Reading Comprehension

1.ถ้าอยากเห็นภาพรวมของ Passage ควรไปดูท่ี ______________

2. อ่านคำถามก่อน
3. คำถามมักจะเรียงตามลำดับ ดังนั้น
เมื่ออ่านจบแต่ละ Paragraph ให้ลองอ่านคำถามดูก่อนว่าทำข้อ
ไหนได้บ้าง
4.คำถามที่ควรเก็บไว้ทำตอนหลังคือ
- Main Idea / Title / Topic
- Inference
- Attitude / Purpose / tone
- Miscellaneous Questions

Miscellaneous Questions
- Source of information
- Anticipation of the previous paragraph ดูจากประโยคแรก
สุด ย่อหน้าก่อนหน้านี้แรก
- Anticipation of the next paragraph ดูจากประโยคสุดท้าย
ย่อหน้าถัดไปสุดท้าย
- Essay Structure 1. Introduction 2. Body 3. Conclusion

Reference
- สรรพนามที่โจทย์ประเภทนี้นิยมถามมีหลายประเภท
1. Personal Pronouns 2. Relative Pronouns
3. Demonstrative Pronouns 4. Such + Noun
5. The + Noun
- มักจะถามถึงสรรพนามนี้แทนคำไหน มักจะเป็ นนามที่กล่าว
มาแล้ว วิธีการให้มองย้อนขึ้นไปว่ามีคำนามอะไรบ้าง แล้วลองเอา
มาแทนดูว่าสมเหตุสมผลหรือไม่
- สิ่งที่ช่วยสังเกตคือ สรรพนามที่โจทย์ถามนั้นแทนนาม
เอกพจน์ หรือ พหูพจน์
ลักษณะคำถามประเภท Reading
1. ประโยคใดถูก หรือไม่ถูกตามเรื่องที่ให้อ่าน
2. ตีความ สรุปความ ตั้ง Topic จากเรื่องที่ให้อ่าน (Main Idea)
3. ตีความหมายของคำศัพท์ สำนวน จากเนื้ อเรื่อง
4. จุดมุ่งหมาย ทัศนะคติ หรือ Tone ของเรื่อง (persuade, give
information (fact), opinion )
5. ที่มา: reference book, documentary film, magazine,
classified ad., comic strip, editorial etc. หรือ ประเภทของ
บทความ: label, recipe, dictionary, weather forecast, notice,
warning, news, article, letter, diary, book content, menu etc.
6. การใช้ สรรพนามแทนนาม
7. คาดเดาเรื่องที่จะกล่าวต่อจากบทที่อ่าน

Learning Vocabulary in Reading in the right way

1. รู้ Prefix, Root, Suffix

2. รู้ Parts of Speech
3. ระวัง Figurative Meaning (ความหมายแฝง หรือความหมาย
ที่ไม่ตรงตามตัวอักษร)
4. รู้ Synonym / Antonym
5. Vocab Categories รู้คำศัพท์ตามหัวข้อใหญ่ๆโดยเฉพาะอย่าง
ยิ่ง Hot Topics หรือที่เป็ น Current Events โดยที่หวั ข้อที่มักปรากฏ
ในข้อสอบ ได้แก่
Health
Science & Technology
Social Problems: Drug Addicts, Crimes, Politic, Business
Environment
Culture & Art
Economy
Education
Environment

การเดารูปประโยค
1. ก่อนออกจากบ้าน เดชาไม่เคยลืม______________ประตู
2. คนไทยอยากผิวขาว แต่ต่างชาติอยากผิว_____________
3. คนที่มีความรอบคอบ ย่อมเป็ นผู้ท่ม
ี ีความ____________ ใน
หน้าที่การงาน
4. เมื่อภาวะเศรษฐกิจทรุดหนัก เราจำเป็ นต้องช่วย
กัน_____________

