1. Our house is close to an ob_erv_tory.
a) z – a b) s – e c) z – e d) s – a
2. I love s_ience.
a) a b) c c) y d) e
3. They helped the pa_ _ent.
a) sh b) ti c) st d) ch
4. My grandfather pas_ed a_ay in 1390.
a) s – w b) h – v c) s – v d) h – w
5. Nobody knows the ………… of that gold ring. It was so expensive.
a) interest b) material c) difference d) value
6. I was sleeping in my bedroom when ………… I heard a loud noise.
a) daily b) suddenly c) recently d) badly
7. Our country needs to ………… a new kind of energy for future.
a) believe b) clear c) develop d) solve
8. We go to the ………… school.
a) name b) same c) soon d) flu
9. Rapidly means:
a) fast b) soon c) quickly d) a and c
10. They are ………… a job.
a) helping b) seeking c) interesting d) reading
11. This ………… will protect your body against the flu.
a) medicine b) microbe c) success d) size
12. I think young children are more ………… than the older people.
a) famous b) helpful c) nervous d) energetic
13. Seek knowledge from the ………… to the grave. (Holy prophet PBUH)
a) cradle b) camera c) building d) planet
14. She doesn't have any ………… about computers. She wants to learn it.
a) creation b) sign c) knowledge d) belief
15. When I ………… up I want to be an engineer.
a) grow b) give c) die d) carry
16. She doesn't ………… in love.
a) work b) believe c) learn d) invent
17. Fortunately, his father is going to ………… smoking.
a) develop b) invent c) quit d) say
18. As a child he had a great ………… in math.
a) drop b) interest c) size d) fact
19. The scientists were doing some tests and ………… in the lab last month.
a) cells b) liquids c) wonders d) experiments
20. I don't know this singer. He is not ………… .
a) famous b) invention c) useful d) medicine
21. A baby is sleeping in the ………… .
a) grave b) belief c) fact d) cradle
22. It's an / a ………… .
a) modern laboratory b) old building
c) old laboratory d) modern building
23. His last movie about war was a great ………… .
a) success b) future c) invention d) human
24. ………… helps us travel very fast to far places.
a) Camera b) Airplane c) Telephone d) Bulb
25. ………… of people attended the festival.
a) Success b) Thousands c) Invention d) Things
26. Never ………… your interest in studying English.
a) lose b) invent c) do d) believe
27. Light bulb gives us an easier life when there is no ………… .
a) dark b) darkness c) light d) lightness
28. The students do experiments in the school ………… .
a) library b) laboratory c) observatory d) building
29. Look! They are playing in the ………… .
a) library b) yard c) observatory d) laboratory
30. Many people are sure that ………… is possible with hard work.
a) success b) failure c) activity d) parade
31. The fact that children ………… up rapidly is not surprising.
a) develop b) rise c) give d) grow
32. People use ………… to talk with someone in another place.
a) telephone b) computer c) camera d) light bulb
33. My brother is a / an ………… boy. He runs around and plays all day.
a) weak b) old c) tired d) energetic
34. ………… means something that you believe.
a) belief b) invention c) success d) difficult
35. Edison ………… the first light bulb.
a) die out b) built c) invented d) took
36. Scientists never felt weak and they never ……… when they were doing research.
a) give up b) try c) invent d) work
37. There are ………… things I want to do.
a) research b) thousands of c) belief d) hard work
38. Toosi ………… Maragheh Observatory when he was studying the planets.
a) studied b) built c) traveled d) helped
39. We use ………… to take and keep pictures very easily.
a) telephone b) computer c) camera d) light bulb
40. ………… means to make something for the first time.
