📚 English Exam Practice

Cambodian High School Level • Duration: 60 minutes

Exam Date: August 21, 2017

Subject: English Language

Duration: 60 minutes

📖 Part 1: Reading (10 points)

Read the text and fill the gaps with words in the box. Gap one was done as an example for you.

Word Bank:
occupation successful embarrassment hobby failure solution secretarial explanation frozen construction

Evening Classes

Recently I decided to go to (1) evening classes twice a week. During the day I work in a agency as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting and I get bored. I also got tired of coming home every evening putting a meal in the oven, and then watching TV.

So I decided to take up carpentry as a . Perhaps I should give you an for my choice. Learning a skill is a good to the problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was a because any time I tried to put up a shelf, for example, it always fell down!

Now I am quite a wood-worker! I am working on the of some furniture at the moment. And although there are only few students in the class, I don't feel any . I've turned out to be the best student in the class!

📝 Part 2: Grammar (15 points)

Choose the correct answer (a, b, c, or d) for each question.

1. Girls, you _______ say those things about your teachers.
2. Have another piece of cake. No, thanks, _______ too much.
3. I was going to do the washing, but the machine _______ down.
4. My secretary was late. She had never _______ late before.
5. If you give some money, I _______ to go shopping.

📚 Part 3: Vocabulary (15 points)

Choose the correct answer (a, b, c, or d) for each question.

1. Before you begin the exam paper, always read the _______ carefully.
2. If you put your money in the bank, it will earn ten percent _______.
3. Most people in the town _______ the idea of Green and Clean city.
4. The plane was delayed by fog, and so I _______ my connection.
5. The fans climbed over the fence to _______ paying.

✍️ Part 4: Writing (10 points)

Essay Topic: "There is too much traffic in the city. What Do You Think the Authorities Should Do about It?"

Write at least 80 words.

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