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    fe English Test for Tou Reading Comprehension Practice Test t uriem and Catering | ‘You can spend altogether 4$ minutes on the reading teat Wate all the answers on the ANSWER SHEET | Reading Tettt THE NEW DISNEYLAND RESORT A Back in 1955. when Disneyland first opened in Anaheim, Calfornia, st consisted of 3 meme park, a parking lot, and a lot of potential 8. Bu m the year 2001 Disneyland has become a full fledged resort with two theme parks. tee hotels, an entertainment and shopping district, and, since much of this expansion has taken place in whal used (o be the parking lot, a parking garage that can handle more than 10 000 cars C. Centrepece of the Disneyland Resort is still the Disneyland Theme Park, literally home to Mickey Mouse and one of the world's most visited and familiar theme parks. For more on Oxtneytand, start your tour on Main Street USA. ©. Just across from the entrance to Disneyland there's now a new theme park, Disney's CaMomea Adventure, which celebrates the peoples, places, and cultures of the Golden State. Tres park 1 pnmanily oriented to visitors a little older than its bigger sibling -- here there are carn al-type ndes for the teens and more sedate attractions (such as a winery) for adults Tou Bs new theme park, beginning at Sunshine Plaza. Since it is both smaller and offers fewer attractions than Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure will admit fewer guests per @ay Expect long tines for the most popular attractions, so be sure to arrive early and use the FaztPass system €. Between the theme parks is the Downtown Disney dining, shopping, and entertainment area Here youll find themed restaurants and night spots like the Rainforest Cafe, ESPN Zone and The House of Blues, shopping at The World of Disney, LEGO Imagination Centre. and other speciality stores, and there's also a 12-screen AMC megaplex movie theatre. F. The new development also ties Disneyland's existing hotel properties in more closely to Dw parks making them seem less isolated and more accessible. Guests at Disney hotels aizo get perks ike early entry days and preferential access to the theme parks. G A mmonorad stsl connects The Disneyland Hotel to Disneyland theme park, but now it's also an @ateet walk through Downtown Disney to the main gate. H. And nght nest door to the new theme park stands Disney's 750 room, Grand Cakfornian Motel xslt in turn-of-the-century romantic Craftsman movement style. This most upscale of Onneyiaruds hotels features a health club, a business centre with convention facilities, and fs cam gate to Grsney’s California Adventure. About cony travel, 2001 20 S Questions 1-7 - Give the right answer te yoo nen TD Micet Pus ned use complete wntenee the test Write your answers 0M YOU Any, opening, and the full expansion of Disneyland? al openiny 1 How many years pared between the offi 2 Which is the oldest part of Disneyland? 1 Pa sney’s California What ate the thice differences between Disneyland Theme Park and Disney’ Adventure?” ¥ 4 How many catering outlets are mentioned in the dining area? 7 Maw many cinemas are there in Disneyland? Questions 8-10 for questions $10 write the letter of the paragraph A Gon your Answer Sheet which desrthes the new theme park 9 access to Disneyland Theme Park 19 an cxample of new accommodation Question 14 Farah syremyans i the tt for the Jallowings words anal expressions Hi best brown (par ©) 12 Ga a (par Dy (pat FY BE has (por 1) 7) Reading Text 2 BANK over the past few years there havi called Bank er of Aldwych and Kingsway 1s menu ts a big brassene style menu oft on the an important details eae ou ae fave pen cues joist Oy ‘park fish & chips » halibut, musty ont Gea eae Sanne eas, tatere sauce - with bread and butter pudding for afters My fnend had Caesar salad, a bold choice in the UK, where it is seldom got night This was pecs semana can Great big slivers of very fresh parmesan, crunchy veined leaves of my dressi it sa 7 Caer haces ny dressing, Nothing else - no hints of Nicoise, or Waldorf trying to Ihad the dressed crab with avocado dressing zig-zagged around the plate. The freshness and flavour of the crabmeat was very noticeable and | appreciated it My friend had seared mullet on a bed of wok-fried vegetables, a good and easygoing combination, but not as good as my roast cod whose vivid green parsley cover was delicious Where there is so much fish on the premises, there's usually plenty of very good fish stock. An ingredient that is really telling when it comes to the flavour of the sauces and reductions. tam dying to go back in order to try some of the meat dishes; | think Ill have to sneak in at night There are several old favourites and I'd really like to see how they are cooked and presented here at Bank. Salt beef and braised lentils can be so satisfying, and glazed belly of pork when done properly has a