Reading Comprehension

Instructions: Read the following ad advertisements and choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.

GIAGemological Institute of America

Learn About Gems & JewelryFrom the world’s # 1 gemological institute67 year history of excellence in education

Over 300,000 graduates worldwide

Short Classes in JulyDiamond Grading

Colored Stone Grading & Gem IdentificationEasy to learn – No homework ! – No exams!

Contact GIA ThailandTel. 02-237-9575-77 Fax. 02-236-9829

e-mail : giathai@ ksc8.th.com

1. If you are interested in learning about Gems and Jewelry at GIA, which way can’t you contact GIA Thailand ?

1. By calling

2. By fax

3. By letter

4. By mail

5. By telephone

2. Which is not true according to the ad?

1. GIA Thailand offers short classes in July.

2. GIA graduates come from all over the world.

3. GIA has established for 67 years

4. More than 300,000 people have finished their studies from GIA.

5. You have to take exams before you finish the course.

The largest U.S.A. importer of children’s Apparel has the following position available.

• 5 years experience in Q/C of children garment for U.S. market.• Knowledge of fabric’s and children garment construction a must.• Some English a plus.• Some travelling may be requested.Self motivated people who are hard working, honest with children’s gmt experience needed. This is your opportunity to join a U.S. Based corporation. We provide attractive remunerations and other fringe benefits, with opportunity to travel. This is a career opportunity to join a growing organization, soon to be number one in Bangkok.Send in your resumes or call63781

3. What position is this company looking for? 1. Children Garment Exporter.2. Quality Control Inspectors.3. Children Garment Manager.4. Children Garment Officer.5. Children Garment Importer.

4. If you want to apply for this position, you must………………………………..1. send in your resume by fax2. call Mr. Steven3. fill in the application form4. send an application form5. Either 1 or 2

5. Which is not true according to the ad?

WE WANT YOU TO JOIN OUR TEAMWE WANT YOU TO JOIN OUR TEAM

QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTORS

MR. STEVEN

TEL. 02-6378111-8 FAX. 02-638222, 02-6378333

1. Experience in Quality Control of children garment for US market is necessary.

2. Knowledge of fabric and children garment construction is necessary. 3. Applicants are supposed to be fluent in English. 4. Besides a good salary and fringe benefits the right candidate will have

to travel. 5. Applicants are expected to work both on-site and off-site.

Read this news and choose the correct answer for each item below.

War-game warming

China is to carry out its largest military exercises of the year this month aimed at sending a “substantial warning” to Taiwan separatists, state media reported yesterday. The military drills will take place on Dongshan Island in southeastern China’s Fujian province, just 150 nautical miles west of Taiwan’s Penghu Island, the Beijing News said. “The Dongshan Island exercises are different from exercises……. It is joint exercise ofThe three militaries (army, air force and navy). It’s the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) largest- scale exercise this year,” the Beijing News said The report did not say when the drills would start or how long they would last but similar drills in 2001 lasted for four months. Nor did it reveal how many soldiers would take part.

AGENCE FRANCE - PRESSE

6. What is the news mainly about? 1. The war game 2. China’s drills 3. Taiwan’s military exercises 4. Fujian province 5. A substantial warning

7. The “drills” here refer to……………………………..

1. warning 2. army 3. separatists 4. soldiers 5. military exercises

8. What is “Dongshan”? 1. It’s in southeastern Beijing. 2. It’s on Penghu island. 3. The name of an army. 4. An island in Fujian province. 5. The military drills.

9. What information is given about the military exercises? 1. The place where they will take place. 2. The number of soldiers they involve. 3. The duration of them. 4. The date when they start. 5. Its duration is the same as the drills in 2001.

10. What is the source of news? 1. China 2. Beijing 3. Taiwan 4. Agence France 5. Fujian province

11. What is the unique characteristic of the military exercise? 1. It’s the first exercise. 2. It’s the largest in Beijing. 3. It will take place on an island. 4. It is the People’s Liberation Army’s. 5. It’s the cooperation of army, air force and navy.

