Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

King Mongkut ____ (I)___the King of Siam (Thailand) in the year 1851. Mongkut ____ (2) _____Siam for seventeen years. Mongkut was a _____(3) _____A dynast is a ____ (4) ____ ruler. This means that Mongkut became King because his family had been ruling Siam before him. Mongkut was the fourth member of his family to be king of Siam and so he was ______(5) _____ Rama IV. How did Mongkut's family become the rulers of Siam? In the previous century, Taksin had been the King of Siam and for a number of years,  e had slowly gone_____ (6) _____ Many of the King's advisers turned against him and asked a powerful. eneral (Chakri) to ____(7) _____ Taksin and become the new King of Siam. General Chakri overthrew Taksin and ____ (8) ____ himself King of Siam. He was known as Rama I and was the first ruler of the Chakri Dynasty. The Chakri Dynasty was ____ (9) ____ and it has ____ (10) ____ to the present day.

1.
(a) became
(b) insane
(c) overthrow
(d) called

2.
(a) made
(b) ruled
(c) dynasty
(d) became

3.
(a) hereditary
(b) insane
(c) dynasty
(d) called

4.
(a) became
(b) ruled
(c) dynasty
(d) hereditary

5.
(a) hereditary
(b) called
(c) overthrow
(d) insane

6.
(a) hereditary
(b) insane
(c) overthrow
(d) called

7.
(a) overthrow
(b) ruled
(c) dynasty
(d) made

8.
(a) before
(b) ruined
(c) dynamic
(d) made

9.
(a) hereditary
(b) established
(c) overthrow
(d) called

 

10.
(a) survived
(b) insane
(c) overthrow
(d) called

Answer 1

King Mongkut became the King of Siam (Thailand) in the year 1851. Mongkut ruled Siam for seventeen years. Mongkut was a dynasty A dynast is a hereditary ruler. This means that Mongkut became King because his family had been ruling Siam before him. Mongkut was the fourth member of his family to be king of Siam and so he was called Rama IV. How did Mongkut's family become the rulers of Siam? In the previous century, Taksin had been the King of Siam and for a number of years, he had slowly gone insane Many of the King's advisers turned against him and asked a powerful. General (Chakri) to overthrow Taksin and become the new King of Siam. General Chakri overthrew Taksin and made himself King of Siam. He was known as Rama I and was the first ruler of the Chakri Dynasty. The Chakri Dynasty was established and it has survived to the present day.