This is the reading section for the Mattayom 3 O-NET exam for the school year 2560.
Reading Passage 1
It was the day of the big sale. Rumors of the sale and some advertising in the local paper were the main reason for the long line. The line was formed by 8:30 in the morning in front of the store. A small man pushed his way to the front of the line. But he was pushed back with loud and colorful curses.
On the man's second attempt, he was punched at the jaw and knocked around a bit. He was then thrown to the end of the line again. As he got up the second time, he said to the person at the end of the line, "That does it! If they hit me one more time, I don't open the damn store!"
Why were so many people waiting in front of the store?
To buy discounted things
To be on strike
To follow the regulations
To break into the store
What happened to the man the first time he went to the front of the line?
He was cursed and kicked.
He was driven away and yelled at.
He was pushed to the very front.
He was seriuosly injured by the people along the line.
What would most likely happen to the man in the end?
He would go back home.
He would remain at the back of the line.
He would wait until the line was shorter.
He would be allowed to go in front of the line to open the store.