Read the weather forecast and choose the correct answer for each item below.

At home...

WEATHER FORECAST for Metropolitan Bangkok until tomorrow morning : Morning fog and cool, northeasterly winds 10-25 kph ; minimum temperature 23°C (73°F) maximum temperature 32°C (90°F)

Today the sun rises at 6.42 a.m., sets at 6.02 p.m.; the moon rises at 8.03 a.m., sets at 8.03 p.m.; high tide at 10:24 a.m. and 6:28 p.m.; low tide at 3:15 a.m. and 3.58 p.m.

Yesterday’s minimum temperature21.2°C (70.2°F) at 5:15 a.m., maximum temperature 32.4°C(90.3°F) at 2:30 p.m., average temperature26.8°C(80.2°F), average humidity 71 per cent, relative humidity at 7 p.m. – per cent (unavailable).

CHIANG MAIMorning fog and cool ; minimum

temperature 18°C(64°F), maximum temperature 30°C(90°F). KHON KAEN

Morning light fog and cool ; minimum temperature 20°C(68°F), maximum temperature 32°C(90°F).

NAKHON RATCHASIMAMorning light fog and cool ; minimum

temperature 20°C(68°F), maximum temperature 32°C(90°F).

PATTAYAMainly fair, slightsea, occasionally

moderate off-shore ; minimum temperature 24°C(75°F), maximum temperature 32°C(90°F).

KOH SAMUIPartly cloudy with isolated showers

or thunder showers, slight to moderate sea ; minimum temperature 25°C(77°F), maximum temperature 30°C(86°F).

SONGKHLAPartly cloudy and isolated showers

or thunder showers, slight to moderate sea ; minimum temperature 26°C(79°F), maximum temperature 31°C(88°F).

PHUKETMainly fair, SMOOTH TO slight sea, ;

minimum temperature 25°C(77°F), maximum temperature 33°C(91°F).

12. If you are in Songkhla, what you shouldn’t do is………………… 1. swimming in an indoor pool 2. having a party in a living room 3. doing exercise in the fitness room 4. enjoying sunbathing with your friends 5. having a chat with your relatives on the porch

13. According to the weather forecast, the province with the lowest temperature is…………….and the one with the highest temperature is……………

1. Khon Kaen-Phuket 2. Chieng Mai-Phuket 3. Bangkok-Chieng Mai 4. Chieng Mai-Khon Kaen 5. Songkhla-Nakon Ratchasima

14. What is the suitable activity to do if you are in Koh Samui? 1. Sailing 2. Riding bananaboat 3. Sunbathing on the beach 4. Riding a horse along the beach 5. Eating seafood in the restaurant

Read the comic strips and choose the best answer to each question that follows.

( 1 ) 15. When a person says that he/ she smells the roses; he/she means to say that he/she ………….…….

1.is struggling in order to be successful2.is successful and happy 3.is going to have short life 4.is about to stop doing the job 5.is in trouble to find the roses

16. A “saying” in second scene is the same as a ……………….. 1. speech 2. description 3. mission 4. proverb 5. motto

17. According to the cartoon ,Zero is …………………. 1. very optimistic and hopeful 2. ignorant and cheerful 3. open-minded and sociable 4. happy and helpful 5. introvert and desperate

Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question that follows.

18. What is the root cause of superstition? 1. Fear 2. Fear and rationalism 3. Worldwide phenomenon 4. Lack of scientific knowledge 5. Fear and lack of scientific knowledge

Superstition is the fear of what is unknown and mysterious. It is a worldwide phenomenon. It has come down to us from ancient times. Superstitions originated when man was helpless before nature. The element of fear and lack of scientific knowledge gave rise to superstitions. They are more deep rooted in India than in the other countries. Some superstitions are supposed to bring ill-luck and danger while some others are supposed to bring luck and happiness. Superstitions sometimes lead to horrifying crimes like child sacrifices and burning of women who are believed to be witches. One should follow a superstitions belief only if it has a logical as well as a scientific reasoning behind it.

