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Advanced English Language Aptitude Test

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EXPLANATION

1. This Advanced English Language Aptitude Test consists of 4 parts:

PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV

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Spelling
Word Meaning
Structure
Comprehension and
Expression

(7 Minutes - 30 Points)
(7 Minutes - 40 Points)
(15 Minutes - 40 Points)
(20 Minutes - 50 Points)

Total 49 Minutes - 160 Points

2. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet provided.
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PART I : Spelling
7 Minutes - 30 Points

Directions : Consider the spelling of the words in items No. 1 - 60.

* If the word in an item is correctly spelled, mark X over
the letter C for that item on the answer sheet.
* If the word in an item is incorrectly spelled, mark X over
the letter I for that item on the answer sheet.
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Item
No.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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8.
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12.
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14.
15.

Word
pollution
millitary
altitude
artificial
afection
distant
executive
desperate
sufficient
distinguish
mariage
Decoration
Corespond
Liable
Imitation

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No.
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18.
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30.

Word
Campain
Atractive
Garantee
Efficiency
usualy
Criticism
imoral
Addmission
hastily
Oppertunity
cristal
crucial
asure
Honerable
jeopardize

Item
No.
31
32.
33.
34.
35.
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45.

Word
insurunce
remedy
rigistration
equipped
inquirey
comercial
posibility
indulgence
maneuver
employement
discourge
forfeit
morgage
accelerate
complection

Item
No.
46.
47.
48.
49.
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60.

Word
memorandum
curriculum
havoc
obsticle
sarcrifice
politicial
trespass
warrent
preparation
intellegence
representitive
percolate
navigater
responsability
intuition

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PART II : Word Meaning

7 Minutes - 40 Points

Directions for items No. 61 - 80 :

In each item, choose the word, or phrase, which means the same
or nearly the same as the given word.
On the answer sheet, mark X over the letter of your choice
for each item.

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61. ASPIRATION :
a. existing design
c. great piece
62. CHARACTERISTIC :
a. typical
c. complex
63. COMPETITION :
a. possibility
c. pressure
64. TRANSMIT :
a. navigate
c. release
65. DESPAIR :
a. lose hope
c. grow lonely
66. OUTSTANDING :
a. very good
c. quite useful
67. REGARDS :
a. high esteem
c. best wishes
68. TURBULENT :
a. strong
c. decent
69. TRAIL :
a. path
c. behavior
70. PARTICULAR :
a. famous
c. deniable

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b. firm establishment
d. strong desire
b. available
d. equivalent
b. trouble
d. struggle
b. receive from
d. send out
b. become sad
d. feel hard
b. rather hopeful
d. really courageous
b. hopeful wishes
d. longing thoughts
b. current
d. stormy
b. train
d. treaty
b. specific
d. inventing

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71. COHESIVE:
a. united
c. efficient
72. PROMPTLY:
a. steadily
c. willingly
73. COMMUNITY:
a. cooperative
c. minor
74. CONSTRUCTIVE:
a. relative
c. reduced
75. FUNDAMENTAL:
a. essential
c. available
76. CATEGORY:
a. capacity
c. class
77. AUTHORITARIAN:
a. aggressive
c. ambitious
78. EQUIVALENT:
a. norm
c. standard
79. PROCEDURE:
a. process
c. maintenance
80. AFFECT:
a. trouble
c. influence

b. derived
d. promising
b. quickly
d. steadfastly
b. interaction
d. social group
b. improving
d. conducive
b. monetary
d. deficient
b. derivation
d. plan
b. dominating
d. formal
b. common
d. same
b. task
d. plant
b. carry on
d. object to

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PART III : Structure

15 Minutes 40 Points

Directions : In items No. 81 - 120, each item contains one sentence.

Read each sentence and decide which part of the sentence
(part A, B, C, or D) contains an error.
For each item mark X over the letter A, B, C, or D on the
answer sheet for your answer. If an item contains no error,
mark X over the letter N for that item.

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81. I looked / everywheres, / but could find / only six pencils.

