آزمون اردیبهشت 98 ept
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Section One: Vocabulary
1. The man claimed that many problems of the company can be …………… traced to unfavorable job conditions.
2. At the end of the trial, Mr. Smith was found ……..……. .
3. The teacher entered the classroom while the students were …………… trying to finish their assignments.
4. Scientists continue to develop ……………… methods which will improve the quality of drinking water.
5. In this part of the country, a fourth of the population is …………. in the oil drilling industry.
6. The internet has ……………. changed the way people communicate with one another.
7. Knowledge and skill are two factors that significantly ……………. the success in business.
8. Every region’s culture is quite ………… from the culture of the rest of the country.
9. Octopuses have a relatively short life span, and some ……….. live for only six
months.
10. Scientists believe that the new vaccine may ……….. a safer way to treat malaria.
11. The man finally ……….. hitting his neighbor with a ball.
12. A few days ago, I ……….. a very rare DVD while I was looking for a birthday gift for my brother.
13. Unless you have the permit card for examination, you will not be ……….. to take the exam.
14. You can receive a ……….. from the bank if you are willing to buy a house.
15. The automobile industry continues to be an important …………….. of employment and transportation for millions of people worldwide.
16. Regardless of the ……….. of his action, John had an argument with the manager about the working hours.
17. We had ……….. with the waiter about the bill since it was higher than we had expected.
18. It is a simple fact that most injuries happen because someone has been …………… .
19. Uranus is a planet in the solar system which is seventh in order of …………… from the sun.
20. The manager’s attitude toward us has lately become …..…….. so I think we should talk to him.
21. One of the President’s greatest ………………..….….. was to decrease the unemployment rate.
22. Are you aware of the fact that cigarette smoking has many ………… effects?
23. Tehran is home to a ……..… of national museums and official buildings.
24. Medical research has ………… considerably in the last several years.
25. Working in this department may seem very demanding from outside but you will see it is not so if you simply follow some ………..…. .
Section Two: Structure Part One
Choose the one which best completes the following sentences.
26. If global warming causes the ocean level to rise, .............. world will suffer.
27. John was not paying attention to the road when he .............. into a hole in the ground.
28. The car had been damaged to such an extent that the mechanic said it wouldn’t be worth ................. .
29. Since John lives in Mexico and speaks no Spanish, I wonder .............. he manages to do his shopping.
30. I wish I .............. Jim that he had not been chosen for the baseball team.
31. Walking aimlessly, Jim found .............. in the neighborhood that his mother had warned him not to go into.
32. The beginning of heavy rain ............... any day now; therefore, for the last few days, the farmers have been preparing their fields.
33. My teacher gave me two English books which he thought I would be able to read, but, in fact, ............... was suitable for my level.
34. Both of the job offers are interesting, but the position in Kerman seems to be ............... suitable for me.
35. You haven’t read the new book that has been so highly praised, .............?
36. ............. moment I have ever experienced was when I saw my son sitting on the windowsill on the third floor.
37. Mary got married when she was .............. 18, and now, at the age of 40, she is a grandmother.
38. John failed his exam because he was always out with his friends when he ..................................... .
39. Important football matches in Iran, .............. Asian Cup Final, can attract TV audiences all over the country.
40. Mr. Johnson feels that the world today is not ............. it was during his childhood.
41. Fortunately, Jim .............. by construction workers as he was falling, and so they rescued him immediately.
42. Some people prefer the security of a regular salary, but others ............ their own business.
43. Shiraz has many unique monuments; ..............., it is one the most beautiful cities in Iran.
44. After a few weeks of struggling with French irregular verbs, Jim realized that he .............. the French class.
45. Right now, an important meeting .............. during which the committee is going to decide the future of my project.
46. The local cinema is losing audience since most people in the town .............. to the bigger cinema outside of town.
47. While living in Tehran during the 1980s, Mary was surprised .............. how many languages were spoken there.
48. .............. all the eggs in the basket, the farmer went confidently to the market, where he hoped to sell them all.
49. Before she got that new job, Mary .............. a lot of good books, but now she just doesn’t have the time.
50. Because the traffic was so terrible, by the time we got to the airport, our airline’s check in counter had ……………....... closed.
51. You’d better go by car rather than take a taxi ……………....... you need to take John home from hospital.
52. ……………....... who is acquainted with Mary knows that they can always rely on her.
53. My brother has recovered from the flu, but he is still ……………....... to play basketball.
54. This supermarket seems to be getting crowded. We ……………....... before the checkout lines start getting too long.
55. ……………....... a draw will be any good to us in this game. We have to win the game, or we’re out of the league cup.
Section Two: Structure Part Two
In each of the following sets of sentences, three sentences are grammatically correct and one sentence is not grammatical. Identify the incorrect sentence and mark your answer sheet.
56.Choose the incorrect sentence.
