نیمسال دوم در سال تحصیلی 90 – 89 In the name of Allah دبیرستان :

Date : 1389 / / English Test

Time : 90 min

Class :

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NOTE : Write all answer on the answer sheet

I : Vocabulary

A : FillIn the blanks with the words given. There is one extra word. (3 points)

Send back – including – compose – server – vacation – details – permission

1-He visited Shiraz during my summer ………………. .

2-Satellites travel round the earth and ...……….. pictures or television and radio signals.

3-Can you give me further …………… of how accident happened?

4-Edison worked on many projects,……………. Sound recording device.

5-She received …………….. from her superiors to leave the convent school.

6-E-mail quicker to …………… , arrives faster, and does not require a stamp.

B : Match the definitions in column (A) with the words in column (B). there is one extra word in column (B) : (1 point)

(A) (B)

7- done not by force a. base

8- information stored in a computerb. vehicle

9- a center from which sth is controlled c. voluntary

10- make someone stop doing a job d. data

e. remove

C : Choose the correct answer : ( 1.5 points)

11- workers usually form a union to ……………… their right.

a. protectb. preventc. predictd. promise

12- I tried to compute the cash value of the things were bought. The underline word means ………….. .

a. containb. connect c. calculate d. combine

13- Your ………….. is the place you are going to.

a. exploration b. expression c. destination d. construction

D : Fill blanks with a suitable word of your own. (1 point)

14- A woman of a Christian community is called a/an ……………. .

15- A ………….. is an an instrument that magnifies distant objects.

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II : Grammar

A: Choosethe correct answer : (2 points)

16- Why didn’t he give a reply to your letters?

I ………….. have forgotten to write the address on the envelope .

a. should b. mustc. cand. might

17- Many people are not able to use the internet, ………….. it is available for the public.

a. so that b. event soughc. asd. in order

18- A space probe is a rebot vehicle …………….. explore deep space.

a. inorder to b. so thatc. so asd. as

19- Some people prefer to work very hard, ……. His brother likes to sleep most of his time.

a. since b. Because c. whiled. so that

B : Combine the following sentences with the words given in parentheses. (2 points)

20- The teacher usually puts on her glasses. She wants to read and write better. (so as)

21- He doesn’t know the answer. I ve told him several times . (although)

C : Write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses : (2 points)

22- Tom didn’t lock the door when he went out. While he was away, someone stole his Computer. He should ………………. The door. (lock)

23- Space exploration is the use of space travel ……………. The universe beyond the earth. (discover)

24- She is staying here for six months so that she …..…….. her English. (perfect)

25- In summer I must work hard so as ………… some money to pay my university. (earn)

III : Sentence Function

Choose the best choise : (1.5 points)

26- They often work as many as 12 hours a day , work in a dangerous conditions ………… Factories with harmful smokes.

a. such b. such as c. so d. so as

27- The Internet ...... ……. A system that lets computers all over the world talk to each other.

a. does b. mayc. isd. did

28- ……...... of a communication technology, lets think of something that seems everywhere these days – the internet.

a. As an exampleb. suchc. meansd. as

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IV : Comprehension

A: Sentence Comprehension : Read the following sentences and choose the best choice : (3 point)

29- Most newspaper come out only once a day and they decide what news you get to see and what comment you put on It. On the world wide web, news is updated continuously and you decide what to read.

a- the news of the newspaper is updated continuously .

b- On the world wide web a reader decides what to read.

c- both newspaper and the w.w.w. update their news continuously .

d- a reader can comment on news of the w.w.w.

30- Recently a probe discovered enough ice at the moon poles to provide a moon base with water. This sentence says that …………….. .

a- There is a lot of ice In the center of the moon

b- A probe has been sent to the space from the pole

c- Americans have built bases on the moon

d- The ice in the moon can supply water for the base.

31- Galileo thanked god, Who let him see those wonder full stars in the universe. He was thankful because ……………………..

a- he could observe the stars

b- he looked at those wonder full things

c- so many stars there were in the sky.

d- there were millions of stars

B : Cloze passage

Fill in the blanks with the words given. There is one extra word : ( 3 points )

Annoyed – signs – poor – private – forced – problem – grew up

Edisonwas born on February 11,1847 , in millan . Ohio , and …. 32 ……. In Michigan. At an early age, he showed ….. 33 ….. of a serious hearing ….. 34 ….. . This may have been the reason for the Edison ….. 35 …… performance at school. Edison did not do well there and was often …. 36 …….. by the other children. Three months after starting school, Edison ran away. His mother was …. 37 ……. To teach him at

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C : Reading Passage

Read the following passage and match each paragraph with one of the heading (main idea) . Write letters (A , B , C , D ) in front of the number of the paragraphs : There is one extra heading. (4 points)

Heading ( main ideas )

A ) The alphabet used by Romans is now used all over the world

B ) The Romansdeveloped their own alphabet

C ) When human beings begin to paint pictures to show ideas

D ) The system of writing which was developed by the people of the Mediterranean Sea

E ) The alphabet of countries have changed for years

38- (…..) About 5.000 years ago Egyptians and other people in the near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing They drew simple pictures or signs to show things and ideas , and also to show the sounds of their language . The signs these people used became akind of alphabet.

39 – (….. ) By the year 1.000 BC , people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system or writing. The signs were used were easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in Egyptiansystem.

40- (….) The Greeks developed the system that was developed the system that was developed by the people of The Mediterranean Sea and formed the letters of Greek alphabet. The Roman copied the idea and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.

41- (….) People have not always used an alphabet or letters for their writing. The alphabet of various countries have changed through the ages. We find our present alphabet very useful, but it is not perfect.

D: Reading Comprehension :

Read the following passage and answer the questions : (6 points)

At the present time m more than billion people on the earth face hunger. For the most part , these are the people who have low incomes. Scientists believe that great increase in the cost of food and the rate of population growth are the main reasons for these problems That people have and will continue to have. In addition to the existing problems, they believe that the future will be worse. The reason is that the rate pf population increase is higher than that of food supply. Therefore , in order to save the life of people in the future , we have to look for new ways of food production.

42- what does the word '' they'' in line 4 refer to?

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43- What are the main reasons for more than a billion people to face hunger?

44- The food problem will …………………………………. .

a- become more easier in the future than it is now

b- be solved very easily and quickly in the future

c- cause people to make new ways of preparing different kinds of food

d- make everybody think about the rate of population growth

45- Because of population increase ……………………………….. .

a- everybody is facing hunger now

b- most poor people have problems with food

c- one billion people on the earth are poor

d- people are buying more food

46- The main idea of this passage :

a- Everybody will face food problem

b- people will look for new source of food production in the future

c- poor people have more problems with food than rich problem do

d- one billion people are poor because most people have been using more food than they did before.

A : True B : False

Aazam Soleimani