故选D。

2. 细节理解题。第五段主要是讲距离车站不同距离的住房的价格，And at Farringdon, a double room cost just £62.95. Farringdon的价格是里面最低的，可知，其地理位置离车站也最远，故选A。

3. 推理判断题。文中第六段So it will be a good choice to consider checking into a self-cooking flat with its own kitchen. A great example is the historic O'Neill Flat.选择带厨房的住处是一个很好的选择，O'Neill Flat就是一个很好的例子，故选C。

. 词义理解题。文中最后一段的最后一句free for up to 30 minutes,30分钟内免费，故选A。

5. 主旨大意题。文章通篇讲的就是教人们外出旅行时如何节约旅行费用。故选D。

考点：考查旅行小贴士类文章的阅读

Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day's event, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn't accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

　　When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen....

At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often-only of objects I find really beautiful. I'm no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life