【題目】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.

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.

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).

【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 main purpose of the passage is .

A. to tell visitors how to book in advance

B. to supply visitors with hotel information

C. to offer visitors some money-saving tips

D. to show visitors the importance of self-help

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】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。

【1】D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(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。故選D。

【2】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?yàn)榫嚯x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)。故選A。

【3】C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。故選C。

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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?yàn)閳D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(fèi)用或者是停車費(fèi)。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 ……

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