Our Angkor

Angkor is the most important monument of the south-east Asian Khmer Empire and the world’s largest sacred temple. Built during the reign of King Suryavaman, at the beginning of the 12th century, Angkor is noted for its intricate ornamentation and striking beauty. With its water moats, concentric walls and magnificent temple mountain in the center, Angkor Wat symbolizes the Hindu cosmos, with its oceans at the periphery and the Meru Mountain at the center of its universe.

Examination

I. Read the article about the Cambodian people’s bitter lives when they lived in the blood thirsty regime. (10 marks)

II. For each of the following, choose the most suitable answer and write its number in the brackets provided. (1 mark each)

For each of the following, choose the most suitable answer and write its number in the brackets provided. (2 marks each)
1- It’s too late now. He should _______________ harder, then.
(1) study (2) studied
(3) be studying (4) have studied ( )

2- Mary, as well as her sister, _________________playing tennis.
(1) like (2) likes
(3) be likes (4) have liked ( )

3- I ____________ sushi before but I don’t think I would try it again as I don’t like it.
(1) have eaten (2) am eating
(3) ate (4) have eaten ( )

4- I _____________ my dinner when Joseph called.
(1) had (2) have had
(3) was having (4) am having ( )

5- She has been painting all day : She ________________the living-room already.
(1) painted (2) has painted
(3) had painted (4) is painting ( )
6- She was annoyed _______________ her son for making a mess in the living-room.
(1) to (2) by
(3) with (4) over ( )
7- “When you’re having fun, time ______________to fly,” David said.
(1) seem (2) seems
(3) is seeming (4) seemed ( )
8- Dinner is usually served ___________________six and seven o’clock in my house
(1) between (2) until
(3) from (4) to ( )

9- I need some flour and sugar, Are there_______________ grocery shops here?
(1) a little (2) some
(3) a few (4) any ( )

10- None of the children ______ the song, so the teacher has to teach them how to sing it
(1) know (2) knows
(3) has known (4) have known ( )
11- One of the boys __________ guilty of stealing the money. He will be punished.
(1) is (2) are
(3) was (4) were ( )

12- The lights are not on in her room: she ________ have gone to bed.
(1) should (2) must
(3) could (4) would ( )

13- By April. I ________ here in Singapore for nine months.
(1) must be (2) ought to be
(3) would have been (4) should have been ( )

14- I __________ computer games all day but I am far from tired.
(1) am playing (2) played
(3) was playing (4) have been playing ( )

15- It is dangerous to drive when you _____________ .
(1) are drinking (2) have drunk
(3) are drunk (4) will drink ( )

16- The injured woman __________ to hospital immediately.
(1) was taken (2) has been taken
(3) will be taken (4) was being taken ( )

17- “Do your work quietly,” Mr Osman told his class. “I will be back ______________ a few minutes’ time,”
(1) by (2) until
(3) in (4) for ( )

18- ______ country club she is a member of has many facilities to match its range of activities.
(1) A (2) An
(3) The (4) Some ( )

19- They __________ of good hotel accommodation by the travel agency, but the hotels they stayed in tuned out to be uncomfortable and dirty.
(1) are assured (2) had assured
(3) were being assured (4) had been assured ( )

20- The winner, _________ with happiness, went up to received his trophy.
(1) beams (2) beamed
(3) beam (4) beaming ( )

21- The servant knocked the vase over while she __________ the table.
(1) dusts (2) has dusted
(3) dusted (4) was dusting ( )

22- You know the way to the shopping centre, __________ you?
(1) haven’t (2) aren’t
(3) do (4) don’t ( )
23- I _______ just ______ reading the book which you lent me ages ago.
(1) must, finish (2) am, finishing
(3) have, finished (4) can, finish ( )

24- You ___________ more careful. Then you could have avoided having this accident.
(1) should be (2) must be
(3) should have been (4) would be ( )

25- Before she knew it. They _______ an agreement and made a deal.
(1) reached (2) were reaching
(3) have been reached (4) had reached ( )

26- She __________the phone as soon as it rang but there was no one at the other end of the line.
(1) answered (2) answers
(3) was answering (4) had answered ( )

27- Although she worked late _____ the night, she woke up early the following morning.
(1) at (2) into
(3) through (4) in ( )

