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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
Let’s do the pretest.
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Pretest
Directions: Read the news story and answer the questions (items 1-5).
100 Students Escape Boarding House Fire A boarding house for female university students in Bangkok’s Bangkapi
district was burnt down in a big fire, sending some 100 tenants to flee for their life, police said.
Five students were injured from inhaling smokers and no one was killed in the big fire which engulfed the four-storeys building on Soi Ramkhamhaeng 57 on Saturday night.
Some 20 fire engines took about four hours to control the blaze from spreading to other buildings, but by that time the fire had apparently consumed the building.
Police said the fire started on the second floor and quickly spread to other floors as the owner of the buildings had modified the building as a boarding house by installing wooden walls to make many more rooms for tenants.
Most of the tenants are students of the Ramkhamhaeng University. Several tenants said they fled by climbing to a nearby building from a rooftop before the fire reached the top.
(Source : Nation Junior , February 16-28, 2006) Vocabulary 1. tenants (n) : people who rent rooms in a building 2. to flee (v) : to run away, escape 3. to inhale (v) : to draw, breathe or suck into the lungs 4. to engulf (v) : to swallow up, to surround 5. apparently (adv) : seemingly true 6. to modify (v) : to adapt, change purpose
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
1. How many students were injured in the boarding house fire? a. one
b. three c. five
d. seven
2. On which night of the week did the blaze occur? a. Thursday
b. Friday c. Saturday
d. Sunday
3. How tall was the building that was engulfed in the fire? a. four storeys
b. five storeys c. six storeys
d. seven storeys
4. On which floor did the fire begin? a. the first floor
b. the second floor c. the third floor
d. the fourth floor
5. How did the tenants flee from the building? a. By crying for help.
b. By putting out the fire. c. By climbing to a nearby building.
d. By running against the fire.
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Directions: Read the news story and answer the questions (item 6-10).
Mayor in ‘drunken fight with police’ Samut Prakan Municipality mayor Chonsawas Asavahame was yesterday charged with illegal detention and failing to submit to a breath test for alcohol. Two aides have been charged, too even though they fled the scene. The charges stem from an alleged drunken brawl with police officers at a New Petchaburi Road traffic checkpoint on Sunday night. Makkasan police commander Maj. Gen. Manit Wongsom-boon alleged Chonsawas locked Lance Corporal Prarob Saengnil in a petrol station near the checkpoint. Chonsawas is said to have a residence in the petrol station. Chonsawas refused to submit to a breath-alcohol test at the checkpoint after officers stopped him for speeding and erratic driving, he said. Manit said a charge of assaulting a police officer had been dropped. It has been reported a well-known lady model was in the vehicle along with two other women. Manit said Chonsawas would be questioned about the incident and the identity of his aides. He said the women were not involved and would not be called as witnesses. Chonsawas denied being drunk. He said he wore short trousers and casual attire at the time, something he did not do when going out for a drink. When asked about the three women in his car, Chonsawas said : “What models? I am puzzled. They are not models, just friends.”
(Source: The Nation, May. 22, 2007)
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
Vocabulary 1. detention (n) confinement 2. flee (v) to run away, escape 3. to stem from (phrase) be caused by 4. alleged (adj) to offer as an excuse 5. brawl (v) noisy quarrel 6. erratic (adj) having no fix course 7. assault (v) to attack 8. incident (n) an event 9. involve (v) to implicate 10. attire (n) dress
6. How many aides have also been charged along with the Samut Prakan mayor in this case? a. one b. two c. three d. four
7. On what night did the incident take place? a. Sunday b. Monday
c. Tuesday d. Wednesday
8. Where was Chonsawas said to have a residence? a. in a hotel b. in a petrol station c. in a hospital d. in a night club
9. Why was Chonsawas stopped? a. for speeding b. for turning without signaling c. for driving too slow d. for speeding and erratic driving
10. How many women were reported to be in the car with Chonsawas? a. one b. two c. three d. four
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ตัวย่อ ค าเต็ม ความหมาย
GDP Gross Domestic Product ผลผลิตมวลรวมภายในประเทศ
GNP Gross National Product ผลิตภัณฑ์มวลรวมของชาติ
IMF International Monetary กองทุนการเงินระหว่างประเทศ
IRO International Refugee Organization องค์การผู้ลี้ภัยนานาชาติ
MP Member of Parliament สมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎร
NEB National Environment Board คณะกรรมการสิ่งแวดล้อมแห่งชาติ
NEC National Education Commission คณะกรรมาธิการการศึกษาแห่งชาติ
OBEC Office of the Basic Education Commission
ส านักงานคณะกรรมการการศึกษาขั้นพ้ืนฐาน
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
กลุ่มประเทศผู้ส่งออกน้ ามัน
PM Prime Minister นายกรัฐมนตรี
TAT Tourism Authority of Thailand การท่องเที่ยวแห่งประเทศไทย
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
องค์การศึกษาวิทยาศาสตร์และวัฒนธรรมแห่งสหประชาชาติ
WHO World Health Organization องค์การอนามัยโลก
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
Communicative Reading Exercise 1
Directions: Match the headline with the type of newspaper article.