Pronoun Reference
Ex. 1 จงขีดเส้นใต้ค ำนามในประโยคที่ถูกแทนด้วยคำสรรพนาม

1. Running is not a new sport. People were doing it hundreds of years ago.
2. Runners know that a good diet is important. They eat very healthy foods, especially before a
race.
3. Every year. There are many long races in many parts of the world. Sports fans watch them on
television.
4. In some races, the winners get a large amount of money. But for almost 100 years, they got no
money at all in the Boston race.
5. The administration has decided to give more financial support to the average student. This
week it indicated its intention to increase the number of scholarships based on need by 35 percent
in the next year.
6. Although a woman in the lifeboat shouted to her to jump, the woman standing at the rail of the
ship appeared to realize she would not have any chance of being rescued.
7. A spokesman for the film company discussed the failure of the firm’s latest western epic with
reporters. He stated that the company would probably lose more than the 15 million dollars it had
cost to make the film
Ex. 2 จงขีดเส้นใต้ค ำนามในประโยคที่ถูกแทนด้วยคำสรรพนาม

1. Many overweight people blame their condition on physical disorders such as thyroid trouble,
but doctors claim that these are seldom the cause of obesity.
2. After winning the lottery in Pennsylvania, she bought a Mercedes and a condominium. These
were the first two large purchases she had ever been able to play for in cash.
3. Drinking fine wines and eating Italian food were his favorite pastimes as a young man. Later in
his life, these led to his investing all his money in a small Italian restaurant.
4. Faulty equipment is sometimes responsible for roller-skating accidents, but problems with
balance are those which caused most falls
5. The first things the new settlers tried to decide on were a flag and a national anthem, those
being the most striking symbols of national identity.
6. Two Frenchmen went up in a basket under a balloon. They built a fire to make the air hot. This
made the balloon stay up in the air.
7. The pilot of a balloon can control its attitude. He can raise and lower the balloon to find a good
wind direction. That is how a good pilot can control where the balloon goes.
8. Early photographers had to carry film and heavy equipment everywhere they went. But this did
not stop them.
9. Hellen Keller was deaf and blind. She could not speak until she was seven years old. But these
problems did not stop her. She became a famous writer and teacher.
10. A tornado is a very dangerous storm. In brings strong winds and it travels very fast. The
strong winds can blow over cars, destroy houses and kill people. And this happened in just a few
minutes.

Ex.3 จงขีดเส้นใต้ค ำนามหรื อวลีที่ถูกกล่าวถึงในข้อความต่อไปนี้

1. Many educators now believe that students remember information that they learn on their own
better than that presented formally by a teacher. This fact has led to methodological changes in
many classrooms.
2. The doctor decided to take out the boy’s appendix. This operation was made much more
difficult by the circumstances on the island.
3. Albert Einstein was slow to read and write as a child. That surprising fact has lent credence to
the idea that not all children should be expected to learn the same things at the same age.
4. John F. Kennedy was fatally shot on November 22, 1963. That tragedy ended what has been
described by as the Camlot era.
5. The map of the new shopping mall shows five restaurants. Those facilities, which are marked
in red, are available for business meetings and private banquets.
6. As a child, he had taken lessons in tennis and swimming, spent summers at a sports camp, and
played Little League Baseball. As a professional athlete, he pointed to those experiences as being
responsible for his disciplined attitude.
7. Lizand Val moved to Paris last month. They like the city very much.
8. Hiroko plays the violin in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The sound of this stringed
instrument is very special.
9. The president of the city council gave a long speech. As the leader, she has to plan many new
projects.

10. The tornado hit a small town in Kansas. The storm swept down the main street. The terrible
wind caused five stores to fall down.

