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Directions: Following are short conversations between two speakers. Choose the best answer to complete each conversation. 1. A: Ive heard that youve been working for J&K for more than two years now. How do you find it? B: .. . 1. Its at Tinnakorn Building 2. My mothers friend told me about it 3. It isnt so difficult to find 4. Its the best organization Ive ever worked for 2. A: B: 1. 2. 3. 4. 3. A: B: A: 1. 2. 3. 4. What does Isabelle look like? .. . She really takes after her mother She always likes Sam She is talented She likes to look around Im looking for a house to rent. .. ? Three would be perfect. Is there any house for sale on Andrew Street How many bedrooms do you need How many people are there in your family Do you need it with furniture

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I live in Chonburi with my parents. Really? .. ! I come from Chonburi, too. When did you live there What a coincidence How long have you lived there What a shame Do you have any idea when James will come back from the States? Its been ages since I last saw him. We hardly see him nowadays, do we? .. . Why? Dont you like him? Yes, certainly I think so No, thank God I do miss him Hello. Could I speak to Mrs. Laura Brown? Just a moment, please. .. . Ill put you through Yes, you can Ill ask her for you If youre not in a hurry

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.. ? Sorry, but Im expecting a call from my wife. Do you use your phone May I use your phone Do you want to use your phone Is anyone using your phone

Directions: Fill in each of the following blank with the most appropriate answer. 8. .......... eight glasses of whisky, Paul asked his friend to drive him home. 1. Drinking 2. To drink 3. Being drunk 4. Having drunk 9. A financial crisis often has the effect of making many people .......... to more stable and prosperous countries. 1. decide to emigrate 2. decided to emigrate 3. to decide to emigrate 4. to decide emigrating 10. A: B: 1. 2. 3. 4. I think wed better leave now. Yeah, its wiser .......... before the road gets too congested. than leaving to leave when leaving leave

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11. The Petersons are .......... friendly people .......... everyone in the neighborhood likes them. 1. such / that 2. such a / as 3. so / that 4. as / as 12. A: B: 1. 2. 3. 4. 13. A: B: 1. 2. 3. 4. 14. A: B: 1. 2. 3. 4. Did you read the news about the earthquake in China? Yes. And I dont think there will be news .......... again. so terrifying so terrified terrifying me much terrified me much These are all the half-size dresses we have left. I only care for plain .......... ; you can put away .......... . one / other one / others ones / the other ones / the others Hows Christina? Weve scarcely had .......... news from her since she left school. some no not any

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15. The .......... injured .......... immediately taken to the emergency unit. 1. serious / was 2. seriously / was 3. seriously / were 4. serious / were 16. His .......... child seems to be big for his age. 1. six month old 2. six-months-old 3. six-month-old 4. six months old 17. Miriam swears that she will never lend her friends any money again because .......... . 1. she is already cheated twice 2. she was being cheated twice already 3. she has already cheated twice 4. she has already been cheated twice 18. The fire which broke .......... at Klong-Toey last month caused great damage. 1. in 2. up 3. out 4. down

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19. Though most of the things in this shop are branded and thus very expensive, it is undeniable that they are worth ........... . 1. of buying 2. to buy 3. buying 4. for buy 20. All of Toms classmate were unsurprised at his .......... . 1. absence 2. having absent 3. absent 4. being absence 21. Claire and Cynthia went out for a coffee together and .......... . 1. they said a lot of local gossip to each other 2. they exchanged a lot of local gossip 3. they talked many gossip 4. they gossip to each other a lot 22. My elder sister is a very good student. I really want to .......... . 1. be as similar to her 2. become alike her 3. be the same as is her 4. be like her

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Directions: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer which will meaningfully complete it. 23. I should finish the book I borrowed from the library before dinner for Ive read all but the last .......... . 1. chapter 2. title 3. volume 4. copy 24. If you still dont know how to solve your problems, I suggest you ask your mothers .......... . 1. knowledge 2. example 3. comment 4. advice 25. Ive saved up some money for my fathers birthday present, but it turns out that the thing I want to buy costs more than I can .......... . 1. effort 2. afford 3. assume 4. consume

