I- Vocabulary:

A. Fill in the blanks with the words given (There is one extra word).

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1) Mother Teresa devoted herself to working among the poor in the……………….of Calcutta.

2) At an early age, Edison showed ……………..of a serious hearing problem.

3) That was the first…………….research laboratory in the U.S.

4) There are some………………people who are sleeping on the streets.

5) It really…………… me that she never returns the book she borrows.

6) The way humans think is a……………….. process that scientists can not fully explain.

B) Fill in the blanks with your own words.

7) A woman of a Christian community is called a…………………

8) Teaching about the Christian religion is called…..………….work.

C) Match the definition in column (A) with the words in column (B). There is one extra word in column (B).

                                                A                                                                                 B        

9) very poor part of the city                                                                            a)promotion

10) experience of pain an unpleasant emotions                                          b)voluntary

11) help something to grow                                                                           c)slum

12) something that shows what is happening                                             d)complex

13) done not by force                                                                                        e)suffer

                                                                                                                              f)sign

D) Choose the correct answer.

14) John’s younger brother……………………from a strange disease.

a) offers                                 b) operates                        c) suffers            d)supports

15) A group of people having the same religion, job, etc is called a…………..

a) society                               b) community                  c) crowd                                    d) population

16) We received……………support from various countries after Bam’s Earthquake..

a) artificial                           b) natural                              c) financial               d) complex

17) I need to……………….. a few hours every day to reading.

a) devote                                b) receive                              c) collect                   d) annoy

18) Why didn’t you let her buy what she wanted? You………….. her like a child.

a) shouldn’t have treated                                                   b) shouldn’t treat

c) mustn’t treat                                                                   d) mustn’t have treated

19) Children played all the afternoon. They…………….. tired and hungry.

a) must have been                                                                b) should have been

c) shouldn’t have been                                                       d) couldn’t have been

E. Rewrite the following sentences using the modals in the parentheses.

20) I can’t find my keys. Perhaps I left them in my car (might).

21) She didn’t catch her train. I’m sure she left home too late (must).

F) Put the words in the correct order to make complete sentences.

22) box - have – that – he – not – lifted – heavy – should.

G. Cloze passage: Fill in the blanks the correct words. There is one extra word.

                                                devoted – voluntary – financial – officials- impression

Mother Teresa observed suffering and poverty outside the……23….school. This made a deep…..24……on her. She……..25……..herself to working among the poor soon……..26……helpers joined her and ……27………support can from various church organizations as well as city……..28………..

H. Reading comprehension:

Read the following short passages and choose the correct answer.

29)Most likely, the next electronic device you pick up he once invented or improved, or at least tried to .This sentence means that……………………………………………………

a)all the electronic devices was invented by Edison

b)Edison invented telescope in the 19^th century

c)The number of his inventions were great

d)Edison tried very hard to invent things for today

30) The suffering and poverty he observed outside the convent walls made a deep impression on her. This sentence means that Mother Teresa …………………………………………………….

a)made a deep impression which caused suffering and poverty

b)experienced suffering and poverty in her family

c)tried to go out of the convent walls

d)was deeply influenced by the poverty of the people

I- Vocabulary:

A. Fill in the blanks with the words given (There is one extra word).

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1)You must tell him to ……………….your letters to your new address..

2)By using a computer, you can ……………..any information you need.

3)To use the internet, you need to connect to a ………………

4)Most working environments are improved by the…………….of a few plants and pictures.

5)The students can get new information from a variety of ………………using the internet.

6)It takes a long time to…………… a foreign language..

B) Fill in the blanks with your own words

7)A number of lines or computers connected to each other is called………………….

8)Postal mail is known as …..………….on the net.

C) Match the definition in column (A) with the words in column (B). There is one extra word in column (B). 

                                                A                                                                                 B        

9)a piece of paper with information on it                                                   a)compose

10)do sth to begin using a computer                                                            b)log on

11)join one thing to another                                                                           c)addictive

12)write                                                                                                              d)transfer

13)moving from one place to another                                                          e)document

                                                                                                                              f)attach

D) Choose the correct answer. 