When confronted with the history of school math, education can adopt two approaches.
The traditional one accepts school math and attempts -often with a great struggle- to teach it;
computers are used by some teachers for this purpose. Consequently, force feeding unwelcome
and unpopular material left over from the pre- computer age has become -alas -the most common
use of the computer in education. On the other hand, 5the computer has a totally different use in
Turtle geometry. There, the fans of Turtle geometry maintain, the computer is used as a so-called
mathematically expressive medium, one that frees teachers to design meaningful and coherent
and easily learnable math topics for children. Now, instead of the educational problem being put
as "how to teach the existing school math, it is posed as "reconstructing knowledge in such a way
that no large effort is needed to teach it."

1. What does the word "one" in line 2 refer to?

(A) History of math. (C) School. (B) Math education. (D) Approach.

2. What does the word "it" in line 2 refer to?

(A) The computer. (C) School. (B) Math education. (D) School math.

3. What do the words "this purpose" in line 3. refer to?

(A) Teaching in school. (C) Teaching school math.
(B) Teaching educators. (D) Math education

4. What does the word "there" in line 6 refer to?

(A) In the post-computer age. (C) In computer studies
(B) In Turtle geometry (D) In expressive mediums.

5. What does "one" in line 7 refer to?

(A) Geometry. (B) Computer. (C) Medium. (D) Topic.

6. What does the word "it" in line 9 refer to?

(A) A learnable mathematical topic. (B) The educational problem.
(C) How to teach the existing school math. (D) Reconstructing mathematics.

7. What does the word "it" in line 10 refer to?

(A) The computer. (B) Mathematics.
(C) Reconstructing knowledge. (D) The chief problem.

The blossoms of the Joshua tree were eaten in the past by American Indians who also
roasted its green fruit and ground its seed for their porridge. Baskets would be made from the
roots and sandals from its leaf-fibers. Later, it was even used for artificial limbs.

8. What does “its” in line 2 refer to?

a. The Joshua tree b. A blossom c. A green fruit d. A seed

9. What does the word “their” in line 2 refer to?

a. The blossoms of the Joshua tree.
b. American Indians
c. Fruits and seeds of the Joshua tree
d. All those who use parts of the Joshua tree for food

10. What does the word “its” in line 3 refer to?

a. A root b. A Joshua tree c. Leaf- fibers d. Baskets

Topic
Ex. I จงขีดเส้นใต้ค ำที่เป็ น Topic

1. red, yellow, green, white, blue, color

2. Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Asia
3. Air-conditioner, electric fan, rice cooker, washing machine, electrical appliances,
vacuum cleaner
4. Mother, sister, father, brother, grandmother, family, grandfather
5. Cancer, heart attack, diabetes, Aids, cold, disease, fever
6. Guitar, piano, violin, trumpet, saxophone, musical instrument, flute
7. Stationary, pencil, pen, ruler, paper, eraser, glue, clip
8. Doctor, teacher, occupation, detective, salesman, technician
9. Bridge, church, tower, skyscraper, road, constructions
10. Cloud, weather, lightning, rain, sunshine, frost, snow
11. Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, continent, Asia
12. Balcony, clothes-line fence, house, roof, bedroom, verandah, garage, bathroom
13. Bag, basket, luggage, briefcase, container, sack, tank
14. Watching T.V., listening to music, dancing, going to the movies, jogging, collecting stamps,
recreation
15. Bear, camel, elephant, lion, mammal, monkey, tiger, whale

