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Directions: Questions 1-20 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or
phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the ONE word or phrase that best
completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and
fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Look at the following example.
Example I Sample Answer
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes ---------
they both emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface.
(A) due to
(B) because
(C) in spite of
(D) regardless of
The sentence should read, "Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes because they both
emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface." Therefore, you should choose (B).
1. By the time I saw the job advertised, 5. This year, his company sold -------
it ----too late to apply. magazine subscriptions than ever before.
A. was A. less
B. has been B. lesser
C. is C. few
D. will be D. fewer
2. I cannot find my keys; I-----it at home.
6. Lila wasn’t feeling well. -------, she
A. should have left
decided to stay home from work.
B. have to leave
A. Therefore
C. could leave
D. must have left B. Meanwhile
3. Because copper is nonconductive, C. However
it ------ for housing electrical D. Anyway
cords and circuitry.
A. values 7. Hassan is trying to read all three books
B. is valued in the series before summer --------.
C. is being valuable A. ended
D. has valued B. will have ended
C. will end
4. The farther an object from the surface D. ends
of a planet, -------- .
A. it weighs the lesser
B. the less it weights
C. the less its weight
D. it weighs less
Section one: structure, written expression 2
8. Unlike the climate of the other islands 14. Virtually all doctors agree ------- a
of Hawaii, -------- Kona contains 54 second diagnosis in the event of a
different temperate zones. potentially major disease.
A. that of A. patients should be sought
B. this is B. patients they seek
C. these are C. that patients should seek
D. those that D. patients that should seek
9. In __________, the crime rate has 15. Unless we talk calmly and logically about
begun to drop due to neighbourhood your problem, we will not be able ------ it.
A. the past few years A. resolve
B. a few years ago B. to resolve
C. few years C. resolved
D. a few years since D. resolving
10. With the passing of time and the 16. When offered invitations, gifts, or
encroachment of people, the habitat of refreshments, Iranians believe, it is polite
gorillas ---------- to decrease. to decline a few times before ------- .
A. continuing A. acceptance
B. which continue B. accepting
C. continues C. to accept
D. that it has continued D. accepted
11. Our professor was nominated for an 17. Having collected their data sets, ------.
Academy Award as both the best A. the researchers began data analysis
lecture ------ the best paper in 1390 B. their data analysis was begun
A. also C. its researchers began the analysis
B. or D. the data analysis was begun
C. in addition 18. When a body enters the earth's
D. and atmosphere, it --------very rapidly.
A. travelled
12. With few exceptions, -------- are warm- B. travelling
blooded, have live births, and are C. travels
suckled with milk from their mother’s D. will travel
body. 19. As a universal language, Esperanto has
A. which mammals never really gained widespread
B. mammals acceptance-------- its lack of native
C. mammals that speakers.
D. mammals, they A. because
B. as a result
13. Three responsibilities ------ are to C. in order to
search out, identify, and assess D. due to
patentable inventions and technologies. 20. To answer -------- is more important
A. to a patent manager than to finish quickly.
B. with a patent manager A. accurate
C. on a patent manager B. as accurately
D. of a patent manager C. accuracy
D. accurately
Section One: Written Expression 3
21. Islamic science refers to the science developed under the Islam civilisation between
A B C D
the 7th and 16th centuries.
22. Iran is an example of countries that has made considerable advances through education and training.
A B C D
23. The function of a biologist is both to describe organisms in minute detail also to understand
A B C
why they behave as they do.
D
24. According to all findings to date, the known universe consists almost entirely of the hydrogen.
A B C D
25. When iron is exposed to water, oxidizes, a process commonly known as rusting.
A B C D
26. Modern psychological theory allows for the concept of free will, a recent relatively
A B C
development in this field.
D
27. The first years of one's education are thought to provide the basic of one's ability to learn
A B C
in later years.
D
28. Each of the employees have had a half-hour evaluation meeting with his or her supervisor.
A B C D
29. My classmate, whom favourite hobby is stamp collecting, has many rare stamps.
A B C D
30. Here are one of the three keys you will need to unlock the office door tomorrow.
A B C D
Section One: Grammar and Vocabulary in context 4
Directions: In the following passage, ten words have been removed. Four choices have been suggested
for each gap. Choose one choice, (A), (B), (C), or (D) that you think is the most
appropriate choice for the gap. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the
question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter you have chosen.
SECTION TWO:
VOCABULARY
Part One: Vocabulary in sentences: Questions 41-55
Directions: In the following sentences, some words or phrases have been underlined. Four
choices, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D), have been suggested as their synonyms. Choose
one of these choices that you think is the most appropriate synonym for the underlined
word. Then, mark the correspondent number on your answer sheet.
41. The researcher appears to have a 48. My friend asked me to lie for her, but that is
thorough knowledge of Iranian history. against my philosophy.
A. complete A. principles
B. scientific B. regulations
C. shallow
D. wonderful C. personality
D. introspection
42. His haphazard reading left him
49. The news about toxic waste dumping
unacquainted with the gist of the book. aroused the anger of many viewers of the
A. prudent
B. intensive news broadcast
C. random A. informed
D. judicious B. appeased
43. It was probably an optical illusion. This C. provoked
half light is very deceptive. D. deceived
A. demanding 50. I had a vivid dream last night about my parents.
B. miscounting A. happy
C. misleading B. frightening
D. developing C. vague
44. Local residents were evacuated from the D. clear
area when the earthquake was predicted to 51. His ideas about political issues are rudimentary.
