آموزش زبان انگلیسی

A: WORD DEFINITION / Match the following definitions with the words given and write in the parentheses.

 agriculture - establish  -  income  -  basis -  issue  -  failure

1. the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments, the government etc (………………..)

2. the practice or science of farming (………………..)

3. a lack of success in achieving or doing something (…………..)

4. to start a company, organization, system, etc that is intended to exist or continue for a long time (………………..)

5. a subject or problem that is often discussed or argued about, especially a social or political matter that affects the interests of a lot of people (………………..)

6. the facts, ideas, or things from which something can be developed (………………..)

VOCABULARY / Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words given.

sort - suitable  -  labor  -  information -  issues  -  rights

1. The book contains ……….. about a wide variety of subjects.

2. The house is not really ………….. for a large family.

3. Everyone should have the ………. to freedom of expression.

4. There are many countries in Asia with a source of cheap ……..

5. What ……….. of shampoo do you use?.

6. She usually writes about environmental …………...

laborers– responsible– forced –enough –support - emotionally

1. You can go to school when you're old …………..

2. She provided ……… support at a very distressing time for me.

3. There are a lot of  farm ……………. in our village.

4. People strongly ………..the peace process all over the world.

5. The airline is legally …………for the safety of its passengers.

6. Firemen entering the building were ………… back by flames.

mental – mine – bricks – carpet – ceramics - earns

1. There is a tall tower made of ………….. in Gonbad

2. …………. is the art of making pots, bowls, tiles etc, by shaping pieces of clay and baking them until they are hard.

3. The centre provides help for people suffering from ………… illness.

Stress has an effect on both your physical and ………….. health.

4.  My bedroom ……… is green and hand-woven.(weave - wove)

5. It is against the law to make children work in the coal …….s.

Copper has been ………..d here since the sixteenth century.

6. Do you know how much a teacher …………. a year?

boring – vacation– specific –electrician – apprentice – extreme

1. My father was forced to cancel the family ………..    to Ramsar.

2. She works in the hairdresser's as an ………………..

3. Her husband is about the most ………… person I've ever met.

4. Our teachers give us very ………… instructions how to prepare ourselves for examinations.

5. ………. poverty(فقر) still exists in many rural(روستایی) areas.

6. An ……………is someone whose job is to connect or repair electrical wires or equipment.

robbing  – include – develop – level – conditions – harmful

1. The course is designed to help students ……….. their speaking skills.

2. People should try to use chemicals that aren’t …………….. to the environment

3. Dolphins show a high …………. of intelligence.

Few athletes can compete at international …………...

4. There is an attempt to improve living ……………. for the working classes all over the world.

5. Your duties …….. typing letters and answering the telephone. 6. They killed four policemen while ………… a bank.

tools – designed – industrialized – estimated – least – basis

1. Japan is an …………….. country.

2. Bread       forms the …………… of their daily diet.

3. Television is an important ………… for the modern teacher.

The computer is now an invaluable ………. for the family doctor.

4. Police …………..…… the crowd at 30 000.

The tree is ……………….. to be at least 700 years old.

5. These exercises are ………………to strengthen muscles.

The programme is …………. to help people who have been out of work for a long time.

They asked me to design a poster for the campaign.

6. It takes you at …………. 3 hours to walk through all the streets of the toy town in Holland.

developing – economically – rural – agriculture – trade – domestic

1. Thousands were forced to migrate from ……….. to urban areas in search of work.

2. Unfortunately his ………….. life wasn't very happy.

3. More than 75% of the land is used for ……………..

The number of people employed in ………….. has fallen in the last decade.

4. In …………….. advanced countries, women marry later.

I’ll do the job as ……………….as possible.

5. It is true that there are poverty and hunger in the …………. world.

The  level of unemployment is rising in this ………… country.

6. …………….. between the two countries has increased.

There has been a marked increase in …………between East and West.

manufacturing - construction  -  poverty  -  income -  prevent  -  unemployment

1. Many elderly people live in ……………...

20% of the population now live below the ……………… line.

We need an effective strategy to fight ………………….

2. He is upset because he's been on ……………… for two months.

All of them tried to reduce ………… but its rate remained at 12%.

3. Since two years ago they haven’t yet finished the …………… of a new bridge near our school.

A lot of workers are busy with the ………....of that large bridge.

4. His back injury may ………………. him from playing in tomorrow's game.

Nothing should ………..students from continuing their education.

5. People on a high ………………… should pay more tax.

6. Thousands of jobs had been lost in ……………….

The company has ……………….. or distribution operations in 33 countries worldwide

irrelevant - hiring -  willing -  fail-  provides  -  Union

1. Many people consider politics …………… to their lives.

Few students of mine viewed English as boring and …………….

2. Millions of people have tried to quit smoking and ………….ed miserably.

It looks likely that the peace talks will …………...

3. The shoe factory is the largest employer …………. children in this area.

4. Students should believe that teachers are perfectly ………….. to help them.

They keep a list of people (who are) …………… to work nights.

5. Are the old teachers planning to join the National …………. of Teachers?

6. Hadi's painful story …………. a clear example of the dangers of drug abuse.

remove - social -  encourage -  movements-  provide  -  Union

1. I want to thank everyone who has …………d and supported me.

She was always looking for ways to …………….. her students.

2. Soldiers were sent into the area to report on the enemy's ……...

3. ……………. the old wallpaper and fill any holes in the walls.