19. Superstition is linked to ______ and ____. 1. ill luck and fear 2. ill luck and danger 3. fear and happiness 4. danger and accident 5. sacrifices and accident

Read the article and choose the correct answer for each item below.

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away!” But what about a carrot or a strawberry? For years doctors and dieticians have told us to eat more fruits and vegetables. Now they think fruits and vegetables may even prevent disease. Eating foods like grapes, corn, and spinach may keep us from getting sick.

How many fruits and vegetables should we eat? Experts say five to nine servings each day will keep us healthy. This may sound like a lot. Some people in the United States eat only one serving a day. But people from Asian and Mediterranean countries eat many servings of fruits and vegetables. In these countries, fewer people get cancer or heart disease than in the United States.

Here are some of the things doctors and dieticians have learned about fruits and vegetables: • Eating a diet full of all kinds of fruits and vegetables may cut our chances of getting lung and colon cancer by 30-40%. It may also cut our chances of getting stomach cancer by 60%. • Women who eat lots of brightly colored vegetables like carrots, spinach, tomatoes, and corn may cut their chances of getting breast cancer by 30-70%. Brightly colored fruits and vegetables have certain chemicals that fight diseases. Brighter colors mean of these good chemicals. • Spinach and yellow corn may prevent heart disease. • Cranberry juice may prevent bladder infections. Women who take cranberry capsules get 40%

fewer bladder infections. • Grapes help fight allergies, heart attacks, and strokes. • Soybeans may prevent osteoporosis, a disease of the bones. They may also prevent breast

cancer. Eating only one serving of soybeans a week may cut the chances of getting breast cancer by 15%.

• Garlic may keep us healthy and may prevent colds, flu, and even cancer. How can we remember which fruits and vegetables to eat? One dietician say, “Eat a colorful diet to stay healthy. Every day eat something orange like a mango, something yellow like a peach, something green like broccoli, and something red like tomatoes.” If we follow this advice, we may be able to stay healthy and live longer.

1 serving=1/2 banana, 1 small apple, or ½ cup pea

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20. “This” (line 6) means……………………….. 1. eat only one fruit a day 2. eating an apple a day

3. how to make us healthy 4. fruits and vegetables we should eat 5. eating five to nine fruit and vegetables a day

21. According to the passage, more people in America get cancer or heart disease because………… 1. they eat less fruit and vegetable 2. they smoke more 3. they lack of fruits 4. they lack of vegetables 5. they eat many servings of fruits and vegetables

22. Eating a lot of fruit and vegetable could prevent you from…………….. 1. breast cancer2. lung cancer 3. colon cancer4. stomach cancer

5. all above

23. If you want to prevent yourself from breast cancer, you should eat more…………..

1. corn and grapes2. garlic and grapes3. grapes and spinach4. soybeans and carrots

5. peaches and broccolis

24. To prevent heart diseases we should eat more………….…..1. carrots and corn 2. spinach and grapes3. tomato and spinach 4. tomato and cranberry juice

5. apples and strawberries

25. The following recipe, which one is the most healthy food? 1. Kimchi2. Spinach pizza3. Mixed vegetable salad4. Vegetable burger

5. Sushi and soybean soup

26. According to this passage, we can infer that……….…..1. Fruits and vegetables keep us healthy2. you should be careful about your eating habit

3. follow everything the doctor advice, you will live longer 4. to be healthy, we should eat colorful fruit and vegetables everyday

5. only mango, peach, broccoli and tomatoes can make you have healthy life

27. The best title for this passage is……….…..1. Fruit and Vegetable 2. Colorful fruit and vegetables 3. How to eat fruits and vegetable 4. Useful of fruits and vegetables for your health

5. How to stay healthy and live longer

Read the story and choose the correct answer from the alternative given.