strike. A. progressive
A. removed B. awkward
C. basic
B. replaced
D. impolite
C. repressed 52. The volcano lies dormant now, but we feel
D. rearranged sure that it will erupt again within the year.
45. The long war has not deterred his family A. inadequate
from gathering around the table. B. inactive
A. displayed C. incessent
B. discouraged D. inattentive
C. demanded 53. The use of wise policy in economic has
D. determined boosted job opportunities.
46. The designer window treatments in her A. indulged
house, installed some years ago, were B. inflamed
outmoded C. injected
A. unnecessary D. increased
B. pointless 54. A hotly debated topic in research is whether
C. out-of-date animals have the capacity to learn language.
D. worthless A. Required
47. You cannot become a certified teacher B. entailed
without completing the prerequisite C. demanded
student-teaching assignment D. discussed
A. required 55. Governments retained salt trade as
B. optional monopoly in the Middle Ages.
C. preferred A. reserved
D. advisable B. refused
C. regarded
D. reacted
Section Two: Vocabulary 6
SECTION THREE
READING COMPREHENSION
Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions
about it. For questions 71-100, you are to choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or
(D), to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and
fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
Passage One: Questions 71- 77
We believe the Earth is about 4.6 billion years old. At present we are forced to look to other
bodies in the solar system for hints as to what the early history of the Earth was like. Studies of our
moon, Mercury, Mars, and the large satellites of Jupiter and Saturn have provided ample evidence
line that all these large celestial bodies were bombarded by smaller objects in a wide variety of sizes
05 shortly after the larger bodies had formed. This same bombardment must have affected Earth as well.
The lunar record indicates that the rate of impacts decreased to its present low level about 4 billion
years ago. On Earth, subsequent erosion and crustal motions have obliterated the craters that must
have formed during this epoch.
Scientists estimate the Earth's age by measuring the ratios of various radioactive elements in
10 rocks. The oldest Earth rocks tested thus far are about 3 1/3 billion years old. But no one knows
whether these are the oldest rocks on Earth. Tests on rocks from the moon and on meteorites show
that these are about 4.6 billion years old. Scientists believe that this is the true age of the solar system
and probably the true age of the Earth.
71. What is the BEST title for this 74. The level of impacts of the bombardments
passage? of Earth have ------- .
A. Determining the Age of the Earth. A. decreased to below normal
B. Determining the Age of the Solar B. increased to a current high
System C. increased after a periodic low
C. Erosion and Crustal Motion of Earth D. decreased to a current low.
D. Radioactive Elements in Rocks" 75. According to the passage, why are
scientists forced to look at other bodies
72. According to this passage, how do in the solar system to determine the
scientists estimate the age of the Earth? early history of the Earth?
A. By measuring the ratios of A. Human alteration of the Earth
radioactive elements in rocks B. Erosion and crustal motions
B. By examining fossils C. Solar flares
C. By studying sunspots D. Deforestation
D. By examining volcanic activity 76. In line 8, the word "obliterated" means -----.
A. created
73. Which of the following processes led to the B. destroyed
obliteration of the craters formed by the C. changed
bombardment of the Earth by celestial D. eroded.
bodies? 77. Which of the following bodies was
A. Volcanic activity NOT studied to give evidence that the
B. Solar radiation Earth was bombarded in its early
C. Gravity history?
D. Crustal motions A. Mars
B. Mercury
C. Jupiter
D. Earth's moon
Section Three: Reading Comprehension 8
78. The peripheral furrows or deeps are found B. During world war II
A. only in the pacific and Indian oceans C. April 1946
B. near earthquakes D. After 1600
C. near the shore 82. The highest point on North America is ------ .-
D. in the center of the ocean A. 2870 feet above sea level
79. The largest ocean is the -------- . B. not mentioned in the passage
A. Atlantic C. Pacific C. higher than the highest point in Europe
B. Aleutian deep D. Arctic D. 2300 feet above sea level
80. We may conclude from this passage that 83. The deeps are subject to change caused by ------- .
earth quakes -------. A. erosion C. soundings
A. Occur more frequently in newly formed B. earthquakes D. waste
land or sea formations 84. The continental masses ------- .
B. Are caused by the weight of the water A. Rise above sea level
C. Cause erosion B. Consist of six continents
D. Occur in the deeps C. Are relief features of the second order
81. The science of geology was started --------. D. Are partially submerged
A. By the Greeks .
Section Three: Reading Comprehension 9
88. According to the passage, ---. C. the Pacific Ocean is the most likely
A. rocks move when the earthquakes place for the earthquakes
occur D. Earth's most perilous places are the
B. seismographs may devastate cities if Pacific Ocean, the Mid-Atlantic, South-
not detected West Asia and the Mediterranean
C. earthquakes are more likely to 90. We can understand from the passage that ----.
happen where there are faults A. some of the volcanic blasts are
D. earthquakes are caused by huge caused by earthquakes
waves called tsunamis B. severe earthquakes cannot be
89. It's obvious in the passage that ----. detected beforehand
A. many big cities are founded upon the C. movements of plates leads to big
faults earthquakes
B. big cities are more likely to confront D. faults are created by the detectable
earthquakes vibrations
Section Three: Reading Comprehension 10
94. Although 3/4 of the electricity is B.is less dangerous and cheaper than other
generated from fossil fuels, --------. types of power
A. we should consider the potential dangers C.is a potential danger because it's
of nuclear power radioactive
B.it may contribute to global warming, the D. will present us a more polluted
greenhouse effect environment
C.half of the air pollution is caused by the 96. In the passage, the writer is worried
plants using them that in the future --------.
D. coal also contains a surprising amount of A. fossil based plants might bring
radioactive material bigger problems than nuclear energy
B. nuclear waste might be more
95. It is claimed in the passage that dangerous than air pollution
nuclear power --------. C. there will always be possible dangers
A. supplies three-quarters of the country's of nuclear power
energy demand D. there is not a better alternative than
fossil fuels
Section Three: Reading Comprehension 11
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