Practice English Reading Exercises for A2 – Hospitality & Tourism
Reading 1
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Lily’s Guest House Dream
Lily is a sixteen-year-old student who lives in a beautiful town near the mountains. Every year, many tourists visit her town. Most of Lily’s friends want to be doctors or teachers in the future. However, Lily has a different dream. She hopes to open a small, comfortable guest house for backpackers one day.
To learn more about her dream job, Lily works at her aunt’s café every Saturday and Sunday. Many young travellers with big bags come to the café. Lily loves talking to them. She asks them what they need when they travel. They often tell her that they want cheap beds, hot showers, and a friendly place to meet other young people.
Lily knows she must work hard to open her own business. At school, she is taking extra classes in Spanish and French. She understands that it is very important to communicate with visitors from all over the world. She is also putting all the money she earns from the café into a special bank account.
Next summer, Lily is going to travel around Europe for a month with her older sister. They are planning to sleep in lots of different youth hostels. Lily wants to see how these places are run. She is very excited and believes her cozy guest house will become a reality soon.
1 What do we learn about Lily in the first paragraph?
(A) She would like to run a hotel for young tourists.
(B) She hopes to be a doctor or a teacher in the future.
(C) She visits a beautiful town near the mountains every year.
2 What does Lily do at her weekend job?
(A) She sleeps in cheap beds with hot showers.
(B) She discovers what travellers look for on a trip.
(C) She brings big bags to her aunt’s café.
3 What is Lily doing at school?
(A) She is communicating with visitors from all over the world.
(B) She is putting all the money she earns into a special bank account.
(C) She is learning how to speak foreign languages.
4 Why is Lily going to Europe next summer?
(A) To find out how places for young travellers operate.
(B) To travel around Europe for a month by herself.
(C) To make her cozy guest house become a reality soon.
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) Working every Saturday and Sunday
(B) Getting ready for a future business
(C) Taking extra classes in foreign languages
ANSWER KEY
1 A 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 B
Reading 2
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Marco’s Language Journey
Fifteen-year-old Marco lives in Venice, a beautiful city in Italy. Every year, thousands of visitors from all over the world travel there. Marco loves seeing people from different countries in his hometown. However, he doesn’t just want to look at them; he really wants to talk to them and understand their cultures.
To do this, Marco spends a lot of his free time studying foreign languages. At school, he has English lessons three times a week. But Marco wants to learn more. While his classmates usually play football or video games after school, Marco uses a special app on his phone to learn Spanish and Japanese. He thinks learning new words is great fun!
Last July, Marco had a chance to use his skills. He was walking home when he saw a family of tourists looking at a map. They looked very worried because they couldn’t find their hotel. Marco asked them in English if they needed help. He gave them the correct directions, and the family was so happy that they bought him an ice cream.
In the future, Marco hopes to find a summer job as a city tour guide. He knows he still makes some grammar mistakes when he speaks. Because of this, he is going to join an international chat club online next month to practice speaking with teenagers from other countries.
1 What does Marco want to do when tourists visit Venice?
(A) travel there with them
(B) have conversations with them
(C) just look at them
2 What does Marco do when he finishes his classes for the day?
(A) He plays football or video games.
(B) He has English lessons.
(C) He uses his phone to study.
3 How did Marco help the family last July?
(A) He showed them the way to their hotel.
(B) He bought them an ice cream.
(C) He helped them to look at a map.
4 Why is Marco going to join an online chat club next month?
(A) to find a summer job
(B) to become a city tour guide
(C) to get better at speaking
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) How to work as a tour guide in Italy
(B) A teenager who loves learning languages
(C) The best places to visit in Venice
ANSWER KEY
1 B 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 B
Reading 3
For each question, choose the correct answer.
The Teenage Holiday Planner
Sixteen-year-old Mia loves holidays, but she doesn’t just enjoy going on them. Her favourite hobby is designing amazing trips for families. While her friends spend their free time playing sports, Mia sits at her computer looking at maps and hotels. She started doing this two years ago because her family had a very boring holiday. She wanted to make sure their next trip was fun.
When Mia plans a holiday, she searches the internet carefully. She tries to find a nice hotel with a big pool, but she also looks for interesting museums. She knows that a perfect family holiday must have activities for both adults and young children. After she finds all the information, she writes the plan in a special notebook.
Last month, Mia planned a real holiday for her aunt, uncle, and two cousins. They wanted to go to Spain, but her aunt was worried about the price. Mia spent three days looking for cheap flights and a great apartment. When they returned, they told Mia it was the best trip ever.
In the future, Mia wants to turn her hobby into her job. She is going to study tourism at university when she leaves school. After that, she hopes to open her own travel company and sell holiday packages to families around the world. Her parents think she will be very successful.
1 Why did Mia start planning holidays?
(A) She wanted to spend her free time playing sports.
(B) Her own family went on an uninteresting trip.
(C) She enjoyed looking at maps and hotels two years ago.
2 What does Mia do when she finishes getting information for a trip?
(A) She searches the internet carefully.
(B) She keeps all the details in a book.
(C) She looks for interesting museums.
3 How did Mia help her aunt’s family?
(A) She bought them cheap flights and a great apartment.
(B) She went to Spain with her aunt, uncle, and two cousins.
(C) She found a way for them to travel without spending too much money.
4 What does Mia plan to do after she finishes school?
(A) Get a university degree before starting a business.
(B) Open her own travel company immediately.
(C) Sell holiday packages to families around the world right now.
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) How to find cheap flights to Spain
(B) The teenager who loves planning trips
(C) A terrible family holiday
ANSWER KEY
1 B 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 B