Travel and tourism — IGCSE English - Second Language (0991) questions by topic
This set of 8 questions on travel and tourism asks you to identify why a painting is described as valuable, the problem with moving it from a building, how museum staff prepared it for a journey, and what makes it unique, each worth 1 mark.
Identify is the sole command word tested, so success depends on matching a precise detail from a text or recording to the correct option rather than composing free English. Drawn from 2025 papers, this page's instant marking suits these short, single-mark items well: submitting each attempt shows immediately whether a specific stated reason, rather than a plausible-sounding distractor, was correctly identified.
May–June 2025, Paper 21
You will hear an interview with a museum director called Karen Cheng talking about a painting of a woman, which the museum recently sent abroad. For each question, choose the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Karen says the painting is unique because of its A colours. B popularity. C age.
Answer this question and get it marked →The painting is extremely valuable because the artist A tended to paint in a very different style. B left very few examples of his work. C was very famous during his lifetime.
Answer this question and get it marked →What did experts find in the painting after they'd cleaned it? A an interesting item of furniture B important details in the clothing C another person in the background
Answer this question and get it marked →How did museum staff feel about sending the painting to an exhibition overseas? A worried about its possible loss B pleased other people would see it C sad to say goodbye to it
Answer this question and get it marked →How did museum staff prepare the painting just before the journey? A They checked the strength of the frame. B They added support to the back of it. C They carefully inspected the…
Answer this question and get it marked →The problem with taking the painting out of the building was that A it was almost too heavy to be carried down the stairs. B it took more people to carry it than they'd thought. C…
Answer this question and get it marked →After seeing a video of the painting at the Canadian exhibition, Karen felt A relieved that it had arrived on time. B thrilled to see it in such a suitable position. C proud to…
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