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SECTION I: LISTENING & SPEAKING
Directions: Choose the best answers to fill
in the blanks.
Conversation I
Situation: Mr. Dan Brown, the
headmaster of Greenscity High is talking
with Sgt Sam about Bob.
Brown: How're things, Sergeant?
Sgt: Oh, Mr. Brown! _____1_____
Excuse me for being a little slow.
I just didn't expect to see you
here, that's all. When was the last
time we saw each other?
Brown: Last Easter, I think. But actually,
I saw you from time to time on
the road, but it was just not the
right spot to say hello.
Sgt: Right. And what's brought you
here today? ______2_____
Brown: Oh yes, Sergeant. As you very
well know, one of Greenscity
High's students, Bob Marley, is
detained here _____3_____
I just want to know what's going
on.
Sgt: Would you like to see him?
Brown: I'd appreciate if that is possible,
but it can be later. What's
bothering me is that I've talked to
many people who know Bob
Marley, they think umm ...,
_____4_____Umm. They don't
believe that Bob Marley
committed the crime.
Sgt: Well, Mr. Brown, it's up to them
what they want to believe. I have
all the evidence that proves his
guilt.
Brown: But Sergeant, Bob never had any
bad record and the Marleys are
decent people. This is a small
town. Everyone knows each
other _____5_____ It's very
difficult for everybody
_____6_____ the charge.
Sgt: Mr. Brown, I didn't believe it
myself at the beginning, but after
questioning him everything
_____7_____
Brown: Can you tell me about it?
Sgt: Oh yes, sure. And it is what I've
been telling everybody. Listen,
Bob Marley cannot prove his alibi
for one thing. _____8_____ he
was under circumstances that
made him feel threatened. He was
emotionally unstable at the time
of the crime. The whole thing just
makes perfect sense to me.
Brown: We've heard that but we really
can't agree with your conclusion.
_____9_____we believe that Bob
was with Tim Hoffman when the
school was burned to the ground.
Wouldn't it be a better move to
question Tim before sending Bob
to court?
Sgt: He has had a very bad accident.
Nobody knows if or when he will
be _____10_____ again. I can't
wait for that.
Brown: _____11_____ turns out that Bob
Marley is innocent?
Sgt: That can't be, Mr. Brown. I can
assure you that Bob Marley is the
culprit. He'll be in court
tomorrow. I think we'd better
leave this matter to the judge.
There's nothing we can do now.
 1. 1. Very well, and you? 5. 1. like their owns families.
2. Everything is wonderful. 2. by chance.
3. Not bad, not bad. 3. at heart.
4. Couldn't be bothered. 4. by heart.
5. How do you do? 5. really well.

2. 1. Are you from Greenscity High? 6. 1. to come to terms with

2. Anything can I do for you? 2. to come in for
3. What can I do to please you? 3. to come down with
4. You sure are in trouble. 4. to come up with
5. You did it again, right? 5. to come across with

3. 1. on a vandalism charge. 7. 1. gave me a good guess.

2. as vandal charge. 2. were in a nutshell.
3. in vandalism charge. 3. made up a good pictures.
4. for vandal charge. 4. fell into place.
5. in vandal charge. 5. turned to pieces.

4. 1. what should I say? 8. 1. And for that reason,

2. what should I do? 2. And another thing,
3. how can I put it? 3. On the other hands,
4. how shall I put in? 4. On the top of it,
5. how can I say? 5. On the contrary,

9. 1. Furthermore,
2. Believe it or not,
3. Because of that,
4. Despite of the fact that,
5. On the contrary,

10. 1. around
2. up and about
3. on his toe
4. up and away
5. off and on

11. 1. What will you do

2. Is it possible
3. What if it
4. How about if
5. What is it

Adapted from: Yomanage, P. (1994). Entrance Handbook 2. Bangkok: The Nation Publishing House. (Page 40)
 SECTION II: READING

Part One: Graph and Ad

Directions: Study the bar charts and

answer the questions that follow.

13. This bar chart shows that _____

GLOBAL COVERAGE
MEASLES VACCINES, 1. more one-year-old children should be
1983-1990 vaccinated against measles.
2. measles cases in one-year-olds are
% one-year-old gradually increasing.
children immunized 3. more one-year-olds need a measles
90 80
immunization each year.
80 4. measles cases in one-year-olds are
68
70 61 worsening.
60 55 5. more and more one-year-olds have had
50 45 a measles immunization each year.
39 42
40
30
20 13
10 14. What year shows the biggest increase
0 of immunized one-year-olds compared
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990

to the previous year?