texture like balm - these are supreme comfort foods Puddings may sound very traditional - tiramisu, roasted spiced pears, plum crumble - but my gingerbread apple charlotte was a very postmodernist reconstruction - so expect interesting tusts and above all, quality. There's a very accessible wine list, with wines listed not by region, but by style. It was pomnted out to me that you can have breakfast at Bank from 7.00am. You can have fried egg. Crack pudding, Cumberland sausage, bacon, tomato and toast, with cereal to stan, and as many refills of coffee and tea as your bladder can take, What a start to your day the UK based Restaurant and Hotel Review, 1999 Anwer Shee and write ui the boves on your Anw Questions 1S CInesnse re wuate fetter ad on ants in Britain nt tle testa Tondon restaur 16 According to the 2) the Bank otters a good selection of renewed traditional dishes by Bank oftery no traditional British dishes ©) Bank offers boring waditional dishes r salad in the UK is that 17 The problem with C: 2) some tngredients are usually missing by often has ingredients which do not belong ©) itay prepared very simply 18 The wnter and his/her partner had a) beef by pork ©) scafood 19 The wine bist at Bank is < a) teasonably priced understand able b) cosy ©) cantly ay, akfast in the UK? 20) Which 1s caten 3) bread and butter pudding table by phan eb black ps You can spend 1 | is logether 16 utes on the readin, at Reading Tevet on TO AVOID SUMMER TRAVEL HEADACHES 'ps for Business Travellers and Frequent Flyers fete] _ 7 t's that time of year again - the ‘summer travel season. The time when that occasional emply seat next to you will surely be filled, most likely by a four-year-old who wants to play wath your laptop! I's a ime when unhurried summer travellers take their lime checking tn at your usually efficient business hotel, So other than simply staying home, how do you avoid the headaches of summer season travel? Se Airline elite frequent flyers usually have a block of seats set aside at the front of the aircraft, and of course have the opportunity to upgrade to first class, There are often separate lines at ucket counters for the elite flyers, so you avoid the long lines of inexperienced leisure travellers who generally take longer to check in and check luggage. During the summer, there's not enough room, so the last people on the plane are usually forced to check their larger bags. (esas: There's nothing worse than trying to check in or out of a hotel and find that you are in line behind a busload of holidaymakers! During most of the year they wouldn't be in your business hotel, but during the summer there is less business travel, and hotels make it 1 leisure travel groups to stay in order to fill those rooms. And you end up ota 9. By all means, use the express check-out from your room That way. front desk upon departure. And many frequent stay programs have waiting And wantin there 1$ no stop al the separate check.n lines for members. at = Given the choice between a first: 4 And many leisure travellers eal rons To avoid the crowds, and may! fe . not located in the tourist and hotel areas, and class restaurant and fast food, families with kids will choose t in restaurants near their hotel, or near the tounst find an undiscovered culinary gem, try out that is which is a bit beyond the dest upscale restaut ant that’ the budget of a cost conscous leisure traveller. Ea ! R of the Crowd. so can y Js can get you oul De eS Oe f these programs let you avog Just as elte progiams and bears can eee where you can check , fet in at oa teas Yun ho check in count ether, {s ] J id changing planes at a hyp With amines flying many new non-stop routes, the chance to avoi ity at hubs becomes an ocean of 48 somewhat better than before The normal sea of aed 7 ing to figure out where they Uavellers in the summer. many of whom wander uncertainly, é he summer But there is Need to go There does not seem to be a "best time” to travel during tl opular time of day for @ me to avoid if you can The aftemoon. Not only is that oe Gest dene both leisure and business travellers, but it is also the time wt ice is i ted, and planes are most likely to pop up and interrupt air travel. And when service is interrup! full, the result is predictable chaos. siness travel Follow these simple guidelines, and you'll lessen the stress of summer bu: about.com /travel, 2001 [0 | Use the Automated System a Questions 1-5 For questions 1-5, choose from the list (ac) the title which best suits each part (1-5) of ie ; aructe. One has been done for you as an example. Write your answers on your Answer Sheet. OG A. High Season Clash 1 B. Business Class or Tourist Class? 