Reading Ability

Direction: Choose the best alternative to complete the passage below.

(Item 1-10)

There is no doubt the environment has suffered a lot due to humankind’s

____1_____ of the Earth’s natural resources. Many young people want to help

____2_____ the damage, and so there are many environmental or conservation

____3_____ that you can join for a few weeks, months or even a whole year.

Because this work is ________4_____, you won’t get paid. Alo, in order to
keep ______5______ down, you will have to pay for your travel and insurance.
Accommodation and meals _______6______, but you must pay something towards
the costs. As the work can be hard, you need to be ______7____ fit. ____8_____

Experience or skills are not ______9______, because training will be given.

Most of these projects are only possible because of the volunteer’s _____10_____.

1. 1) exploration 2) discovery

3) exploitation 4) agreement

2. 1) explain 2) announce

3) repair 4) examine

3. 1) examples 2) projects

3) results 4) signs

4. 1) fundamental 2) strong

3) distinguished 4) voluntary

5. 1) expenses 2) elements

3) values 4) premiums

6. 1) rejected 2) persuaded

3) provided 4) displayed

7. 1) mentally 2) psychologically

3) possibly 4) physically

8. 1) enviable 2) previous

3) suitable 4) historic

9. 1) borrowed 2) decreased

3) required 4) specified
 10. 1) hep 2) adventure

3) development 4) invention

Reading Comprehension

Direction : Read the extracts below and answer the question that follow.

Recruitment Assistant

We are currently recruiting for a Recruitment Assistant. The key focus of

this role is to support senior recruiters to deliver the full recruitment cycle an
ensure candidates meet company and legal requirements.

Key areas of responsibility will be monitoring and updating training

records, organizing and conducting telephone and face to face interviews,
reference, checking and copying ID and compliance document, ensuring all
documents are updated regularly meeting core deadlines, resolving general queries,
sourcing relevant candidates, and advertising vacancies.

The successful candidate will have proven administration experience,

ideally working in high volume environment. Excellent attention to detail, strong PC
skills, the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, and good command of
spoken and written English are imperative for this role. HR or recruitment
experience is desirable but not essential. Applicants should send their resume and
cover letter, stating earliest availability and describing their suitability for this
position, expected salary, and three letters of reference to email : theprofessional
@outlook.com.

11. In the line2, the word” recruiting” is closet in meaning to ________________.

1) hiring 2) training

3) helping 4) recording

12. Which of the following is part of the job description?

1) Managing accounts receivable and payable

2) Supervising research

3) Repairing equipment

4) Updating all relevant documents regularly

13. Which of the following is a requirement for employment?

1) Teaching license 2) Experience in networking

3) Administration experience 4) Work permit

14. Which of the following is not necessary to apply?

1) Curriculum vitae 2) Reference

2) Cover letter 4) Previous research summary

15. Which of the following candidates is not suitable for this job?

1) A person with inadequate computer skills.

2) A person who can speak both Thai and English fluently.

3) A person who has worked in an administration position for over 5 years.

4) A person who can give a lot of attention to details.

Crops that are genetically modified have genes artificially added to

them. These genes work in two ways. First, they make the crops resistant to weed

killers. This means that farmers can spray all of their plants with poisons, but the

weeds will die and the crops will not. Secondly, the added gene or genes are

designed to make the crop deadly to any pests -- for example, insects -- that eat

them, while being harmless to humans. For farmers, the advantages are bigger

harvests, better quality plants, improved nutrition, and less need for spraying

poisons to kill insects. Not surprisingly, use of GM seeds has quickly become

extremely popular among farmers. Today, more than fifty percent of all crops

planted in the U.S. are from genetically modified seeds, including tomatoes,

squash, cotton, corn, soybeans, and potatoes. Thousands of more "designer" seeds

are on the way. Some experts think that almost everyone in the U.S. has now eaten

some food that comes from GM crops.