1. 1986
2. 1989
3. 1984
12. What does this bar chart display?
4. 1983
5. 1990
1. the percentage of children who are
immunized in one year
2. the number of one-year-old children
immunized against measles
15. Which three consecutive years have an
3. the percentage of the one-year-olds all
increase of 3% in each year?
over the world who were vaccinated
against measles
1. 1989, 1984, 1985
4. the percentage of children all over the
2. 1988, 1989, 1990
world who were vaccinated against
3. 1984, 1985, 1986
measles at the age of one year old
4. 1986, 1987, 1988
5. the percentage of measles vaccine used
5. 1983, 1984, 1985
on one year-old-children between 1989-
1990

Adapted from: Yomanage, P. (1994). Entrance Handbook 2. Bangkok: The Nation Publishing House. (Page 189)
Directions: Read the following ad and
answer the following questions.
HE CAN BARELY MOVE,
BUT WHAT HE CAN DO
WILL MOVE YOU.
One look at them and you tend
to feel sorry. But spend just a few
minutes more, and you'll be amazed.
Because as helpless as they look,
hopeless they are not. Ah Cheong and
over 2,700 others like him are our
disabled. Some even suffer from more
than one form of disability. Yet the
spirit and determination they show can
be a lesson to us all. All they need in
return is a little help in providing them
with much needed facilities and
equipment. All they need is a little
help, to be able to feel as special as
everyone else.
Be a SHARE donor. Call
(1800) 336 9000 today. You'll learn
that no one is beyond help. And no one
is beyond hope.
16. The headline of this passage means
_________
1. this person can do very little, but what
he can do benefits a lot of people.
2. he cannot do anything for himself, but
he can do a lot for you.
3. the abilities he has, despite his
physical disability, will make you feel
sympathetic towards him.
4. the person mentioned is seriously ill
and looks very pitiful.
5. this person cannot move, but he can
do many other special things.
17. What is the message this passage
wants to pass on?
1. Disabled people are not all helpless;
what they need is some facilities and
equipment that will make them be able
to look after themselves.
2. The disabled are very pitiful, so healthy
people should help them and treat them
like special people.
3. With the luck healthy people have, they
should be thankful and treat the
disabled well.
4. Disabled people could not survive
unless they received help from normal
people.
5. If you feel sorry for disabled people,
you can help by giving them as much as
they want.
18. What is the purpose of this passage?
1. to make the public feel sympathy for
the disabled
2. to make the public aware of the
problem
3. to make the public aware of the number
of disabled people
4. to tell the truth about disabled people
5. to make the problem known to the
public and ask for donations
19. What are the items needed by disabled
people mentioned in the passage?
1. hope and help
2. facilities and equipment
3. strong spirit and determination
4. moral support and understanding
5. money and modern conveniences
 20. The given telephone number is for
________
1. people who want to give
encouragement to disabled people.
(15)
2. people who are looking for a job in
organizations helping disabled people.
3. people who want to make a donation to
the disabled.
4. people who want to know more about
the problems of the disabled. (20)
5. people who want to spend time with the
disabled.
21. " ... no one is beyond help. And no
one is beyond hope." These two
sentences mean ________
1. everybody can be helped and no one's
situation is so bad that they would have
to give up hope.
2. one should keep their hope because
there is always help.
3. help and hope are always within reach.
4. there is nothing like too much help and
too much hope.
5. one cannot get any help unless one has
some hope.
Adapted from: Yomanage, P. (1994). Entrance
Handbook 2. Bangkok: The Nation Publishing
House. (Page 176)
Part Two: Reading Passage
Directions: Read the following passage
and choose the best answers to the
questions.
Federal Express is a company that
specializes in rapid overnight delivery of
high-priority packages. The first company
of its type, Federal Express was founded
(5) by the youthful Fred Smith in 1971, when
he was only 28 years old. Smith had
actually developed the idea for the rapid
delivery service in a term paper for an
economics class when he was a student at
(10) Yale University. The term paper reputedly
received a less-than-stellar grade because
of the infeasibility of the project that Smith
had outlined. The model that Smith
proposed had never been tried; it was a
model that was efficient to operate but at
the same time was very difficult to
institute.
Smith achieved efficiency in his
model by designing a system that was
separate from the passenger system and
could, therefore, focus on how to deliver
packages most efficiently. His strategy was
to own his own planes so that he could
create his own schedules and to ship all
packages through the hub city of
(25)
Memphis, a set-up which resembles the
spokes on the wheel of a bicycle. With this
combination of his own planes and hub
set-up, he could get packages anywhere in
(30) the United States overnight.
What made Smith's idea difficult to
institute was the fact that the entire system
had to be created before the company
could begin operations. He needed a fleet
(35) of aircraft to collect packages from airports
every night and deliver them to Memphis,
where they were immediately sorted and
flown out to their new destinations; he
needed a fleet of trucks to deliver packages
(40) to and from the various airports; he needed
facilities and trained staff all in place to
handle the operation. Smith had a $4
million inheritance from his father, and he
managed to raise an additional $91 million
(45) dollars from venture capitalists to get the
company operating.
When Federal Express began service
in 1973 in 25 cities, the company was not
an immediate success, but success did
(50) come within a relatively short period of
time. The company lost $29 million in the
first 26 months of operations. However,
the tide was to turn relatively quickly. By
late 1976, Federal Express was carrying an
(55) average of 19,000 packages per night and
had made a profit of $3.6 million.
22. The best title for this passage is 26. A "hub city" in line 25 is _____.
________.
1. a large city with small cities as
1. The Problems and Frustrations of a destinations
Business Student 2. a city that is the final destination for
2. The Importance of Business Studies many routes
3. The Implementation of a Successful 3. a city where many bicycle routes
Business begin
4. The Capitalization of Federal Express 4. a city where there is an airport
5. The Need for Rapid Overnight Delivery 5. a centralized city with destinations
of Packages emanating from it

