IN THE NAME OF GOD

سوالات امتحان درس زبان انگلیسی (2)                    دوره پیش دانشگاهی                     

 

                                   

1          Vocabulary: Fill in the blanks with the words given. There is one extra word.

nuns – agriculture – extreme – voluntary – artificial – common – handle -

1. Most working children in rural areas are found in _______.

2.A lot of ____ helpers came to save people after the terrible earthquake.

3.It,s very _____ for people to get colds in winter.

4.They got into _____ difficulties during the war.

5.Tell me, are these beautiful flowers ?

6.Mother Teresa left home and joined an Irish community of ______ .     3

2          Match the definitions in column A with the words in column B. There is one extra word in column B.

               ( A )                                                                 ( B )                                 

7.do sth to begin using a computer                               a) suffering

8. not be successful                                                          b) mass

9. experience of pain and unpleasant emotions            c)run

10.the amount of material in sth.                                  d) fail

                                                                                          e) log on    1

3          Choose the correct answer:

11. They left the farm to find work in ______ areas.

a)usual               b) social                            c) irrelevant               d) urban

12. Could you ______ the table to see if it will  fit into the kitchen ?

a) measure              b) record                         c) remove              d) magnify

13. You cannot work ______ for six hours without a break . It is impossible.

 a) continuously      b) emotionally      c) economically        d) interchangeably

14.One of the best – known American space _______ was project Apollo.

 a)stations            b) programs                    c) strategies                   d) base

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4          Grammar :

Choose the correct answer.

15. Some of the studies show positive results, _____ others do not.

a) while                     b) since                           c) as                        d) when

16. Anita went to Italy in order _____ her elder sister.

a) visits                     b) to visit                       c) visit                   d) visiting

17. David had a bad accident on Hilton High way. He _____ more carefully.

a) should drive   b) should have driven   c) might have driven  d) might drive

18.Ali says _____ his car is very old, it  still runs very well.

a) because                b) although                       c) whether            d) as

19. She studies all her lessons carefully _____ get good marks.

  a) to                          b) so as                                     c) so that             d ) not to

20. Peter knows a lot about flying  planes . He _____ a pilot when he was young.

   a) should be             b) should have been                  c) must be                       d ) must have been          3

5          Combine the following sentences with the words given in parentheses :

21. Mary is saving money. She wants to buy a new car. ( so that )

 

22. David has access to Internet. He never sends me any e-mails.

 ( even though )

 

23. I can ,t find my keys . Perhaps I left them in my car . ( might )

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6          Sentence Function :

 Match the items in column (A) with the appropriate phrases in column ( B ) . There is one extra item in column ( B ) .

            A                                                                                     B                         

24. The Internet is a system that ----       a) because it can help me find a

                                                                            good job.  

25. Employers may hire children -----     b)   that magnifies, or makes larger

                                                                           distant objects.

 26. In 1950 , Mother Teresa was permitted to ----    c) because they can pay

                                                                                             them less.

27. A telescope is an instrument -------      d) start the missionaries of charity.

e) lets computers allover the world talk to each other.

                      

 

 

 

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7          Comprehension : Sentence comprehension:

Read the correct choice.

 

28. Today scientists use the Hubble space telescope satellites, and space probes to better understand Earth. The solar system, and what is beyond. We understand from this sentence that the aim of scientists is to __________________.

a) understand the universe more and more

b) use the Hubble telescope for space exploration

c) send satellites to the solar system

d) sends space probes to the space beyond the moon

 

29. Three month after starting school, Edison ran away. His mother was forced to teach him at home. We understand from these sentences that Edison ___________________________.

 

a) was not educated at all

b) was forced to go school by his parents

c) ran away from his house

d) didn,t go to school more than three months

 

30. Child labor is more common in developing countries, but it also exists in industrialized nations. We can understand from this sentence that child labor _______________________________.

 

a) exists in developing countries only

b) exists both in developing and developed countries

c) does not have any thing to do with industrialization

d) has connected development with industrialization           3

8          Cloze Passage:

Fill in the blanks with the words from the list below. There is one extra word.

 

Document- missing – unreadable -    compose               - attach – forwarded – readable

 

It is hard to 31_____ a fax into another _32___ or to pass it on to some one else. Faxes of faxes become _33____. E-mail stays _34____ . No matter how many times it is _35____, and in a public library you want to find information , and half the time the book you want is taken out or _36_____.

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9          Reading Passage : Read the following passage and answer the questions as required.

 

James Fenimore Cooper was one of the first great American writers. He was born in 1789, when the United States was a new, young country, and American writers usually copied the writers of the older countries of Europe. Cooper was one of the first Americans to write about American subjects- about the people and the country of the United States. He wrote about the wild , without people forests of America, and about the Indians who lived there. He told what life was like for the first white people

In the new land .

Cooper is most famous for his leather stocking Tales, which is a series of five books. These books tell about a brave boy named Natty Bumppo.The names of these books are The Deerslayer, The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, and The Prairie.Cooper also wrote a great many other books. When he was young, he was a sailor for many years, and he wrote exciting books about the sea. One of these is called The Pilot.Cooper lived most of his time in Cooperstown,

New York , a town that his father founded. He died in 1851 , at the age of 62.

 

37. What does the passage mainly discuss?

a) life in early days of America                          b) A series of American novels

c) An American author,s life                         d) History of American literature

 

38) Which of the following is not true about Cooper?

a) He was born in the 18th century                           b) He spent most of his life traveling

c) He wrote mostly about American topics.              d) He wrote about the people who found America

 

39.Cooper wrote all the folloeing Except______

a) The scarlet letter                                             b) The Prairie

c) The Pioneers                                                     d) The Deerslayer

 

40.which sentence is true about Cooper ?Cooper__________

a) .wrote about American Indians                        b) was a sailor for some time

c) copied other American writers                         d) was from a rich family

 

41. Which of the following is close in meaning to the word founded in the last line ?

a) discovered             b) built                  c) liked                    d) completed

 

42. Cooper died in the 19th century.        True ____                    False___ 6

10        Passage 2 :

Around the year 1000AD , some people from north west India began to travel west wards – nobody knows why . After leaving their homes , they didn,t have homes again, but they spent  their lives moving from one place to another .

Their generations are called the Romany people , or Gypsies. There are Gypsies allover the world, and many of them are still traveling , with no fixed homes. There are about eight millions  of them , including three millions  in eastern Europe.

Gypsies sometimes have a hard time in the countries where they travel. Because they are different , people may be afraid of them.

The Nazis killed the Gypsies and nobody knows how many of them died in Hitler,s death camps.

Gypsies have their own language, Romany . They like music and they often works in fairs and circuses. Travelling is very important to them. Because of this , it is difficult for Gypsy children to go to school, and they are often uneducated.

 

43. Which of the following is not true about Gypsies ?

a:They do not like to have homes   b: Their fathers lived in northwest  India

c: People often do not trust them     d: Their music is called  Romany

 

44. How many Gypsies live in other parts of the world apart from eastern Europe?

a: 3 millions                                        b: 5 millions

c:8 millions                                          d:11 millions

45. According to the passage ,which of the following is still NOT known?

a.How many Gypsies were killed by Nazis.

b.why Gypsies love to travel so much.

c:where Gypsies were killed by Hitler’s men.

d:How often Gypsies work in fairs and circuses.

 

46.what does “this” in line 15 refer to ?

a:Staying in one place.                                     b:Being unhappy.

c:Traveling  too much                                     d: Going to school.

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