10. Pre-test
เล่มที่ 2 การอ่านข่าว (NEWS)
Directions: Read the following News and choose the best answer. (1 - 5)
A dog saved a farmer’s life
Boza – A dog saved a farmer’s life by alerting his
family that he was lying unconscious in a field,
ambulance workers said recently. The dog began
banging on the door of the family home in Morwell,
eastern Victoria, during weekend storms in the area,
Rural Ambulance Victoria paramedic Eddie Wright told
a Boza radio station.
Leonard Richard, 52, had been checking his
property for storm damage when he was hit on the
head by a falling branch on Sunday morning, about
200 meters from the house. He was knocked
unconscious and could have died had he not been
found so quickly, Mr. Wright said. “The dog alerted
them to where he was and went and set down next to
him and that’s how they found him,” he said. “the
farmer’s wife followed the dog because it was acting
out of character.” The dog was adopted by the family
about 10 years ago.
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11. 1. What is the main idea of this News?
a. Leonard Richard checking his property.
b. A dog began banging on the door.
c. A dog saved a farmer’s life by alerting his family.
d. A dog was adopted by the family about 10 years.
2. What does the dog find the farmer?
a. in a field
b. in a street
c. in his house
d. in the morning
3. Why does the farmer’s wife follow a dog?
a. because a dog is sick
b. because a dog runs away
c. because a dog was adopted by his family
d. because the dog bang on the door and acting out of character
4. Who helps farmer’s life?
a. A dog
b. Mr. Wright
c. A farmer’s wife
d. Leonard Richard
5. Appropriately how old is dog?
a. 200 meters
b. 10 years old
c. 52 years old
d. Sunday morning
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12. Directions: Read the following News and choose the correct answer. (6 – 10)
A man fired shots at a teenager
Chicago, United States – A Chicago man pulled out a gun
and fired shots at a teenager who lit up a cigarette in his “no
smoking place” Slobovan Djordjevic, 26, picked up five men at
the National Restaurant show at Mc Cormick place. One of
them, Les Reiff, began smoking. Djordjevic told Reiff he could
not smoke and asked him to put out the cigarette. Instead, Reiff
hit him, and his fellow teenagers refused to pay the fare. The
man then got a revolver from the trunk of the taxi and started
firing as the teenagers fled. No one was injured, but Djordjevic
was later jailed over the incident.
6. What is the main idea of this News?
a. A teenager refused to pay the fare.
b. A teenager lit up a cigarette in a taxi.
c. A Chicago taxi driver pulled out a gun and fired shots at a teenager.
d. Five men at the National Restaurant show at Mc Cormick place.
7. Where does the taxi driver pick up the teenagers?
a. Les Reiff
b. Slobovan Djordjevic
c. The International Restaurant
d. The International Restaurant show at Mc Cormick Place.
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13. 8. Why does the taxi driver shot the teenager?
a. Because the teenagers smoked.
b. Because the teenagers are drunk.
c. Because the teenagers are impolite.
d. Because the teenagers talk loudly.
