English Entrance Exam Mar 2547

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2. 1 ) During an interview, you are asked about your extracurricular activities. You reply, “______. I went sightseeing with my parents every summer. I was a very hard-working student and I earned good grades. I was captain of the university football team. I could get along well with my classmates. 2 ) Teacher can'’t read a student’s essay because of his poor handwriting. She says, “_____” I can’t follow your ideas. Your grammar is just terrible. You’d better watch your hands while writing. You must improve your handwriting. 3 ) A lady is tired of the way her hair looks. She says to her hairdresser, “_____” I want to make a short-cut. I want to change my hairstyle. Please set up my hair. Please dry my hair. 4 ) At the end of an examination, a teacher wants all of her students to stop writing so she says, “___your pencils. Keep Put down Please set up my hair Please dry my hair

3. 5 ) A customer in an electronics store asks the salesperson if the camera can be used to take pictures of coral in the sea. The salesperson, wanting to make a sale, says, “_____” Of course, it’s washable. Always keep it handy. Sure, it’s waterproof. I doubt if it’s automatic. 6 ) A police officer is chasing a robber and wants him to stop. He shouts, “______” Stand up! Cool! Sit down! Freeze! 7 ) Mother sees blood on your finger. She asks what happened. You say, “Oh, it’s not serious. ____” I’m about to faint. The knife hurt me. I just cut myself. My finger is painful. 8 ) A father is teaching his son that he must work hard and make sacrifices to be successful. He sums up his lecture by saying, “______” 1. No pain, no gain. 3. Take time to smell the flowers. 2. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 4. Curiosity killed the cat.

4. 9 ) Leaves and dead branches from your neighbor’s tree always fall in your backyard. You tell your neighbor, “____” Could you trim the branches? I’m sick of your leaving. You are welcome to take leave. Will you please keep your tree to yourself? 10 ) A mother is teaching her children about table manners and says, “_____” You should eat vegetables. You should help me set the table. You should not invite your friends over for dinner. You should not chew with your mouth open. 11 ) Linda receives a bouquet of flowers from her friend. She says, “______” How could you do such a thing? You really shouldn’t have. How much did they cost? You don’t know what’s good for me. 12 ) Mary just said something impolite. Her mother is upset and says to her. “_____________” Bend over backwards. Let it go. Keep your word. Hold your tongue.

5. 13 ) A woman is in a jewelry store when she sees something she likes in a showcase. She asks the salesperson,_______’” Would you keep an eye on me? Would you take it or leave it? Can I have a chance to show it ? Could I have a look at that ? 14 ) Leo has just won a lot of money in a lottery. He shouts, “_____” Yuck! Hurray! Hush! Yummy! 15 ) Your friend from California has just eaten the durian you gave him to try. You ask, “_____” How was it? What was it? How did you take it? What did you take for it?

6. Situation: Ted is having hunch with his close friend Helen. Ted : So how are things going ? Is your boss still giving you a hard time? Helen : Did you have to     16     while we’re eating ? I’ve had a terrible morning. Ted : Sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. Helen : Forgive me. It’s just that I can never seem to do anything right     17     Ted : Do you want to talk about it ? Sometimes it’s better to get it     18     Helen : T guess you’re right. Well, Brenda, my boss, always seems to be checking up On me to see if I come to work late or leave early. She’s always asking other People about me. I’m really,     19     Ted : Why don’t you     20     looking for another job. If it’s really as bad as you say, you should leave. Helen :     21    , Ted. Don’t forget I have rent to pay and food to buy. I have no Savings so I can’t afford to be     22     Ted : Why not try talking to Brenda. Be calm and,     23    , be nice As they say, you always get more with honey than with vinegar. Helen : You’re right. I’ll Just have to have a more positive attitude     24     Ted :     25     Things are improving already!

