18.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 (19Oct.) cost£169.15at 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 22September 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£420for 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£1.50for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30minutes,or£5per day).
16.The Brighton Comedy Festival is mentioned mainly to show big events mayD.
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
17."Farringdon"in Paragraph 5is most probablyA.
A.a(chǎn) hotel away from the train station
B.the tube line to Covent Garden
C.a(chǎn)n ideal holiday destination
D.the name of a travel agency
18.The passage shows that the O'Neill FlatC.
A.lies on the ground floor
B.is located in central London
C.provides cooking facilities for tourists
D.costs over£100on average per day in late September
19.Cardiff's program allows a free bike for a maximum period ofA.
A.half an hourB.one hour
C.one hour and a halfD.two hours
20.The main purpose of the passage isD.
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.
分析 文章大意:文章介紹了去英國(guó)旅游時(shí)幾個(gè)可以有效節(jié)省費(fèi)用的方法.作者在文章中給出了一些建議.
解答 16.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.文章第二段中提到Brighton Comedy Festival的目的是舉例說(shuō)明"Big sporting events,concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room.",即作者建議避免在一些重大節(jié)日期間出門(mén)旅游,因?yàn)樽∷拶M(fèi)用會(huì)增加.所以正確答案是D.
17.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.此段的大標(biāo)題是"遠(yuǎn)離車(chē)站",然后開(kāi)始舉例說(shuō)明.根據(jù)"£95.95,£75.75,£62.95"這三個(gè)數(shù)據(jù)的對(duì)比可知,離車(chē)站越近,價(jià)格越高,故最便宜的Farringdon很可能是遠(yuǎn)離車(chē)站的一個(gè)旅館,所以正確答案是A.
18.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第六段中的"As an alternative consider checking into a selfcatering flat with its own kitchen…A great example is…"可以推斷,有一些旅館能夠提供有廚房的公寓,而O'Neill Flat便是一個(gè)例子,所以正確答案是C.
19.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段中的"…and Cardiff(free for up to 30 minutes,or£5 per day)."可知,Cardiff的該項(xiàng)計(jì)劃允許免費(fèi)用自行車(chē)的最長(zhǎng)時(shí)限是30分鐘,即half an hour,所以正確答案是A.
20.D 主旨?xì)w納題.一般來(lái)說(shuō),考生只有通篇理解文章傳遞的信息,才可能概括出全文的主旨.文章的開(kāi)頭"Planning a visit to the UK?Here we help with ways to cut your costs."總領(lǐng)全文,之后各段分別介紹了一些幫助節(jié)省旅游費(fèi)用的建議,所以正確答案是D.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是廣告布告類(lèi)閱讀理解.它注重考查考生對(duì)整體內(nèi)容的把握,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