IN HIS EXALTED NAME

SAYYAD HIGH SCHOOL    PRE-UNIVERSITY   L.7

NAME:                          SURNAME:                                         CLASS:                                       date:  91/12/

I. Choose the correct answer:

1. We have ……… for a new secretary but we haven’t had any replies yet.

      a) advised                          b) advertised                      c) noticed                            d) employed

2. The Internet was first …...... by the U.S. Army, later it was used as a research support system by organizations.

      a) distracted                      b) damaged                         c) developed                      d) discovered

3. If you want to ........... and send a letter on the Net, you should have an e-mail address.

      a) compose                       b) guarantee                        c) exemplify                       d) estimate

4.The Internet can be ........... . You do not have enough hours in a day to keep up with all of it.

      a) addictive                      b) attentive                          c) attractive                         d) repetitive

5.It is hard to ……....... a fax into another document or to pass it on to someone else.

      a) amaze                          b) attend                               c) arrange                             d) attach

6. When computer and communications technologies are ...... the result is information technology, IT.

       a) computed                    b) combined                        c) commented                        d) commanded

7. No matter how many times an e-mail is .............. it doesn't lose its quality.

        a) required                     b) forwarded                        c) searched                            d) connected

8.The Internet is so great that we will never be able to know all the ……… about it .

        a) details                       b) machines                         c) graphics                             d) downloads

9. The Web is based on links which make it possible for Web users to travel quickly from one Web..... to another.

        a) searcher                     b) server                              c) viewer                                 d) sender

10. In 1978 the ownership of Janet garden was ………… to a rich Iranian family.

        a) transferred                  b) attached                         c) addicted                             d) accessed

II. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word of your own:

11. A …………… is a programmable machine that accepts data and processes them into information we can use.

12. A number of lines or computers connected to each other is called a …………. .

13. The ………….. is a system that lets computers all over the world talk to each other .

14. ……… means using a computer or other information devices , connected by means of a network , to access                   information and services from another computer or information devices .

15. A main computer in a network is called a …………… .

III . Choose the word which doesn't belong to each group:

16. a) chat                 b) e-mail                           c) technology                    d) newsgroups

17. a) snail                b) mailbox                         c) stamp                           d) envelope

18. a) write               b) note down                      c) access                          d) compose

19. a) mailing lists    b) newsgroups                   c) advertisings                 d) organizations

IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given:

 

addicted – documents – continuously – communicate – network – handheld – compose

attached - advertising

20. E-mail is easy to …………… , arrives faster and doesn't need a stamp .

21. All the computers in this office are connected by means of a ………… .

22. News on the Web is updated …………. , so you can get new information any time you like .

23. Mobile phones are modern ………….. devices for communications .

24. Unfortunately a number of the young are ………. to smoking while almost all families try not to

       let the family members smoke at all .

25. They couldn’t study all the …………. in the meeting.

26. The manager has decided to decrease the amount of money they spend on ………………. .

27. This technology has made it possible for people to …………… with one another inexpensively.

 

 

 

V . Write a word for each definition :

28. information stored in a computer                                                                         a) forward

29. the main page within a Web site                                                                          b) access

30. transfer information from one computer to another                                             c) home page

31. a place to which sth or sb is going or being sent                                                  d) attach

32. things you can hold in your hand                                                                         e) handheld

33. join one thing to another                                                                                       f) data

34. send a message to a new address                                                                          g) download

35. equipment that sends information along telephone lines                                      h) destination

                                                                                                                                     i) modem

Part C. Grammar test : I . Choose the best answer :

36. ……….. they played well , they couldn’t win the game .

       a) However                      b) Even though                      c) Whether                         d) In spite of

37. Although there was a lot of noise , ………………. .

       a) I managed to get to sleep                                            b) I couldn't sleep well                                                                                    c) but I was able to get to sleep                                      d) but I had difficultly getting to sleep

38. ……… they are brothers; they don't look like to each other.

      a) Despite                         b) As                                       c) Unless                           d) Though

39. He did not get a good mark in the examination ………… he studied English very hard.

      a) whenever                     b) so as to                                c) although                         d) for

40. I did not recognize him ………… he said we had met before.

      a) unless                          b) despite                                 c) however                         d) although

41. She knows how to use the Internet , …………… she is only 7 years old .

       a) as                                b) even though                        c) therefore                           d) so that

42. The Internet is very useful , …………. it has its own problems .

       a) since                          b) whether                                c) in order that                       d) though

III. Combine the following sentences using the words in parentheses :

43. Mary cleaned the house well . She has a terrible headache . ( although )

……………………………………………………………………….. .

44. He has plenty of money . He doesn't help poor people . ( even though )

……………………………………………………………………….. .

45. We couldn’t find the solution . We tried hard. (although)

………………………………………………………………………. .

