Holiday+Maker

Holiday Maker Mr. and Mrs. Williams had always spent their summer holidays in England in the past,inasmallboarding-houseattheseaside.Oneyear,however,Mr.Williamsmadea lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to Romeand stay at a really good hotel while they went around and saw the sights of the famous city.

They flew to Rome, and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They expected that theywouldhavetogotobedhungry,becauseintheboarding-housestheyhadbeenused to in the past, no meals were served after seven o’clock in the evening. They were thereforesurprisedwhentheclerkwhoreceivedtheminthehallofthehotelasked them whether they would be taking dinner there that night.

“Are you still serving dinner then?” asked Mrs. Williams.

“Yes, certainly, madam,” answered the clerk. “We serve it until half-past nine.” “What are the times of meals then?” asked Mr. Williams. “Well, sir,” answered the clerk, “we servebreakfast from seven to half-past eleven inthemorning,lunchfromtwelvetothreeintheafternoon,teafromfourtofive,and dinner from six tohalf-past nine.”

“Butthathardlyleavesanytimeforustoseethe sights ofRome!” saidMrs. Williams in a disappointed voice.

QUESTIONS
 * 1) Answerthefollowingquestionsusingyourownwordsbuttakingintoaccountthe informationin the text.
 * 2) Why did Mr. and Mrs. Williams want to spend their holidays abroad?
 * 3) What did they want to go to Romefor?
 * 4) ArethefollowingstatementsTrueorFalse?Identifythepartofthetext that supports your answer by copying the exact words.


 * 1) They arrived at the hotel before half-past nine in the evening:


 * 1) Mr.andMrs.Williamshadalwaysspenttheirholidaysinaguestshousewhere they could not eat:


 * 1) Mrs. Williams was happy to know the meals timetable:
 * 2) Find a synonym for each of the words belowfrom the six options. (1 point)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">SIGHTS / THEREFORE /WHETHER /CLERK / BOARDING- HOUSE / HARDLY

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Not very much: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">If: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Employee: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">So:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Choose a, b or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mr. and Mrs. Williams arrived at the hotel


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">one hour late.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">one hour later than expected.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">c.in time to have dinner.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Breakfast was served for


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">four hours and a half.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">seven hours and a half.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">from half-past seven until eleven.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mrs. Williams was sad to discover that


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">they would have to spend nearly all the time eating.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">they would not have much time to sightsee the city.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">c.they would have to eatbreakfast too hurriedly.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5. Composition (50 words) What kind of holiday do you prefer?