9. How many passengers are there in the taxi?
a. four teenagers
b. five teenagers
c. six teenagers
d. seven teenagers
10. Who is the man?
a. Les Reiff
b. Cigarette
c. Cormick Place
d. Slobovan Djordjevic
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16. ข่าว (News) หมายถึง เหตุการณ์ที่คนในสังคมกาลังให้ความสนใจและตีพิมพ์
เผยแพร่ทางหนังสือพิมพ์ หรือนิตยสาร เหตุการณ์ที่นามาเขียนเป็นข่าวจะต้องเป็น
เรื่องทันเหตุการณ์หรือส่งผลกระทบต่อบุคคลในสังคม
องค์ประกอบของข่าวมี 3 ส่วน คือ
1. Headline (หัวข้อข่าว/พาดหัวข่าว) ให้ข้อมูลแก่ผู้อ่านถึงแนวคิดว่าข่าว
เกี่ยวกับเรื่องอะไร โดยชี้ให้เห็นความสาคัญของเรื่อง
2. Lead (พาดหัวรอง) ย่อหน้าแรกของข่าวจะบอกความสาคัญของ
ข้อเท็จจริงในข่าวหรือใจความสาคัญ ขยายความหัวข่าวเด่นและให้ข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมอีก
เล็กน้อยเพื่อนาผู้อ่านเข้าสู่เนื้อข่าว
3. Body (เนื้อข่าว) บอกรายละเอียดของข่าวอย่างละเอียดว่าใคร ทาอะไร
ที่ไหน เมื่อไร อย่างไร
วิธีการอ่านข่าวให้เข้าใจ
เราสามารถสรุปข่าวทั้งเรื่องได้จากการอ่านข่าวนา เพราะข่าวนาจะให้ข้อมูล
แก่เรา ดังนี้
Who ใคร What ทาอะไร
Where ที่ไหน When เมื่อไร
Why ทาไม How อย่างไร
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17. The Structure of News
Example 1
A big fire at Sampeang Headlind
A big fire broke out at Sampeang last night. It burnt
down 20 shop housed and caused more than 20 million baht
of damage.
Lead
The fire started at 7.15 p.m. on the second floor of
Kor. Charoenpanich which was a store in Soi Wanich 1 on
Rachawong Road. It spread quickly to nearly shop houses.
Twenty – five fire engines rushed to the scene. They put out
the fire an hour later.
Body
Vocabulary
1. A big fire (n.) ไฟขนาดใหญ่
2. burnt (v.) เผาไหม้
3. fire engine (n.) รถดับเพลิง
4. rush (v.) เร่งรีบ
5. store (n.) ร้านค้า
6. scene (n.) สถานที่เกิดเหตุ
1. What is the main idea of this News?
a. A big fire broke out of at Sampeang.
b. 20 shop houses were brunt last night.
c. Twenty – five fire engines rushed to the scene.
d. The fire started at 7.15 p.m. on the second floor of Kor.
Answer : a.
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18. Write T in front of the statements that are correct and F in front of
the statements that are not correct.
T 2. A fire broke out at Sampeang.
T 3. Many shop houses were damaged by a big fire.
F 4. The fire started in the morning.
F 5. The fire spread very slowly to nearly shop houses.
Example 2
A bus packed with passengers heading to a funeral bumbled down
a mountain in Kanchanaburi province on Saturday. Nine people died and 26
others were injured.
The accident occurred after the driver lost control of the bus. The
driver then fled the scene. About 40 passengers from Pathum Thani province
near Bangkok were on their way to a funeral of a respected abbot in
Sangklaburi
Vocabulary
1. packed (v.) บรรจุ
2. heading (v.) มุ่งไป
3. funeral (n.) งานศพ
4. tumbled (v.) พลิกคว่า
5. injured (v.) บาดเจ็บ
6. occurred (v.) เกิดขึ้น
7. fled (v.) หลบหนี
8. respected (n.) ประเด็น
9. abbot (n.) เจ้าอาวาส
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19. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. The driver lost control of the bus.
b. The driver then fled the scene.
c. Bus Accident Kills 9 in Thailand.
d. The mountain accident.
Answer: c.
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20. Directions : Read each news and choose the best answer. (10 marks)
Freestyle football competition
There is a competition in Brazil. It is a competition
in freestyle football. People from 45 countries come to
compete. They kick the ball and do tricks. Every
competitor has 3 minutes. The winner is a man from
Britain. His name is Andrew Henderson. He is very
happy to be the winner. He thanks all the people who
helped him.
Vocabulary
1.competition(n.) การแข่งขัน
2.freestyle (adj.) รูปแบบอิสระ
3.country(n.) ประเทศ
4.tricks (v.) เล่ห์เหลี่ยม
5.winner(n.) ผู้ชนะ
1. What is the main idea of this News?
a. It is a competition in freestyle football.
b. The winner is a man from Britain.
c. There is a competition in Brazil.
d. Andrew Henderson is very happy to be the winner.
Answer: ………………..
Practice 2.1
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21. Write T in front of the statements that are correct and F in front of the
statements that are not correct.