 

Part D. Reading Comprehension test : I choose the correct answer :

46. It is hard to attach a fax into another document or to pass it on to someone else. Faxes of faxes become unreadable, but e-mail stays readable no matter how many times it is forwarded. These sentences tell us that...................... .

   a) if you forward an e-mail many times, it stays quite readable

   b) forwarding an e-mail to someone else takes a long time

   c) attaching a fax into another document is impossible

   d) it is hard to send an e-mail to someone else

47. The Web is actually one special area of the Internet . Other areas include newsgroups , mailing

       lists , and chat . We understand from these sentences that …………….. .

   a) the Internet is much wider than the Web                            b) the Web is more useful than the Internet

   c) the Internet is more specific than the Web                         d) the Web has a lot of areas

48. Postal mail known as snail mail on the Net takes a long time to get to its destination and you must

      have envelopes and stamps , and find a mailbox but e-mail is quicker to compose , arrives faster and

     doesn't require a stamp . These sentences tell us that …………… .

 a) you must have a mailbox to receive an e-mail

 b) snail mail is very common in the Net

 c) sending an e-mail is easier than a postal mail

 d) writing and sending an email take a long time

 

49. On the World Wide Web news is updated continuously and you decide what to read . According

             to this sentence we clearly know ……………………… .

     a) on the Web you can read what you like

     b) while reading the news on the Web , you should continuously update it

     c) the Web decides what news you get to see and read

     d) news on the Net is often out of date

50. The Internet is great since it brings together the best qualities of the communications systems that

           were used before and , at the same time , improves on their worst features . We know that ……

     a) Communications in today's world have gotten more effective and inexpensively than before

     b) the pervious communication systems are greater than the Internet

     c) the Internet hasn't changed the worst features of communication systems

     d) we could only use the best qualities of communication systems long ago .

II. Cloze test: Fill in the blanks with the words from the list below . There's one extra word :

 

server – communications – multimedia – interchangeably – information – links – special

 

       The terms “Internet” and “Web” are often used ……51…… , although this is not true . The World

Wide Web (or just the Web) is actually one ……..52…….. area of the Internet . Other areas

include newsgroups , mailing lists , and chat . The Web __ the …….53……. system of the twenty –

first century __ is based on ……54……. , which make it possible for Web users to travel quickly from

one Web …….55……. to another . The Web allows you to make pages with beautiful graphics and

…….56……. , while other areas of the Internet do not .

 

III. Read the sentences and match them to the following headings:

a. Hunger may cause a headache

b. Eyestrain can cause a headache .

c. Migraine is the most severe kinds of headaches .

d. Headaches are associated with diseases .

e. Headaches are caused by physical or mental strain

 

57. …….. Allergies and disorders that effect the ears , nose , throat or sinuses may cause severe

            headaches . When they are treated , the headache will go away .

58. ……. People who don't wear eyeglasses when they are needed or those who wear incorrectly

            fitted glasses often suffer from this type of headache .

59. ……. This type of headache can be cured by eating lightly such as drinking a glass of milk

           or eating a bowl of soup .

60. …….. Often when a person is tired or mentally or physically under hard pains he develops a

           headache . Sleep and rest are the best cures for headaches of this kind

V. Read the passage and answer the questions:

           One of the greatest sea tragedies that has ever occurred was that of the steamship Titanic . It was the first trip of the giant ship . There were more than two thousand people aboard on their way to the United States from England . It was on the night of April 14 , 1912 . The sea was calm, and the weather was beautiful . People were dancing in the large salons. Music, laughter, and singing could be heard everywhere. The thought of danger was far away. Suddenly just before midnight the sailor on guard cried: "iceberg"! Before the ship could change her course, the iceberg had torn a huge hole in the bottom of the ship. Nothing could be done. The new ship went down into the sea. More than fifteen hundred people lost their lives on that tragic might.

 

61. The best title for this passage can be, the.................. .

        a) greatest sea tragedy              b) steamship Titanic            c) dangerous iceberg               d) unskillful sailor

62. The accident happened in .......................

        a) winter                                   b) the morning                     c) spring                                  d) the evening

63. The ship sank because of .................

        a) a dangerous storm                        b) the sleepy sailor                  c) an iceberg                    d) the large salons

64. In this accident...................... passengers were drowned.

        a) more than one thousand and five hundred                                       b) about two thousand

        c) more than two thousand                                                                   d) about fifteen hundred

65. The sailor cried because …………… .

        a) the ship began to sink                                                                      b) he couldn't sail the ship

        c) the iceberg hit the ship                                                                     d) he saw an iceberg

 

               My rich neighbor John is always so busy that I can't see him often . The whole business of his life is to earn money. The more money he earns, the more he seems to want. He has a large company and many expensive cars. He has a beautiful garden at the back of his house, but I've never found him walking around or being happy there. It seems that he likes the fresh air and the beautiful garden flowers, but he only passes on beside the flowers and plants without having much feeling for the beauty of nature. I am so tired of talking with him. He will never accept any other person's ideas. I often tell him that the search for happiness must not be concentrated on worldly wealth. There are something else which man should think of. He believes that he should do whatever he can.

 

66. The writer often meets John .

          a. True                               b) false

67. John is busy with earning money most of the time .

         a) True                              b) False

68. Sometimes John walks in his garden and enjoys its beauty .

         a) True                              b) False

69. The writer is interested in talking with John .

          a) True                            b) False

70 The writer encourages John to earn more money .

         a) True                            b) False

71. John believes that he should do whatever he can .

          a) True                           b) False

72. John always accepts other person's ideas .

         a) True                            b) False