Reading Exercise

According to "Kyle always tells me that he wants to lose weight, _____I usually see him eating chocolate daily." choose the correct answers.

• yet

• and

• but

• or

Answer explanation

"Yet" and "But" have the same meaning. However, "Yet" is considered to be more formal than "But".

According to "He is a smart young boy in our high school; he knows everything in the books, _____he has no idea how to stop eating unhealthy foods. " choose the correct answers.

• yet

• and

• but

• or

Answer explanation

"Yet" and "But" have the same meaning. However, "Yet" is considered to be more formal than "But".

According to "His brother says that _____Klye won’t stop eating chocolate, he will always be fat." choose the correct answer.

• Unless

• as long as

• but

• Because

Answer explanation

"As long as" means ตราบใดที่ which is related to the context provided.

"His mother also encouraged him to eat more vegetables _____ healthy food. "

• But

• and

• or

• because

Answer explanation

"And" is used to include things together while "Or" is used to give a condition, they both are correct based on the provided context.

"She knows that Kyle wants to lose weight _____he wants to be an actor..."

• for the reason that

• due to

• and

• because

Answer explanation

"For the reason that" means "Because" in the academic way. "Due to" is also used for giving the reason.

"_____he graduates from high school."

• as soon as

• before

• and

• after

Answer explanation

"as soon as" means เร็วที่สุดเท่าที่จะทำได้ and "after" means หลังจากที่ which both of them can be added in the excerpt because these words are related to the context provided.

"_____it seems difficult and takes a long journey to achieve his goal, Kyle promises everyone that he will not give up easily."

• As soon as

• Even though

• Even if

• Although

Answer explanation

"Although" and "Even though" have the same meaning, which are ถึงแม้, ถึงแม้ว่า

" _____he loses passion for being an actor."

• unless

• even though

• until

• although

Answer explanation

"Until" means จนกระทั่ง while "Unless" จนกว่า so, these words can replaced each other in the context provided.

"_____Kyle decides to enter the gym club, he actually loses 6 lbs. "

• Before

• But

• After

• And

Answer explanation

From the passage, the word "After" is most reasonable to be considered correct in the provided context.

"Kyle spends more time in the gym _____eats more healthy food."

• and

• so that

• or

• but

Answer explanation

"And" is used to modify a simple sentence to be compound sentence which is related to context provided.