Ex. II เลือก Topic จากข้อความต่อไปนี้

1. a. going dancing at a disco b. reading a book
c. having a picnic in the country d. spending free time
2. a. restoring an old house b. repairing the fence
c. painting the bedroom d. having an air-conditioner serviced
3. a. being in the Navy b. serving one’s country
c. being a member of the armed forces d. serving as an ambassador
4. a. reducing income tax rates b. reducing budget deficits
c. increasing interest rates d. running a country’s economy
5. a. looking after a motor vehicle b. following the service guide
c. maintaining the engine d. caring for the body work
6. a. studying the physical conditions of pandas in remote areas
b. concentrating undernourished pandas in collection areas
c. searching for bamboo, the important diet of pandas
d. ensuring the survival of the Great panda
7. a. haircuts to suit the contours of the face b. permanent waves
c. manicures and pedicures d. beauty – salon services
8. a. fast driving b. drinking while driving
c. violating traffic rules d. reasons for car accidents
9. a. easy to clean b. cheaper to furnish
c. relatively inexpensive d. advantages of small apartment
10. a. purchasing maps b. making an itinerary
c. planning a trip d. reserving a ticket
11. a. efficient waiters b. good restaurants
c. pleasant atmosphere d. tasty food
 วิชามาร ภาษาอังกฤษ
Choice ที่ผิด ย่อมแต่งได้ยากกว่า Choice ที่ถูก

1. คำตอบในข้อ C มักจะผิด (Choice ในการสอบจะเฉลี่ยข้อละ

25 %)
2. ถ้าคำตอบข้อ D ไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับ A B หรือ C มักจะผิด
3. โจทย์กับคำตอบต้องเป็ น Tense และ Voice เดียวกัน
4. ดู Choice ที่คล้ายกันหรือ ตรงกันข้ามกันเป็ นพิเศษ
5. ใน Case ของตัวเลขพยายามตอบตัวเลขที่เป็ นกลางๆ ไม่
เวอร์
6. ให้เลือกข้อที่เอาทุกอย่างมารวมกัน เช่น
a. An adaptive system
b. A close system
c. An open system
d. An open and adaptive system ข้อนี้ถูก
7. ข้อสอบภาษาอังกฤษคำว่า ถูกทุกข้อ ผิดทุกข้อ มักจะผิด
8. คำตอบแรกที่คิดอยู่ในใจมักจะถูกที่สุด พอเปลี่ยนข้อแล้วมัก
คิดลึก
9 ถ้ามีปฏิเสธข้อเดียว ข้อนั้นมักผิด
10 ถ้ามี Continuous tense อยู่แค่ Choice เดียว ข้อนั้นมักจะผิด
11 อย่าใช้อคติมาช่วยตอบ เช่น ถ้ามันเป็ นข้อสอบ ยกย่อง
สรรเสริญ Man U
แฟนๆ หงส์แดงก็ต้องตามน้ำ
12 ในกรณีข้อสอบ Reading ถ้าทำข้อสอบไม่ทันแล้ว ข้อยาวๆมี
โอกาสถูกมากกว่า
เพราะมันจะต้องอธิบายเหตุผลจนกระทัง่ เด็กไม่สามารถโต้
แย้งได้
13 ถ้าอ่านไม่รู้เรื่องเลยว่าผู้แต่งมีวัตถุประสงค์อะไร จำเป็ นต้อง
ใช้วิชามาร ให้คิดก่อนเลยว่ามักเป็ น informative หรือการบอกหรือ
ให้ข้อมูล เพราะแนวข้อสอบมักเป็ นข่าว / บทความวิชาการ / งาน
วิจัย แต่ถ้าเป็ นโฆษณา มักเป็ น persuasive คือการชักชวนให้คน
เชื่อหรือมีความเห็นคล้อยตาม
14 ข้อที่มีคำที่ ความหมายค่อนข้างบีบ มักผิด เช่น only,
absolutely, completely, every, very, much, all, whole, entire,
now, at once, first etc.

Exam Arsenal

Situational Dialogs

1. A secretary is late for a meeting for the first time. She gives an
excuse that she had to take her son to the doctor. Her boss says:
……………..
(O-NET 51)

a. I see, but I don’t want any excuses

b. Again? That’s the same old excuse.
c. That’s all right. Don’t worry about it.
d. You never change! You’re always late.

2. You see a friend carrying a heavy box and want to help. You say:
…………. (O-NET 50)

a. Let’s take that away

b. Perhaps I could use the box
c. Can I give you a hand
d. Don’t you want to help yourself?