57. Choose the incorrect sentence.
58. Choose the incorrect sentence.
59. Choose the incorrect sentence.
60. Choose the incorrect sentence.
61. Choose the incorrect sentence.
62. Choose the incorrect sentence.
63. Choose the incorrect sentence.
64. Choose the incorrect sentence.
65. Choose the incorrect sentence.
Section Three: Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
More people get hurt snowboarding than any other outdoor activity, accounting for a quarter of emergency room visits. According to researchers, following snowboarding, sledding and hiking are major causes of injuries. The most common problems were broken bones and sprains, accounting for half of all cases.
The researcher Greenspan said: “We want people to participate in outdoor activities. But we want people to recognize that there is cause for concern, and people can and do get injured.” She further said that injuries can be avoided through planning and preparation making sure your fitness level and skills match the activity and using proper equipment.
Greenspan also mentioned that the study is the first to look at injuries from all activities, instead of individual sports or geographic areas. The researchers looked at data on juries from outdoor activities treated at 63 hospitals in 2004 and 2005. They calculated that almost 213.000 people were treated yearly for such injuries nationwide. About half of those injured are young between ages 10 and 24, and half of the injuries are caused by falls.
Males are injured at twice the rate of females, but the research did not look at the reasons. The reasons could be that males are more risky, or it could be that males participate more in outdoor activities than females, or a combination of both. Nearly 26 percent of the injures were from snowboarding followed by sledding (11 percent), hiking (6 percent), water skiing (4 percent), fishing (3 percent), and swimming (2 percent).
66. What percentage of all injuries resulted in a broken bone or a sprain?
67. Do men or women get hurt more?
68. What activity is the third biggest cause of injuries?
69. According to Greenspan, how can injuries be avoided?
70. What percentage of emergency room visits are the result of outdoor activity injuries?
Passage 2
Theories about how brain works remain a topic of debate. It is agreed, however, that the hippocampus, a part of the brain, is undeniably important for memory. When we experience something, the information is sent via our senses to the hippocampus, where it is processed. Scientists believe that brain cells, called neurons, first transform the sensory stimuli we experience into images in our immediate memory. Then, these images are sent to the hippocampus and stored temporarily in short term memory. In the hippocampus information is organized, and it is during this process that parts of the image of our experience fade away .
Finally, certain information is then transferred to long term memory in a section in the frontal area of the brain, known as the cerebral cortex. Scientists think this process may happen while we are sleeping, but exactly how the information is transferred from one area of the brain to another is a mystery.
71. What is the best title for the passage?
72. This reading is mainly concerned with ...................... .
73. According to the passage, scientists .............................. .
74. It is pointed out in the passage that ...................... .
75. In line 9, “fade away” is closest in meaning to ……............ .
Passage 3
First language, also known as mother tongue, is generally the language a person learns first. However, one can have two or more native languages thus being a native bilingual or indeed multilingual. The order in which these languages are learned is not necessarily the order of proficiency. Lacking in first language skills often makes learning other languages difficult. Often a child learns the basics of his or her first language or languages from his or her family. The term mother tongue, however, should not be interpreted to mean that it is the language of one’s mother. For instance, in some paternal societies. the wife moves in with the husband and thus may have a different first language than the local language of the husband. Yet their children usually only speak their local language.
76. According to the passage, first language skills ……………………........ .
77. We understand from the passage that …………....... .
78. One can infer from the passage that ……....... .
79. In line 6, “basics” is closest in meaning to ……................ .
80. In line 9, “Yet” is closest in meaning to ……................... .
Passage 4
People seldom feel neutral about poetry. Those who love it sometimes give the impression that it is an adequate substitute for food, shelter, and love. But it isn’t. Those who dislike poetry sometimes claim, on the other hand, that poetry is only words and good for nothing. That is not true either. When words represent and recreate genuine human feelings, as they often do in poetry, they can be very important. Poems provide, in fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetry’s merits involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. One of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, “I know exactly what that line means, but I have never been able to express it so well.” Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief or joy.
81. One can understand from the passage that people …….................... .
82. One point made by the author in the passage is that poetry ……….…....... .
83. The author points out in the passage that ……....................... .
84. In line 5, “genuine” is closest in meaning to ……………..…....... .
85. In line 9, “grief” is closest in meaning to ……….......... .
Section Four: Cloze Passage
Desert is a special region where only certain kinds of plants and animals can survive. All deserts have very little ...(86)... . This means that only animals and plants that can ...(87)... without water for long ...(88)... of time can exist in the desert.
Plants in the deserts are ...(89)... adapted to the dry and hot environment. One ...(90)... desert plant is the cactus. Like many desert plants, this plant has very ...(91)... . As plants lose most of their water ...(92)... their leaves, the small leaves of the cactus help to ...(93)... water evaporation. There are other desert plants that do not have leaves ...(94)... .
Some desert plants survive ...(95)... avoiding the dry season altogether. ...(96)... the dry season, this plant remains as a seed and does not ...(97)... from the soil at all. When the rains come, this seed would grow very quickly into ...(98)... . It would bloom rapidly ...(99)... scatter its seeds before the dry season ...(100)... .
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