14) Every body felt tired because he……………………talked about traffic.

a) generally              b)similarly               c)continuously         d)particularly                                             

15) Have you tried the new shampoo they have been………….on TV?

a)attracting                             b)advertising               c)searching               d)discussing  

16) Your handwriting is ……………It’s almost impossible to understand your writing.

a) available               b) unreadable                                   c) addictive               d) confident

17) The combined use of sound; picture; and film is called………………..

a) multimedia                      b)internet                 c)graphics                 d)on line

18) He didn’t wear warm clothes…………..it was very cold.

a)because                      b)since                            c)whether                 d)though

19)……………..my sister is only five, she can speak two foreign languages..

a)since                                 b)as                     c)even though                     d)because of

E. Complete the following sentences.

20) Internet is very useful although…………………………………………………………….

21) Even though air traffic is controlled by computers,…………………………………………..

F) Put the words in the correct order to make complete sentences. 

22)finished- although- he- the-  tired- was- job- he- very.

G. Cloze passage: Fill in the blanks the correct words. There is one extra word.

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A computer is a programmable machine that accepts data and………23………….them into information we can use. More recently there has been communications among computers through a technology called…24…………..This technology provides many information …25……………….such as e-mail,…26………….transfers, chat and……27……………education. However, the internet is so great that we will not be able to know all the ……28…………..about it.

H. Reading comprehension:

Read the following short passages and choose the correct answer.

29).No one really knows what the net will be like in ten years although one thing is for sure: we will not think of it as a single thing. This sentence means that…………………………………………..

a)it is possible to master the internet

b)we can predict what will be in the net in the future

c)Internet takes a lot of your time

d)different parts of the net have developed their own features

30) The main difference between finding information in the public library and the internet is that………………………………….

a)the internet is open 10 hours a day but the library is not

b)the internet is more limited than the library

c)the internet information is more up to date than the library

d)the information in the internet is often missing

I- Vocabulary:

A. Fill in the blanks with the words given (There is one extra word).

                                                exploration- art- mass- sample- beyond- base- cave

1) We were climbing the mountain when it started to rain, so we had to stay in a ..…………

2) Scientists are trying to know what they can find…………… the solar system.

3) To analyze  your blood, the doctor should take a ………………….of it..

4) The astronaut did his mission and returned to the…………………

5) This book was very interesting. We learned a lot about space………………

6) Through………………, man can usually express his feelings.

B) Fill in the blanks with your own words.

7) A…………..is any natural body like the moon or any artificial object that orbits another object.

8) A flight into space is called a…..………….

C) Match the definition in column (A) with the words in column (B). There is one extra word in column (B). 

                                                A                                                                                 B        

9)the amount of something in a unit volume                                              a)launch

10)something  that takes people from one place to another                    b)feature

11) important part or quality of something                                                c)artificial

12)regions around the south pole                                                                 d)density                        

13)send sb or sth into space                                                                            e)vehicle

                                                                                                                              f)Antarctica

D) Choose the correct answer.

14) A space probe is a robot ……………………used to explore deep space..

a) vehicle                  b)feature       c)phase                  d)sample                                               

15) We never reach agreement with each other. Our points of view are at different…………….

a)qualities                b)eras             c)poles                   d)crators

16) A land between hills or mountains, often with a river going through it is called ………………..

a) cave                        b) crator                                c) phase                     d) valley

17) A microscope can ……………….bacteria to 1000 times their actual size.

a) minimize              b) magnify                 c)probe          d)explore

18)We have a lot of …………… resources in Iran like gold and copper.

a)individual                      b)upper                             c )mineral                   d)brief

19)Alex moved to a new apartment ………………..be able to study in a quiet place.

a)so                                 b)so as                     c)so that                     d)in order to

E. Combine the following sentences using the words in parentheses.

20)He moved to a new apartment. He wanted to near his work.(in order to)

21)He turned off the TV. He didn’t want to disturb his roommate.(so that)………………………………….

F) Put the words in the correct order to make complete sentences.

22) went – library- a- so as- she-to- the- book- to- return.)’

