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THEMATIC ENGLISH 3-4

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PRETEST
Course Title: Thematic English III Course Credit: 1 credit
Course Number: E30203 Department: Foreign Language
Semester: First Academic Year: 2020
Item: 20 items Time: 20 minutes
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PART ONE: VOCABULARY

Directions: Choose the best alternative to make the sentence meaningful.

1. Please leave ________ directions for the housekeeper, so she knows what needs to be done.
1. explicit
☐ : clear / obvious / Frank / vnambigovs 2. explicitly adv

3. explicitness ✗ n
4. implicit inferable
5. implicitly ✗ had u

adj n
v

2. Advanced ________ is when most soft tissues are gone, whatever skin is left has turned dry and
leathery, and the skeleton is visible, thanks to the handiwork of yet more bugs.
1. subsequence Iminium
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2. decomposition -
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decay / decompose
3. expedition r.insuwwiowlnwiin.nu
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4. circumstance -
situation / condition

5. mummification w onl.to/ment-- noun

3. In 1733-1734 there was a dreadful epidemic of smallpox, which destroyed a great number of the
people. Which of the following words cannot replace the bold word “epidemic”?
1. plague r 2. disease r

3. outbreak / 4. contagion ✓
nw{ snow

5.
④ fertility morio }YWwd 6. illness ✓

v. Tobe
4. adj This country, it seems, is becoming a dystopian or a bad
Words without actions are just ________.
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society.”
1. priceless 2. valuable
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⑦ Brinn Brynn's ⑦

3. invaluable Johnny ⑦ 4. worthless ① Tiara; betadj

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5. precious 8ñnmn⑦

Effect cause

5. In 2020, the college ________ five academic subjects because few students chose them, and cut
some staff positions, the college reported.
1. damaged 2. adjusted / adapted
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3. disproved 4. rid of
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5. preferred Gounod

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6. Students and teachers of Suankularb Wittayalai School provided more than 3000-bottle eco bricks
to exhibit on the Foreign Language Day. Besides, all bottles were collected and donated to the
________ school, Bamboo School in Kanchanaburi province, for charity.
1. existed Now; 2. designated Munn

3. drifted isdow / union "

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5. devasted minerals
devastated

winÑwW ① modal
verb

7. While the occasional alcoholic drink won't affect your complexion, excess alcohol consumption will
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v. inf your body and will affect the beauty of your complexion
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V. 2
1. dehydrate
C 2. dehydrated ✗

4. dehydratinging
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3. dehydration ✗
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5. dehydrates ✗

PART TWO: ONE DOESN’T BELONG

Directions: Three of the words in each group relate to each other somehow. Choose the word that does
not belong with others.

8. 1. guard 1- 2. save t

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3. prevent -

It 4. protect t

/ decline diminish
reduce/decrease / ease / drop /
9. 1. decline 2. decrease dwindle / lessen / lower / slacken / subside / fall

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✓
3. diminish 4. derive
a 1 , " join NNd9
10. 1. beginner starter /amatuer 2.
C specialist expert / master / scholar
3. neophyte starter 4. novice starter

PART THREE: ANALOGY

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Directions: The two given words are associated somehow in their meaning. Choose the pair that has
the same kind of relationship.

11. survive : survival v : n survivor eperson )

V : he person )
n : n( person
1. ski : skier 2. trekking : trekker
v n v V

3. harm : harm 4. occur : take place

e ①
12. harmful : harmless antonym { ÉI
( to
build )
, egg, ,
1. dangerous : perilous ✗ OTRMSIU 2. erect : construct
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3. remote : isolated ✗ far 4. potential : impossible
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possible

13. despite : in spite of h%y§ synonym hilarious

ritual ijfñnisineid
1. fossil fuel : corn ethanol ✗ 2. renewable : non-renewable
t

3.
c alternative fuel : biofuel 4. priceless : worthless
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↳ wÑssiwmsÑon / WÑsg7bndllhw

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PART FOUR: MEANING RECOGNITION Jin / finish

Directions: Choose the alternative which has the same meaning as the underlined word in the given
sentence.
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14. Life at college where I enrolled in the modern art course was nothing like I expected.
luÑoW
1. She is good at subjects like art and physical education. Such as

want / desire
2. Do you think she would like us to bring some chocolates or flowers? =

03. At last he saw something in the darkness that looked like two balls of fire.
mom
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4. There is something child-like about Marianne; she always seems so innocent.