The Hitchhiker

     As Andrea turned off the motorway onto the road to Brockbourne, the small village in which she lived, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, but already the sun was falling behind the hills. At this time in December, it would be completely dark by five o'clock. Andrea shivered. The interior of the car was not cold, but the trees bending in the harsh wind and the patches of yesterday's snow still heaped in the fields made her feel chilly inside. It was another ten miles to the cottage where she lived with her husband Michael, and the dim light and wintry weather made her feel a little lonely. She would have liked to listen to the radio, but it had been stolen from her car when it was parked outside her office in London about two weeks ago, and she had not got around to replacing it yet.     She was just coming out of the little village of Mickley when she saw the old lady, standing by the road, with a crude hand-written sign saying "Brockbourne" in her hand. Andrea was surprised. She had never seen an old lady hitchhiking before. However, the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady, waiting hopefully on a country road like this with little traffic. Normally, Andrea would never pick up a hitchhiker when she was alone, thinking it was too dangerous, but what was the harm in doing a favor for a little old lady like this? Andrea pulled up a little way down the road, and the lady, holding a big shopping bag, hurried over to climb in the door which Andrea had opened for her.     When she did get in, Andrea could see that she was not, in fact, so little. Broad and fat, the old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, with her big bag, and when she had got in, she more than filled the seat next to Andrea. She wore a long, shabby old dress, and she had a yellow hat pulled down low over her eyes. Panting noisily from her effort, she pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet, and said in a voice which was almost a whisper, "Thank you dearie -- I'm just going to Brockbourne."     "Do you live there?" asked Andrea, thinking that she had never seen the old lady in the village in the four years she had lived there herself.     "No, dearie," answered the passenger, in her soft voice, "I'm just going to visit a friend. He was supposed to meet me back there at Mickley, but his car won't start, so I decided to hitchhike -- there isn't a bus until seven, and I didn't want to wait. I knew some kind soul would give me a lift."

     Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head, but stared continuously into the darkness ahead from under her old yellow hat, made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didn't know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, something odd, something....dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous? it was absurd.     Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with their thick black hairs....      Thick black hairs?      Hairy arms? Andrea's blood froze.      This wasn't a woman. It was a man.      At first, she didn't know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid, and brought it to a halt.     "My God!" she shouted, "A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her!"     The "old lady" was clearly shaken by the sudden skid. "I didn't see anything dearie," she said. "I don't think you hit anything."     "I'm sure it was a child!" insisted Andrea. "Could you just get out and have a look? Just see if there's anything on the road?" She held her breath. Would her plan work?     It did. The passenger slowly opened the car door, leaving her bag inside, and climbed out to investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and accelerated madly away. The car door swung shut as she rounded a bend, and soon she had put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker.     It was only then that she thought about the bag lying on the floor in front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the old woman who was not an old woman. Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea lifted the heavy bag onto her lap and opened it curiously.     It contained only one item -- a small hand axe, with a razor-sharp blade. The axe, and the inside of the bag, were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood.     Andrea began to scream.

28. Where did Andrea work? 1.  Brockbourne

2.  Mickley 3.  London 4.  the text doesn't say 5. in the small village

29. Why didn't she listen to the radio? 1. The radio had been stolen from her car. 2. She liked peace and quiet.       3. The radio was broken. 4. There was a strike at the radio station. 5. The text doesn’t say

30. Why did she stop to give the old lady a ride? 1.  It was a cold evening. 2.  Andrea felt lonely. 3.  She felt sorry for the lady. 4. She was helpful to the strangers. 5. All of the above.

31. Where did the lady want to go? 1. Brockbourne   2. Mickley   3. London  4. The small village in London.

5. The text doesn’t’ t say.

32. What made Andrea afraid when she looked at the old lady? 1. She had a moustache. 2.  She had a hard voice like a man. 3.  She had a shopping bag. 4.  She had hairy arms. 5. She had thick black hair.

