93C 15-30
Q A Explanation Skills tested
15 C

`Pollution' is a situation, and `worsening' collocates with a situation.

 Collocation
16 B

`Thousands of sth' means `many' with exaggeration.

 Usage
17 A

`Faith' collocates with Buddhist which is a religion.¡@

 Collocation¡@
18 B

`In harmony with nature' means `match, agree with nature'.¡@

 Collocation¡@
19 D

`To' indicates `a direction'. `Forbidding residence to anyone' means `not allowing anyone to live in the forest'.

 Use of preposition.¡@
20 A

`Expel' means `send out or away with force'; it follows with the preposition `from'.¡@

 ¡@Collocation
21 C

¡@`Guard against sth negative' means

`use care and caution to prevent sth negative'.
  1. prediction
  2. collocation.¡@
22 B

The word `where' in `From where' refers `Dong Yai Forest'. `From' indicates `a place that is a starting point.' `From where he wants his fight is not over' means `from Dong Yai Forest, his fight continue'.

 Structure¡@
23 A Since `Robin Hood' is an old figure, it contrasts with a `modern one'.¡@ Understanding the context¡@
24 B

`Kicking monk out of Thailand's forest' means `expel monk out of Thailand'.¡@
  1. prediction
  2. collocation¡@
25 D

`Even though' suggests `a concession',showing a contrast of two statements. `The government is kicking monks out of Thailand's forests' is contrast to `the monks actually help to protect the forest'.¡@

 Reading for discourse markers.¡@
26 C `Arising from sth' means `result from' bringing the reason of the controversies: a sickening mess of ecological disaster.'
  1. prediction

2. collocation¡@
27 A

Since it leads to `a deteriorating quality of life', it is a sickening mess of `ecological disasters'.¡@

 prediction.¡@
28 C `Doomed to' is negative in connotation, suggesting `condemn sb to some fate'.¡@
  1. prediction

2. collocation¡@
29 A

`Boom' collocates with `prosperous economic situation'.

 Collocation
30 B

After `from', a gerund is used. Making profits is passive, not active.

 Collocation

Passive gerund

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