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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 £l18.15.
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. the tube line to Covent Garden
B. an ideal holiday destination
C. a hotel away from the train station
D. the name of a travel agency
3. The main purpose of the passage is .
A. to offer visitors some money-saving tips
B. to tell visitors how to book in advance
C. to supply visitors with hotel information
D. to show visitors the importance of self-help
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A
【解析】
这是一篇广告布告类阅读。文章作者对于去欧洲旅行的游客，给出了一些省钱的建议。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。答案定位在AVOID BIG EVENTS部分 Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room.（大型体育赛事、音乐会和展览会增加住宿成本，让人更难找到房间。）故选D。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。答案定位在STAY AWAY FROM THE STATION部分可知，后面用几个较便宜的旅馆来举例说明黑体部分，即一家离火车站很远的旅馆，故选C。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。答案定位在第一段Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.可知这篇文章的主要目的是给游客一些省钱的建议，故选A。