2 C. Food for Thought 3 D. Off the Beaten Track 4 E. The Worst Time for Take - off s F, Anything to Declare? G. Use the Automated. System dn boxes 6 10 on your Answer Sheet write T of the statement is TRUE. according to the text I of the statement is FALSE ace ‘ording to the text NS of the statement is NOT STATED according to the text © The high season makes quite a lot of alterations to bu Hobday suc hotels take their time to check in 8 Holidays cts hardly ever go to business hotels 9 Holidaymakets usually travel on Non-stop routes, 10 Fhghts can be delayed by stoems Reading Text? Gambling on Ascension seekers AS VEGAS was a desert unit the es : NsINOs Atved The tiny, volcanic outcrop of Ascension rgand wn the South Atlante es hoping the same magic can work on ks ow econ puling of a CASINO IS ene idea being considered by the Foreign Office wen 6 a Be reve the fortunes of the island with tourism, The 35-square-mile colony. which oe important muiltary and communications base during the Cold War and the Falklands conftet, nas seen tts population of temporary workers dectease recently Sesides gambling. a team from Portsmouth University. commissioned by the Foreign Othe, has suggested the development of sports fishing and ecotourism. Those who have seen the island say that its landscape, with chocolate-coloured hills, reminds them of satellite pictures of Mars. Its attractions include the green turtles that nest on ts 32 beaches. diving. and walks to the top of 2,800ft Green Mountain where bamboo, panana and wild ginger grow. There are 10 beds for tourists, who must gain written permission from the administrator before visiting. They are warned that there are "no dedicated tourist facilities. wisitors must _ be able to entertain themselves”. There are only two ways to reach the island: on a twice-weekly flight from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, on which up to 10 civilians can book seats, or by a 12-day voyage on 8 Royal Mail ship from Cardiff. Plans to promote tourism have been ctiticised by those who know the island. “Talk of building hotels and allowing business to flourish is almost unbelievable. The landscape will be transformed, beaches will become overcrowded and roads fall apart,” said Charlie OBnen, a former resident In a letter to the local n admnistrator, assured readers that protectin: ‘ed through tourism. "We need to generate wealth to pay for all this,” ewspaper, The Islander, Geoffrey Fairhurst, Ascension’s 9 the fragile environment and restoring historic buildings can be address he said Telegraph Group Limited, 1999 ucstlens tte a fon your Anwer Shee ecu Jorite mthe boxes I 4on you 1 cera) edand write Choose the appr fener a) tele hay been written tourssts fiom Ascension, Memplate the future of Ascension mote Uscension i used aya a ny Wars §) centre for commumieation during the Falkland war ©) job centre for temporary workers 13) Batish authorities are consider ig to 2) develop environmental -friendly tourism on Ascen: ©) allow only anglers to the island ©) ban gambling on Ascension 14 The topography of the island can be characterised by a) green Mat lands by rocks like on Mars ©) hills and beaches Questions 15-17 dn boxes 15-17 on your Answer Sheet write 7 Wf the statement is TRUE according to the text F if the statement is FALSE according to the text NS if the statement is NOT STATED according to the text 15 There is an unlimited number of accommodation facilities for visitors, 16 Only environmental-conscious tourists are allowed to visit the island. 17 Visitors must apply for admission to the island Questions 18-20 (uve the right answer in NO MORE THAN THREE. WORy. the text Write your answers on your Answer Sheer, 10 questions 18-20 according tw Which to ways are there to access the island from Great Britain 9 Ix According to the leader of the island community which is the only way to save the j land? islan 2 Intermediate rmediate English Test for Tourism and Caterin, Reading Comprehension * Practice Text 3 i You can spend altogether : AS minutes on t Wate all the answers nthe ANS Reading Text 1 THE REALITY OF STARTING A BED AND BREAKFAST eople wak " Many people wake up one day and think, “Let's open a bed and breakfast! It will be fun to entertain guests in our home. We cook and clean ... we can do thal!" But many times they @an't take into account the business side of inn - keeping. While they have enjoyed staying at B&Bs and have experienced the relaxing side of the inn environment, they haven't seen the inside view of this people intensive industry, the mound of office paperwork, the constant interruptions during the day, and the piles of laundry wailing to be finished. There are many issues to consider when deciding whether the B&B business is for you The bed and breakfast industry is a very personal one... personal because innkeeper hosts spend a lot of time with their guests and must be very involved with every facet of dady business operations. This deserves careful consideration. As our fellow innkeepers already know, the daily routine of an innkeeper combines earty nsing, cooking, cleaning, shopping, laundry, banking, bookkeeping, advertising