A:Choose the correct answer.

1-Amin---------eating dinner at 9:00.

a)didn't       b)couldn't           c)won't            d)wasn't

2-Shirin is cleaning the bedroom------------.

a)himself            b)myself          c)herself           d)itself

3-Human knowledge is developing rapidly and scientists try hard to find facts&--------problems.

a)research            b)solve               c)develop                    d)defend

4-Ali Karimi was  a ----------footballist some years ago.

a)famous             b)person        c)grave                d)seek

B: Find the synonyms of the words in column A in column B.

1-    Pain----------                                   a)science

2-   Give up----------                              b)get

3-   Quickly---------                               c)ache

4-   Pass away-----------                            d)quit

5-   Look for---------                                e)search

6-   Knowledge----------                            f)die

7-   Kid---------------                                g)rapidly

8-   Gain------------                                   h)baby

C:Fill in the blanks with appropriate word one is extra.

Still-yard-myself-successful-rapidly-idea-airplane-experiment-believe.

1- What time does your ----------- land?

2-   Long ago,people didn't ---------that the earth was round.

3- Do you ---------- live in Italy?

4-   I think Maryam will be ------------ as a nurse.

5- Influenza was -------------getting around.

6-   I ----------took that photo.

7- Is it a good ----------- to go there now?

8-   We must do the ------------ at the University lab.

When autumn comes and it gets colder, most birds fly south . They know that winter is coming. Soon there will be little …(1)… for them in the north. They must fly to …(2)… places. There , they can find plenty of insects, seeds and fruits to …(3)…  . But don’t worry. When ..(4)… comes, the birds will fly back again.                                        

❶  a) food            b) homes               c) places                d) water

❷ a) colder           b) nearer               c) warmer              d) newer

❸  a) find             b) cook                  c) drink                 d) eat

❹ a) autumn         b) spring             c) summer              d) winter

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Albert Einstein was born in Ulm,Germany, in 1879.  His father had a factory that made electrical things.  His mother enjoyed music and books. Albert was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone.  He was slow  to talk and had difficulty learning to read. Albert did not like school.The German schools of that time were not very happy places for the young boys and girls.Students could not ask questions.Albert said he felt as if he were in prison.One story says Albert told his Uncle Jacob how much he hated school,especially mathematics.His uncle told him to solve mathematical   problems by thinking that he was a policeman.  “You are looking for someone,” “but you do not know who.  Call him X.  Find him by means of mathematics and algebra.”

 1 . Was Albert a clever boy when he was a student? How do you know?            

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 2 . What was his father?-----------------------------------------------------

 3 . What did Albert hate the most?-----------------------------------------

 4 . His uncle was a policeman.     a. True   b. False

 5 . His mother was a teacher.       a. True    b. False                                                                                                                             ________________________________________________________

Although microbes are very small, they are dangerous; because they cause many kinds of diseases.When fresh air, good and clean water enter our bodies, we are safe from microbes.Inside our stomachs there is a liquid which kill microbes that enter them. Our bodies are covered with skin which protects flesh and bones from the microbes in the air.Microbes live in dirt, so we should keep our bodies clean. Mothers should never let small insects settle on their children’s bodies. Many children have become blind because insects carried microbes to their eyes.

1. Why are microbes dangerous?……………………………………

2. What does the liquid in the stomach do to the microbes?

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3. The skin keeps microbes away from our flesh and bones.   a) True      b) False

A Ride in Space

Sally Ride always loved science and sports. In high school, she thought about becoming a tennis player. Her love of science won out, however. Ride went to college and studied physics, a branch of science. In 1978, Ride saw an ad in a newspaper for an exciting job: astronaut! The position was at NASA, the United States government agency that runs the country’s space program. Eight thousand college students applied. Only twenty-five were accepted. Sally Ride was one of them.

While training at NASA, Ride helped develop a robotic arm to use in space. She went on her first space shuttle trip on June 18, 1983. She was the first American woman to travel in space. Flying on a rocket was dangerous and difficult. It took courage to fly into space. But when Sally Ride returned to Earth from her six-day shuttle trip, she said, “It was the most fun I’ll ever have in my life.”

Ride left NASA in 1987 to teach science. She later started her own company, Sally Ride Science. She wanted to excite girls and boys about working as scientists.

Sally Ride’s courage and dedication to science inspired people around the world.

1. What job did Sally Ride see an ad in the newspaper for?

a) teacher      b) scientist               c) astronaut

2. The article describes a sequence of events in the life of Sally Ride. Which event happens last?

a) Sally Ride helps develop a robotic arm to use in space.

b) Sally Ride starts her own company.

c) Sally Ride becomes the first American woman to travel in space.

3.Sally Ride loved science and sport.Based on the information in the article,what else did she enjoy?

a) teaching             b) writing                c) reading

4. The word “exciting” in the first paragraph means:

a) strange               b) powerful                c) interesting

5. What was Sally Ride the first American woman to do?

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6. According to the article, what two things about Sally Ride inspired people around the world?

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