7. Ted : So how are things going ? Is your boss still giving you a hard time? Helen : Did you have to     16     while we’re eating ? I’ve had a terrible morning. Ted : Sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. Helen : Forgive me. It’s just that I can never seem to do anything right     17     Ted : Do you want to talk about it ? Sometimes it’s better to get it     18     Helen : T guess you’re right. Well, Brenda, my boss, always seems to be checking up On me to see if I come to work late or leave early. She’s always asking other People about me. I’m really,     19     Ted : Why don’t you     20     looking for another job. If it’s really as bad as you say, you should leave. 16) pass that around bring that up tell me to do that speak like that 17) In her eyes from her thoughts On her mind With your outlooks 18) By lunch time In the news Off your chest Out of sight 19) Sick of it In the news Mad about them Crazy for her 20) Try out think about Make up Led on

8. Helen :     21    , Ted. Don’t forget I have rent to pay and food to buy. I have no Savings so I can’t afford to be     22     Ted : Why not try talking to Brenda. Be calm and,     23    , be nice As they say, you always get more with honey than with vinegar. Helen : You’re right. I’ll Just have to have a more positive attitude     24     Ted :     25     Things are improving already! 21) Easier said than done. Slow but sure Too much too soon The more the merrier 22) Out of work On the run Away from home Off the record 23) Over all After all Above all All of the sudden 24) Before this Since then Now and then From now on 25) Hear! See! What! Tell!

9. 26 ) In order to reduce stress for schoolchildren, ____and provide more recreational activities. the government plans to add more academic courses most of the schools in Bangkok have enough seats in the canteen the Ministry of Education plans to reduce the number of classes the primary schools in Bangkok have limited space 27 ) Admission to the Thai Products Fair is free____ at WWW.TPF.COM. as long as you want to be once you pay the entrance fee unless you pay the entrance fee if you register online 28 ) For foreign tourists, there’s another way to see Thailand which is very unlike the typical Thai experience : a trip where you bicycle your way past rice paddies and Buddhist temples,____, up steep mountains and around peaceful lakes. in Bangkok and other major cities you can buy OTOP (One-Tambon-One-Product) goods through jungles and farming villages when you can find fake gems and overpriced clothes

10. 29 ) The room price includes free use of the business center. ____, check out the new two-level Oriental Spa for a traditional Thai massage. Sooner or later For more information When you need to relax If you are too busy 30 ) Some people think that if you have seen one temple, you have seen them all, ________. but there is a unique side to each of them using water for reflections an important tradition which brings luck and happiness so you will want to go out and see them again 31 ) Drinkers may cause danger to themselves and others____if they cannot control themselves. or violate laws to prevent tragedies with no need to adjust operating hours for special consideration 32 ) An opinion survey of more than 3000 people--___—concluded that 49% of them approved of the plan. 1.respondents all agreed 3. resulting in more road accidents 2.including teachers and students 4. from newspapers and television

11. 33 ) Surely the joy of being in another culture is to absorb it ______ even when sometimes it can be frustrating and incomprehensible. overstaying visas and breaking the law not criticize or try to change it being subject to unfair treatment making the country such a popular tourist destination 34 ) Police have arrested a man who stormed into a mobile phone shop and ______before escaping with 30 mobile phones last month. attacked the shopkeeper lived in the same neighborhood fled on a motorcycle were searching for his two friends 35 ) Hawaiian women used the quilting skills they learned from missionaries to produce patterns based on themes drawn from nature-- _______. bibles, flags, robes and candles wall hangings, pillows, sachets and bags precious pink, red, black and coral trees, fruit, waterfalls and clouds

12. Scientists are excited about their latest deep sea discovery which could be of great importance to mankind. Recent exploration of life in the deepest parts of the South Pacific is revealing marine life     36    The special equipment that permits the study of the sea bed     37    creatures with such unusual features     38    scientists are not able to relate     39     to any known species. And this phenomenon is not restricted to     40     examples. Marine biologists who are involved in the exploration of the depths claim that     41     thousands of new species of fish and marine plant life to be discovered, many of     42     Might be of benefit to man     43    exciting new pharmaceu- tical products. However,     44     new forms of marine life are being discovered, others are being destroyed. The     45     of coral reefs could be dangerous to the ecosystem. 40) Some other Very little Only a few A large number of 41) There are There have It has It is 42) That Which Some Whom 43) Next to In contrast to In stead of In terms of 44) By which Even so So that Just as 45) Lose Loss Lost losing 36) often to be seen that will be seen that we used to see never seen before 37) will make light of has been unearthed has brought to light will bring to earth 38) If That As When 39) Their Them It its