Headline
………. 1. Red cards at hand for candidates ……… 2. Matsuchita hopes to build plasma TV plant ……… 3. Brazillians Kaka and Marta win World Footballer of the Year ……… 4. Girl, 9, shot by teens, dies ……… 5. Aid recipients saddened by death of their champion ……… 6. North Korea’s PM to visit Lao Sunday ……… 7. Comedy with a wince factor ……… 8. High tides to flood capital
Types of newspaper articles
a. Sport News b. Local News c. Foreign News d. Business News e. Political News f. Entertainment News g. Medical News h. Crime News
(Source: The Nation, December 22, 2007)
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Communicative Reading Exercise 2
Directions : Write the following headlines on the top of the stories.
A B
C
D E
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Source: Student Weekly, July 16, 2007: page 23 Student Weekly, September 17, 2007: page 25
COLD DISCOVERY Mother and son found in freezer
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COUNTING SHEEP Judge falls asleep during trial
OUT OF NOWHERE Flying hydrant kills man
WRONG FOOTING Woman falls into volcano
CRUEL PUNISHMENT Landlord uses horse to drag boy
1………………………………………… Sydney - An Australian judge’s habit of
repeatedly nodding off during a drug trial was
regrettable but did not change the outcome of
the hearing, an appeal court ruled on
September 5.
2………………………………………
Amritsar, India - A 10-year-old boy was
tied to a horse and dragged for 15
minutes for allegedly chasing the animal
away from a farm, police said on
September 5.
3…………………………………………… California - A sports utility vehicle crashed into
a fire hydrant, which shot like a bullet, killing a
nearby man, an Oakland police spokesman said
on June 24.
4…………………………………………
Brussels - A Belgian man appeared in court
on July 6 after a woman at a dinner party in
his home found the bodies of his wife and
stepson in the freezer as she put away the
leftovers.
5………………………………………
Kinshasa - A Chinese woman fell into the
crater of the Nyiragongo volcano in the
Democratic Republic of Congo on July 6,
sparking a desperate UN rescue mission.
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
Communicative Reading Exercise 3
Directions: Read the news story and answer the questions.
OH, BABY Taxi driver has lucky day
Even before taxi driver Saiyon Opas started his car, he felt sure it would be his lucky day. After all, it was July 7, 2007, 7/7/07 on the calendar, and the license plate on his taxi is Tor Yor 7777.
On that day, a healthy baby girl was born in the back of his taxi. Saiyon said that a teenage couple flagged him down at about 4 a.m. on
Soi Chang Wattana 10, asking him to take them and a pregnant woman to a hospital. By the time they reached Soi Changwatana 6, he heard a baby crying.
Saiyon said that he was glad the pregnant woman gave birth in his car -- the first time that’s happened in his seven years behind the wheel.
(Source : Student Weekly, July 16, 2007 : page 22)
Vocabulary flag down (phrasal v.): to signal to the driver of a vehicle to stop by waving at them
1. What is the taxi driver’s name? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. When did this event take place? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. What is the license plate of taxi? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Where was the baby born? …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. How did Saiyon feel when the pregnant woman gave birth in his car? ……………………………………………………………………………………………
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Communicative Reading Exercise 4
Directions: Match the following pictures with their description. A B C
D E
………..1 Football fans at 24th SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima were overjoyed after Thailand’s 2-0 victory over Burma.
………..2 A roasted pig straddles a motorcycle during a festival in Balayan, south of Manila.
………..3 Karen Quigley from Sewell, New Jersey, holds her Chinese crested dog, Elwood, that won the title of 2012 World’s Ugliest Dog in Petaluma, California.
…………4 A grizzly bear at the Oklahoma City Zoo tosses a ball while playing in the water.
…………5 Thailand Post employees work on some of the 30,000 handmade postcards that will be on display at Asian International Stamp Exhibition.
(Source A, B : Student Weekly, July 2, 2012 Page 23) (Source C, D : Student Weekly, July 30, 2012 Page 19) (Source E : Student Weekly, December 31,2012 Page 18)
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
Communicative Reading Exercise 5
Directions: Read the following news and fill in the blanks by choosing the best answer.
