Finding Specific Information - Spanish 2

1. Isabel vive en Castellón y quiere ir a Peñíscola un domingo por la tarde para volver el mismo día. Necesita llegar a Peñíscola antes de las 11:30. ¿Qué tren puede tomar de ida y cuánto le costará el billete de ida y vuelta?
   Answer: Isabel puede tomar el tren R-2, que sale de Castellón a las 10:00 y llega a Peñíscola a las 10:45, antes de las 11:30. El billete de ida y vuelta cuesta 7,20€ (4€ × 2 = 8€, con 10% de descuento = 7,20€). When reading a train schedule in Spanish, you need to track multiple conditions simultaneously — day of the week, stopping points, arrival times, and pricing rules. This question tests all four at once. Isabel lives in Castellón, travels on a Sunday, needs to reach Peñíscola before 11:30, and wants a round-trip ticket. Working through the schedule: the R-2 runs every day ("todos los días"), stops in Castellón, then continues to Peñíscola, arriving at 10:45 — well before the 11:30 deadline. The Castellón–Peñíscola fare is 4€. For a round-trip (ida y vuelta), you double that: $4 \times 2 = 8€$. Applying the 10% discount: $8 \times 0.90 = 7.20€$. Answer D captures every step correctly. A is wrong in its math explanation — the schedule clearly states the round-trip discount applies to all routes, not just long-distance ones. The base price calculation (8€) it implies is also never explained correctly. B fails on two counts: the R-1 doesn't stop in Peñíscola at all ("El tren R-1 no para en Peñíscola"), and it only runs Monday through Friday — not Sundays. C is wrong because it falsely claims the R-2 has no stop in Castellón. Looking at the schedule, the R-2 clearly lists Castellón as a stop between Valencia and Peñíscola. Study tip: On Spanish schedule questions, always read the fine print in the NOTA section first — those restrictions (no pets, no Sunday service, no specific stops) are where most wrong answers hide.
2. Lucía es estudiante universitaria y quiere ir al gimnasio los sábados por la mañana a clase de pilates y también nadar en la piscina los domingos. ¿Cuál es la membresía mínima que necesita y cuánto pagará al mes con su descuento estudiantil?
   Answer: Lucía necesita la membresía Premium a 65€/mes. Con el descuento estudiantil del 15%, pagará 55,25€ al mes, ya que es la única membresía que incluye tanto las clases grupales de pilates como el acceso a la piscina. When reading comprehension questions combine multiple conditions, your job is to find the option that satisfies every requirement simultaneously — missing even one detail means the answer is wrong. Lucía has two distinct needs: (1) pilates on Saturday mornings, and (2) swimming in the pool on Sundays. Pilates is a grupo class, so she needs at least a Plus membership. However, the pool (piscina) is exclusively a Premium benefit — no lower tier includes it. Therefore, the minimum membership that covers both is Premium at 65€/mes. As a university student with a valid student card (carné vigente), she qualifies for the 15% discount. The note explicitly states the discount does NOT apply to the Básica membership, but it says nothing about excluding Plus or Premium. So: $65 \times (1 - 0.15) = 65 \times 0.85 = 55.25\text{€/mes}$ This confirms B is correct. A is tempting because it correctly calculates the 15% discount on Plus, but it ignores Lucía's Sunday pool requirement entirely. Plus membership does not include the piscina — this is the key detail students miss. C misreads the discount rule. The restriction says the discount doesn't apply to Básica, not to Premium. Lucía absolutely qualifies for the 15% off Premium. D invents a "pool surcharge" concept that doesn't exist anywhere in the passage. Never add information the text doesn't provide. Study tip: On multi-condition questions, make a quick checklist of every requirement before evaluating each answer — one unmet condition eliminates the choice entirely.
3. El próximo lunes es festivo. Elena quiere hacerse el análisis de tensión gratuito y también necesita retirar un medicamento sin receta. ¿Qué puede hacer ese día y en qué horario?
   Answer: Elena puede retirar el medicamento sin receta entre las 10:00 y las 14:00, ya que la farmacia abre en festivos durante ese horario. Sin embargo, no puede hacerse el análisis de tensión ese día porque no se realiza en festivos aunque sea lunes. When a question gives you a schedule with multiple exceptions and conditions, slow down and apply each rule one at a time before combining them into a conclusion. This question stacks two conditions — a festivo (holiday) and a specific service restriction — so you need to track both separately. Start with what the pharmacy does on festivos: it opens from 10:00 to 14:00. That means Elena can pick up her over-the-counter medication, but only within that reduced window — not the normal 9:00–21:00 hours. Now apply the second rule: the note explicitly states that blood pressure analysis is not performed on festivos, even when that holiday falls on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. Since next Monday is a festivo, the free análisis de tensión is cancelled regardless of the day of the week. That reasoning confirms D as the correct answer. A fails on two counts: it applies the regular weekday hours (9:00–21:00) to a holiday, and it incorrectly allows the blood pressure analysis to go ahead. B makes the same mistake about the analysis — it assumes that because lunes is normally a valid day for that service, a holiday lunes still qualifies. That's exactly the trap the note is designed to catch. C goes too far in the other direction, claiming Elena can do nothing. She can still buy a non-prescription medication during holiday hours; the 24-hour urgency service is only relevant for prescription emergencies, but the pharmacy does open normally for general sales. The key strategy here: always read footnotes and exceptions last, then go back and override any rule they contradict. Exam passages often bury the most important detail in a "NOTA" or asterisk.