2. There is a competition in Brazil.
3. People from 54 countries come to compete.
4. Every competitor has 3 minutes.
5. The winner is a man from Brazil.
Line dancing record
People set another world record. Around
25,000 people meet in a Chinese city. They line
dance. There are 8,000 more people than at the
second largest line dance.
Vocabulary
1.record (n.) บันทึก
2.Around (adv.) โดยประมาณ
3.meet (v.) พบกันเป็นครั้งแรก
4.line (n.) แถว
5.second (n.) ลาดับที่สอง
6.largest (adj.) ใหญ่ที่สุด
6. What is the main idea of this News?
a. There are 8,000 more people than at the second largest line dance.
b. Around 25,000 people meet in a Chinese city.
c. They line dance.
d. Many people dress up as penguins.
Answer: ………………..
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22. Write T in front of the statements that are correct and F in front of the
statements that are not correct.
7. Around 25,000 people meet in a Chinese city.
8. Chinese line dance.
9. There are 800 more people at line dance.
10. Chinese set the second largest line dance.
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23. Directions: Read the following News and choose the best answer.
(10 marks)
Example
Thailand’s world-famous underwater festival will no longer be
a straight-laced affair, as gay couples will soon be allowed to join the annual
event. The festival takes place in Trang province every Valentine’s Day
Vocabulary
1. famous(adj.) มีชื่อเสียง 5. province(n.) จังหวัด
2. underwater(adj.) ใต้น้า 6. couples(n.) คู่สามีภรรยา
3. festival(n.) เทศการ 7. annual(adj.) ประจาปี
4. affair(n.) เหตุการณ์ 8. join(v.) เข้าร่วม
What is the correct heading in this news?
a. Gay wedding
b. Underwater wedding festival
c. Underwater wedding goes gay
d. The gay festival in Trang Povince
Answer : d
Practice 2.2
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24. A race is held in Japan. This race is special. The runners run on all
fours – they run on their legs and their arms.
An 18-year-old man wins. He beats a 30-year-old man.
The older man was the best. He is now the second.
The winner’s time is 15.86 seconds. His hero is Usain Bolt. His favourite
animal is the monkey. The older man is the inventor of the sport.
1. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. His hero is Usain Bolt
b. Racing on all fours
c. The older man was the best
d. The older man is the inventor of the sport
Answer: ………………..
This news is from Venezuela. A girl becomes pregnant very 3 minutes
there. These girls are under 18. Some people think that this is a problem.
They do not say that maternity is bad. They say that teenage girls are too
young for this. The girls have other problems. Their bodies and minds are
changing fast. Having a child is a problem for them. A group of people put
mannequins in a shop window. These mannequins
are not normal. They look like pregnant girls.
People see them. They start to talk
about the problem.
2. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. A girl pregnant every 3 minutes
b. Pregnant is a problem
c. Teenage girls are too young for pregnant
d. Teenage mothers in Venezuela
Answer: ………………..
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25. A basketball player sets a new record. He is at a court. He stands near
one basket. The second basket is behind him. It is 82 feet away (25 metres).
He throws the ball behind him.The ball flies over
the court. It hits the basket. People write the new
record into the Guinness Book of World Records.
This player set the old record, too. The ball flew
72 feet (22 metres).
3. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. The basketball player
b. The Guinness Book of World Records
c. New record
d. New basketball record
Answer: ………………..
A little otter is found. People find her on a beach in California.
She is not well. Her mother is gone. People must help her.
The otter is five weeks old, and she is better now.
She weighs six pounds (2.7 kilograms) and
is 22 inches long (56centimetres).
4. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. On a beach
b. Finding in California
c. Little otter in Chicago
d. Her mother is gone
Answer: ………………..
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26. A man is at a hospital. He is very confused. He is 68 years old.
The hospital is in Minnesota.The man attacks the nurses there. He tries
to hit them with a metal bar. He injures
four medical workers. People call the police.
They stop and arrest the man. However,
he is not well. He goes back to hospital,
and he dies there.
5. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. Attack in a hospital
b. Confused man
c. The man in the hospital
d. The confused hospital
Answer: ………………..
This news is from Santiago de Chile. Twenty cars meet there. They are
in front of the presidential palace. They are special. They are solar-powered.
Some of the cars are hybrids. Some you can ride
like a bicycle. The cars prepare for a race. The
race goes through the Atacama Desert. The race
takes five days. It is 870 miles long (1,400 km).
6. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. The race
b. The Atacama Desert
c. Solar-powered cars
d. The car at the presidential palace
Answer: ………………..
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27. This news is about an animal. It is very rare. It lives in Afghanistan. It is
a deer. It has two long teeth. Vampires have
these same teeth. The animals are in danger.
There are not many of them. They may die
out soon. This is because people catch and
kill them. The natural home of this animal is
also becoming smaller.
7. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. Deer with a vampire’s teeth
b. Rare animal
c. Vampires in Afghanistan
d. Animals are in danger
Answer: ………………..
This happens in England. Police chase a car. They go 120 miles per
hour (193 kph). There are two drug dealers in the car. The police film the
situation. The drug dealers throw the drugs out of the car. The drugs are
worth a lot of money. A police car gets in front of the car. There is a police
car behind it, too. The drug dealers
must stop. Police later finds the drugs
on the motorway. The two men go to prison.
One goes for 15 months. The other one goes for 5 years.
8. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. 120 miles per hour
b. Drug dealers
c. High-speed car chase
d. Drugs on the motorway
Answer: ………………..
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28. There were two buildings in New York. They looked the same. They
were the Twin Towers. They are not in New York now. They were destroyed
in 2001. Now there is a new building. It is the
One Trade Center. It has 104 stores. It cost 3.9 billion
dollars to make. One company moves into the building.
It has floors 20 to 44. More people will move in the
building in 2015.
9. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. Two buildings in New York
b. Twin Towers
c. The new building
d. One World Trade Center
Answer: ………………..
Here is some news from Australia. A man is at sea. He is 26 years old.
He sees a whale. It is dead. There are sharks around it. The man jumps in the
water. He climbs on the whale. Then he stands on it for a moment.
Authorities think about punishing him, but they don’t.
The whale was dead. He did not hurt it. The man’s
parents say that he is an idiot.
10. What is the correct heading in this news?
a. A man is at sea
b. Man stands on a dead whale
c. A whale and sharks
d. The dead whale
Answer: ………………..
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29. Directions: Match the newspaper articles with the headlines. Write the
correct headline in the blank. (10 marks)
Two men broke into a supermarket in Italy and walked off with 240
tins of dog food, worth Lira 120,000. However, they did not take anything
else from the shop.
Answer : A. Thieves with Pets
A. Thieves with Pets
B. Drones fly over nuclear power plants
C. Lava in Hawaii
D. Dancing after midnight in Japan
E. Protest in Hungary
F. Musical keyboard for cat
G. Goldfish beauty contest
H. Lying man from Wales
I. Carving pumpkins underwater
J. Museum of Pablo Picasso
K. Rocket explodes
Practice 2.3
Example
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30. 1. This news is for people who love cats. It is about a keyboard for
cats. You play the keyboard normally. The keyboard makes normal sounds.
However, it also changes the sound. Cats can hear this type of sound. Cats
can enjoy the music, too!
Answer : .
2. This happens in France. A drone flies over a nuclear power
station. The drone does not do anything, but this is illegal. Drones must not
get close to power stations. This happens seven times.
Answer : .
3. This news is from Hungary. Hungary is a country in central Europe.
The country is in debt. The government wants to make the debt smaller.
It wants to tax the Internet. A lot of people don’t like this. Around 100,000
people protest. They are at a square. They hold up their mobile phones and
light up the square. The square is in front of a government building. Some
people go to the building. They break some windows.
Answer : .
4. This news is from the USA. A rocket lifts off. It carries cargo into
space. The rocket explodes. This happens when it is still close to the ground.
Some people watch the rocket. They see it explode. They film the incident.
The rocket turns into a big fireball. People investigate the incident.