a) Develop b) Invent c) Solve d) Believe
41. When you find an answer to a problem it means you ………… the problem.
a) develop b) solve c) quit d) believe
42. She is doing research in the ………… .
a) laboratory b) library c) building d) street
43. Earth is ………… we live on.
a) invention b) planet c) laboratory d) library
44. Sara ………… her key so she couldn't open the door.
a) believed b) lost c) quitted d) invented
45. Edison had more than 1,000 ………… .
a) invent b) inventor c) inventions d) invite
46. She ………… hard to solve the problem.
a) believed b) tried c) felt d) sought
47. She is reading books in the ………… .
a) laboratory b) library c) observatory d) street
48. Her ………… in Allah gave her hope during difficult times.
a) success b) weak c) research d) belief
49. She ………… up in Ramsar; in other words, she lived there as a child.
a) grew b) stood c) put d) looked
50. Mrs. Saffarzadeh learned reading and ………… the Holy Quran at the age of 6.
a) reciting b) writing c) inventing d) growing
51. He has the flu and feels ………… .
a) success b) grow c) weak d) interest
52. You won't ………… me if I told you the truth.
a) believe b) try c) grow up d) invent
53. Razi taught ………… medicine to many young people.
a) thought b) taught c) told d) took
54. There were flowers on the ………… .
a) grave b) grew c) research d) value
55. Many people do not like the idea of ………… on animals.
a) experiments b) knowledge c) patients d) darkness
56. Human knowledge is developing rapidly and scientists try hard to find facts& ………… problems.
a) research b) solve c) develop d) defend
57. Ali Karimi was a ………… football player some years ago.
a) famous b) person c) grave d) seek
58. When you can't do something the first time you should try ………… .
a) again b) little c) before d) one time
59. The students should wear ………… clothes for attending the classes.
a) dirty b) stretchable c) appropriate d) dusty
60. Our knowledge ………… by studying new books.
a) invents b) cleans c) develops d) drops
61. Edison didn't ………… the school and studied at home.
a) invent b) attend c) collect d) wonder
62. At 10 P.M every night, the radio ………… a long story.
a) talks b) says c) narrates d) speaks
63. Doctors try to find new ………… to save the lives of the people.
a) hospitals b) places c) tests d) medicines
64. ………… is a person who does experiment to find answers to the problems.
a) Scientist b) Sportsman c) Driver d) Policeman
65. My friend was ………… in math so I helped him a lot.
a) weak b) strong c) angry d) happy
66. He put his camera ………… and asked people to leave.
a) off b) out c) aside d) on
67. Which one is not true about scientists? They ………… .
a) find facts b) invent things
c) feel weak d) are very successful at the end of their lives
68. When I have a ………… I ask my father to help me.
a) gain b) notice c) device d) problem
69. I don't want to ………… when I don't know the answer to a problem.
a) give up b) pass away c) look for d) turn on
70. He remembered our names from ten years ago, isn't that just …………?
a) natural b) boring c) amazing d) exciting
71. I can't ………… the meeting but I'll send my assistant instead.
a) attempt b) focus c) attend d) destroy
72. The book was written in a style ………… to the age of the children.
a) rocky b) late c) fresh d) appropriate
73. Can you ………… this letter from German into English?
a) find b) translate c) solve d) recite
74. We dream and we build. We never give up; we never ………… .
a) lie b) hope c) quit d) carry
75. This DVD can ………… your listening skill.
a) solve b) develop c) read d) invent
76. The ………… analyzed the stone and found it contained too much gold.
a) driver b) pilot c) manager d) scientist
77. I have no secret of ………… but hard work.
a) loss b) fact c) gift d) success
78. The committee will ……… their report on the health service in a few weeks.
a) carry b) jump c) publish d) attack
79. We can learn by ………… that oil and water will not mix.
a) difficulty b) experiment c) danger d) pain
80. She says that she can't ………… how sorry she is.
a) express b) kill c) hunt d) attend
81. My friend ………… his small shop into a very big company.
a) invented b) developed c) quitted d) lost
82. Which one is different?
a) camera b) light bulb c) airplane d) value
83. Which word has a different meaning?
a) laboratory b) observatory c) light bulb d) library
84. Odd one out.
a) famous b) develop c) successful d) energetic
85. State verbs relate to ………… .
a) senses b) emotions c) thoughts d) all items
86. Which verb is a state verb?
a) fell b) go c) drink d) write
87. Which verb is an action verb?
a) love b) believe c) hate d) play
88. Which verb is different from the others?
a) know b) clean c) remember d) like
89. While we ………… along a snowy mountain road, we had a crash.
a) drive b) drove c) are driving d) were driving
90. The little children all were sleeping when a terrible noise ………… them up.
a) was waking b) woke c) wakes d) is waking
91. The driver ………… the bus suddenly while the old woman was getting into the bus.
a) was moving b) move c) moved d) moves
92. Where did Steven Jobs ………… up?
a) grow b) grew c) growing d) was growing
93. They were planning for the trip when lights ………… out.
a) go b) went c) was going d) goes
94. When I ………… ,my phone ………… .
a) was studying / rang b) studied / was ringing
c) studied / rang d) was studying / was ringing
95. I was thinking about their story all night but I ………… believe them.
a) wasn't b) weren't c) don't d) didn't
96. My mother ………… cooking when I came in. She was cleaning the house.
a) was b) wasn't c) were d) weren't
97. He invented many interesting things when he ……… solving math problems.
a) was b) is c) will d) were
98. She is ………… research on blood cells.
a) did b) diding c) doesing d) doing
99. We ………… dinner when he arrived.
a) eating b) was eating c) were eating d) will eat
100. Newton ………… under a tree when an apple hit his head.
a) sitting b) was sitting c) were sitting d) will sit
101. What was Zahra ………… while the children were playing football?
a) do b) did c) does d) doing
102. Amin ………… eating dinner at 9:00.
a) didn't b) couldn't c) won't d) wasn't
103. Edison was famous for ………… thousands of experiments to find answers to problems.
a) did b) do c) diding d) doing
104. He ………. a new medicine when he ………… on antibiotics.
a) found – was working b) was finding – worked
c) worked – was finding d) was working – found
105. When other kids ………… outside, she learned French.
a) was playing b) played c) were playing d) playing
106. They were ………… something when I ………… .
a) writing – arriving b) arriving – wrote
c) writing – arrived d) wrote – arrived
107. A: What happened to john? B: I ……… TV when I ……… a loud noise.
a) was watching – was hearing b) watched – heard
c) watched – was hearing d) was watching – heard
108. ………… they swimming when the phone rang?