23. The word "developed" in line 7 could 27. It can be inferred from the passage
best be replaced by _______. that Smith selected Memphis as his
hub city because it ________.
1. come up with
2. come across 1. was near the middle of the country
3. come about 2. was a favorite passenger airport
4. come after 3. had a large number of passenger
5. come into aircraft
4. already had a large package delivery
service
24. What is stated in the passage about 5. was a city where most prospective
Smith's term paper? customers lived

1. Smith submitted it through a delivery

service. 28. The pronoun "they" in line 37 refers to
2. Its grade was mediocre. ________.
3. It was written by a student of Smith's.
4. The professor thought it had great 1. aircraft
potential. 2. packages
5. It presented the project that was very 3. operations
practical. 4. destinations
5. airports

25. What was a key idea of Smith's?

29. It is NOT mentioned in the passage
1. That he should focus on passenger that, in order to set up his company,
service Smith needed ________.
2. That package delivery should be
developed in parallel with passenger 1. airplanes
service 2. trucks
3. That packages could be delivered on 3. personnel
other companies' planes 4. facilities
4. That passenger service had to be 5. faculty
efficient
5. That package delivery should be
separate from passenger service
30. How long did it take Federal Express SECTION III: WRITING
to become profitable?
Part One: Cloze Test
1. two months
2. one year Directions: Read the passage below and
3. three years select the best word choices to complete
4. six years the passage.
5. eight years
Cloze Passage

31. Which paragraph explains what made A series of experiments performed by

Smith's model effective? scientists from UK and Japan __33__ that
coffee and naps __34__ together maximize
1. The first paragraph the brain’s alertness much better than
2. The second paragraph when taken alone.
3. The third paragraph Scientists at Loughborough University in
4. The last paragraph Britain found out that tired test takers who
5. The third and the last paragraphs drank a cup of coffee and immediately
took a __35__ nap had __36__ than those
who only drank coffee or only took a nap.
32. The tone of the passage in describing
Smith's accomplishments is _____. The secret is in how the combination of
caffeine and sleep __37__ a
1. exaggerated neuromodulator called adenosine.
2. unflattering
3. sincere Normal activity slowly raises the level of
4. unconvincing adenosine in the brain, __38__ makes us
5. snobbish __39__. Coffee reduces adenosine, while
sleep naturally clears it from the brain.

Adapted from: Phillips, D. (2003). Longman
Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test:
The Paper Test. New York: Pearson Education.
(Page 244)
As research shows that it takes __40__
affecting the brain, taking a nap
immediately after drinking coffee
enhances its effect on adenosine.

Scientists say __41__ should drink coffee

quickly in order to have enough time for
the nap, __42__ no more than 20 minutes.
For those who do not fall asleep easily,
scientists say even a half-asleep stage
works.

Adapted from:
http://www.voanews.com/content/scientists-coffee-
and-naps-the-best-combination/2432774.html
33. 1. suggests 2. suggest 42. 1. which should last
3. suggesting 4. that suggest 2. should last
5. to suggest 3. that should last
4. which should be lasted
5. that should be lasted
34. 1. take 2. taking
3. are taken 4. taken
5. to take Part Two: Paragraph Organization

Directions: Choose the correct answers

35. 1. 15-minutes 2. 15-minute that show the logical sequences.
3. 15 minutes 4. 15 minute
5. 15 minute’s 43. A. A man of another country will
not do so.
B. One may observe that a man of
36. 1. errors in driving simulator fewer one nation will remove his hat
2. errors in driving simulator less or fold his hands by way of
3. fewer errors in driving simulator greetings when he meets
4. less errors in driving simulator someone he knows.
5. fewer in driving simulator errors C. Politeness is not a quality
possessed by only one nation or
race.
37. 1. affected 2. affecting D. It is a quality to be found among
3. effects 4. affect all peoples and nations in every
5. affects corner of the earth.
E. Obviously, each person follows
the custom of his particular
38. 1. which 2. that country.
3. where 4. it
5. who 1. B-A-C-D-E
2. E-D-C-B-A
3. E-B-A-D-C
39. 1. feel tiring 2. to feel tired 4. C-D-B-A-E
3. feel tired 4. feeling tired 5. C-E-B-A-D
5. feeling tiring

Adapted from: http://www.indiabix.com/verbal-

40. 1. about 20 minutes for caffeine to ability/ordering-of-sentences/017007
start
2. for caffeine about 20 minutes to
start
3. about 20 minutes to start caffeine
4. caffeine to start about 20 minutes
5. 20 minutes caffeine about to start

41. 1. they 2. one

3. he 4. those
5. these