DEADLY DELICACY Spicy Som Tam suspected in death
A 40-year-old Swede was found …….(1)……. in a house in Sattahip district, following complaints of diarrhea after ……..(2)…….. Som Tam and Sator. Sopa Kula, 29, ……..(3)……. to police on June 23 that her Swedish boyfriend, Lars Mikaes Gustafsson, was dead in a friend’s room. Sopa said that her boyfriend developed diarrhea after testing the food. She said that she offered to take him to a doctor, but he ……..(4)…….. Police have not yet discovered the ……... (5) ……... of death and will send Gustafson’s body for an autopsy before taking any further action.
(Source : Student Weekly, July 2, 2007 : page 22)
1. a. die b. dead c. to die d. death
2. a. eat b. to eat c. eating d. eaten
3. a. reported b. replied c. repeated d. reverted
4. a. recorded b. refused c. rejoiced d. relaxed
5. a. problem b. evidence c. assumption d. cause
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101 Students Escape Boarding House Fire
A boarding house for female university students in Bangkok’ s Bangkapi district was burnt down in a big fire, sending some 100 tenants to flee for their life, police said.
Five students were injured from inhaling smokers and no one was killed in the big fire which engulfed the four-storey building on Soi Ramkhamhaeng 57 on Saturday night.
Some 20 fire engines took about four hours to control the blaze from spreading to other buildings, but by that time the fire had apparently consumed the building.
Police said the fire started on the second floor and quickly spread to other floors as the owner of the buildings had modified the building as a boarding house by installing wooden walls to make many more rooms for tenants.
Most of the tenants are students of the Ramkhamhaeng University. Several tenants said they fled by climbing to a nearby building from a rooftop before the fire reached the top.
(Source : Nation Junior , February 16-28, 2006)
Posttest
Directions: Read the news story and answer the questions (items 1-5).
1. How many students were injured in the boarding house fire? a. three
b. five c. seven
d. nine
2. On which night of the week did the blaze occur? a. Friday
b. Saturday c. Sunday
d. Monday
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
3. On which floor did the fire begin? a. the first floor
b. the second floor c. the third floor
d. the fourth floor
4. How tall was the building that was engulfed in the fire? a. three storeys
b. four storeys c. five storeys
d. six storeys
5. How did the tenants flee from the building? a. By crying for help.
b. By putting out the fire. c. By climbing to a nearby building.
d. By running against the fire.
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Directions: Read the news story and answer the questions (items 6-10).
Mayor in ‘drunken fight with police’
Samut Prakan Municipality mayor Chonsawas Asavahame was yesterday charged with illegal detention and failing to submit to a breath test for alcohol. Two aides have been charged, too even though they fled the scene. The charges stem from an alleged drunken brawl with police officers at a New Petchaburi Road traffic checkpoint on Sunday night. Makkasan police commander Maj. Gen. Manit Wongsom-boon alleged Chonsawas locked Lance Corporal Prarob Saengnil in a petrol station near the checkpoint. Chonsawas is said to have a residence in the petrol station. Chonsawas refused to submit to a breath-alcohol test at the checkpoint after officers stopped him for speeding and erratic driving, he said. Manit said a charge of assaulting a police officer had been dropped. It has been reported a well-known lady model was in the vehicle along with two other women. Manit said Chonsawas would be questioned about the incident and the identity of his aides. He said the women were not involved and would not be called as witnesses. Chonsawas denied being drunk. He said he wore short trousers and casual attire at the time, something he did not do when going out for a drink. When asked about the three women in his car, Chonsawas said : “What models? I am puzzled. They are not models, just friends.”
(Source: The Nation, May. 22, 2007) 6. On what night did the incident take place?
a. Sunday b. Monday
c. Tuesday d. Wednesday
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
7. How many aides have also been charged along with the Samut Prakan mayor in this case? a. one b. two c. three d. four
8. Why was Chonsawas stopped? a. for speeding b. for turning without signaling c. for driving too slow d. for speeding and erratic driving
9. How many women were reported to be in the car with Chonsawas? a. one b. two c. three d. four
10. Where was Chonsawas said to have a residence? a. in a hotel b. in a petrol station c. in a hospital d. in a night club
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Let’s check your answers.
Answer Key
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
Pretest
1.c
2.c
3.a
4.b
5.c
6.b
7.a
8.b
9.d
10.c
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Exercise 1
1. e 2. d 3. a 4. h 5. g 6. c 7. f 8. b
Exercise 2
1. b 2. e 3. c 4. a 5. d
Exercise 3
1. Saiyon Opas 2. On July 7, 2007 3. Tor Yor 7777 4. In the back of the taxi. 5. He felt glad.
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English Reading Skill Exercises for Communication with Authentic Materials: News Reading
Exercise 4
1. c 2. a 3. b 4. e 5. D
Exercise 5
1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. d
Posttest
1. b
2. b
3. b
4. b
5. c
6. a
7. b
8. d
9. c
10. b
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