1. Ajarn Major Ra-shane Meesri (rashanemeesri@gmail.com, 1
chulatutor@hotmail.com)
Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University
BEIJING OLYMPICS
Boxer Manus assured of medal
BEIJING: A reformed Manus Boonjumnong (1)
__________ his way into history when he became
Thailand's first two-time Olympic (2) __________
with his quarter-final (3) ___________ last
night.
a. medalist
b. punched
c. triumph
The defending light-welterweight boxing champion
(4) __________ a thrilling 7-5 victory over hot
favourite Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan to reach
the semi-finals and guarantee himself (5)
__________ a bronze medal.
a. at least
b. sealed
Manus' win has (6) _________ Thailand its 19th
medal since the country first (7) ___________the
Olympics in 1952. He is the second Thai medalist
in Beijing after weightlifting champion
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon.
a. took part in
b. earned
“I am very happy,” said the boxer from
Ratchaburi. “It is like taking a mountain off my
chest. He was the only boxer I was worried
about.”
Manus admitted he was (8) __________ after three
rounds and needed (9) __________ from his
cornermen to get to the final bell. The 28-year-
old made a good start against the (10)
___________ world champion, leading 2-1 at the
end of the first round.

2. Ajarn Major Ra-shane Meesri (rashanemeesri@gmail.com, 2
chulatutor@hotmail.com)
Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University
a. encouragement
b. reigning
c. exhausted
Using hit-and-run tactics, Manus led 3-1 at the
halfway stage. He added another point to lead 4-1
early in the third round, but then received a big
score.
His Kazakh (11) __________ received a huge boost
when he scored one point and then two were (12)
__________ from the Thai's score for grabbing,
after three warnings. That (13) __________ the
score at 4-4.
a. leveled
b. rival
c. deducted
The match hung in the balance at the end of the
round, with the boxers all-even at 5-5 but Manus
looking tired.
In the fourth and final round, Sapiyev, whom
Manus (14) __________ in the semi-finals of the
2006 Asian Games on his way to winning the gold,
threw everything at the Thai, who scored a (15)
__________ point for a 6-5 lead early in the
round.
a. crucial
b. defeated
Manus took the (16) __________ off himself by
landing a (17) __________ right with 30 seconds
to go and then danced away from a (18) __________
Sapiyev. Manus (19) __________ in relief and lay
face-down on the (20) __________ after the final
bell.
a. thunderous
b. canvas
c. frustrated
d. pressure

3. Ajarn Major Ra-shane Meesri (rashanemeesri@gmail.com, 3
chulatutor@hotmail.com)
Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University
e. collapsed
“I felt worried when I looked at my corner and
was told that the score was level [in the third
round]. I ran out of (21) __________ in the third
round and had to grab my (22) __________ to
survive. At the end of the round, my cornermen
had to encourage me to fight on,” he said.
a. opponent
b. steam
Manus made headlines after (23) __________
millions of baht in bonuses he earned from his
gold medal in Athens, (24) __________ on partying
and gambling. After last night's (25) __________
win, he said he was now a changed man and thanked
his fans and (26) __________ for giving him a
second chance.
a. reportedly
b. handlers
c. squandering
d. historic
In the semi-finals, he (27) __________ Roniel
Iglesias Sotolongo of Cuba, who defeated Russia's
Gennady Kovalev 5-2. Manus said he would give his
all to win the (28) __________ as a present for
his mother Malee, whose birthday (29) __________
Aug 22, the date of Manus' silver medal match.
a. bout
b. faces
c. falls on
Athens bantamweight silver medallist Worapoj
Petchkoom looks to join Manus (30) __________ the
next Thai to win more than one Olympic medal when
he (31) __________ Cuba's Yankiel Leon Alarcon in
today's quarter-finals (32) __________.
a. bracket
b. as

4. Ajarn Major Ra-shane Meesri (rashanemeesri@gmail.com, 4
chulatutor@hotmail.com)
Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University
c. takes on
Light-flyweight Amnat Ruenroeng and flyweight
Somjit Jongjohor are the other two remaining Thai
quarter-finalists.