Tips
End of the line
By Ajarn Helen Jandamit
University Tips is here to help you prepare for the English exams that are coming your way.
It gives you practise answering questions similar to those you may have at school and also on the university entrance examination.
SECTION 1
Match each word on the left with its correct definition on the right.
1. Telegram. 2. . Telegraph. 3. Television. 4. Telly 5. Telegraphy. 6. Telephone. 7. Telescope. |
a. A piece of electrical equipment with a screen on which you can watch programmes with moving pictures and sound. b. A system for sending coded messages to somebody over long distances, using wires connected to a machine for doing this. c. A message sent by telegraph and then printed and given to somebody. d. A piece of equipment shaped like a tube, containing lenses, that you look through to make objects that are far away appear larger and nearer. e. A machine for talking over long distances, connected to wires that carry electrical signals. f. The process of sending messages by telegraph. g. An informal way of saying television. |
SECTION 2
Scan the timeline on the right.
Then, answer the multiple-choice questions below.
8. When was Thai telegraph service discontinued?
a.
May 1,
2008.
b. April
30, 2008.
c. In 2003.
d. 133
years ago.
9. What event marked the beginning of Thailand�s telegraph service?
a.
A telegraph
line connects Bangkok with Samut Prakan.
b. A
telegraph line connects Bangkok with Bang Pa-in.
c. The
Telegraph Department is established.
d. The Post
and Telegraph Department becomes the Communication Authority of Thailand.
10. When did the Thai telegraph and the postal agencies merge?
a.
In 1844.
b. In 1883.
c. In 1898.
d. In 1977.
11. When was Thailand Post Plc established?
a.
In 1898.
b. In 1977.
c. In 2003.
d. In 2008.
12. What does the picture in the table, show?
a.
Somebody
using a stapler.
b. Somebody
sending a Morse code telegraph.
c. Somebody
using a phone.
d. None of
the above.
SECTION 3
Read the following excerpt from a story featured in the Bangkok Post and fill in each blank with the correct word form the choices that follow.
The service peaked in 1995, when 12 million telegrams were sent across the country. Last year only 600,000 telegrams ......... 13 ......... sent. Thailand Post finally terminated the ......... 14 ......... at 8 pm. About 1,200 ......... 15 ......... service staff will be transferred ......... 16 ......... new positions.
13.
a. are
b.
will be
c.
were
d.
was
14.
a. serving
b.
serve
c.
server
d.
service
15.
a. telegraph
b.
telephone
c.
television
d.
telemarketing
16.
a. to
b.
with
c.
from
d.
at
SECTION 4
Fill in the blanks in the text with the correct word from the choices below.
- it
- I
- us
- up
- he
�I don�t need to use .........17 ......... . I use email and skype. But ......... 18 ......... came here today to soak ......... 19 ......... the nostalgic feeling,� ......... 20 ......... said.
SECTION 5
Read the story below and use it and the timeline from Section 2 to answer the true or false questions that follow.
Telegraph service ends
After 133 years, the curtain came down on the telegraph service in a ceremony that saw several thousand people bid it farewell.
�The last chapter of 133 years of the Thai telegraph will be in the memory of Thais forever,� was the last message sent by telegraph. It was sent from the General Post Office by Information and Communications Technology Minister Mun Patanotai.
The message was sent to 40,000 people who had reserved a final telegram, according to the Thai News Agency.
The number of telegrams sent in the final week of the service rose to 50,000 � more than the number usually sent in six months.
�The public enthusiasm was overwhelming,� communications department spokesperson Wiboon Sereechaiporn said.
21. Thailand�s first telegraph line, which connected Bangkok with Samut Prakan, was set up in 1844.
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22. Thailand Post Plc is older than the Post and Telegraph Department.
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23. The Information and Communications Technology Minister sent Thailand�s last telegram.
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24. 400,000 people had reserved a final telegram.
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25. More telegrams were sent in the final week of the telegraph service than were usually sent in six months.
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discontinue
(v): to
stop doing, using or providing something merge (v): to combine or make two or more things combine to form a single thing peak (v): to reach the highest point or value of something terminate (v): to end; to make something end soak up (phrasal v): to absorb something into your senses, your body or your mind nostalgic (adj): reminding you of happy times in the past reserve (v): to ask for something to be available for you or somebody else at a future time overwhelming (adj): very great or very strong |
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