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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 andmake 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-cateringflat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city central 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 similarprograms 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 programs are Newcastle (casual members pay around £1.50 for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or £5 per day).

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56. 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

57. "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

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. two 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 self-help

D. to offer visitors some money-saving tips

参考译文

计划去英国吗？这里我们有帮你减少花费的方法。

避免大事件　大的体育赛事、音乐会和展览都会增加你的住宿成本，同时你也很难找到房间。布莱顿戏剧节的最后一个星期五，即10月5号，你在Booking.com网站上预定一间蓟花布莱顿宾馆的标准双人房需花费169.15英镑 。一个星期后，同样的房间只需118.15英镑。

如果你头脑灵活，也想知道日期来避免大事件，或者你正要寻找大事件时期来度假的话，那么你可以登入类似Whatsonwhen.com的网站来查询，在这类网站上，你可以通过查找城市、日期以及目录找到发生在英国的大事件。

远离车站　如果你从车站乘火车前往目的地，那么你可能想要找一个靠近车站的好基地，但为了方便，你最终会在假期初期支付更多的钱。

对你所住的小镇不要太挑剔。你要提前两个月预订，9月22日星期六，伦敦游客之家中央尤斯顿酒店最便宜的房间是95.95英镑。在考文特花园酒店，一间提供给乘地铁旅行的游客的房间要75.75英镑。而在法林顿旅馆，一间双人房间需要62.95英镑。

照顾好自己　事实上，像伦敦、爱丁堡和卡迪夫这些城市的中心酒店的价格是很昂贵的，尤其是在周末和在大事件期间。而作为一个备选方案，你可以考虑入住附带厨房的自助公寓。通常，这些公寓都隐藏在市中心的大楼顶层。位于爱丁堡皇家大道的著名的奥尼尔公寓就是一个典型的例子，在9月下旬，它提供供四个成年人居住的房间，且5天只需420英镑。

备一辆自行车　伦敦的“鲍里斯自行车”引起了大多数人的关注，但其他城市也有类似的计划，让你能够租一辆自行车，按自己的速度去探索，从而节省你在公共交通工具或停车方面的花费。

有类似计划的城市还有纽卡斯特(任何成员都要按每两个小时1.50英镑的标准来付费)和卡迪夫(免费30分钟，或者5英镑一天)。

答案解析

56. D 考查推理判断。文章提到同样的一间房在盛大节日和不再盛大节假日时价格不同，因此这里是说在重大事件发生时旅行者付的住宿费要高一些。

57. A 考查推理判断。此段的标题讲住宿要远离车站，而作者列举Farringdon的双人间价格非常便宜，因此可以推断Farringdon是一个离车站比较远的宾馆。

58. C 考查细节理鯉解。根据第六段中的"checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen"可知，它是一个为游客提供烹饪设备的宾馆。

59. A 考查细节理解。根据文章最后一句中的"Cardiff( free for up to 30 minutes, or ￡5 per day)可知，Cardiff能提供30分钟的自行车免费租用时间。

60. D 考查写作意图。文章主要介绍了在英国旅游时一些省钱的方法，因此D项是最佳选项。