A
B
C
D
82. Would you mind / if Somsak and I / were to borrow / them tools?
A
B
C
D
83. Sunee done / everything that / the boss asked / her to.
A
B
C
D
84. He was alone / by hisself / until his brother Weera / finally came home.
A
B
C
D
85. He wouldn't leave me / finish a sentence; / he was / constantly interrupting.
A
B
C
D
86. Every boy / thought he did / more better than / anyone else.
A
B
C
D
87. No one / never / told me who / the winner was.
A
B
C
D
88. I don't / expect as / either of you / is the right man.
A
B
C
D
89. He don't care / whether or not / he sells / his merchandise.
A
B
C
D
90. Suda wrung / all the water / from the towel / before she hanged it up.
A
B
C
D
91. Jim and I / was first / to be affected / by leaking gas.
A
B
C
D
92. How many / really good players / was there / on each team?
A
B
C
D
93. If you want / to learn / good, watch / very closely.
A
B
C
D
94. I was wondering / to who / Preecha and Sumet / were talking.
A
B
C
D
95. I didn't feel / well enough / to attend the conference / last tuesday.
A
B
C
D

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96. James said, / "Work, / not words, / is what is needed."

A
B
C
D
97. It was him / who came in / first in / the race.
A
B
C
D
98. Do you / agree with the plan / the men are proposing / for the office?
A
B
C
D
99. Sue's mother / asked, "When are you / planning to come / home tonight."
A
B
C
D
100. You're / hardly never / as good as / they at breaking records.
A
B
C
D
101. They had drank / more sodas / than any / other club members.
A
B
C
D
102. We didn't like / his working, / only when the boss / was there.
A
B
C
D
103. Neither Anne / nor Betty / are the woman / for those jobs.
A
B
C
D
104. She was hurt / when the dish / she held / bursted in her hands.
A
B
C
D
105. A wrecked plane / with two unidentified bodies / were found / at Phuket.
A
B
C
D
106. He graduated college / two whole years / before I / got to know him.
A
B
C
D
107. If the ball team / won't obey / the coach, it will / lose the game.
A
B
C
D
108. I know of / some people / which think / it's otherwise.
A
B
C
D
109. Outside a band / had been / playing loud / and cheerful music.
A
B
C
D
110. You are liable / to be hurt / if you behave careless / around machinery.
A
B
C
D

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111. The foreman usually / was angry at / those men which / disagreed with him.
A
B
C
D
112. The reporter asked, / "where did / the fire first / break out?"
A
B
C
D
113. Neither Jim or Sam / would be / the person I would pick / to replace me.
A
B
C
D
114. If I were / rich, I'd buy / my parents / their own home.
A
B
C
D
115. There's / fewer / good roads in Korat / than in Cholburi.
A
B
C
D
116. If it had been possible, / we would of / given him / the work he wanted.
A
B
C
D
117. The money was divided / equally / among / Sunee and Somsak.
A
B
C
D
118. I don't see / as good / as Teera, my friend, / can.
A
B
C
D
119. An increase in the sale / of books and records / are predicted / by the boss.
A
B
C
D
120. Mali is / the best cook / of the two, / although she's younger.
A
B
C
D

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Part IV : Comprehension and Expression