Answer : .
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31. 5. Pablo Picasso was an artist. He was born in 1881 in Spain. But
he lived in France. He died in 1973.There is a museum in Paris. It has around
5000 of Picasso’s paintings and sculptures. This museum is in a large house.
The house is from the 17th
century. People renovate the museum. The
renovation costs 52 million Euros. One million people visit this museum
every year.
Answer : .
6. This news is from Hawaii. Some people are in danger there. Lava
from a volcano comes close to a village.The lava moves 10-15 yards per hour
(9-14 metres per hour). Its edge is about 40 metres wide. It can destroy
homes in its way.
Answer : .
7. You cannot dance in Japan after midnight. This rule is sixty years
old. This rule tried to stop crime. Now the situation is changing. Now you can
dance in clubs until morning. However, there are some rules. There must be
light in the club. If there is light, people do not do bad things.
Answer : .
8. Halloween is coming. Two divers carve pumpkins underwater.
It is a competition. The faster person wins. These people are a couple. The
boy wins. He carves his pumpkin in 1 minute and 57 seconds. He says that
it is not easy. You must move slowly underwater. There are also a lot of fish
around.
Answer : .
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32. 9. This news is about a man. He is from Wales. He takes £40,000
from an old person. The man must go to court, but he does not want to go.
He tells people he is very ill. He says that he cannot move his legs or arms.
The man is a liar. Police find a security camera of him. In the video, he can
walk and drive a car. Police show the video to the man. He says that he is
guilty.
Answer : .
10. There is a beauty contest in China. It is not about beautiful
people. It is about beautiful goldfish. Around 10,000 goldfish can be Miss
Goldfish. There are 16 categories. How do you know which fish is the best?
People look at the colour , the body, and the swimming of the fish. Goldfish
in this part of China are popular. People export them to countries around the
world.
Answer : .
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33. Directions: Read the following News and choose the best answer. (10 marks)
Bicycles
Bicycles are very popular today in many countries. Many people use
bicycles for exercise. But exercise is only one of the reasons why bicycle are
popular. Another reason is money. Bicycles are not expensive to buy.
They do not need gas to make them go. They also
are easy and cheap to fix. In cities, many people
like bicycles better than cars. With a bicycle, they
never have to wait in traffic. They also do not
have to find a place to park. And finally, bicycles
do not cause any pollution!
1. What is the main idea of this news?
a. Bicycles are popular today for many people.
b. Bicycles do not cause the pollution.
c. Bicycles are better than cars.
d. Bicycles are not expensive to buy.
2. From the information in the News, we know that bicycles .
a. do not cause any pollution.
b. are expensive to buy.
c. are not easy and cheap to fix.
d. have to wait in traffic.
Practice 2.4
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34. An Earthquake struck Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai -An earthquake struck Chiang Rai
around sunset on March 5th
. While it measured only 3.0
on the Richter scale and lasted just a few seconds, the
quake-rare in the Big Apple-sent residents running into
the streets. The last measurable quake, 6.3, hit in 2014.
3. What is the main idea of this news?
a. An earthquake hit Chiang Rai.
b. An earthquake is only 3.0 on the Richter scale.
c. An earthquake in 2014 is 6.3 on the Richter scale.
d. People is running into the street.
4. From the information in the News, the verb “rare” means .
a. common
b. found
c. discovered
d. uncommon
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35. Good news for residence of Tuvalu
Good news of residence of Tuvalu: The island isn’t sinking after all.
Last year, scientists believed that the island was slipping into the Pacific so
fast that they asked government officials to begin planning the relocation of
13,000 residents. It now seems that the flooding that caused the concern was
the result of a temporary rise in sea level that occurs in La Nina years.
5. What is the main idea of this news?
a. the residents prepared to move another places
b. the scientists believed that the island is sinking
c. the island of Tuvalu isn’t sinking
d. in La Nina years occurs a temporary rise in sea level
6. What is the good news for Papua?
a. The scientists believed that the island was slipping into the Pacific.
b. All residents are moving to another place.
c. The government begin planning the relocation.
d. All islands of Tuvalu aren’t sinking.