13. Two men were arrested by the police after they had sold a stolen painting to an art gallery in Guildford. The owner of the gallery claimed that he had bought the painting in good faith, unaware that it had been stolen. The painting, a portrait of a young woman in a wide brimmed straw hat sitting under a tree, was owned by Marie Gilles, aged 84. She claimed that the painting had been given to one of her ancestors by the artist. She had owned it since 1950 when it was given to her by an aunt as a wedding present. The painting had been stolen from her house two weeks previous to the arrest of the two men. 71 ) The article is about_____ an art theft a young woman an art gallery an artist 72 ) From the information given in the text, we know that Marie Gilles…………….. knew the owner of the gallery had been married was grateful to the police did not value the painting highly 73 ) The owner of the art gallery said that he bought the painting___ . because he was related to the artist because he knew the woman in the painting not knowing its true value not knowing it had been stolen 75 ) The passage tells us that the painting is____. very famous very valuable a portrait an oil painting

14. Some bales of hay A cavern Quilt A wide brimmed straw hat

15.  As soon as I got to the closed door of the barn, I realized that something was wrong. Instead of the chewing noise of the dairy herd that at night sheltered there during the winter months, there was silence. I undid the lock that kept the huge doors firmly shut, pulled them open and shone my flashlight into the cavernous interior. Apart from some bales of hay. It was empty. 76 ) Which of the following words used in the text indicates the size of the barn? 1. Interior 2. Sheltered 3. Cavernous 4. Empty 77 ) From the text we learn that at night in winter____________. the barn is usually empty a light is kept on in the barn all the farm animals shelter in the barn cows are usually kept in the barn 78 ) From the information given, it is implied that the barn doors_____ 1. open outwards 2. open inwards 3. open automatically 4. are kept open 79 ) The writer realized that the situation was not normal when he_____ unlocked the door 2. shone his flashlight into the barn 3. saw the bales of hay was outside the barn 80 ) The writer expected to hear the noise of animals____ Sleeping Fighting Running eating

16. Most of the western world reveres Socrates as one of the fathers of philosophy. Born in 469 B.C., the man who introduced the concept that ‘virtue is knowledge’ actually wrote nothing. Most of what survives was recorded by this student, the philosopher plato. Socrates served as a soldier in the Athenian army and fought bravely in three battles, but there is little evidence that he had a fill-time job. In fact, it seems he spent most of his time arguing in the Agra (marketplace), followed by his faithful students. Those included the best and the best of Classical Athens- -from plato and Euclid, the father of geometry, to the politi- cianAlcibiadis and some of the hated 30 tyrants who briefly suspended Athenian democracy in 404 B.C. It was in fact his connection with some of the tyrants that gave his enemies a reason to bring Socrates to trial, accused of corrupting youth. In his Apology, or defence speech, as recorded by plato, Socrates challenged his accusers in the style later described as Socratic Irony - - meaning pretending ignorance, His judges sentenced him to death by poison, a sentence which he carried out by drinking a cup of hemlock. 81 ) According to this passage, Socrates is considered a great philosopher by______ 1.his accusers 2. people all over the world 3. all the tyrants 4. many western people 82 ) Socrates lived_____ many decades ago 2. about 500 3. about 2,500 years ago 4. at the time of Jesus Christ 83 ) Socrates is still remembered today because of his______ . 1. Judges 2. battles 3. books 4. teachings

17. (A.D.1 ) = Anno Domini = in the year of our Lord คือ ปีที่ 1 หลังคริสตกาล e.g. A.D. 2013 (1 B.C.) = before Christ คือ ปีที่ 1 ก่อนคริสตกาล e.g. 469 B. C. ทศวรรษ ในคริสต์ศักราช จะไม่สามารถเทียบได้โดยตรงกับทศวรรษในพุทธศักราช เพราะศักราชต่างกันด้วยเศษ 543 ปี เช่น คริสต์ทศวรรษที่ 2013(ค.ศ. 2013) ตรงกับพ.ศ. 2556 (2013 + 543).

18. 84 ) The phrase “Most of what survives” (line 3) refers to ____ . his ideas 2. philosophers 3. his books 4. fathers 85 ) We learn from the passage that hemlock can cause…. . Death 2. memory loss 3. blindness 4. personality change 86) Socrates was officially arrested for_____ . arguing with tyrants 2. defending himself refusing to answer 4. corrupting young people 87 ) The “Apology” mentioned in line 11 is _____ a chapter of Socratic Irony a speech Socrates made to defend himself an accusation made by the tyrants at Socrates’ trial a book written by Plato 88 ) We learn from the passage that Socrates ______ was a professional writer was not employed full time was paid well for his teaching was never married was never married

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