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The travelers experienced a nightmare vacation on Isla Perlita. Their 36 hour journey involved numerous delays and stopovers, and they were the only passengers on what was supposed to be an express flight. When they arrived at the tiny, run-down airport building, they found the customs officer who searched their bags was also the island's only taxi driver. He confiscated their belongings for no reason. The town consisted of one dusty street with just a few shacks. The unfinished hotel had no running water or electricity, and the chef/bellhop spent most of his time asleep. The meals included local "specialties" like tinned peas and coconuts. The gray beach was littered with rubbish

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Holiday Use of English

The travelers experienced a nightmare vacation on Isla Perlita. Their 36 hour journey involved numerous delays and stopovers, and they were the only passengers on what was supposed to be an express flight. When they arrived at the tiny, run-down airport building, they found the customs officer who searched their bags was also the island's only taxi driver. He confiscated their belongings for no reason. The town consisted of one dusty street with just a few shacks. The unfinished hotel had no running water or electricity, and the chef/bellhop spent most of his time asleep. The meals included local "specialties" like tinned peas and coconuts. The gray beach was littered with rubbish

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CAE - READING TEST

CAE Reading Test


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The Holiday and the Nightmare


We were jet- 1) lagged / worn before we arrived in Isla Perlita. We had made a number of
unscheduled 2) turnovers / stopovers on our way to the island and all in 3) total / all our
journey took 36 hours. Hardly a(n) 4) express / direct flight! It would have been quicker had
we walked. Bearing in mind that this was high season, we probably should have been
suspicious at being the only passengers, but it wasnt until we actually 5) touched / landed
down on the island that we began to wonder why we had believed what had been written in
the brochure. The airport building was the size
of a garden shed and the customs 6) officer /
attendant who searched our bags ( and who, for
no reason 7) confined / confiscated our
belongings) also turned out to be the islands
only taxi driver and porter at the Bay Hotel. We
were dropped off in San Lorenzos main street.
Or should I say its only street. San Lorenzo 8)
consisted / comprised of one dusty street, six
shacks, two dogs and an empty telephone box.
From there on, things went rapidly downhill. The
Bay Hotel was half-built, did not have 9) flowing / running water or electricity and was
staffed by a pensioner and the taxi driver, Johnny Paraquay, who spent most of his time asleep
in his bedroom. The meals lovingly prepared by the chef ( Johnny Paraguay again) included
such local 10) specialties/ specials as coconuts, tinned peas and coconuts with tinned peas.
Falmer Beach was a long 11) stretch / sequence of grey sand 12) littered / teeming with
rubbish. The hotel pool resembled a stagnant pond and we were unable to swim in the sea
because it was full of poisonous jelly fish and man-eating sharks. Recreational activities
included find the water, 13) handle / haggle with Johnny Paraquay for our passports, and on
our third day, run as fast as we could from San Lorenzo as Mount Machu, the supposedly
extinct volcano, 14) burst / erupted.

KEY
1. lagged
2. stopovers
3. all
4. direct
5. touched
6. officer
7. confiscated
8. consisted
9. running
10. specialties
11. stretch
12. littered
13. haggle
14. erupted

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