Pattaya will become a “paradise”
The Pattaya Metropolitan Administration will establish a fund for a
project to turn Pattaya into a paradise. A BMA spokesman said the fund
would be used mostly to tackle problems such as garbage, pollution, traffic
and drugs, and to improve access to recreational activities, sports and
education in the capital.
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36. 7. What is the main idea of this news?
a. Pattaya will become a paradise.
b. Pattaya will tackle problem.
c. Pattaya will be a famous place.
d. Pattaya will establish a fund for a project.
8. From the information in the News, we know that Pattaya .
a. Will establish a fund
b. Will establish a fund from taxes
c. Will establish a fund from excise taxes for a project
d. Will establish a fund from excise taxes for a project turn into a
paradise
9. From the information in the News, the verb “capital” means .
a. beside
b. center
c. next
d. near
Dolphin is born
This news is from California. A dolphin lives at a theme park. She is a
female. She is a mother. Her first dolphin is 13 years old.
She gives birth to a second dolphin. It is 40 pounds (18kg)
heavy. Vets watch the two dolphins non-stop. They say
that they are fine. They swim together.
10. What is the main idea of this news?
a. A dolphin gives birth to a first dolphin is 13 years old.
b. A dolphin gives birth to a second dolphin.
c. A dolphin lives at a theme park.
d. Dolphins swim together.
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37. Directions: Read each news. Choose the main idea and answer the
questions. (10 marks)
Example
Ice Sheet is melting faster
Antarctica-The West Antarctica Ice
Sheet is melting faster than many researchers
initially predicted. Researchers in Britain say
nearly a cubic mile of ice has melted
annually for eight years. At this rate, it will
take several centuries for the sheet to melt,
eventually raising sea levels by 4 ft.
What is the main idea of this news?
a. The Ice sheet is melting in 45 ft.
b. The Ice sheet is melting within 8 years.
c. The Ice sheet is melting faster than researchers predicted.
d. A cubic mile of ice is melting.
Answer: c.
Practice 2.5
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38. Millions of people come to Mecca every year. These people are
Muslims. Mecca is an important city to them. Every Muslim should visit
Mecca. There is a place in Mecca. Its name is Kaaba. This place is the most
important place for a Muslim. People go around it and they pray. They must
circle it seven times.
1. What is the topic of this news?
a. Muslims
b. Muslims in Mecca
c. Mecca
d. Kaaba
2. What is the main idea of this news?
a. Mecca is an important city.
b. Muslims should visit Mecca.
c. Kaaba is the most important place for a Muslim.
d. Millions of Muslims come to Mecca every year.
3. What do Muslims do at Kaaba?
a. Muslims admire it.
b. Muslims love it.
c. Muslims look after it.
d. Muslims go around it and they pray.
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39. Animals in tourism
This news is about animals. Not all
animals are happy. Some must live with people.
They must perform at shows. People like these
shows. However, they don’t know everything
about the animals. The animals often suffer.
Some people are not nice to them. The animals
are taken from their mothers. They are often
lonely. This is a big problem. The animals must
be helped.
4. What is the topic of this news?
a. Animals are happy
b. Animals in tourism
c. Some animals live with people
d. People like animals
5. What is the main idea of this news?
a. The animals must be helped.
b. The animals are happy.
c. The animals are lonely.
d. People like animal’s shows.
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40. Spacecraft photographs Mars
India launches a spacecraft. It flies towards
Mars. It arrives there and it takes pictures. The mission
costs 74 million dollars. The pictures are great. One
picture shows the planet from pole to pole. You can
see a big storm in the picture. The spacecraft took
the picture 46,292 miles (74,500 km) above the
planet.
6. What is the topic of this news?
a. Mars
b. Spacecraft photographs Mars
c. The mission on Mars
d. India launches a spacecraft
7. What is the main idea of this news?
a. The mission costs 74 million dollars.
b. The picture shows the planet from pole to pole.
c. The big storm in the picture.
d. The spacecraft took the picture 46,292 miles above the planet.
