central hotel in cities such as London ,Edinburgh and Cardiff和Cardiff(free for up to 30imnutes or ····）可知。選A（可以免費騎車半個小時即30分鐘）。

5.主旨大意題。根據文章的第一段：Here we help ways to cut your costs.（這里我們幫助你減少旅行中的費用。）可知。選D（本段給游客提供了一些省錢的妙招。）。

考點：廣告類短文閱讀。