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.
3. There won’t be another
match like this. 4. We
shouldn’t pay anything extra for tickets.
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!
3. How unfortunate! 4.
That’s your problem.