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Unit 3 Restaurant Reservations

I. Multiple-Choice Questions (50%)
( ) 1. If you renew your membership by the end of the month, you’ll get a year’s membership
at a discounted rate. For more information, please visit our official _________.
(A) discount (C) service
(B) pleasure (D) website
( ) 2. Our _________ teams are commited to offer our guests an extraordinary culinary
experience by transforming every meal into a feast for the taste-buds.
(A) adult (C) guest
(B) chef (D) member
( ) 3. Shoot! I forgot to buy my daughter her favorite birthday cake! Hope the bakery will
take my _________ order.
(A) helpful (C) last-minute
(B) impossible (D) previous
( ) 4. To help us _________ you better, please fill out the attached questionnaire about your
experience with our service.
(A) deserve (C) serve
(B) preserve (D) reserve
( ) 5. I’m terribly sorry to say that all the tables in non-smoking area are fully booked, but we
do have a table _________ in smoking area. Would you mind?
(A) available (C) afraid
(B) full (D) booked
( ) 6. To avoid paying your credit card’s _________, you’ll need to swipe your credit card
every month.
(A) expense (C) interest rate
(B) request (D) annual fee
( ) 7. Hello, I’m wondering if it’s possible to _________ my reservation for tonight to the
same time this Friday. It’s under James Cooper.
(A) make (C) cancel
(B) change (D) repeat
( ) 8. Yes, Mr. Cooper, a table for four at 7:00 p.m. is already reserved under your name. May
I please have your _________ number?
(A) contact (C) cancellation
(B) ID (D) reservation
( ) 9. _________ technology advancement, we now can make a restaurant reservation online
anytime and anywhere with just one click.
(A) Successfully (C) Unless
(B) All of a sudden (D) Thanks to
( ) 10. That restaurant won Best Restaurant Service Award this year because they are very
attentive to guest _________ and complaints.
(A) children (C) numbers
(B) dates (D) requests

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II. Cloze (40%)

Tired of calling the restaurants for a reservation? Why not try an app called “TableSavvy”? You pay
US$5 each time for using it, but you get 30% off your meal if the reservation is made. “I Know The
Chef” is a website 11. where you may successfully make restaurant reservations. For 12. using the
service, you need to be a member and pay for the membership every year.
( ) 11.
(A) what (C) which
(B) where (D) when
( ) 12.
(A) use (C) using
(B) to use (D) used

(A) I appreciate it (B) it happens (C) sounds great

(D) I’m afraid so (E) it’s very last (F) that’s all
minute
(Please remember to change the form of words if necessary.)
( ) 13. A: Are you saying you are out of milk, so I can only order black coffee?
B: (D) I’m afraid so.
( ) 14. A: I must have got out of bed on the wrong side; I just stepped in a big pile of dog shit.
B: (B) It happens.
( ) 15. (E) It’s very last minute, but our shop will be closed for three days, from Monday to
Wednesday. We’ll be back this Thursday.
( ) 16. Thank you so much for your generous contribution to the earthquake fund. (A) I
appreciate it.
( ) 17. A: OK, a chocolate cake and an iced Latte. Anything else?
B: No, thanks. (F) That’s all.
( ) 18. How about dinner and a movie on Friday night?
B: (C) Sounds great. When and where shall we meet?

III. Answer Questions (10%)

19. This is a restaurant’s reservation memo. Based on the information provided below, please create
a two-line dialogue about asking the caller the number of the guests.

 Name: Jackie Chen Students’ answers may vary. Possible answers are:
 Number of guests: 3 Receptionist:
(two adults and an How many (people) are there in your party? or
infant) How many (people) will you need the reservation for?
 Date: Saturday, Mar. 6 Mr. Chen:
 Time: 7:00 p.m. There are three of us, two adults and one infant. or
We’ll need a table for three, two adults and one infant.
20. Mr. Chen and his family showed up, but they found the table was too small for them. So, Mr.
Chen decided to ask the server for a larger one. Please create a two-line dialogue about
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changing the table.

Students’ answers may vary. Possible answers are:
Mr. Chen: This table is a bit too small for us. Is it possible to change to a larger one?
Server: Of course, may I give you a table for four?