a) Were b) Are c) Do d) Was
109. They ………… doing their homework. They were playing football.
a) were b) are c) aren't d) weren't
110. You ………… working on a difficult problem at 4.
a) were b) was c) are d) did
111. I ………… to go to the part tonight.
a) am wanting b) wanting c) want d) was wanting
112. I ………… reading newspapers.
a) am not liking b) don't like c) don't liking d) am not like
113. Were you reading this novel?
a) I read this book. b) I was reading this novel.
c) No, I wasn't. d) Yes, you were reading that.
114. The firefighters ………… out the fire.
a) was put b) were putting c) putted d) was putting
115. ………… Tina ………… when the teacher came in?
a) Does – talk b) Was – talked c) Was- talking d) Did – talk
116. What were you doing yesterday at 8?
a) They were playing guitar. b) He played guitar.
c) We were played guitar. d) I was playing guitar.
117. We ………… a dog in the yard yesterday. It ………… food.
a) see – were eating b) saw – ate
c) seeing – was ate d) saw – was eating
118. She ………… her translation of the Holy Quran in1380.
a) publishing b) published c) publishes d) was publishing
119. Mrs. Naderi ………… dinner at 6 o'clock yesterday.
a) was hasing b) having c) has d) was having
120. No success is possible ………… hard work
a) with b) without c) by d) in
121. He was interested ………… doing research.
a) in b) on c) of d) at
122. I saw the accident with ………… own eyes.
a) me b) my c) myself d) mine
123. This exercise by ………… is not enough. You should study more.
a) yourself b) themselves c) itself d) myself
124. Some people only think about ………… I don't like them.
a) myself b) himself c) ourselves d) themselves
125. Some people say that he didn't write those poems ………… .
a) him b) his c) himself d) he
126. A: Are you sure that the door isn't open?
B: yes, I ……… closed the door.
a) himself b) herself c) ourselves d) myself
127. Babak, did you clean the room …………?
a) himself b) yourself c) yourselves d) myself
128. Alexander ………… invented the telephone.
a) himself b) myself c) itself d) herself
129. Please drive the car ………… .
a) himself b) yourself c) themselves d) myself
130. The film ………… wasn't very good, but I like the music.
a) itself b) himself c) myself d) ourselves
131. You made this photo ………… .
a) myself b) himself c) herself d) yourself
132. Shirin is cleaning the bedroom ………… .
a) himself b) myself c) herself d) itself
133. He hurt ………… .
a) himself b) herself c) myself d) yourself
134. You and your friend make a cake ………… .
a) yourself b) herself c) himself d) yourselves
135. It was great, and I ………… enjoyed it very much.
a) ourselves b) himself c) myself d) themselves
136. The computer ………… restarts without any warning.
a) himself b) itself c) themself d) myself
There are great stories about scientists and …(137)… lives. Some of these scientists …(138)… easy lives. The key to their success is their …(139)… work and belief in …(140)… If you want to get what you want, work hard and …(141)… give up.
137. a) themselves b) them c) their d) they
138. a) don't have b) aren't having c) didn't have d) had not
139. a) different b) interesting c) hard d) soon
140. a) yourselves b) themselves c) problems d) medicine
141. a) still b) ever c) feel d) never
Yesterday, it …(142)… . I was playing inside the house. I …(143)… to be outside. I …(144)… playing outside because it was raining. I was feeling tired of being trapped inside the house. I …(145)… trying to keep busy inside the house. I …(146)… my book until the electricity went out. Then, I …(147)… to eat dinner. After dinner, I was sitting by the window and watched rain. While I …(148)… the rain, the phone rang. My mother was calling to say she was coming home. When she …(149)… we were playing a board game. That was really fun. We …(150)… a good time.
142. a) were raining b) rains c) was raining d) raining
143. a) want b) wanted c) wanting d) wants
144. a) wasn't b) weren't c) am not d) didn't
145. a) am b) be c) was d) were
146. a) was reading b) am reading c) read d) reading
147. a) decide b) decided c) deciding d) decides
148. a) was watching b) watched c) watching d) watch
149. a) come b) cames c) came d) was coming
150. a) have b) has c) having d) had
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