20 Minutes - 50 Points
A. Directions : Complete the dialogue by filling in each of the blanks
(No. 121 - 125) with one of the sentences given below.
Write the letter of your choice (01,02,03.....,10) for each
item on the answer sheet.
List of sentences to fill in the Dialogue
01 - What do you think we should do?
02 - I'm not quite sure I agree with that.
03 - There are many factors involved.
04 - I partially agree with that.
05 - There are many things that we must do.
06 - I'm inclined to agree with that.
07 - I agree completely.
08 - I'm sorry, but I don't agree at all.
09 - I'd like to have some suggestions from you on what to do about it.
10 - I'd like you to tell me what you think the causes of this are.
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Dialogue
The Board of Directors of a small private company is holding a meeting......
Chairman : As you know, sales of our cosmetics have been lower this year than last year
and .............(121).................
Suchart : Well, I think we need a major advertising campaign in newspapers and magazines.
We need to get our products back in the public eye.
Araya : Well, ..................(122)........................
I think an advertising compaign in women's magazines is a good idea. But I don't think
that newspaper advertisements have ever been shown to be effective for cosmetics.
Preecha : .............(123)................ Newspaper advertisements, if they are cleverly and carefully
Designed, can have an impact. Though I admit that the advantages from the use of
colour do make magazines a better bet. But, anyway, I believe that what we really need
are some new brands and I suggest that the R&D Department be asked to look into this
at once.
Sopin : ...........(124)............. We haven't had any new lines for nearly two years now. We must
Get some new products to our sales staff before the next Christmas season starts.
Weera : ...........(125)............. In my opinion the products we've got now are still winners.
There's no need to introduce new ones yet. I firmly believe that the problem lies with our
sales staff. They've become complacent. We must find some way to shake them up.
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B. Directions : Read the text below and complete the statements in items
No. 126 - 135, by choosing A, B, C or D and mark X over
the letter of your choice for each item on your answer sheet.
TEXT
In the Soviet Union agriculture still remains a problem. The country that first launched
a man into space still finds it difficult to feed all its people year in and year out.
Some Soviets trace this relative backwardness all the way back to the Stalin era. The
forced collectivization of farming-forcing the peasants to give up their own land to work on
state farms from which most of the produce was taken by the State, was bitterly resented by
the peasants. Stalin's aim was to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union. "We must catch
up with the West in ten years or they will crush us", he said in 1930. He may have been right.
But the upheavals to the population, the slaughter of animals, and the emphasis on industry
have left the Soviet Union with the legacy of a weak agricultural sector.
126. According to this passage the backwardness of Soviet agriculture can be
blamed on ..................
a. Stalin's policies
b. the peasants
c. poor production techniques
d. the West
127. When he became the leader of the Soviet Union around 1930, Stalin's main
aim was to ...................
a. defeat the West in a war
b. put a man into space
c. destroy Soviet agriculture
d. develop modern industry
128. From the first paragraph, what is the writer's attitude to the fact that
agriculture is a problem for the Soviet Union? He is............
a. angry
b. surprised
c. sad
d. excited
129. There are food shortages in the Soviet Union...........
a. every year
b. in some years
c. every other year
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130. The word "legacy" in the last sentence means...........

a. something passed on by someone
b. a government policy
c. something that is illegal
d. a serious problem
131. The phrase "bitterly resented" (lines 7) means..........
a. strongly opposed
b. strongly disliked
c. very dangerous
d. very bad tasting
132. What conclusion does the writer reach regarding agriculture in the Soviet Union?
The situation will..............
a. quickly improve
b. worsen
c. be difficult to improve
d. never change
133. In 1930, Stalin's feeling about the West was one of...........
a. envy
b. anger
c. fear
d. sorrow
134. The word "upheavals" (line 10) means that the population was........
a. angered
b. reduced
c. moved
d. imprisoned
135. The writer's attitude towards Stalin's policy of forced collectivization is that it.............
a. may have been necessary
b. was totally wrong
c. was completely right
d. should have been done much earlier

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Item No. 136

Directions : Rearrange the following paragraphs into their right order.
On your answer sheet, write the order number of each
paragraph in the boxes given.

A. "I will bet my money we will find organic compounds there," Dr. John Oro, an exo-biologist
of the University of Houston, told a news conference arranged by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
B. "We are the first people in history who may be able to answer the question of how life began
because we are the first people not bound to Earth," Lynn Griffiths, a scientist at NASA
headquarters in Houston said.
C. In order to help Dr. Oro win his bet and to allow Dr. Griffiths to answer her question, the
spacecraft Galileo will be launched by NASA in the autumn of 1989. It is expected to
reach Europa in the mid-1990's.
D. A space biologist involved in a study of life in the universe said on Friday that he believed
organic compounds, a life form, would be found on Europa, which is a moon of the planet
Jupiter.
E. Exo-biologists study the beginning of life and they, together with the scientists who plan
NASA's space missions, have been discussing the beginning of life at the NASA Ames
Research Laboratory.

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Item No. 137

Directions : Rearrange the following paragraphs into their right order.
On your answer sheet, write the order number of each
paragraph in the boxes given.

A. This innovation was achieved by the combination of two advanced technologies--digital

recording and laser optics. The end result was the Compact Disc system.
B. Thus, the largest single benefit of the system is the sound quality resulting from the noise
cleaning system and the non-contact nature between the pickup and the compact disc.
C. Instead of a stylus, a laser "readout" system is employed to scan the sequences of such external
influences as dust, scratches, finger prints and other accidental damage during handling; so
that the sound quality is noise-free and the CD can be maintained almost indefinitely.
D. Scientists had in mind an innovative sound system that would register a superior sound quality,
and would be lasting and immune to dust and scratches.
E. In Compact Disc the musical information is being represented as microscopic pits and flats on
the disc's surface, which is equal to 0 and 1 in the binary system.

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