Part 1: Speaking Ability (Nos. 1 - 10)
Directions: Read each situation and the dialogue carefully. Choose 1. the appropriate expression for the first missing part (Item A) and 2. the response/reaction to the expression for the second missing part (Item B). Both answers (Items A and B) must be correct and make sense in order to gain ONE mark.
1. Situation : A secretary is talking to a caller.
Caller : This is Jim Smith. Can I speak to Mr. Johnson, please?
Secretary : _______ A ________.
Caller: _______ B ________.
Secretary: I’ll tell him as soon as I see him.
A. 1. Pardon me. I don’t know him. 2. Can you talk to him now?
3. I’m afraid he’s just gone out. 4. Sorry. He doesn’t want to speak to you.
B. 1. Could I hold on? 2. Can you call me later?
3. Can you ask him to return my call? 4. Could I return his call later?
2. Situation : Sunisa, a Thai student, just got off the plane at Heathrow Airport
in London and is asking an official on duty for help.
Sunisa: Excuse me, A the Thai Embassy?
Official: B
Sunisa: Thank you very much.
A. 1. could you tell me how to get to 2. would you kindly take me to
3. did this coach normally stop at 4. do you know when this bus stops at
B. 1. Our taxi drivers are very helpful and polite. 2. It won’t take long to get there.
3. You can buy a ticket on the bus. 4. That coach will take you there.
3. Situation : Prasert is trying to talk Tom into going to a football match with him.
Tom : My favorite football team from England is playing
against the Thai National team this Sunday. I really
want to go, but _______ A ________.
Prasert : Oh, come on. Go with me. _______ B ________.
A. 1. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. 2. it’s too late for me to go.
3. all the tickets are sold out. 4. my assignment is due on Monday.
B. 1. Don’t you like football? 2. You shouldn’t hand in the work late.
4. Situation : Miss Jones, an American tourist, is telling her friend, Tommy, about her problem.
Miss Jones : Tommy, my bag was stolen, and _______ A ________.
Tommy: _______ B ________Do you know when it happened?
Miss Jones: I just realized it a moment ago.
A. 1. I lost my passport and all my money. 2. I should have brought my bag with me.
3. I wonder where I can find my belongings. 4. I don’t remember where I kept my passport.
B. 1. What’s the matter? 2. How shameful!
5. Situation : Ploy is a tour guide from TT Tour waiting to meet a customer at
the airport.
Ploy : You are Mr. Richards, aren’t you? I’m Ploy
from TT Tour. _______ A ________.
Mr. Richards: _______ B ________Have you been waiting long?
A. 1. Here is my friend. 2. Have a nice trip.
3. Welcome to Bangkok. 4. Please follow the way.
B. 1. Thank you. 2. With pleasure.
3. Sure, I will. 4. That’s fine.
6. Situation : Dave and Pete are talking about their plans for tonight.
Pete: Tonight I’m going to study for our English test. _______ A ________.
Dave: No, thanks. _______ B ________.
A. 1. What would you like to do now? 2. Will you come to the library with me?
3. When will you study for it? 4. Is it important for us to study?
B. 1. I’m going to the movies tonight. 2. I haven’t decided yet.
3. I don’t want anything tonight. 4. I’ll follow you.
7. Situation : Usa is a new Thai student at a college in America. Mary, her roommate,
is telling her about the college library.
Mary : During final exam week, _______ A ________.
Usa : _______ B ________ In Thailand, most university libraries areopen only until 8.00 p.m.
A. 1. I like to study in the library after class. 2. the main library is open 24 hours a day.
3. you must show your ID card when you take a book. 4. the library has a lot of science journals.
B. 1. How could they? 2. Dear me!
3. Of course! 4. How convenient!
8. Situation : Paul is telling Weena about his problem.
Paul : _______ A ________Someone must have entered my office.
Weena: _______ B ________ But have you checked with your secretary?
A. 1. I wish you could find all my papers in time. 2. These reports haven’t been completed.
3. My belongings are well kept in the cabinet. 4. All the important documents are missing from my folder.
B. 1. That’s it. 2. How boring!
3. Don’t mention it. 4. I’m sorry to hear that.
9. Situation : A student wants to see his instructor, Mr. Benson.
Student : Excuse me, Mr. Benson. _______ A ________
Mr. Benson : _______ B________Oh, yes. I won’t be doing anything then.