4. Pupils should be given time to discuss …………. issues, such as unemployment and education with their classmates.

5. The money will be used to provide the school with new computer equipment.

Choose the correct answer.

1.You can not ignore the economic and social ………. between the poor and the rich.

a. comparisons       b. contrasts      c. vacations       d. senses

2. They killed four policemen while ……… a bank last month.

a. robbing       b. protecting      c. hiring       d. repairing

3. Child labor is not work during the summer or over a ………. to learn about a job.

a. envelope          b. vacation                c. voyager            d. valley

4. It’s not appropriate(suitable) for a professor like you to talk with a/an …………. accent.

a. indoor          b. useless        c. industrial          d. rural

5. Many people nowadays have jobs that are …………. to their university degrees.

a. unusual       b. irrelevant      c. inactive       d. undeveloped

5. In ………….to hot days, the nights are extremely cold.

a. addition       b. relation      c. contrast       d. variety

6. Scientists have many theories about how the universe first      came into …………..(=started to exist).

a. distinction       b. reality      c. function       d. existence

7. Goods ………….in automatic and modern factories are, as a rule, cheaper.

a. manufactured       b. disciplined      c. damaged       d. located

8. He was so tired after the day’s labor that he went to bed at eight. “Labor” means ………….

a. action       b. service      c. work       d. practice

9. The government is doing all it can to decrease …………in low-income families.

a. quality       b. poverty      c. fault       d. extinction

10. In ……….to their system, ours seems very old-fashioned.

a. contrast       b. capacity      c. profession       d. definition

Sentence Function

Match the following items with the appropriate phrases given to make meaningful sentences.

a. whereas his sister makes dresses

b. while she isn’t interested in such topics

c. they heard a scream

d. other let them go to school

1. While some people send their children to work .......

2. Mehdi reads story books .........

3. Mina’s brother likes to talk about politics .........

4. As they were taking the exam .........

SENTENCE COMPREHENSION / Check the correct answer

1. Sometimes a whole family group is employed , with the payment going to a parent or an older relative .

The above sentence tells us that ………………. .

a. the payment is given to all members of the family .

b. only children work , but they are not paid .

c. the payment isn’t given to children .

d. older relatives pay money to parents .

2. There is no simple way to stop child labor .But this is no reason for inaction.

We understand from the above sentences that …………….. .

a. child labor can not be stropped at all

b. child labor has no reason

c. it is easy to stop child labor

d. we should try to stop child labor

3. Most child laborers around the world are busy doing extreme forms of work that are dangerous for their health.

In other words . . . . . . . . . . .

a. some children are playing out of their houses

b. if children are busy, they will be dangerous for the society

c. extreme forms of work are dangerous for children’s health

d. working around the world is not child labor

4. Child labor means when young people , under 15 , but sometimes as young as 5 or 6, are forced to work because their parents cannot work or do not make enough money at their jobs to support their family. There are two kinds of work that children do and only one of them is child labor.

Which of the following is not mentioned in the paragraph?

a.Children have to work because their parents are not able to work.

b. Parents don’t earn enough money to support their children.

c. Children are responsible for the problems of society.

d. Financial problems of the family force the children to work.

According the paragraph, ……………

a. All children, under 15, have to work

b. children, under 15, work harder than children as young as 5or 6

c. any kind of work done by children is child labor

d. some parents force their children to work because they are poor

5. Rural children usually work in agriculture, but some children in urban areas work in trade service.

According to the above sentence child labor…………………

a. means working in agriculture

b. increases poverty

c. has different forms

d. means working in trade and services

6. Children are prevented from going to school because …….

a. they can not develop better skills while being free

b. they are forced to work in order to support their poor families

c. they are willing to be involved in working

d. they are paid less than expected

7.  Employers may hire children since they can pay them less, children are also easier to discipline, more willing to work, and often unable to form unions to protect their rights. According to the above sentence which statement is NOT  true.                                           

 a. It is easy to make children work.                    

 b. Children are interested in working.        

 c. Children receive no money for their work.      

 d. Children can form unions to protect their rights

Fill in the blanks with one of the words from the list below.

make – only – young – support – poverty – kinds – forced

Child labor means when … 1 …… people , under 15 , but sometimes as young as 5 or 6, are …. 2 …. to work because their parents cannot work or do not …. 3 …. enough money at their job to …. 4 …. their family. There are two …. 5…. of work that children do and …. 6…. one of them is child labor.

گرامر: کاربرد whereas   و while

حروف ربط فوق به معنی "با وجود اینکه"  "با وجود این" و در حالی که" میباشند و برای مغایرت یا تضاد بکار میروند.

1. Farid is a very quiet boy, while his brother is very talkative.

2. Ali likes classical music, while his brother enjoys pop music.

3. Some scientists think the world is getting warmer, whereas others disagree.

4. The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is really very simple.

گزینه مناسب را انتخاب کنید

1. I love children ………..my brother dislikes being with them.

a. though         b. therefore       c. whereas      d. when

2. Teams or individuals who place second, receive silver medal ………..a bronze medal goes to the third place winner.

a. although         b. whether       c. as            d. while

3.I managed to walk to the nearest village.…my foot was injured.

a. whereas         b. since          c. so that            d. although

4. I didn’t pass the test, ………. I had studied a lot.

a. while        b. whether         c. because            d. although

5. ………. learning our mother tongue is very easy, learning a new language is difficult.

a. while        b. since         c. when            d. although

6. …….the weather was bad, we climbed to of the mountain.

a. Unless        b. Though         c. Whereas            d. However