G. Cloze passage: Fill in the blanks the correct words. There is one extra word.

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Since …23………….. times, people have always wanted to leave their home planet and …24…………other worlds. In the later half of the 20^th…25……………, that dream became reality. The space age began with the …26…………….of the first satellite in 1957.Today space organizations sent probes instead of spacecrafts to …27………… the cost of exploration.

H. Reading comprehension:

. Read the following short passages and choose the correct answer.

32)The only things early people could see were the phases of the moon and some of the moon’s larger features. According to this sentence, early people …………………………………………….

 a)could observe space in great details                          b)didn’t know anything about space

c)had a lot of information about the planets and stars

d) had some information about the moon’s observable qualities.

33) If we live on the moon in the future, we can take the required oxygen from……………………………….

a)some of the moon’s rocks                              c)flat places called seas

b)the mines and the valleys                                d)the rivers on the moon

 Vocabulary:

A. Fill in the blanks with the words given (There is one extra word).

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1) The ……………of the new road took more than two years.

2)There has been a lot of ……………..in this city since the factory closed.

3)They …………that thousands of people were killed in Bam earthquake.

4)Nothing should ………………students from continuing their education.

5)Many people have jobs that are …………..to their education.

6) Are you ….…………to help us complete the project?

B) Fill in the blanks with your own words.

7) ……………is the money you receive for the work you do?

8) A person who is learning a  job is called……………….

C) Match the definition in column (A) with the words in column (B). There is one extra word in column (B). 

                                                A                                                                                 B        

9) most serious or unusual                                                                             a)manufacturing

10)make some one stop doing something                                                    b)extreme

11)the buying or selling of goods                                                                  c)urban

12) production                                                                                                   d)trade

13) not be successful                                                                                        e)remove

                                                                                                                              f)fail

D) Choose the correct answer.

14) In many parts of the world, some, people live below the…………..line.

a) domestic               b)extreme     c)poverty              d) irrelevant                                        

15)Many young people in …………..areas move up to big cities because they don’t have jobs.

a)national                             b)social               c)regional               d)rural    

16) Japan doesn’t have much land suitable for ………………..

a) agriculture                      b) development                                c) union                     d) trade

17) Child labor is still a problem,…………there are clear laws against it

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

18)Child laborers ………………… tools and machines which are not designed for them.’

a)support                      b)fail                             c )handle                   d)remove

19)He always listens to the radio ……………he is driving home.

a)since                                     b)while                       c)whereas                     d)b and c

E. Complete the following sentences.

20) Canada is a modern country,  while Iran………………………………………

21) Ahvaz has a warm climate, whereas Tabriz………………………………….

22) While some people like team sports,……………………………………………

F) Put the words in the correct order to make complete sentences.

23) whereas-noisy-quiet-his brother-is-Ali-is-a –boy-very.

G. Cloze passage: Fill in the blanks the correct words. There is one extra word.     inaction-poverty-urban-employment-rob- prevent-childhood-rural-develop

Child labor refers to the ………24……….of children especially in works that may …25……..them from going to school,…26……………. them from their basic rights including the right to…27………. to higher education and the right to a ……28………….This may include working in trade and services for …29…………children and working in agriculture for ……30…………..children. The main reason for child labor is believed to be …31…………..

H. Reading comprehension:

. Read the following short passages and choose the correct answer. 

32) Children are also easier to discipline, more willing to work and unable to form unions to protect themselves. This sentence shows……………………………………………………….

a)why employers are more willing to hire adults

b) there is a relationship between child labor and poverty

c)why child labor is so common

d)how the children are doing extreme forms of work

33) Child labor is more common in developing countries but it also exists in industrialized nations. We understand from this sentence that child labor…………………………………….

a)doesn’t exist in developed countries

b)exists only in developing countries

c)_is more common in industrialized nations

d)exists not only in developing countries but also in developed countries

34) Which one is child labor?

a)Work that is really boring for children

b)Work done after school and stops children from doing their homework.

c)Work done over a vacation to earn extra money

d)Work done on a family farm to help out  the family

35) People are becoming more and more aware of the fact that child labor is harmful to their sense of importance, health and education.

In this sentence, their refers to……………….

a) all children                       b)people                          c)child laborers                     d)students