A. 1. Don’t you have any free time at all? 2. What time will you be free ?
3. I wonder if you would be available at two this afternoon.
4. Would you mind if I came to see you when you are available?
B. 1. Please do. 2. Let me see.
3. Please take a look. 4. I have plenty of time.
10. Situation : Mr. Hill is returning Supa’s writing assignment to her. He has given her an A for it.
Mr. Hill : Supa, here is your writing assignment. _______ A ________.
Supa: _______ B________.
Mr. Hill: You deserve it.
A. 1. Try to keep up with your work. 2. Did anybody help you do it?
3. You have to spend a lot more time on this. 4. You’ve really done a very good job!
B. 1. Are you sure you like it? 2. That’s very kind of you.
3. It is a difficult assignment. 4. I don’t believe you!
Part 2 : Writing Ability A. Writing (Nos. 11 – 20) Directions: Choose 1. the appropriate choice for the first missing part (Item A) and 2. the choice for the second missing part (Item B). Both answers (Item A and Item B) must be correct and makesense in order to gain ONE mark.
11. Ban Na Nong ____A___ , ____B___ full of shopping malls and restaurants.
A. 1. a small village, quiet once 2. it was once a quiet small village
3. a quiet small village once it was 4. once a small quiet village
B. 1. now a busy town 2. is now a busy town
3. a busy town it is now 4. it is now a busy town
12. ____A___ their customers, supermarkets____B___ as possible.
A. 1. Having attracted and kept 2. As if to attract and keep
3. In order to attract and keep 4. Attracting and keeping
B. 1. want to make shoppers as pleasant 2. have made shopping as pleasing
3. must try to make their shoppers as pleasing 4. have tried to make shopping as pleasant
13. In most countries around the world, ____A___ to school ____B___.
A. 1. children having to go 2. children must go
3. every child has been 4. every child must have been
B. 1. when they reach a certain age 2. as they are growing old enough
3. since they reached a certain age 4. if they are too old to learn
14. ____A___ public transport to the exhibition hall ____B___a parking space there.
A. 1. John will make his decision in traveling on 2. John is deciding that he has to travel in
3. John decided to travel by 4. John’s decision for traveling with
B. 1. since it would be difficult to find 2. although it is difficult to find
3. whereas it was difficult finding 4. and it is difficult finding
15. The committee members think ____A___ now, nor ____B___ about the matter.
A. 1. about the meeting which should not hold 2. about the meeting not to be held
3. that the meeting should not be holding 4. that the meeting should not be held
B. 1. anybody should say 2. should anything be said
3. should nothing be said 4. something should be said
16. Some doctors and health experts agree that butter, ____A___ , ____B___ .
A. 1. it is unlike coconut oil 2. unlike coconut oil
3. coconut oil being different 4. that is different from coconut oil
B. 1. which is not good for people’s health 2. for people’s health is not good
3. is not good for people’s health 4. is for people’s health not good
17. As soon as ____A___ their lunch, they ____B___ rehearsing for the play.
A. 1. the actors all will have 2. all the actors have had
3. all the actors had 4. the actors have all
B. 1. are resuming 2. will resume
3. have resumed 4. will have resumed
18. Proper nutrition and regular exercise ____A___ you lose weight ____B___ .
A. 1. that are necessary to help 2. are necessary to help
3. which can necessarily help 4. are necessities for helping
B. 1. and improve your state of fitness 2. which can improve your fitness state
3. while your fitness state is improved 4. and can improve your state of fitness
19. ____A___ at public universities come from the central region of Thailand ____B___ .
A. 1. The students about sixty percent 2. Of the students, about sixty percent
3. About sixty percent of the students 4. Of about sixty percent, the students
B. 1. and from the others the rest 2. and the rest from the others
3. from the rest and the others 4. from the others and the rest
20. ____A___ bus A only once a week; ____B___ from the outer world.
A. 1. was coming to that small village 2. to that small village was coming
3. came to that small village 4. to that small village comes
B. 1. however, its inhabitants were almost completely cut off
2. moreover, its inhabitants were cut off most completely
3. similarly, its inhabitants were cut off most completely
4. therefore, its inhabitants were almost completely cut off
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