Benchamaracharungsarit School

Type 1
Second semester
Academic year 2015.
English, (Reading and Writing) E23203 M3/4
Date: 23.7.2015.
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
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Midterm Exam

Please read the text and choose the right answer

1) Fast food is the term given to food that is prepared and served very quickly, first popularised in
the 1950s in the United States. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered fast
food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or pre cooked
4) ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form for take-out/take-away. Fast food
restaurants are traditionally separated by their ability to serve food via a drive-through.
8) Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating, or fast food
restaurants, (also known as quick service restaurants). Franchise operations that are part of
restaurant chains have standardised food ingredients shipped to each restaurant from central
locations.

1. In line 1, the term prepared means _________.

a) cooked

b) chosen

c) bought

d) brought

2. In line 1, the term popularised means ________.

a) not liked

b) hated

c) well known

d) not known

3. In line 2, the any meal with low preparation time means cooked _______.
a) slowly

b) quickly

c) outside

d) inside

4. In line 3, the term store means _______.

a) a storage

b) a piece of furniture c) a shop

d) a street

5. In line 8 the term kiosk means ______.

a) a small shop

b) a big shop

c) a shopping mall

d) a food court

Please fill in the gaps.

The British rock band, Arctic Monkeys, has shown how the Internet is changing the music industry.
They became famous ___6.___ the help of a major record label. The band ___7.___ their songs
onto MySpace, where fans could download them for free. The fans made ___8.___ and passed
them ___9.___ friends and ___10.___ everyone was talking about the Arctic monkeys. When the
___11.___ first single, I bet you look good on the dance floor, came out, it went ___12.___ to
number one. Their first album , Whatever people say I am, Thats what I am not, ___13.___
360 000 copies in a week and was the ___ 14. ___ selling album in ___15.___.

6.

a) under

b) without

c) for

d) on

7.

a) showed

b) delivered

c) posted

d) gave

8.

a) copies

b) repeats

c) models

d) examples

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9.

a) onto

b) into

c) in

d) on

10.

a) later

b) secondly

c) soon

d) firstly

11.

a) band

b) group

c) bands

d) people

12.

a) straight

b) along

c) now

d) to

13.

a) sale

b) sell

c) selling

d) sold

14.

a) longest

b) strongest

c) fastest

d) quickest

15.

a) time

b) all

c) music

d) history

Please fill in the gaps

16. All over the world the top ten is now full of singers who became _______ after winning a talent
show.
a) poor

b) famous

c) pretty

d) good

17. Pop Idol is the _______ successful of all the music shows.
a) must

b) really

c) most

d) very

18. Three music judges went _______ New Zealand looking for singers to be in a new pop group.
a) around

b) about

c) over

d) under

19. Hundreds of young people came to an audition _________ to become famous one day.
a) learning

b) asking

c) needing

d) hoping

20. After weeks of fierce competition , the judges chose five people to ________ the group.
a) made up

b) make of

c) make up

d) be

21. The famous boy bend was followed by a TV crew as they ________ their first album.
a) recorded

b) constructed

c) gave

d) sang

22. Very popular songs go to be _______ one very quickly.

a) place

b) number

c) is

d) on

23. Michelle Wies ________ was to be the greatest woman golf player of all time.
a) want

b) need

c) ambition

d) answer

24. Japanese and Korean soccer players are certainly good enough ______ in the top European
leagues.
a) to walk

b) to play

c) to cheer

d) to stay

b) staying

c) being

d) running

b) in

c) on

d) with

25. The train is ______ very late.

a) walking
26. Lunch is ____ the table.
a) at

27. The snow was _______ heavily when the plane was landing at Heathrow last night.
a) falling

b) coming

c) pouring

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d) icing

28. Have you _______ lunch already?

a) did

b) ordered

c) asked

d) needed

29. The dinner is ready, I just need to _____ the table.

a) make

b) made

c) put

d) set

c) come

d) jump

30. The guests have already ________.

a) arrived

b) arrive

31. Where were you last night? I ______ you twenty times on the phone.
a) call

b) called

c) ring

d) ringing

c) has

d) was

32. Have you already ______ your dinner?

a) have

b) had

33. What was the ______ of the football match last night?
a) scoring

b) number

c) goal

d) score

c) some

d) any

34. Where can you get the _____ steak in the city?
a) best

b) better

35. Bananas are monkeys ______ favourite food.

a) more

b) much

c) most

d) must

36. Espresso coffee beans should be ________ finely.

a) ground

b) grounded

c) chopped

d) powder

c) is looks

d) looks

37. The hotel ______ very good at night.

a) is looking

b) looking

38. You can do a lot of ________ sports inside and outside the hotel.
a) different

b) many

c) much

d) so much

c) stay

d) live

c) come

d) came

39. Lets ____ the juice in the fridge to keep it cold.

a) make

b) put

40. Shanghai ________ a very big city very quickly.

a) become

b) became

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Please fill in the gaps.

Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine,is a holiday
___41.___ on February 14 each year. It is ___42.___ in many countries around the world, although
it is not a holiday in most of them. St. Valentine's Day ___43.___ as a liturgical ___44.___ of one
or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an
occasion in which lovers ___45.___ their love for ___46.___ other by presenting flowers, offering
confectionery, and sending greeting cards, ___47.___ as valentines". In Europe, Saint Valentine's
Keys are ___48.___ to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to ___49.___ the givers
heart", as well as to children, in order to ward off Saint Valentine's Malady. Valentine's Day
___50.___ that are ___51.___ today ___52.___ the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of
the ___53.___ Cupid. ___54.___ the 19th century, handwritten ___55.___ have given way to
mass-produced greeting cards. On Valentines Day many couples decide to go on a romantic
___56.___ and give each other ___57.___. Most usual gifts are ___58.___ and ___59.___. Many
couples also decide to go for a romantic ___60.___.

41.

a) observed

b) respected

c) revered

d) worshiped

42.

a) celebrate

b) celebrated

c) celebrating

d) worshiping

43.

a) start

b) starts

c) began

d) beginning

44.

a) celebrated

b) festivities

c) celebration

d) celebrating

45.

a) showed

b) gave

c) pressed

d) expressed

46.

a) the

b) one

c) in

d) each

47.

a) known

b) know

c) knew

d) knowing

48.

a) given

b) gave

c) give

d) giving

49.

a) lock

b) unlock

c) start

d) started

50.

a) signs

b) signature

c) write

d) symbols

51.

a) use

b) used

c) using

d) uses

52.

a) include

b) exclude

c) have

d) had

53.

a) foot

b) head

c) clawed

d) winged

54.

a) Start

b) Over

c) Since

d) On

55.

a) valentine

b) valentinians

c) valentines

d) valentining

56.

a) day

b) date

c) month

d) meeting

57.

a) something

b) things

c) boxes

d) gifts

58.

a) chocolates

b) cacao

c) almonds

d) olives

59.

a) palms

b) rocks

c) lilies

d) roses

60.

a) getaway

b) runaway

c) giveaway

d) walk away

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