3. You are leaving to study abroad. Your friends come to see you off
at the airport. Before departing, you say:…………………. (O-
NET 50)

a. Forget me not
b. Have a good trip
c. See you later
d. Please keep in touch

4. Interviewer : How do you describe yourself?

Jack : ……………………………. (A-NET 49)
 a. I work in the office
b. I’m easy-going, romantic and a family man
c. I have to travel to the north of Thailand a lot
d. I watch adventurous movie whenever I have time

5. Laura : I got a raise.

Ann : …………………….. (A-NET 49)

a. Good luck
b. Good for you
c. Good to have you
d. Good talking to you

6. You have heard that your friend had a serious accident. You
visited her at the hospital. What do you say to her? (O-NET 49)

a. I’m so excited for you

b. Hope you recover soon
c. Have an awful time here
d. You have had a privilege of being here

7. You’ve just put a huge piece of meat on your dinner guest’s plate
when she reminds you she’s a vegetarian. What do you say to her?
(O-NET 49)

a. Please try it. I’ve cooked it myself

b. That’s too bad! This is really delicious
c. I’m terribly sorry! I’ll change your plate for you.
d. What a pity! Could you just give that up for ten days?

8. You told your friend you’ve got a job interview. He said, “Good
for you! I’ll keep my fingers crossed.” He meant to say
………………. (O-NET 49)

a. Take it easy
b. I wish you luck
c. Take it for granted
 d. I’m glad to here that

9. Your friend just had her heart broken. You try to make her feel
better by saying: “………………..” (Ent. ต.ค. 45)

a. One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.

b. It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
c. Still water runs deep.
d. There are plenty of fish in the sea

Conversation

1. Man : Where have you been? I haven’t seen you in class all
week.
Woman : I …………………. The doctor told me to stay in.
Man : I hope you are feeling better now. (A-NET 51)

a. was bored
b. caught a cold
c. thought too much
d. stayed home to study

2. Man : I think we should go tomorrow. Don’t you agree?

Woman : I ………………………….
Man : Good. We’ll leave at seven. (A-NET 51)

a. can’t agree less

b. don’t agree at all
 c. won’t agree with you
d. couldn’t agree more

(A-NET 51)
Man : Oh! I hate paying bills! We never seem to have enough
money!
Woman : ………3……..! We always manage, don’t we?
Man : I know, but it’s so difficult to save a bit for a rainy day.
Woman : And I am tired of just managing ………4…………
Man : What do you think your boss would say?
Woman : As hard as I work, I think she should say yes!
Man : When was your last one? I can’t even remember.
Woman : Exactly! It’s been that long …………5…………..
Man : Good. That’s settled then! However, for now, we still have
these bills. And, the checking account is empty.
Woman : …………6……………..?
Man : You know we aren’t supported to touch that. It’s for
retirement.
Woman : I know. But, this is a special case, isn’t it?
Man : I would rather find another way.

3. a. Rumor has it that

b. As good as you can get
c. Keep your shirt on
d. Put your hat on the table

4. a. I wish I knew the place to get it

b. The rainy days are here to stay
 c. I wish you could get a second job
d. Maybe I should ask for a raise

5. a. I want it
b. She likes me
c. We agree to that
d. I’m due for one

6. a. What about our nest egg

b. Should we write a check
c. Do you want to get a bank loan
d. Shall we use our salary

Situation: Andy bought a shirt from a department store. When he got

home, he found an ink spot on the collar, so he goes back to the store
to return it.
(O-NET50)

Salesperson: Good afternoon, sir ………………7………….?

Andy : Yes, I’d like to get a refund for this shirt.
Salesperson: …………8………… Sir, because it was on sale.
Andy : Then, can I talk to the manager?
Salesperson: I’m sorry he isn’t in right now. Err.. …………9…….., Sir?
Andy : There’s an ink spot on the collar.
Salesperson: ……10……..
Andy : Can’t I get a refund?
Salesperson: …………..11…….., Sir. We can only exchange it for you.
Andy : All right, then. Thank you.