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26. His answer . me on the subject. 1. confusing 2. acknowledged 3. insulting 4. enlightened 27. Can you . between good and bad music? 1. discriminate 2. elect 3. separate 4. explain 28. The . of the storm was so great that it blew the village church down. 1. fierce 2. force 3. brutal 4. savage 29. I can either go to the movies or go shopping; you can make your . . 1. choice 2. election 3. preference 4. pick

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30. My new apartment is ., so I shall have to buy some pieces of furniture. 1. renewed 2. repaired 3. unfurnished 4. unfinished Directions: In each of the following sentence, there are four parts marked 1, 2, 3 and 4. Choose the part which is grammatically incorrect or not appropriate for the context. 31. Animals and plants are natural resources which provided us with our food. 1. 2. 3. 4. 32. Many people avoid to use the word I because they feel they are trying to bring 1. 2. 3. attention to themselves. 4. 33. Mary Assunta, research and writer, noted that on average, a Malaysian child is 1. 2. 3. exposed to television programs about two to three hours daily on weekdays. 4. 34. Many of the new developments are tailored to appeal to the foreign market, 1. 2. reflecting the style of the resorts that initial brought tourists to visit Thailand. 3. 4. 35. While people move to other country, they are sometimes a bit nervous. 1. 2. 3. 4. 36. Because the water feature, the space is not wasted when the theater is not being used. 1. 2. 3. 4.

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37. Accommodating a city's growing population in a sustainable way require coherent 1. 2. 3. town planning that incorporates provision for both current and future needs. 4. 38. A rainwater tank in the building's grounds ensures the landscape areas are taken care 1. 2. 3. of in summer. 4. 39. The interiors of the house are designed with Brisbane's hot and humid weather in 1. 2. 3. 4. mind. 40. Many architects and clients have faced the frustration of submitting a traditional 1. design for an addition to an historic building only to have the design rejected 2. 3. because it wasnt sufficiently different from the original building and the surrounded 4. context Directions: Reading the following passages and choose the best answer for each question. Passage 1 A law unto himself was Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), one of the greatest American artists in any medium. Praise for him must be tempered by recollection of his weakness-his occasional lapses of taste and the egoism that made it difficult for him to admit into his interiors any object he had not designed himself. This was an obvious impediment to the success of his designs for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and a torment to its staff since before the building was erected. But when all is said and done,

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Wright was an extraordinary man, a prophet of a new freedom and at the same time of a new discipline in architecture, a molder of form and space, and a genius who experienced the relationship between architecture and surrounding nature as has perhaps no other architect in history, so that his buildings seem literally to grow out of their environments. Wrights first success, which brought him international recognition, was in the field of private residences, his prairie houses, such as the revolutionary Robie House in Chicago, built in 1909. The influence on Wright of the Japanese Pavilion at the Chicago Worlds fair of 1893 has often been pointed out, but it should also be recalled that as early as the 1870s American houses Wrights individual contribution lay in the daring of his assault on the outer world through cantilevered roofs projecting without vertical supports, seeming to float freely, and the purification of vertical and horizontal masses, as if by some sixth sense he had realized what was about to happen in Analytical Cubism in France. The Robie House combines cubic forms and projecting planes with a mastery never before seen in architecture. More than a quarter of a century later, in 1936, Wright built one of his most original concepts, the Kaufmann House at Bear Run, Pennsylvania, suspended over a waterfall. The idea did in a sense have a prototype in the French Renaissance chteau of Chenonceaux, built on a bridge across the river Cher. But Wright seems to have derived the masses of Falling Water from the very rock ledges out of its springs. A central mass of rough-cut stone masonry blossoms forth in cantilevered concrete terraces, colored beige so as not to disrupt the tonal harmony of their woodland environment a house really at one with the rocks, the trees, the sky, and the rushing water. Wright could work only with sensitive, discerning, and fairy submissive patrons, and thus was destined never to receive the great commissions to which his genius entitled him. His dream of a mile-high skyscraper for Chicago, and his Broadacre City, an imaginative combination of industrial plants with houses and gardens for factory personnel, went unbuilt.
(adapted from Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Federick Hartt)