28- Sutimah dashed from her bedroom to answer the phone when ti __________.
(1) rang (2) had rung
(3) was ringing (4) had been ringing ( )

29- She _________ every day for the love of it and she also teaches dancing.
(1) is dancing (2) danced
(3) dances (4) has danced ( )

30- They were pleased that the project was successfully ______________.
(1) completing (2) completed
(3) complete (4) completes ( )
31- Peter did his work _________ untidily that his teacher scolded him.
(1) such (2) very
(3) so (4) really ( )

32- If I _________ a million dollars, I would travel round the world.
(1) win (2) was winning
(3) were winning (4) have won ( )

33- She _________ to tears when she heard the story about the unfortunate orphan.
(1) moved (2) moves
(3) was moved (4) was moving ( )

34- Do you ever ______ to yourself? If you do that too frequently, consult a psychiatrist.
(1) talk (2) talking
(3) talks (4) talked ( )

35- By the time I ___________ doing my homework, it was already eight o’clock.
(1) finish (2) finished
(3) am finishing (4) was finishing ( )

36- When he mentioned the matter to her, she realized that she _________ and had lost her money to the swindler.
(1) cheated (2) was cheated
(3) have been cheated (4) was being cheated ( )

37- Our teachers told us a lot of stories when we were young, but we have forgotten many of _______________
(1) it (2) theirs
(3) them (4) those ( )

38- Richard hasn’t been able to get _____________ his sister’s death.
(1) off (2) through
(3) by ` (4) over ( )

39- The palace was ____________ many years ago; it is the symbol of one man’s love for his wife __________________
(1) built (2) build
(3) building (4) builds ( )

40- That picture will certainly look better __________ there.
(1) hang (2) hanging
(3) hanged (4) hangs ( )


III. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets (10 mark)
1- ____________________ (medicine) fees are getting higher and higher these days.
2- His __________________(portray) of a drug addict in the film was very convincing.
3- The ________________( humour) show had everybody laughing till their sides split.
4- The ______________ (realize) that she was an adopted child made her feel unhappy.
5- He is doing a course in business _______________________ (manage) for further advancement in his carreer.
6- The United States disployed _________________________ (Techniqure0 supremacy in the Gulf War.
7- They celebrated her -_______________(recover) from her long bout of illness.
8- In her -___________ (miserable), she tore her result slip into shreds.
9- Nobody wanted to _______________ (friend) the obnoxious boy, so he was always alone.
10- The ___________________ (grace) ballerina bowed to the thunderous applause of the appreciative audience.



IV. The candidate has to write about the subject of Cambodia’s future development and his role at least 250 words. (40marks).

Cambodian Bloggers Summit

Hi everyboday,

On August 30-31, 2007 they are the day which i was happy because i could find more idea and knowledge to store in my mind. After I participated i know how to upload the file of picture, video and sound into my blog. I also reconized some people who were friendly and smiling. And one thing that make my life feel reminding is my English. Those days I thought my English was so bad and I cannot join the commend.
But at least I known a lady who the one I liked that day.

These are the beautiful pictures that I take.

Facts about Cambodia

History
Early Beginnings
Cambodia came into being, so the legend goes, through the union of a princess and a foreigner. The foreigner was an Indian Brahman named Kaundinya. The princess was the daughter of a dragon king who ruled over a watery place. One day, as Kaundinya sailed by, the princess paddled out in a boat to greet him. Kaundinya shot an arrow from his magic bow into her boat, causing the princess to fearfully agree to marriage. In need of a dowry, her father drank up the waters of his land and presented them to Kaundinya to rule over. The new Kingdom was named Kambuja.

Like many legends, this one is historically opaque, but it does say something about the cultural forces that brought Cambodia into existence; in particular its relationship with its great subcontinental neighbour, India. Cambodia's religious, royal and written traditions stemmed from India and began to coalesce as a culteral tradition in their own right from around the 1st century AD.

Very little is known about prehistoric Cambodia. Evidence of cave dwellers has been found in the north-west of Cambodia. Carbon dating on ceramic pots found in the area shows they were made around 4200 BC. But it is difficult to say whether there is a direct relationship between these cave-dwelling pot makers and contemporary Khmers. Examination of bones dating back to around 1500 BC, however suggest that the people living in Cambodia at that time resembled Cambodians of today.

