Reading Spanish Job Advertisements | Reading Comprehension Test

Reading passage

Hotel Centro busca recepcionista para turno de tarde. Responsabilidades: atender a los clientes, gestionar reservas, responder correos y coordinar entradas y salidas.

1. What role and schedule does the advertisement specify?

Technician, morning shift. Supervisor, weekend-only shift. Receptionist, afternoon shift. Shop assistant, night shift.

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Hotel Centro busca recepcionista para turno de tarde. Responsabilidades: atender a los clientes, gestionar reservas, responder correos y coordinar entradas y salidas.

2. Which task is explicitly listed as a responsibility?

Driving guests to the airport. Managing bookings. Preparing tax returns. Repairing hotel equipment.

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Requisitos: experiencia mínima de un año en atención al cliente, nivel B2 de inglés y disponibilidad para trabajar algunos fines de semana.

3. How much customer-service experience is required?

Six months. Two years exactly. At least one year. No experience is required.

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Requisitos: experiencia mínima de un año en atención al cliente, nivel B2 de inglés y disponibilidad para trabajar algunos fines de semana.

4. Which language requirement is explicitly stated?

Native-level English. C1 English. B2 English. No English requirement.

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Requisitos: experiencia mínima de un año en atención al cliente, nivel B2 de inglés y disponibilidad para trabajar algunos fines de semana.

5. What availability is required?

Every night. Every weekend without exception. Some weekends. Weekdays only.

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Se valora experiencia con sistemas de reservas hoteleras.

6. How should this statement be classified?

A mandatory university degree. A required driver's license. A preferred qualification or advantage. A guaranteed selection criterion.

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Para solicitar el puesto, envíe CV y carta de presentación a través del formulario de la empresa antes del 20 de mayo.

7. What must the applicant submit?

A passport and university transcript. Only a CV by email. A CV and cover letter through the company form. A phone message only.

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Para solicitar el puesto, envíe CV y carta de presentación a través del formulario de la empresa antes del 20 de mayo.

8. What is the stated deadline?

On May 20 after midnight. Before June 20. Before May 20. No deadline is given.

Reading passage

Ana tiene dos años de experiencia en atención al cliente, un certificado B2 de inglés y puede trabajar los fines de semana.

9. Which essential requirement does Ana clearly meet through her certificate?

Hotel-system experience. A university degree. B2 English. Native Spanish.

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Ana tiene dos años de experiencia en atención al cliente, un certificado B2 de inglés y puede trabajar los fines de semana.

10. Which work-experience requirement does Ana clearly meet?

Exactly one month in reception. At least one year in customer service. Hotel management experience. Technical-support experience.

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Ana ha usado un sistema de reservas en una clínica, pero no en un hotel.

11. What is the careful conclusion?

She has exactly the hotel-system experience requested. She has no booking-system experience at all. She has related booking-system experience, but not specifically hotel-system experience. She is automatically unsuitable.

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Ana cumple los requisitos de experiencia, inglés y disponibilidad indicados en el anuncio.

12. What must you NOT conclude from that evidence alone?

That she can submit an application. That she matches several stated requirements. That she is guaranteed to be selected. That the advertisement contains requirements.

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El anuncio no menciona título universitario, permiso de conducir ni inglés nativo.

13. What reading rule does this illustrate?

Add common job requirements even when absent. Assume native English is required. Do not invent requirements that are not written. Treat employer descriptions as requirements.

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Somos un hotel de 120 habitaciones en el centro de Madrid.

14. What does this sentence describe?

A candidate requirement. A formal qualification. The employer. The application deadline.

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¿La experiencia con sistemas hoteleros es obligatoria?

15. Why is this a useful question?

Because the advertisement clearly says it is mandatory. Because it changes the application deadline. Because it clarifies whether a preferred qualification is actually required. Because it proves Ana will be selected.

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¿Cuál es el horario exacto del turno de tarde?

16. What missing detail is this question trying to clarify?

The candidate's degree. The hotel's address. The exact hours of the afternoon shift. The number of rooms in the hotel.

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