Part 5: Reading: For each question, choose the correct answer.

An amazing stay at the Ocean View Hotel

I’m usually sad to say goodbye to my cousins after visiting them in Australia. But last June I wasn’t. We had to change planes in the Middle East on the way back and had to stay overnight. I just couldn’t wait to get to our hotel.

The first thing I noticed in the hotel was all the glass. It was really bright, so I don’t know why all the lights were on in the building! There was also loud rock music playing, which I loved (but my parents didn’t)! There weren’t many people waiting at the reception, so we were soon in our rooms.

The garden wasn’t what I expected. ‘Dad’, I said, ‘you told me there was a pool!’ He took me back into the reception area and then up in the lift to the 39th floor and out onto the top of the building. ‘Here it is,’ he said. It was amazing! Swimming under the clouds was awesome.

I’ve stayed in some great hotels around the world, but nothing as cool as that one! I saw photographs of it before I went, but they don’t really show how large the building is. I couldn’t believe it. Everything is huge – the building, the pool, the meals (which were delicious, too, by the way)! There’s so much to do and see there. I hope we can go back again and stay for longer!

24   The writer says that last June, she felt

        A   excited about where she was going.

        B   sad because she was leaving her cousins.

        C   angry because of the delay in her journey.

25   What was the hotel like inside?

        A   dark

        B   noisy

        C   busy

26   Where was the hotel’s pool?

        A   in the hotel garden

        B   on the roof of the hotel

        C   close to the hotel’s reception area

27   What do we learn about the writer in the last paragraph?

        A   She hasn’t visited many hotels in her life.

        B   She didn’t have time to see everything in the hotel.

        C   She didn’t know the hotel is so big.

28   Why has the writer written this text?

        A   to describe what the hotel looks like

        B   to say how the hotel could improve

        C   to explain why she loved the hotel