8. How much this mission?
a. The mission costs 46 million dollars.
b. The mission costs 47 million dollars.
c. The mission costs 74 million dollars.
d. The mission costs 75 million dollars.
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41. Hot air balloon flies underground
A man from Austria does something exciting. He is
in Croatia. There is a deep cave there. He flies into the
cave with a hot air balloon. This is the first hot air
balloon flight underground. The flight takes around 25
minutes.
9. What is the topic of this news?
a. Balloon
b. Hot air balloon
c. Hot air balloon flies underground
d. Balloon flies underground
10. What is the main idea of this news?
a. The first hot air balloon flight underground.
b. The first hot air balloon flies into the cave.
c. A man from Austria e flies into the cave with a hot air balloon.
d. A man from Austria does something exciting.
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42. Directions: Read the news and look at the picture. Match the pictures in the
blank. (5 marks)
Example
This happens in Japan. A volcano erupts there. People find twelve
dead people. There are probably 36 people dead altogether. Sixty-nine
people are injured. One man is hiking when the volcano erupts. He can see
a big cloud of smoke. He films this. It happens at 11:45. He and others run
away. They find a safe place and they are fine.
Picture : a. Topic : c.
Pictures
a. b.
c. d.
e. f.
Practice 2.6
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43. Topics
a. This cat can jump 6 feet
b. Panda holds a keeper’s leg
c. Japanese volcano erupts
d. Excited iPhone fans
e. Paintball in Afghanistan
f. Komodo dragon training
There were wars in Afghanistan. People there are tired of the wars.
They want to live happily. However, they have bad memories from these
wars.There is something which can help them. It is the game of paintball.
In this game, players use paintball guns. The guns shoot colours. This is a fun
game. You shoot, but nobody dies. It is a friendly game.
1. Picture : …………. 2. Topic : ………….
This news is from a zoo in the USA. A Komodo dragon lives there. It is
a big lizard. It is 14 years old.Zookeepers train this lizard. They show it a
picture, and the animal must come to it. If it comes, they give it something
to eat. The lizard has a camera on its back. The keepers can see what the
animal sees.
3. Picture : …………. 4. Topic : ………….
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44. Here is news from a centre in China. This centre studies and helps
pandas. A keeper is leaving an enclosure. There are two pandas inside it. The
keeper is closing the gate when one panda holds his leg. The panda is small
and beautiful. A camera films the moment. There are around 1,600 pandas in
the wild. Around 370 pandas live at zoos and other centres.
5. Picture : …………. 6. Topic : ………….
This story is about a cat. It lives in Chicago. A woman finds the cat in
an alley. The woman takes the cat in. She names the cat Alley. The cat has a
special talent. The woman sees this. She helps the cat get better at the
talent. In the beginning, the cat can jump two feet. Then it can jump three
feet, four feet, five feet and then six feet! The cat is a star. She sets a new
Guinness World Record. The cat’s owner is a cat trainer.
7. Picture : …………. 8. Topic : ………….
Apple introduced a new phone last week. It is the iPhone 6. A lot of
fans cannot wait to have it. They already started waiting in front of an Apple
shop. Some fans from Japan were there for more than a week before. The
fans like this. They say that it is like a street festival. They can meet other
iPhone fans. Apple also introduced the Apple Watch.
9. Picture : …………. 10. Topic : ………….
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45. Post-test
เล่มที่ 2 การอ่านข่าว (NEWS)
Directions: Read the following News and choose the correct answer.
(1 – 5)
A man fired shots at a teenager
Chicago, United States – A Chicago man pulled out a gun and fired
shots at a teenager who lit up a cigarette in his “no smoking place” Slobovan
Djordjevic, 26, picked up five men at the National Restaurant show at Mc
Cormick place. One of them, Les Reiff, began smoking. Djordjevic told Reiff he
could not smoke and asked him to put out the cigarette. Instead, Reiff hit
him, and his fellow teenagers refused to pay the fare. The man then got a
revolver from the trunk of the taxi and started firing as the teenagers fled. No
one was injured, but Djordjevic was later jailed over the incident.
