Ocean edge hotel

题目与答案

1. 11 Why has the manager arrived late at this meeting?
   • He had to complete a report.
   • He had to speak to head office.
   • He had to take a guest to hospital.

   答案：He had to complete a report.

   原文定位：I do apologize for being a little late starting our meeting. One of our guests has been taken ill. Susie, who's our assistant manager, has driven him to the hospital, but she was in the middle of compiling our weekly report for head office, which is urgent, and I had to finish writing it for her

   同义替换：「complete」↔「finish」，「arrived late」↔「being late」

2. 12 What is the main thing the manager is looking for in his staff?
   • Experience
   • Enthusiasm
   • Good qualifications

   答案：Enthusiasm

   原文定位：You've all got a qualification in hospitality, and some of you have got very high grades. But to me, what counts most is that you enjoy the contact with guests and really want to make a career in the hospitality industry

   同义替换：「main thing the manager is looking for」↔「what counts most」，「enthusiasm」↔「enjoy」

3. 13 When did the Ocean Edge Hotel first open?
   • In the 18th century
   • In the 19th century
   • In the 20th century

   答案：In the 20th century

   原文定位：These, in their turn, were demolished in the middle of the twentieth century and replaced by the hotel

4. 14 How long do staff generally remain at the hotel?
   • three years
   • five years
   • ten years

   答案：three years

   原文定位：And whereas in many hotels, staff tend to stay for a year or even less, here, five is pretty standard

   同义替换：「remain」↔「stay」

5. 15 Which group of guests is growing fastest?
   • Tourists visiting local attractions
   • People staying for one or two nights on business
   • People working locally who go home at weekends

   答案：People working locally who go home at weekends

   原文定位：What we've noticed recently, though, is that we're getting more and more regulars, people staying here for four nights every week because they have jobs in this locality but live somewhere else in the country, so they go home for the weekend

   同义替换：「growing fastest」↔「more and more」，「group of guests」↔「regulars」，「working」↔「jobs」

6. Office
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E
   • F

   答案：I

   原文定位：The desk is over on the right of the entrance, and the office is immediately behind it

7. Function room
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E
   • F

   答案：F

   原文定位：A lot of local residents hire the function room for parties and other events. This is right at the front of the hotel, on the left of the reception area opposite the desk

8. Main conference room
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E
   • F

   答案：B

   原文定位：To reach the main conference room, you go past the fountain as far as you can and the door is directly in front of you

9. Meeting room
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E
   • F

   答案：H

   原文定位：For this room, you turn into the corridor at the side of the reception desk, and you'll see the room facing you at the end of the corridor

10. Restaurant
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
    • E
    • F

    答案：C

    原文定位：You turn left just before the fountain as though you're heading for the guest's rooms, and it's the large room on your right