The document contains a test with English language questions and answers. It includes questions about sending a letter urgently, apologizing for a dirty spoon at a restaurant, magazines being sold out, asking for someone's name on the phone, telling a joke multiple times, offering to help a neighbor move furniture, borrowing money from the bank, declining to answer a personal question, asking when a friend is leaving, asking a friend abroad to call, wishing someone bon voyage on a ship, asking someone for the time, apologizing for breaking a friend's sunglasses, and other everyday situations.

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1 ) You want your friend to receive your urgent letter as soon as possible. You are not sure about the
price so your ask the clerk at the post office, _________
1. How much does it cost to send it express?
2. Do I have to put a return address on the envelope?
3. Are your sure that my friend will receive it?
4. When can you take it to him?
2 ) When a customer complains that the spoon is dirty, the waiter apologizes and says, _______
1. Please don’t worry.
2. Don’t mention it.
3. I’ll bring you another one.
4. Why don’t your use chopsticks instead?
3 ) You ask the owner of a news-stand for the latest issue of your favorite magazine. He says, ________
1. They have all disappeared.
2. They are all sold out.
3. Sorry, you can’t help it.
4. I don’t mind.
4 ) A secretary is on the phone and wants to know the caller’s name so she asks politely, _____, Please?
1. Who do you want to call
2. Who are you
3. Who is saying that
4. Who’s calling

2. 5 ) Your sister tells you the same joke for the third time. You say to your father, _____
1. Too good to be true.
2. Three’s crowd.
3. Here we go again.
4. One day at a time.
6 ) When your neighbor asks you to move a heavy table, you say, ______ You can count on me.
1. Don’t bother.
2. Don’t care.
3. No problem.
4. No way.
7 ) Jim knows Jan is upset because he has used her computer without her permission. Jim says, I’m sorry.
I ________
1. thought you wouldn’t know.
2. should not let you know.
3. Didn’t think you were mean.
4. should have asked you.
8 ) A receptionist at a dental clinic is trying to arrange an appointment for a patient. She asks, _______
1. What would be comfortable for you?
2. Have we ever met before?
3. Can you appoint Dr.Smith?
4. Will next Tuesday morning be all right?

3. 9 ) You want to borrow money from the bank. You say, I want to ____
1. take out a loan.
2. withdraw some money.
3. open an account.
4. cash a cheque.
10 ) Someone asks you personal question that you don’t want to answer so you say politely, _____
1. You have some nerve.
2. It’s none of your business.
3. I’d rather not say.
4. Don’t be so rude.
11 ) You want to know the date your friend is leaving. You ask, ________
1. Where will you go?
2. When are you off?
3. When will you come back?
4. How many days will you be away?
12 ) You want your friend who is going abroad to telephone you. You say, ________
1. Don’t forget to email me.
2. Give me a ring as soon as you can.
3. Drop me a line once in a while.
4. Please drop by if you have time.

4. 13 ) Rose is going to board the ship Star of Siam. Her friend says, ________
1. Have a good flight.
2. Enjoy your cruise.
3. Have a nice ride.
4. Happy landing.
14 ) You are surprised when your friend says it is already 10 o’clock. You ask, ________
1. Do you have the time?
2. Did I ask you for more time?
3. Could you tell me what time it is?
4. Are you sure that’s the right time?
15 ) You knock your friend’s sunglasses off the desk and one lens breaks. You say, _____
1. So sorry. I didn’t mean to be so careless.
2. Too bad. I didn’t try to break it.
3. Please forget it. I hope you don’t mind.
4. Never mind. You can get a new one.
Situation : Jane meets a friend she hasn’t seen for 5 years at Chatuchak Market on Saturday.
Jane : Karen is that you?
Karen : Jane! How great to run into you like this. 16 ?
Jane : Fine, but really busy. I 17 you. You look terrific! Have you lost weight since
18 .
Karen : Yes, I was feeling tired all the time so I started an exercise program. 19 did I
begin to feel more energetic but I also started to lose weight. I’ve lost 10 kilos in the past
year.
Jane : I wish I could lose some weight. 20 I have no time to exercise.
Karen : 21 . Get up an hour earlier and exercise before you go to work.
Jane : Where do you go to exercise?
Karen : I’ve been doing aerobics at the park near my house three mornings a week.

