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[2019·江西各校检测]The UK has a whole host of things to do for free or at a low price and there are a number of websites devoted to bringing you the best. Take a look at our guide to some of our favorite UK cities.
London
If you live in or near London and have access to the Internet, you'll discover many choices of free entertainment. The Londonist is an amusing website that offers daily and weekly breakdowns of the free and cheap events in the city. Categories include art, comedy, music, food and drink, theater, festivals and talks. Head over to londonist. com for the latest schedule of affordable entertainment. Time Out's website (timeout. com/london) also has lots of information about free fun in the lively capital.
Find out why the 60s really cemented (巩固) London as the counterculture capital of the UK in our shop.
Manchester
Manchester is probably one of the top creative centers of England (if not the UK). If you need any further convincing then head over to Creative Tourist where you can find bags of daytime and nighttime entertainment that's easy_on_the_pocket. While you're there you can also check out Liverpool and Sheffield.
Manchester is a historical city, which has shaped life in Britain. Take a look in our shop.
Glasgow
If Manchester is the creative center of England then Glasgow has to be the creative center of Scotland. You can visit Scotland's Center for Design and Architecture at The Lighthouse, or go over to the Gallery of Modern Art, and then there's the wonderful and strange Hunterian Museum. For the lowdown on the best free of Glasgow, take a look at VisitScotland.
For a look at Glasgow's picturesque qualities click here.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇应用文，介绍了一些关于英国著名城市的网站。
1．What does the underlined phrase “easy on the pocket” mean?
A．Available. B．Favorable.
C．Affordable. D．Reasonable.
答案与解析：C 考查词义猜测。根据文章第一段第一句可知，该篇文章的主要内容就是介绍一些关于英国城市中免费的或较为便宜的娱乐项目的网站，由此可推知，easy on the pocket应该是“易于负担……的费用”的意思，affordable“花费得起的，担负得起的”符合语境。available“可获得的”；favorable“赞许的；有利的”；reasonable“合情理的；有道理的”。
2．Which website can you visit if you are interested in architecture?
A．Londonist. B．Creative Tourist.
C．Time Out. D．VisitScotland.
答案与解析：D 考查细节理解。根据Glasgow部分中的“You can visit Scotland's Center for Design and Architecture... take a look at VisitScotland”可知，答案为D。
3．Where can you probably find the passage?
A．In a geography book. B．In a fashion magazine.
C．In a tourist brochure. D．On the Internet.
答案与解析：D 考查文章出处。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了一些关于英国著名城市的网站以及这些网站中的一些项目的信息，根据文章内容及文章最后一句中的“click here”可知，这篇文章可以在网上看到，故答案为D。