4. Marta es nueva en el centro y quiere tomar yoga intermedio dos veces por semana durante un mes completo (4 semanas). Si quiere gastar la menor cantidad de dinero posible, ¿qué opción debe elegir y cuánto pagará?
   Answer: Debe usar la primera clase gratis y luego comprar el bono de 5 clases por 60 euros más 2 clases sueltas a 15 euros, para un total de 90 euros por el mes completo. When a question asks you to minimize cost, your job is to test every realistic combination of options — including any freebies mentioned in the fine print. Start by counting Marta's total classes. Yoga intermedio meets Tuesday and Thursday, so two classes per week × 4 weeks = 8 classes total. Crucially, the note says new students receive their first class free, so Marta only needs to pay for 7 classes. Now compare options for those 7 paid classes: - 7 clases sueltas: $7 \times 15 = 105€$ - Bono de 5 + 2 sueltas: $60 + (2 \times 15) = 60 + 30 = 90€$ - Bono de 10: $100€$ (but she only uses 7 of the 10) The cheapest path is the bono de 5 clases plus 2 individual classes, totaling 90 euros — making C the correct answer. A ignores the free first class entirely, so it miscounts Marta's paid classes as 8 instead of 7, and the bono de 10 at 100€ is still more expensive than option C anyway. B correctly uses the free class but then pays for all 7 remaining classes individually — 105€ — without considering that a bono would reduce that cost. D uses the free class and then buys the bono de 10 for 100€, which is more expensive than C's 90€, even though it has the lowest per-class rate. Study tip: On Spanish reading comprehension math problems, always scan the NOTA section first — fine print like free classes or validity periods often changes the entire calculation.
5. Pablo entra al festival el sábado con su hija de 10 años. Compra un bono de degustación para él. Quiere probar 2 platos de la Zona Europa, 1 plato de la Zona América y 1 plato de la Zona Asia. ¿Le alcanzarán las fichas del bono y cuánto habrá pagado en total por la entrada y el bono?
   Answer: Sí le alcanzarán las fichas: necesita 11 fichas en total (2+2+3+4=11) y el bono tiene 12. Ha pagado 25€ en total: 5€ de entrada para él, 0€ para su hija (menor de 12 años) y 20€ por el bono de degustación. Questions like this test your ability to extract specific details from an informational text and perform simple arithmetic — a common format in Spanish-2 reading comprehension. The key is reading carefully and not inventing rules that aren't stated. Let's work through Pablo's situation. He enters on Saturday with his 10-year-old daughter. According to the passage, general admission is 5€ per person, but children under 12 enter free. So Pablo pays 5€ for himself and 0€ for his daughter. He buys one bono de degustación for 20€, giving him 12 fichas. Now count the fichas he needs: $2 \text{ (Europa)} + 2 \text{ (Europa)} + 3 \text{ (América)} + 4 \text{ (Asia)} = 11 \text{ fichas}$ Eleven fichas needed, twelve available — yes, the bono is sufficient. Total cost: $5 + 0 + 20 = 25€$. That's exactly what A states, making it correct. B is wrong on two counts: it invents a beverage purchase that Pablo never orders, inflating the ficha count to 13, and it incorrectly charges 5€ for the daughter. C gets the ficha math right but fabricates a weekend surcharge for children under 12 — the passage says no such thing. D misreads the América zone cost as 4 fichas instead of 3, which changes the arithmetic entirely and leads to a wrong total. As a study tip: when a reading passage has a table or list of rules, underline the specific numbers as you read. Distractors on these questions almost always exploit one misread detail — catching it early saves you.
6. Una familia quiere comer en El Rincón Familiar un sábado. Tienen dos hijos: uno de 4 años y otro de 8 años. Si los dos adultos y el niño de 8 años piden el menú del día, ¿cuánto pagarán en total?
   Answer: No pueden pedir el menú del día ese día, porque el menú del día solo se ofrece de lunes a viernes, no los sábados ni los domingos. When reading a restaurant menu or any informational passage in Spanish, always scan for restriction words like NO, solo, únicamente, or excepto — these signal important conditions that questions love to test. The key detail here is in the NOTA section: "Los sábados y domingos NO se ofrece el menú del día." The family wants to visit on a sábado, which means the menú del día is simply unavailable that day. The question asks what they would pay for the menú del día — but since it cannot be ordered on Saturday, the entire premise collapses. Answer B is correct: they cannot order the menú del día at all. Answer A is a trap that ignores the Saturday restriction entirely and invents a rule — that both children eat free on weekends — which the passage never states. Answer C makes the same critical error: it correctly applies the "children under 6 eat free" rule and calculates $12 \times 3 = 36$ euros accurately, but it ignores the fact that the menú del día doesn't exist on Saturdays. The math is right; the premise is wrong. Answer D also ignores the Saturday restriction and incorrectly assumes all four family members must pay, calculating $12 \times 4 = 48$ euros. Notice that C is a particularly clever distractor — it rewards students who read the fine print about children's pricing but punishes those who missed the even more important day-of-week restriction. Study tip: Always read ALL the fine-print notes in a passage before doing any calculations — the correct answer often hinges on a single qualifying condition.

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