Hotel Reviews - Test 3

C2 Proficiency · Listening Multiple Choice Interview · Proficiency Testbuilder, 4th Edition, Mark Harrison, Macmillan

You will hear an interview with someone who reviews hotels. For questions 1–5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.

What does Paddy say about some readers of her column?

They suspect that she enjoys criticising hotels.

Her attitude to hotels has changed because of their response.

Her comments match their experiences of hotels.

They prefer reading about hotels they would not want to visit.

What does Paddy say about some hotel-keepers?

They sometimes have to force themselves to have a sense of humour.

They would be more suited to a different profession.

They expect to receive negative comments about their hotels.

They are surprised that they become friends of hers.

Paddy says that some hotel-keepers she has contacted about the book have

realised that she does not really have an assistant called Emily.

corrected inaccuracies that were in her review of their hotels.

responded favourably despite criticisms she had made.

made her wonder whether her reviews of their hotels were unfair.

Paddy says that one hotel-keeper she spoke to told her that

other people are unlikely to be treated in the same way in hotels as she is.

he was unwilling to discuss some of the comments in her review.

her reviews did not have as much influence as she believed.

he no longer wanted his hotel to appear in the book.

The same owner also told her that

he had passed information about her to other hotels.

he resented her description of him in her review.

he did not understand why she wanted to put his hotel in her book.

there was nothing distinctive about her physical appearance.

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