Reading Spanish Notices | Reading Comprehension Test

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Buscamos a una persona que tenga experiencia con clientes y que pueda trabajar los sábados. Es importante hablar inglés. Se valora experiencia en hoteles, pero no es obligatoria.

1. Which item is explicitly a preference rather than a requirement?

Experience with customers. Ability to work Saturdays. Speaking English. Hotel experience.

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Buscamos a una persona que tenga experiencia con clientes y que pueda trabajar los sábados. Es importante hablar inglés. Se valora experiencia en hoteles, pero no es obligatoria.

2. Which is a requirement?

Hotel experience. Ability to work Saturdays. Living near metro line 2. A written guarantee.

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Buscamos a una persona que tenga experiencia con clientes y que pueda trabajar los sábados. Es importante hablar inglés.

3. What language must the candidate speak?

French. German. English. Italian.

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Busco una habitación que esté cerca de la línea 2 de metro. Necesito poder entrar antes del 1 de octubre. Prefiero un piso que tenga cocina compartida y buena conexión a internet. Presupuesto máximo: 650 euros al mes.

4. What is the maximum monthly budget?

600 euros. 625 euros. 650 euros. 700 euros.

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Busco una habitación que esté cerca de la línea 2 de metro. Necesito poder entrar antes del 1 de octubre.

5. Which condition is required?

Move in on October 15. Live far from the metro. Be able to move in before October 1. Have hotel experience.

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Prefiero un piso que tenga cocina compartida y buena conexión a internet.

6. How is a shared kitchen presented?

As a legal obligation. As an unstated condition. As a preference. As a reason to reject every apartment.

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Presupuesto máximo: 650 euros al mes.

7. What information is NOT given by this statement?

The maximum rent. The monthly unit. Which expenses are included in the price. The currency.

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Habitación a 600 euros, cerca de la línea 2, disponible el 15 de octubre.

8. Why does this candidate fail an explicit requirement?

It costs more than 650 euros. It is far from line 2. It is not available before October 1. It has a shared kitchen.

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Necesitamos una empresa que pueda reparar la calefacción esta semana. El técnico debe poder venir por la tarde. Preferimos una empresa que ofrezca garantía por escrito.

9. What must the company be able to repair?

The internet. The lift. The heating. The kitchen.

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El técnico debe poder venir por la tarde.

10. When must the technician be able to come?

In the morning. At night. In the afternoon. Only on Saturday.

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Preferimos una empresa que ofrezca garantía por escrito.

11. How is the written guarantee presented?

As the only legal requirement. As a completed step. As a preference. As an unknown deadline.

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Necesitamos una empresa que pueda reparar la calefacción esta semana.

12. What does the relative clause describe?

A provider already selected by name. A past event. The type of service provider being sought. A price that has already been paid.

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El anuncio dice “Presupuesto máximo: 650 euros al mes”, pero no dice si internet está incluido.

13. What should the reader do?

Assume internet is included. Assume internet is not included. Ask whether internet is included. Reject the notice immediately.

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Se valora experiencia en hoteles, pero no es obligatoria.

14. Which interpretation is accurate?

Hotel experience is mandatory. Hotel experience is forbidden. Hotel experience is valued but not required. The notice says nothing about hotel experience.

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Una habitación cuesta 600 euros y está cerca de la línea 2, pero está disponible el 15 de octubre.

15. Which two criteria does it satisfy?

Move-in date and hotel experience. Written guarantee and afternoon availability. Budget and location. Move-in date and maximum budget only.

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El método de la lección pide separar requisitos y preferencias y no añadir condiciones que no aparecen escritas.

16. Which reading strategy matches that method?

Turn every preference into a requirement. Infer missing costs automatically. Compare candidates only against stated criteria and ask when a key detail is missing. Assume all unstated conditions are satisfied.

Spanish Notices Reading Quiz: People, Services and Housing

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