and marketing, check-ins, reservations, management, and more! But being an innkeeper does have its up side, too. Meeting friends from all over the odd 1s hike being an armchair traveller. Acting as a “goodwill ambassador” by helping guests with travel and activity plans can be very rewarding, In 1986 when we opened Holden House, there were just three professional B&Bs in the Colorado Springs area. Now the Pikes Peak Region boasts nearly 40, and the western states continue to see a large increase In the number of new B&Bs. When we first stated researching the B&B industry in 1982, there was very little bed and breakfast. Since that time, great strides int ailable about starting @ i lormation av: fe seminars and information provides the ionwi nave been made Today's wealth of na ionwid prospective innkeeper wath the opportunity to lear from the experience of others. spe House Bed and Breakiast Inn, Colorado Springs (abridged) by Sallie Clash, Innkeeper Hol ‘somconmeet i u 1p Sheet write Questions 1.8 1s TRUE. according to the text Sem your An In bees he statement les ; Ve venement ts FALSE according, 10 the (ext ay if te statement is NOT STATED an the text e f hat starting an inn would be an easy U i avafways been part ofan innkeeper’s job / ing firms before they start their business of people th keepers ins always een iAcepers now turn to consultin 0 i ions on ann-keeping have contributed to easier start-up A gteat a Consulang fellow Alot of fi Revent pub b pee) New innkcepers have long been in the focus of interest in society. te Questions 6-9 er S} Choase the appropriate letter a) c) and write it in the boxes 6 9.0n your Answer Sheet. © People who have already been to inns 2) know well enough how to start their own one, b) do not sce the large amount of work that goes on behind the scenes. ©) are familiar with the business side of running an inn. 7 Personal contact with guests is 8) a very important part of the innkeeper’s task ) not always the host's task €) something not all guests deserve 8 Innkeepers are in a position where they can a) entertain people b) invite ambassadors ¢) meet armchair travellers ‘9 When the innkeeper writer of the article started her business, 4) there were 40 inns already in the region by the inn was in the Pikes Peak Region €) the inn was one of three in the region Questions 10-12 fer quesuons 1012, choose the appropriate letter a ~ 6) whi , ich describes the activuy tnnkecper has to do according to the article, Write your answers oi ae er Sheet, 10 a) paperwork b) washing up ©) soning 11 a) money laundering by adver ©) chock, shoppin 12a) airport checkoans by meat cores ©) tegestenag costs and tevenues ey THE VIRTUAL SUPERMARKET Not s0 109 AQO. we had No chaice abou col we had 10 ie the trattic and queves at the checkout and the tathe a gaterent story Technology today gives ue ee the way ba ee ane Internet PUN to shop to ited OF grocery leer Whether you hate grocery shopping, don’ 7 ecanaciated you can have you canes oa have the time of the energy to dot ot are wet do al for you for a fee oF on the condition ¢ cm {0 your door Many large supetmarvets Stee your CO-ROMS with ull ist oh ore en 3 NAMM Oder Some supmrmareets sixy prowsing online You can also shop ton lucts available so that you don't spend a let cf time ‘and 500 gourmet stuff like cheeses, wines. olive ol. det meats We've heard a lot about the positive aspects of virtual supermarkets, but what atout the down side? Obviously. if you're the type of as a SeNsUOUS expenence of smell ype of person who likes to think of grocery shopping the freshest produce, read ing the wonderful food smells, touching/feeling to select : €. reading food labels and making your decisions about what products wall sist you best. you'll be disappointed with the online shopping experience. The biggest advantage of online shopping is convenience and time-saving. Whether you save money or spend more by shopping online depends on the situation, really. For example. one am et_ might charge you for the delivery charges, the other might not have the sxscounts onhne that are otherwise available in its real-world counterpart Its very Convenient and saves a lot of time because there is no traffic to wait in and ne parking spaces to be found. Also there are no checkout queues. You don't have to go out in the damp or cold weather, struggling with heavy rain or snow There isn’t any human interaction so you avoid rude sales personnel. In certain cases you can enjoy things not normally available in your region (This applies mainly to specialist food shops as most supermarkets have delivery restricted to a certain radius) it you're abroad, you can get a taste of home (But a word of caution! Not all companies in question deliver abroad). : In some cases, the product may actually work out cheaper because the vendor didn't nave to pay expensive overheads. You