5. I’d like to say thank you to everyone who's helped make our party such a special occasion!

-88 n . i§wrÉoi7 field

15. Although this plant is popularly termed the "meadow mushroom," it never as a rule grows in
meadows.
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1. It is very interesting to watch a plant grow; it is like taking part in creation.
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pioneer
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2. She was a plant who .uy

lured and lied to you and probably the rest of your brothers.
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3. That range between the smallest pea plant and the largest is the full spectrum of what that
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plant can be.
v. Wgn
4. The farmers, with these contracts in hand, can plant aggressively knowing they have a ready
buyer at a fixed price.
5. The youth may build or plant or sail, only let him not be hindered from doing that which he tells
me he would like to do.

PART FIVE: READING

Directions: Read the following passage and choose the best answer.

16. Mum came tumbling down the stairs. “THERE’S A GHOST!” she cried.
Dad got up and went upstairs to investigate.
Dad came running down the stairs. “IT’S TRUE!” he cried.
I ran upstairs.

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I came back down to comfort Mum and Dad.
“APRIL FOOLS!” they yelled.
“Guys, it’s December,” I said.
writer purpose ?
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1. To amuse
① iwdooiwunndisrofsiwdondun.ch 2. To determine
wiser
3. To investigate 4. To describe
vi. 9ñnÑd

5. To frighten

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17. Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of all time and an internationally recognizable
NBA superstar, died in a helicopter crash Sunday outside Los Angeles. He was 41 years old. Bryant
was flying with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people when the helicopter went
down “in a remote field” in Calabasas, Calif. around 10 a.m., according to the Associated Press. All
nine people aboard the helicopter were killed, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said.

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1. To convince
n

2. To delight
:lñn% news-C-fo.ir
Gianni
3. To inform
C 4. To analyze
5. To frighten

18. According to the provided lyrics, why did the composer compare “my heart” with “December”?

There's a time that I remember, when I did not know no pain

When I believed in forever, and everything would stay the same
Now my heart feel like December when somebody say your name
'Cause I can't reach out to call you, but I know I will one day, yeah
(Memories, Maroon 5)

1. December, the month of celebrations, is very famous for its festivals. ✗

2. December, the month of joyful celebrations, makes all lovers happy and admirable. ✗
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3. Talking about his old family holidays has made him feel quite nostalgic and homesick.✗
4. Having fun a lot of activities in December, the writer feels nostalgic for his ex-girlfriend.
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5. Having fun a lot of activities in December, the writer feels optimistic about his ex-girlfriend.

PART FIVE: CLOZE TEST

Directions: Choose the best alternative to complete the passage.

Erosion of America’s farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the
prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282
rising , :
million acres of farmland 19 by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts, soil
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erosion has accelerated 20 new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production.
In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum
scarcity as the nations most critical natural resource problem.
V3tBy . . . . .

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19. 1. are damaged v3 2. are damaging vinyl
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3. were damaged v3
4. were damaging vinyl
5. have been damaged V3

20. ☐
1. due to rwsniitl.tn ) 2. for Iwai Ji t Sy

3. hence 50 4. whether u§oYj

5. as soon as ns.ndnd

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YOUR OWN NOTE TAKING

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explicit : intro hence

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priceless alpinum =
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devastated n'snorts :
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neophyte :
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erect : airs
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Subject: Thematic English 3-4 Suankularb Wittayalai School Subject Code: ENG30203-4