5. Jane : I can’t exercise before work. 22 to shower and get ready.
Karen : Then exercise after work.
Jane : But all the places that offer aerobics are either too expensive or too crowded.
Karen : 23 . If you really want to lose weight, just turn on your TV to the sports channel
and do your aerobics at home in front of the TV.
Jane : I don’t have cable TV.
Karen : You’re too much! 24 .
Jane : Just seeing you has been an inspiration. I’m going to start walking more. And taking the
stairs instead of the elevator.
Karen : 25 . It was very nice seeing you again. Goodbye.
Jane : Bye Karen, and thanks for the good advice.
16 ) 1. How have you been
2. How do you do
3. What have you done
4. What are you doing
17 ) 1. Didn’t want to forget
2. Wouldn’t remember
3. Tried to think of
4. almost didn’t recognize
18 ) 1. I didn’t see you
2. you were fat
3. I saw you last
4. the time before

6. 19 ) 1. That’s when
2. Not only
3. Then
4. So
20 ) 1. At some point,
2. That’s why
3. In other words,
4. The problem is
21 ) 1. You have to make the time
2. Let’s spend more time
3. Make a difference
4. Don’t spend so much
22 ) 1. I want to spend one more hour
2. It would take me another hour
3. It needs much more time
4. I have to use overtime
23 ) 1. Excuse yourself
2. Don’t apologize
3. Stop making excuses
4. Apology accepted

7. 24 ) 1. I give up
2. I couldn’t agree more
3. Wait a minute
4. Take it easy
25 ) 1. That’s a good start
2. Have a good trip
3. You never listen to me
4. Don’t take any chances
Personal success is the middle ground, the place 26 you get what you want and continue
to want what you have. Personal success is not measured by who you are, 27 you possess, or
what you have accomplished. 28 personal success is measured by how good you feel 29
who you are, what you have done, and what you have. Personal success is within our grasp, but
we must clearly know____30____and set out intention to have it.
Personal success 31 , is not just about feeling good or happy with your life. It also
involves 32 that you can get what you want. Personal success requires 33___ how to create
the life you want. For some, finding personal success is learning how to get more ; for 34 it’s
understanding how to be happier; and for many, it is learning both of these important skills.
The good news is that you can learn how to achieve personal success, and you are probably
much closer to it that you could 35 imagine. For most people, it id just a matter of making
a few but significant changes in the way they think, feel, or act to create the fulfilling life they want.

8. 26 ) 1. that when
2. as what
3. if so
4. from which
27 ) 1. how much
2. a few
3. a little
4. how many
28 ) 1. Otherwise,
2. Even though
3. Instead,
4. Because of
29 ) 1. for
2. of
3. about
4. to
30 ) 1. what is it
2. what it is
3. how to do
4. how is it

9. 31 ) 1. whatever
2. especially
3. however
4. anyway
32 ) 1. getting confidence
2. feeling confident
3. being confidential
4. having confided
33 ) 1. that one clearly understood
2. to understand clearly about
3. a clear understanding of
4. clear to understand
34 ) 1. none
2. another
3. any
4. others
35 ) 1. sometimes
2. ever
3. still
4. once

10. 36 ) __________ , the playing field was flooded and the football match had to be cancelled.
1. However hard it rained
2. Since the game was held
3. As a result of the heavy rain
4. Because the result of the game was known
37 ) Japan and Switzerland are both countries with comparatively few natural resources. _______ ,
Switzerland imports much of its fuel and almost all of its raw materials.
1. Despite that
2. Like Japan
3. Unlike Japan
4. On the other hand
38 ) I can understand the problem clearly _____ it to me.
1. now that you have explained
2. since you have to explain
3. unless you explain
4. so I’d be grateful if you could explain
39 ) Her first appearance on stage came when she was still at school. _______ , she became a professional
ballerina in the Children’s Ballet of Warsaw.
1. Shortly after this
2. In spite of this
3. In the meantime
4. Long before then

11. 40 ) Some of the audience cheered and applaused. Others booed their disapproval and stamped their feet.
_______ to make their escape.
1. Some others were uncertain
2. Yet others headed for the doors
3. Others still knew how
4. The others sat down
41 ) The earth’s land areas are dotted with hundreds of thousands of lakes. In countries like Finland, there
are some tens of thousands But these small lakes, _______ , contain only a minor amount of the world’s
supply of fresh surface water.
1. important though they may be locally
2. however they are less important
3. even when they need to be filled
4. located where they may be hidden
42 ) Flights between Asia and Europe _____ thirty minutes shorter, thanks to recent costcutting route
changes by major airlines.
1. will now be
2. were once possible
3. have been extended
4. are being cancelled
43 ) ________ , you’ll be glad that Pattaya is on your itinerary. Stores carrying a rainbow of wares and
restaurants as cosmopolitan as the United Nations can be found here.
1. After a full day of shopping and sightseeing
2. When you need a break from waling around
3. If shopping and dining are the highlights of your vacation
4. Even though you have more time to relax

12. 44 ) No visit to Sentosa would be complete _________ .
1. by taking a journey through time at Images of Singapore Museum
2. when you visit the Butterfly Park
3. without watching the popular Musical Fountain Show
4. when you get up close to some of the world’s most venomous insects at the Insect Kingdom
45 ) Almanzo looked at every kernel before he ate it. They were all different shapes. He had eaten
thousands of handfuls of popcorn, _______ .
1. but he didn’t know what it looks like
2. and they weren’t very good
3. but he was never hungry
4. and never had he found two kernels alike