33. Why did Andrea suddenly stop the car? 1.   She thought she had hit a child in the road. 2.   She skidded on some ice in the road. 3.   She wanted to trick the passenger into getting out. 4.   She was so afraid that she couldn't concentrate, and she nearly had

a crash. 5. The passenger forced her to do that.

34. What did Andrea do when the "old lady" got out? 1.   waited for her 2.  drove away quickly 3.   opened her bag 4.   switched off the engine 5. stared at her

35. Why did Andrea look in the old lady's bag? 1.  She wanted to steal what was in it. 2.  She wanted to find her address so that she could send the bag

back to her. 3.  She wanted to borrow the old lady's tools. 4.  She wanted to find out who the strange passenger was. 5. She wanted to sell what there were in it.

36. What was the "old lady" probably going to do to Andrea? 1.  nothing 2.  kill her 3.  give her an axe 4.  visit her in Brockbourne 5. rape her

37. What wasn’t the reason why Andrea felt lonely as she drove home? 1. It was cold. 2. It was windy. 3. It was snowy. 4. It was completely dark. 5. She drove alone home.

38. Andrea decided to give “an old lady” a ride although she had never done this before when she drove alone. Andrea was…………………………………

1. kind2. hopeful3. stupid4. crazy5. optimistic

39. Someone who had stolen the car radio of Andrea was…………………………………………………… 1. sincere 2. reliable 3. honest 4. greedy 5. poor

40. What is the moral lesson of this story? 1. Don’t judge a book by its cover. 2. Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. 3. Where there is the will, there is the way. 4. Selfishness is the root of all evils. 5. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

41. 1. verified 42. 1. by 2 . supported 2. on 3. claimed 3. with 4. observed 4. as

นทานเรอง ลมกบ

ดวงอาทตย

นทานเรอง The Wind and The Sun (ลมกบดวงอาทตย)One day the wind and the sun were disputing which was the stronger.วนหนงลมกบดวงอาทตยโตเถยงกนวาใครมกำาลงมากกวากน 

Suddenly they saw a traveler coming down the road, and the sun said:ทนใดนนพวกเขากเหนคนเดนทางคนหนงกำาลงเดนมาตามถนน แลวดวงอาทตยกพดขนวา 

“I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveler to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin.”“ขาพบวธทจะตดสนการโตเถยงของเราแลว ไมวาใครกตามทสามารถทำาใหคนเดนทางผนนถอดเสอคลมได จะถกนบวาเปนผทแขงแรงกวา ทานเรมกอนนะ”

So the sun got behind a cloud. And the wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveler.ดงนนดวงอาทตยจงหลบไปอยหลงกอนเมฆ แลวลมกเรมพดคนเดนทางแรงทสดเทาทจะสามารถทำาได 

But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveler wrap his cloak round him, till at last the wind had to give in despair.แตยงลมพดแรงเทาไรคนเดนทางกยงคลมรางกายมดชดมากขนเทานน จนกระทงในทสดลมกหมดหวง 

Then the sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveler, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.จากนนดวงอาทตยกออกมาและสองแสงสวางเตมกำาลงไปยงคนเดนทางผนน ไมนานเขากเรมรสกรอนเกนกวาจะเดนตอไปพรอมกบถอดเสอคลมออกดวย

นทานเรองนสอนใหรวา“ Kindness affects more than severity.” “ความออนโยนไดผลกวาความรนแรง”

คำาศพทนาร (vocabularies)dispute (v.) = โตเถยง         suddenly (adv.) = อยางทนททนใดcloak (n.) = เสอคลม           behind (adj.) = ขางหลงdespair (v., n.) = สนหวง    kindness (n.) = ความเอออารwrap (v.) = หอ                   severity (n.) = ความรนแรง