แนวข้อสอบ O-Net ม.6 (Paragraph Level)

Paragraph Level

       Directions:   Choose the best item to complete the missing part.

 

       Passage 1

Police Chief Tom Boggs informed the Sutherlin City Council this week that a

pest-removal company has trapped and removed 788 rats __46__. An exterminator

will be brought in to poison any __47__.

The council declared the property a nuisance in early March and __48__ from

Douglas County to proceed with the extermination efforts.

Jerry Wilson, owner of The Relocator pest-removal company, will inspect the

house in a few months to make sure the rats __49__.

Neighbors at __50__ say the smell has improved since March, __51__ flies are a

problem.

__52__, Mary Pirkey, told the council the house needs __53__. But the chief told

her the owner of the house has rights, too.

46. 1. in a house infested                       2.  from an infested house
47. out of a house being infested        4.  away from an infesting house
48. 1. remaining rodents                        2.  rodents remained
49. remained rodents                         4.  rodents remain
50. 1. subsequent permission received
51. received subsequently permission
52. received permission subsequent
53. subsequently received permission
54. 1. have not returned                         2.  had not returned
55. would not return                           4.  might not return
56. 1. this week’s council meeting
57. the council’s meeting in this week
58. a council’s meeting for the week
59. a meeting of this week’s council
60. 1. so                                               2.  or
61. but                                              4.  for
62. 1. Neighbors                                    2.  Any neighbor
63. One neighbor                               4.  Some neighbors
64. 1. burn down                                   2.  to burn down
65. being burned down                       4.  to be burned down

Passage 2

Fossils are a faithful recording of __54__, an accurate imprint of the past. __55__,

imagine a prehistoric fish swimming around in the sea a few million years ago. One

day, the fish dies __56__ its body sinks down to the water bottom, where it becomes

buried in soft mud.

__57__ time passes, the flesh decays and __58__. An imprint of the skeleton stays

in the mud, even after the skeleton itself disintegrates. Many years pass. The mud with

__59__ gradually hardens and turns to stone under the pressure of the rock layers that

have subsequently built up on __60__.

54. 1. animals and dead plants               2.  dead animals and plants
55. animals and plants dead               4.  animals’ death and plants
56. 1. First                                            2.  Next
57. In conclusion                               4.  For example
58. 1. if                                                 2.  unless
59. and                                             4.  because
60. 1. As                                               2.  Until
61. Once                                          4.  Before
62. 1. the skeleton only is left                 2.  only the skeleton is left
63. the skeleton is only left                 4.  the skeleton is left only
64. 1. an imprint is fish                           2. fishy imprints
65. the fish’s imprint                           4.  the imprint fish
66. 1. its top                                          2.  top of it
67. top of its                                      4.  a top of it