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41. This passage mainly discusses .......... . 1. Frank Lloyd Wrights life 2. Frank Lloyd Wrights personality 3. Frank Lloyd Wrights role in architecture 4. Frank Lloyd Wrights architectural styles 42. The paragraph preceding the passage most likely discusses .......... . 1. modern art in the 20th century 2. top American architects 3. the influence of Japanese architectural style on American architects 4. the development of architecture in America 43. The passage implies that Wright .......... . 1. was a short tempered person 2. was an old-fashioned architect 3. was very confident 4. was very sensitive 44. Wrights worldwide breakthrough project is .......... . 1. the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 2. the Japanese Pavilion 3. the Robie House 4. the Kaufmann House

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45. The passage states that all the following occurred prior to 1908 EXCEPT that .......... . 1. Analytical Cubism became one of the art styles in France 2. Wright had worked on the Robie House project 3. Wright attended the Chicago Worlds fair 4. Wright failed to become an international household name 46. The Kaufmann House at Bear Run .......... . 1. was Wrights purely original creation 2. was partly built on a water fall 3. is not different from the French Renaissance chteau of Chenonceaux 4. was built in 1930s 47. The pronoun its in paragraph 3 refers to .......... . 1. the French Renaissance chteau of Chenonceauxs 2. the river Chers 3. Falling Waters 4. a central mass 48. .......... best describes the organization of the passage. 1. A theme followed by an example 2. A problem and a solution 3. Opposing viewpoints of an issue 4. A problem and its causes

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49. Although Wright was very talented, .......... . 1. he did not make a lot of money from his career 2. he could work with everyone 3. he was not successful during his lifetime 4. he had some mental problems 50. This passage would probably be assigned reading in a course on .......... . 1. art history 2. American history 3. geology 4. geometry 51. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses .......... . 1. the new trend of modern art 2. other architects who derived influence from Wrights architectural styles 3. Wrights well-known projects 4. Wrights educational background 52. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that .......... . 1. Japanese architecture had a significant influence on American architecture 2. Wright knew that Analytical Cubism would have a major impact on French modern art 3. although Wright was famous for his unique creativity, some people were not happy with his ideas 4. Wrights skyscraper project remains unbuilt

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Passage 2 The attractive outfits, the sound and smell of horses - - there's something magnificent about showjumping. Unfortunately all this splendour is too expensive for most people to contemplate. Luckily, the egalitarian Scandinavians have come up with the answer. For the past ten years, Swedish pet owners have been training their rabbits to jump small obstacles. Now rabbit showjumping has reached the status of a recognised national sport. Crowds all over Sweden flock to see the highly trained competitors negotiating hurdles closely modelled on actual horse showjumping courses, albeit somewhat scaled down. A rabbit can jump obstacles up to three feet high with appropriate encouragement. The secret is early training: left to their own devices, rabbits tend to head downwards rather than upwards. Last November, a national body was organised for the new sport and now there are 23 clubs catering for about 4,000 fiercely competitive jumping bunnies. There are also clubs in Denmark and Norway, where last year's championship was won by a buck called Ole Hoiland. Of course, it will be argued that sending various domestic examples of Oryetalagus cuniculus out to do battle before crowds of baying enthusiasts is cruel, but in comparison with what happens to most of their peers this is a veritable rest-cure. At least when they're leaping enthusiastically through the air with a little harness around their necks they're not being treated to an extremely close look at various cosmetics and household cleaning products. 'Jumping rabbits live longer than other rabbits,' confirms Lisbeth Jansson, whose daughter Louise owns the current Swedish national champion. 'And they like jumping: otherwise they wouldn't jump. That's the natural way for a rabbit to move.' Flames of Flame, as he is known, won two gold medals and one silver at last year's championship,

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bringing his total victories to an impressive 34. He is, apparently, a very popular performer. 'He's the King,' says Mrs Jansson. The first European rabbit showjumping championships take place in Denmark later this year. It remains to be seen whether the British will be represented. Sadly, it seems unlikely that any of our bunnies will be mounting the winner's rostrum in Denmark. As yet, there seem to be no showjumping rabbits in the country. Still, it's early days and there's still time for an enthusiast to enter the championship, but there is a snag. Win or lose, your best jumper would have to stay in quarantine for six months after the events, which would hardly help their training schedule. You could bring them back into the country: but youd have to eat them first.
(from Reward: Upper-intermediate Practice Book by Diana Pye and Simon Greenall)

