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!
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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