I. Choose the word, phrase, or sentence that best fits the space in each sentence or best answers the question. (3.5 pts). ⇱
5. Sarah: Well, everyone, I shall be absent _______ work for the next six weeks.
Tom: Oh, are you taking a holiday?
Sarah: Yes, a nice long one! So, a happy Christmas to all of you!
10. Bride: I'm so sorry you missed the wedding, John.
John: I really wanted to be there! I didn't get your invitation in time.
Bride: I know, I couldn't send it to you _______ the post office closed on Sunday.
II. Look at the sign or the notice. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for questions 15 and 16. (0.5 pt) ⇱
III. Choose the word that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.5 pts) ⇱
Couples in Thailand tie the knot on elephants on Valentine‘s Day
Fifty-nine couples in Thailand got married while riding elephants on Sunday, in an annual Valentine’s Day mass wedding (17) _________ at a botanical garden in a province east of Bangkok.
Dancers and a band led the procession of elephants and couples and a (18) ________ official, also on an elephant, oversaw the signing of the marriage license.
“For me, I’ve been planning for a long time that if I were to sign a marriage license one day, it must be an extraordinary event,” said groom Fatiphat Panthanon, 26, sitting beside his (19) _________ bride.
The elephant-back wedding is an annual event at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Chonburi province which usually attracts up to a hundred couples. But this year (20) _________ the coronavirus pandemic, the numbers were down.
Kampon Tansacha, president of the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, said that due to strict screening protocols for visitors, people were feeling (21) _________ and have started to come back to visit the botanical park, (22) _______ showcases recreations of landscaped gardens from around the world.
IV. Read the following passage. Decide if the statements from 23 to 26 are True or False. Choose the correct answer for questions 27 and 28. (1.5 pts) ⇱
Globalization
Globalization is a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place. Globalization also captures in its scope the economic and social changes that have come about as a result. People, money, material goods, ideas, and even disease and devastation have traveled these silken strands, and have done so m greater numbers and with greater speed than ever in the present age.
When did globalization begin? Many scholars say it started with Columbus’s voyage to the New World in 1492. With the Information Age, globalization went into overdrive. Advances in computer and communications technology launched a new global era and redefined what it meant to be “connected”.
The World Wide Web and the Internet allowed someone in Germany to read about a breaking news story in Bolivia in real time. Someone wishing to
travel from Boston, Massachusetts, to London, England, could do so in hours rather than the week or more it would have taken a hundred years ago. This digital revolution massively impacted economies across the world as well.
V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence. (1.5 pts) ⇱
VI. Look at the entry of the word “lifestyle” in a dictionary. Use what you can get from the entry to complete the sentences with two or three words. (0.5 pt) ⇱