1. Why does the taxi driver shot the teenager?
a. Because the teenagers are impolite.
b. Because the teenagers smoked.
c. Because the teenagers are drunk.
d. Because the teenagers talk loudly.
2. Who is the man?
a. Les Reiff
b. Cigarette
c. Cormick Place
d. Slobovan Djordjevic
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46. 3. What is the main idea of this News?
a. A teenager refused to pay the fare.
b. A teenager lit up a cigarette in a taxi.
c. A Chicago taxi driver pulled out a gun and fired shots at a teenager.
d. Five men at the National Restaurant show at Mc Cormick place.
4. How many passengers are there in the taxi?
a. four teenagers
b. five teenagers
c. six teenagers
d. seven teenagers
5. Where does the taxi driver pick up the teenagers?
a. The International Restaurant show at Mc Cormick Place.
b. The International Restaurant
c. Slobovan Djordjevic
d. Les Reiff
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47. Directions: Read the following News and choose the best answer. (6 - 10)
A dog saved a farmer’s life
Boza – A dog saved a farmer’s life by alerting his family that he was
lying unconscious in a field, ambulance workers said recently. The dog began
banging on the door of the family home in Morwell, eastern Victoria, during
weekend storms in the area, Rural Ambulance Victoria paramedic Eddie
Wright told a Boza radio station.
Leonard Richard, 52, had been checking his property for storm damage
when he was hit on the head by a falling branch on Sunday morning, about
200 meters from the house. He was knocked unconscious and could have
died had he not been found so quickly, Mr. Wright said. “The dog alerted
them to where he was and went and set down next to him and that’s how
they found him,” he said. “the farmer’s wife followed the dog because it was
acting out of character.” The dog was adopted by the family about 10 years
ago.
6. Who helps farmer’s life?
a. Mr. Wright
b. A dog
c. A farmer’s wife
d. Leonard Richard
7. Appropriately how old is dog?
a. 200 meters
b. 10 years old
c. 52 years old
d. Sunday morning
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48. 8. What is the main idea of this News?
a. Leonard Richard checking his property.
b. A dog began banging on the door.
c. A dog saved a farmer’s life by alerting his family.
d. A dog was adopted by the family about 10 years.
9. What does the dog find the farmer?
a. in a field
b. in a street
c. in his house
d. in the morning
10. Why does the farmer’s wife follow a dog?
a. because a dog is sick
b. because a dog runs away
c. because a dog was adopted by his family
d. because the dog bang on the door and acting out of character
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52. Answer Keys Pre-test
เล่มที่ 2 การอ่านข่าว (NEWS)
ข้อที่ คาตอบ
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. b
6. c
7. d
8. c
9. b
10. d
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53. 1. c 2. T
3. F 4. T
5. F 6. a
7. T 8. T
9. F 10. T
1. b 2. d
3. d 4. c
5. a 6. a
7. a 8. c
9. d 10. c
Answer Keys Practice 2.1
Answer Keys Practice 2.2
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54. 1. F. Musical keyboard for cat
2. B. Drones fly over nuclear power plants
3. E. Protest in Hungary
4. K. Rocket explodes
5. J. Museum of Pablo Picasso
6. C. Lava in Hawaii
7. D. Dancing after midnight in Japan
8. I. Carving pumpkins underwater
9. H. Lying man from Wales
10. G. Goldfish beauty contest
Answer Keys Practice 2.3
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55. 1. a. 6. d.
2. a. 7. a.
3. c. 8. a.
4. a. 9. a.
5. c. 10. c.
1. b. 6. b.
2. d. 7. d.
3. d. 8. c.
4. b. 9. c.
5. a. 10. a.
1. d. 6. b.
2. e. 7. e.
3. c. 8. a.
4. f. 9. f.
5. b. 10. d.
Answer Keys Practice 2.4
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Answer Keys Practice 2.5
Answer Keys Practice 2.6
56. Answer Keys Post-test
เล่มที่ 2 การอ่านข่าว (NEWS)
ข้อที่ คาตอบ
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. b
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. d
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