53. The passagee mainly discusses .......... . 1. why rabbit show jumping has become famous in some parts of Europe 2. some information about rabbit show jumping 3. how to train rabbits to jump small obstacles 4. why rabbit showjumping tournaments cant be held in England 54. Rabbit showjumping .......... . 1. takes places nationally across Sweden 2. is illegal in England 3. is too expensive for most people to attend 4. is a cruel sport in the authors view

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55. The word contemplate in paragraph 1 can be best replaced by .......... . 1. participate 2. watch 3. enjoy 4. buy 56. The Swedish .......... . 1. are the best trainers of showjumping rabbits 2. are the first group of people who trained their rabbits to jump obstacles 3. have some tricks for training rabbits to jump 4. do not like horse showjumping courses 57. The word competitors in paragraph 2 refers to .......... . 1. horses 2. rabbits 3. obstacles 4. crowds 58. Rabbits can amazingly jump small obstacles if .......... . 1. they have been trained since they were very young 2. they have been left with their toys 3. they are aroused 4. their owners start training them early in the morning

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59. It is implied that there are several rabbit clubs in these following countries EXCEPT .......... . 1. Sweden 2. Norway 3. Denmark 4. England 60. Ole Hoiland .......... . 1. was titled a champion in Norway 2. is the name of the championship 3. is a rabbit 4. is a name of a Danish jumping rabbit club 61. Rabbit showjumping has become controversial because .......... . 1. some people dont think it should be considered as a sport 2. some people believe that rabbits should not be trained to entertain humans 3. some people believe that rabbits were not born to jump 4. some people believe that rabbit should not be brought out of the country 62. Jumping rabbits .......... . 1. are also used in cosmetic experiments 2. have a long life expectancy 3. only jump when they attend a competition 4. enjoy their performance at the tournament

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63. According to the passage, the British cant be part of the rabbit showjumping tournament because .......... . 1. they dont know how to train rabbits to jump obstacles 2. quarantine rules would prevent there participation 3. they dont know much about this sport 4. they are not keen on rabbit showjumping 64. All this following statements are true EXCEPT .......... . 1. bunny showjumping is the popular sport in Sweden 2. competitive jumping bunnies are ferocious 3. Flame of Flame is a Swedish national champion 4. The Britishs domestic pets have to be quarantined if they go out of the country Passage 3 My father and mother should have stayed in New York where they met and married and were I was born. Instead, they returned to Ireland when I was four, my brother, Malachy, three, the twins, Oliver and Eugene, barely one, and my sister, Margaret, dead and gone. When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet, is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. People everywhere brag and whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious alcoholic father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous priests; bullying schoolmasters; the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years. [ ... ]

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My father, Malachy McCourt, was born on a farm in Toome, County Antrim. Like his father before, he grew up wild, in trouble with the English, or the Irish, or both. He fought with the old IRA and for some desperate act he wound up a fugitive with a price on his head. When I was a child I would look at my father, the thinning hair, the collapsing teeth, and wonder why anyone would give money for a head like that. When I was thirteen my father's mother told me a secret: as a wee lad your poor father was dropped on his head. It was an accident, he was never the same after, and you must remember that people dropped on their heads can be a bit peculiar.
(from Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt)

65. The author has .......... siblings. 1. four 2. five 3. six 4. seven 66. The author was born in .......... . 1. Ireland 2. England 3. America 4. County Antrim 67. It is implied in the passage that .......... . 1. his family had a hard time in New York 2. he didnt come from a well- to-do family 3. his mother had a strong character 4. his father was the provider of the family

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68. It can be inferred from the passage that .......... . 1. the author didnt have any problems at school 2. the author was also raised by his grandfather 3. the author thought that Ireland was not a great country to grow up 4. the authors family was not originally from Ireland 69. The word loquacious in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to .......... . 1. irresponsible 2. aggressive 3. talkative 4. violent 70. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that .......... . 1. the authors father was a heavy drinker 2. one of his siblings passed away 3. the teachers of the authors school treated students badly 4. his grand-father never put himself in trouble 71. The authors grandmother told him about his dads secret so that .......... . 1. he could understand why his father left the family 2. he could take very good care of his father after the accident 3. he knew why his father had a weird personality 4. he would not be afraid of his father anymore