Yet the use of GM crops is becoming increasingly controversial. Developers of

modified seeds, such as the huge company Monsanto, have become the targets of

demonstrations and protests. Research has discovered that GM crops were harming

the monarch butterfly, and also that GM food slowed growth and increased disease

in rats. Resistance to GM foods around the world is growing.

In July 2001, the European Union passed a law requiring all food

products from GM crops to be clearly labeled. Many countries have stopped

further planting until there are more health checks. Moreover, public concern is so

great in some countries that food companies are ending the use of GM crops

altogether. In Britain, for example, many of the leading food processors such as

Northern Foods have stopped using genetically modified ingredients. In France,

Groupe Danone, the third biggest food processor in Europe, announced that it

would do the same. And both Unilever and Switzerland's Nestle stated that they

would limit or ban the use of genetically modified ingredients in selected countries.

While in the U.S., there is no requirement to label food from GM crops; people

around the world are starting to ask the same question: Just how safe are these

new "designer" foods?

16.What insect was found to be harmed by GM crops?

1) Beetle 2) Termite

3) Grasshopper 4) Monarch butterfly

17. What kind of health damage did rats suffer during research into GM food?

1) Slow growth 2) Hair loss

3) Cancerous tumors 4) Heart failure

18. What does the phrase "on the way" in line 12 mean?

1) during the growing season

2) becoming harder to find

3) during harvest and storage

4) in the process of being genetically modified

19. Which of the following is NOT the benefit for farmers of growing genetically
modified crops?

1) Improved nutrition 2) Bigger harvests

3) Better quality plants 4) Higher costs

20. According to the extract, several countries and food companies have taken
some actions against genetically modified crops, EXCEPT ________

1) they have stopped further planting until there are more health checks

2) they have ceased employing genetically modified ingredients

3) they have discontinued the use of GM crops altogether

4) they have promoted the use of genetically modified ingredients

Sentence Completion

Directions: Read each sentence and choose the alternative that best completes it.

21.________________, he wouldn’t have damaged the CD player.

1) if he had followed 2) Despite he is following

3) Although he has followed 4) Since he followed

22.Malia beach _____________ as the one of the best on the island is 10 minutes
away by foot or 2 by car.

1) considers 2) is considered

3) which is considered 4) which considers

23. ____________ knew that all the exams which were scheduled to be held today
were postponed.

1) Captain and Nawat too

2) Both Captain and Nawat

3) Either Captain nor Nawat

4) Not only Captain also but Nawat

24. Jake recommended that Susan____________ immediately.

1) was hired 2) should hire

3) be hired 4) hire

25. In countries _____________, malnutrition is inevitably a major problem.

1) where food is scare

2) in where food is scare

3) which food is scare

4) the place that food is scare

Replace the words in bold with synonym

cash machine / citizens / deter / illegal / initially

interact / monitoring / offenders / potential / shoplifters

surveillance / tags / vulnerable / warned / work out

1. Wearing a seatbelt can prevent a possible disaster in a car crash, potential.

= _______________________________________

2. My neighbours have bought a dog to stop burglars from breaking into their
house. = _______________________________________

3. Being watched is something we're all having to get used to. = ____________

4. The people of London are protesting about the increase in knife crime.

= _______________________________________

5. At first we were going to stay in a hotel, but then we decided to go camping.

= _______________________________________

6. They were interested to see how the cat would behave with their two dogs.

= _______________________________________

7. Nobody told me in advance about the road works.

= _______________________________________

8. The bank was shut so he took some money out of the place outside the bank.

= _______________________________________

9. Driving without a licence is not allowed by law. = ______________________

10. Old people and small children are left quite weak after suffering from the
illness. = _______________________________________

11. That store has installed new security cameras to catch thieves.

= _______________________________________

12. The new centre for young criminals is going to open next week.

_______________________________________

13. She had to ask the price because the clothes had no labels. = _____________

14 They're watching all the employees to find out who is using the office phone for
personal calls. = _______________________________________
15 He couldn't solve the Maths problem. =
_______________________________________