7. a. Don’t you need help

b. Can I help you
c. Are you looking for someone
d. Would you return the shirt

8. a. I hope you don’t mind

b. This style was sold out
c. I think you’d better not
d. I’m afraid, you can’t

9. a. what’s the problem

b. what’s wrong with you
c. do you have any reason
d. may I return your shirt
10.a. It’s not our responsibility
b. I’m sorry to see you
c. You can’t put the blame on us
d. In that case, we can get you a new one.

11.a. I don’t think that’s possible

b. I can’t make a decision now
c. I’m only an employee one
d. I don’t want to argue with you
At the interview (O-NET49)
Mrs. Jones: Come in. I believe you’re Peter J. Davis.
Mr. David: ………….12………………
Mrs. Jones: Just for the record, what does J ………..13……..?
Mr. David: Joseph …. Peter Joseph Davis
Mrs. Jones: Thank you. …………..14…………

12.a. That’s right

b. Yes, you are
c. Surely, thank you
d. And you are Mr. Smith

13.a. stand in
b. stand for
c. stand up
d. stand by

14.a. help yourself

b. this is a chair
c. let’s chat
d. do have a seat
Direction: Choose the best answer

Man: I hope I win the lottery this time!

Woman: You know it’s impossible.
Man: Well, I’m going to ……..1…………
Woman: A lot of good that will do. It’s pretty foolish to spend your
money on the lottery.
Man: I know. But, it isn’t that much. And, it gives me
something to hope for.
Woman: Might as well try to ………2……………
Man: Come on! Let me have my little pleasures.
Woman: Okay, okay. It’s your money.
Man: That’s right. And I’ll ……..3……………..

1. a. break my leg b. stand on my feet

c. lose my face d. keep my fingers crossed

2. a. have blue blood b. bay for blood

c. make blood run cold d. get some blood from a stone

3. a. do it over again b. do without it

c. do with it as I please d. do away with it

Error Identification

1. Peter thinks that he had better don’t quit his job until he finds
a. b. c.
another one.
d.

2. Students would have to pay a late fee unless they register before
 a. b. c.
the last day of the regular registration period.
d.

3. Each night, the guard would, first, lock the gates, then turn on the
a. b.
lights and walking around the factory.
c. d.

4. The secretary asked the twelve-years-old girl to wait for her mother
a. b. c.
in the lobby.
d.

5. The more hardly his father tried to force him to study, the lazier
a. b. c. d.
Jimmy became.

6. Life will become more complicate when you leave school.

a. b. c. d.

1. Confused by the question which the referee asked, she

a. b.
could not answer it immediate.
c. d.

8. Cycling, in addition to hiking, are becoming a popular sport among

a. b. c. d.
Thai teenagers.

9. The sukhothai gold chain is famous for its use of the basketry
a. b.
technique to knit the gold threads together and unique because it was
c. d.
inspired by the artisan.
10. Males whose index finger are shorter than their ring fingers received
a
more of the hormone during gestation, and show a greater tendency
b. c.
towards physical aggression as adults.
d.

11. One by one, the islands of Hawaii was born from the
a. b.
volcano hot spot that still fires eruptions on the big island.
c. d.

12. In an era of continual technological development, education

a
has became a dynamic, lifelong endeavor where learning and adaptation
b c
is an ongoing process.
d

13. Our policy for dealing with the media is to respond quickly and
a. b. c.
polite.
d.

14. I would like to congratulate you on your succeed and in your

a. b. c.
endeavors.
d.

15. Hurricane Katrina, a category 4 hurricane, was the big storm ever
a. b.
to hit New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.
c. d.
16. Nowaday, pedometers are surprisingly popular with young children,
a. b.
who see logging steps as a game.
c. d.

17. Text messaging during the New Year festival period surged to
a. b.
new heights with 59 million SMS message sent this year.
c. d.