can shop as and when you like - at 2:32 a.m. in your dressing gown. In certain cases, you can save your shopping list, so that you don't have to ‘ou shop. (One Gael band tie are of course delivery charges and /or a minimum order requtement Lack of human interaction might make you feel out-of- the-way. nee . products means you lose out on the tactile experience ‘of shopping. There 1s ed range of products for price comparisons. about.com Cooking/Food UK. 2001 CORDS to questions LEAN accordines 4, iramce ny SO MORE THAN GHT von your dnwer Sheet the text Write vous ane iets shoppers ake a shoy hist t supermarket shoppers easily ma hopping, How can some Is MW i goods to the customer's door” 1S Under what condition do supermarkets deliver the goods to the ¢ ause? cling might this 16 Internet shoppers cannot touch the goods What f Online shopping ean turn out more expensive Why? 7 1s Questions 19- 20 Hck the twa poms that are mentioned in the text ana Sheet write your ans ers.on your Answer 1 supermarket you In the view (a) can even buy delicacies (b) can pay by transfer ced not change for shopping ) 20 im and Cateris ing Comprehension ing Practice T etd You ean spend alto, cther 46 Wate all the Amnutes on the read NSWCTS on the ANSWER suet wx | Reading Text t How green was my mountain GREEN people mistrust ski eflot They like to blame skung f dyng, il 18 because thoughtless off Landslides and flash floods? BI W's those off-piste skiers again, What these critics conv. economies and saved mountai winter sports caught on Contr Making too much noise in the woods. All our fault. ‘eniently forget is that the skiing industry has revilalised Alpine iene that were on the fast track to depopulation before Some reports, cable-cars and chair-lifts do not strat tne Aips from Nice to Venice, as many non-skiers imagine, Thanks to a combination of slack demand and increasingly strict environmental controls, Alpine ski . Alpine ski areas have not grown appreaably in the past 20 years. Lift construction consists of making improvements to existing installations, not extending them to bring areas of former wildemess into the embrace of pistes and pylons. Trees are now rarely sacrificed for new pistes or lifts, and when they are, lift companies must replant. Snow-making remains a lively debate. Although ine environmental case against it is more instinctive than proven, new installations, in Austria and Swntzerland at least, are now subject to stringent controls. After months of agonising, the Swiss recently decided to allow snow-making on the Lauberhorn downhill racecourse. For once. the grave implications for Swiss tourism of having to cancel the World Cup race have outweighed environmental objections to mixing cold air and water and depositing it on the mountain itis a rare exemption. All this does not absolve us of our responsibility to ski in an environmentally sensitive way We could take up ski touring; shunning all lifts and resort hotels, walking uphill on skis ‘and skins (artificial, these days), staying in mountain refuges (all solar-powered in Austria), taking care not to disturb the animals and bringing our rubbish back down with us. This may sound a bit like hard work. Cross-country skiing has similarly impeccable green credentials. Even if we remain committed to the buzz of downhill skiing, we should at least try to absorb the pnnciples of what the Swiss call soft tourism. This means ensuring that the local Commumty_not outside interests, benefits as much as possible (rom our holiday. Staying in a long-established. family-run hotel and taking ski lessons from an instructor who races off to TO tia cos ates -qess 2 6 greece, cholcd Gan © chelel holiday wih & sack from Fae oe et guide from Queenstown, Resorts wih a balanced ratio of residents to ee n winter and summer tourism are green, Big modern resorts ae en teste to speak of, are not. Following Z 3 e ts and no summer business to sp : Such as Monet wath few resign Otro to the idea of less frequent launory and nen ange | ple, we should Orgs eco-hotels, wasteful room cleaning is reduced to once change In the Fuilhomn chain of a weok A tow of these hotels are FONT Sils 1s near St Montz and the Ucliva 1 : ‘i nol Wortwtiie size and albtude But they tend ————— Electronic Telegraph, 1999 esa Pool in tently placed for downhill skiing: the C € conve ahensburg, which has eight its and a ski area of to advertise this distasteful fact, for fear of Shy strony 1.8 rites ee Mee ee few ifthe snatement is FALSE accosilinny to the tev Fskrcrs” J developments 1 she resorts thentes drsappene of skiers’ behaviour a eke parently beneficial effect on certain Mp singly 3 1 The oy bas ad ang ints Nave been ine! wate Alpine oveny stem Hie provide evidence for the claims, sences for Sune the Work! Cup might have had serious consequ mayor source of d 40 Easiconmentabats

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