Test 4 – Reading & Writing

– ACCOMMODATION –
Near the town centre – Single rooms available:

SUNNINGDALE HOTEL
French, German, Spanish and Russian spoken
£200 per week single room or £36 per day with English breakfast and dinner.
Double room £160 each person per week, £33 daily.
Half price for children under 14.

The Sunningdale Hotel was built in 1913 and opened by Princess Louise. It has provided excellent service for people from all over the world and people of all ages and nationalities have stayed here. During the past 80 years over 50,000 guests from 174 different countries have visited Sunningdale.

The hotel is on one of the main roads leading to the town centre. It is about 20 minutes by bus from the centre of town and buses to many other parts of the town stop outside the hotel. Guests should be careful not to travel on buses with the blue sign Express on the front because they do not stop near our hotel. An underground station is less than 100 metres away.

The main building has 200 well-furnished, centrally-heated single rooms, each fitted with hot and cold water basins. Showers, baths and toilets are at the end of all corridors. The hotel has a shop, sitting rooms, four television rooms, table tennis room, library and laundry. There are also eight pianos available for guests’ use. There are spaces to park cars in the hotel drive.

Daily newspapers are provided free and stamps can be bought at the office. Guests who stay for long periods must pay for their accommodation weekly in advance and one week’s notice is required for departures. Short or long term guests are welcome but long term guests are offered rooms first.

Meal times are: breakfast 7 am – 9.30 am; lunch 1 pm – 2 pm; dinner 5.30 pm –7 pm. During the week, for those studying or working late, dinner can be requested until 11 pm by writing your name on the late list or by telephoning before 7 pm. A selection of 10 menu choices are available for breakfast and dinner.

No animals of any description or fires of any type (either for heating food or heating the room) are allowed, and guests are requested to respect the comfort of others. If you have tapes or CDs, please try to keep the noise level down to a minimum, especially between the hours of 11 pm and 8 am.

Guests are advised to use taxis to get to the hotel if they arrive by train because we are some distance from the main railway station.

To: The Manager of Mezzo Mash Restaurant

Dear Sir,

Last Tuesday evening I went with two friends to your restaurant for my 18th birthday. I’d booked the table for eight o’clock and we arrived about ten minutes late, but that was not a problem. The waiter, who was very polite, showed us to our table and we studied the menu. I ordered a fish pie and my friends ordered some salads. However, after about fifteen minutes, the waiter informed us that there was no more fish pie. He apologised and suggested ordering something else. I looked at the menu again and decided to have the same as my friends – a salad.

When the food came, it was very good. After we’d finished, we decided to order some desserts. The waiter said that, unfortunately, it was too late. There wasn’t enough time for us to order desserts. He said he was very sorry but our table was reserved by another group at nine thirty and we would have to leave.

We paid the bill and left feeling very disappointed. It spoilt my birthday. Nobody told us when we arrived that there was a time limit. It was very unsatisfactory and I doubt that we’ll go to your restaurant again.

Yours faithfully,

Martin Cary