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Easy Exercises

1. Thais celebrate Mother's Day on August 12th because it is Her Majesty's birthday.

2. Her Majesty Queen Sirikit meet his Majesty the King in France (Paris).

3. Their Majesties were married in 1950.

Easy Exercises

QUESTIONS

1. b. About 5,000 new items come to the lost-and-found centre in Tokyo in a given day (note the question implied "new" items rather than the 800,000 that already pack the warehouse).

2. Tetsuro lost his mobile phone because he'd been drinking; he dropped it on a train.

FUN WITH WORDS

The word is RECLAIM.

Karaoke Korner

1. Relationship.

2. Hotel.

3. Record.

4. Duet.

5. Single.

University Entrance Examination Tips

1. False.
2. True.
3. False (both teams scored).
4. True (Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka inspired Leeds to a 3-2 victory over Arsenal).
5. False. It is Arsenal and Manchester United who are bitter rivals. Grammar note: The possessive adjective "their" refers back to the previous noun (in this case, Arsenal), so we know that "their" refers to Arsenal (NOT Manchester United).
6. True. Leeds� 3-2 victory over Arsenal handed the Premiership title to their bitter rivals Manchester United at the expense of their opponents.
7. c (note: all these meanings are correct grammatically but only c. fits the context).
8. b.
9. a.
10. b.
11. c.
12. b.
13. b.
14. a.
15. b.
16. b.
17. c.
18. c.
19. c.
20. b.
21. b.
22. c.
23. c.
24. a.
25. a.
26. c.