Archaeological evidence shows that Cambodians prior to 1000 BC lived in houses on stilts (as they do today), and subsisted on a diet that included large quantities of fish and cultivated rice. Early Chinese records report that the Cambodian were 'ugly' and 'dark' and went about naked; a pinch of salt is always required when reading the culturally chauvinistic reports of imperial China concerning its 'barbarian' neighbours.

By lonely planet "Cambodia"

Do you absolutely know much about business English Idioms and Phrases?

* An absent-minded driver can be very dangerous on the road.

absent-minded : forgetful, without concentration on what one is doing.

concentration :
1. concentrating or being concentrated,
2. mental attention,
3. something concentrated,
4 weight of a substance in a given amount of material.

concentrate :
v. 1. focus one’s attention or thought.
2. bring together to one point.
3.increase the strength of (a liquid etc) by removing water etc.
4.(as concentrated adj.) intense, strong. N. concentrated substance.

* Well done George! You are our ace salesman.

ace: the best performer, the person who does something most successfully.

* Brian is fighting against all odds to save his company.

against all odds: in spite of great opposition or disadvantage etc.

in spite of:

opposition:
n. 1. resistance, antagonism.
2. eing hostile or in conflict or disagreement.
3. contrast, antitheses.
4. group or party of opponents or competitors.; (the Opposition) chief parliamentary party opposed to that in office.
5. act of placing opposite.
6. diametrically opposite position of two celestial bodies.

resistance:
n. 1. resisting; refusal to comply.
2. power of resisting.
3. Ability to withstand disease.
4.impeding or stopping effect exerted by one thing on another.
5. Physics property of hindering the conduction of electricity, het , etc.
6. resistor.
7. secret organization resisting a regime, esp. in an occupied country.

resist:
v.1. withstand the action or effect of.
2. stop the course or progress of.
3. abstain from (pleasure, temptation, etc.).
4. strive against;try to impede; refuse to comply with (resist arrest).
5. offer opposition; refuse to comply.
N. protective coating of a resistant substance.

withstand: v. oppose, hold out against.

abstain:
v. 1 (usu. foll. by from) refrain from indulging (abstained from smoking).
2 decline to vote. [Latin teneo tent- hold]

refrain1:
v. (foll. by from) avoid doing (an action) (refrain from smoking). [Latin frenum bridle]

indulge:
v. (-ging) 1 (often foll. by in) take pleasure freely.
2 yield freely to (a desire etc.).
3 (also refl.) gratify the wishes of.
4 colloq.take alcoholic liquor. [Latin indulgeo give free rein to]

decline:
—v. (-ning) 1 deteriorate; lose strength or vigour; decrease.
2 (also absol.) politely refuse (an invitation, challenge, etc.).
3 slope or bend downwards, droop.
4 Gram. state the forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective).
—n. 1 gradual loss of vigour or excellence.
2 deterioration. [Latin clino bend

How big is the world?

Nowadays, Cambodia economy is gloriously, because Cambodia has planty of investment, and public market so this country has many modern updated produce. Some of people who living in Cambodia are very interested in using different new technology (Computer, Telephone, camera, ...). Both of Computer and Telephone are the devices which can make people to communicate each other very fast even though we are anywhere of the world. Computer is a device has a lot of advantages such as storing datas or informations, controling school, company, and hospital….etc.

But unfortunately Cambodia has limited levels of access which looks low yet for the Information Technology (IT) in the South-east Asian region because we lack of IT human resource. Thus our Cambodian government has initiated a number of efforts to give a direction to IT application and development in higher education in the country, and ministry of education also insert IT subject to study in secondary school and university including a plan to establish a national computer training program, to encourage research activities in software development, to create a national information bank, and to develop a networking system to disseminate and collect data and information. So no longer, Cambodia will become a country that has gloriously IT.

All the people who live around the world are friends.

Welcome everybody,

Hi everybody!
Nice to say how are you doing today?
And if someone who know the difinition of " making friends" and recognized it please kindly let me know i will share this to all the people round the world to see what it means and I really say that thank you so much. And everything has to be straight. Is it right?

Thanks,
Simcuh

Lazy

Today i fell sad but I still do what I have to do in a day.
So why are you lazy? No reason to be lazy because we are adults.