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72. The tone of this passage is all of these things except .......... . 1. humorous 2. ironic 3. optimistic 4. pathetic Passage 4 There are only two types of dinner party: successes and failures. If you get it right, you will have the satisfaction of being considered a social success by all your acquaintances; if you get it wrong, you will encourage the sort of silences that will explore the full meaning of the word 'awkward'. The most sensible course of action is never to be a host. But you're a show off and you want the attention, so here goes. Although it may seem as if it's a contradiction in terms, wherever possible, avoid having dinner parties in your own home. An alternative location that has a number of distinct advantages is a restaurant. Firstly, it enables you to conceal your domestic lifestyle (which, unless you are extremely rich and tasteful, is unlikely to withstand group scrutiny favourably). Secondly, you don't have to worry about your cooking. Thirdly, and most satisfyingly, you split the cost of the evening with your guests. If, however, like most people (but, believe me, not all) you don't have the gall to invite your friends to a DP in a restaurant, you should ensure there's an interesting lineup of guests. Therefore your party should comprise three or four couples and a single person. It is this unfortunate person's role to be patronised and pitied by the couples present. Naturally, you should not be this person. Note: do not entertain if you're partnerless - it makes as much sense as competing in the mixed doubles on your own. Instead, with your arm reassuringly entwined in your partner's, introduce your single

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friend with a witty line like: 'This is Giles, he can't find a girlfriend.' Everyone will laugh. Because you're at home, there's no getting round it, you'll have to cook at least some of the food. However, give as much of the responsibility as possible to your guests - starters, puddings, even bits of the main course. Just tell them it's an old Tibetan custom to bring a course, and simply everyone is doing it nowadays. It will be a conversation point. Talking of talk, there are certain conversational conventions which must be obeyed. Appropriate subject matters are: money, jobs, the relationships of those not present, interior design, and whether you should give money to beggars. It's rude to talk politics, philosophy (unless you're French) or in any informed way about anything. Still, if after all your efforts, and your conscientious abstention from your ninth glass of wine, it's still a disaster, quietly leave the table and go to bed. Don't worry, your guests will let themselves out. And, anyway, you won't be inviting them again.
(from Reward: Upper-intermediate Practice Book by Diana Pye and Simon Greenall)

73. The authors purpose is .......... . 1. to give some tips about catering 2. to give some advice about throwing a general party 3. to give some ideas about how to bring friends together 4. to explain how to impress guests at a dinner party 74. The author strongly recommends readers have a dinner party at a restaurant because .......... . 1. it is a lot of fun 2. home cooking might not be as good as the food cooked by a chef 3. the host doesnt have to worry about the menu 4. the host can drink as much as he or she wants

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75. It is implied by the passage that if a dinner party is held at a restaurant .......... . 1. the host and guests normally pay for their own dish 2. the guests normally offer to pay for everything 3. the host and guests normally go Dutch 4. the host normally has to pay for everything 76. All of these following statements are true EXCEPT that .......... . 1. if the host invites a single guest, he or she should also arrange a date for his guest 2. the host should avoid having a party at home if he or she doesnt want to reveal his or her private life to anyone 3. the host should not only invite couples 4. the host should be careful of conversational conventions 77. The dinner party can be boring if .......... . 1. it is held at home 2. all of the guests know each other very well 3. people talk about serious topics 4. the food is not tasty 78. In this passage, the word patronised in paragraph 6 can be replaced by .......... . 1. insulted 2. teased 3. ashamed 4. gossiped

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79. According to the passage, you will become a social success if .......... . 1. you know how to fool yourself sometimes 2. if you know how to arrange a party and make it right 3. if you try to avoid holding a party at home 4. if you have a good connection with the people you invite to your party. 80. This passage can be found in .......... . 1. a how-to magazine 2. a travel and leisure magazine 3. a cookery book 4. a documentary magazine