آزمون Proficient 2 به صورت دیجی فرم

PART A: VOCABULARY



 a .  Check (ü) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

 

   1. I didn’t have any luggage to.................. . ________ (1 نمره)

2. The plane ……………_ twenty minutes late, but we still arrived on time. (1 نمره)

3. You have to ................. your US customsform carefully. (1 نمره)

4. I’ll ...................... my luggage at the baggage claim and then meet you outside the airport. (1 نمره)

5. Could you...................... just outside Departures at 10:30? My flight’s at 12:15. (1 نمره)

6. We had to .................... the plane and go back to the departure lounge. (1 نمره)

7 I love swimming in the sea, ................... when it’s a really hot day. (1 نمره)

8. People usually think we’re sisters, but _...................._ we’re just good friends. (1 نمره)

9. Jane’s been very quiet...................... I think she’s worried about something. (1 نمره)

10.I loved the novel, but I was very sad when John died suddenly (1 نمره)

11.............means "a bit cold" (1 نمره)

12. The noise that you hear during a storm is ..................... (1 نمره)

13.the opposite of warm is (1 نمره)

14. I try to .............. all my paper and plastic waste. (1 نمره)

15. Many homes will have their own wind .....................in the future. (1 نمره)

16. Sea water can be made drinkable in.............. plants. (1 نمره)

17. Many countries’ water supplies are starting to run...................... ______ (1 نمره)

18. I don’t take .................either of my parents – maybe they got the wrong baby at the hospital! (1 نمره)

19. I’m going to take ................horse riding. It looks very exciting. (1 نمره)

20. Sam takes things too ................ He should learn to relax. (1 نمره)

PART B: GRAMMAR



21. We............... in line for two hours when they finally let us in. (1 نمره)

22. I.................. to read newspapers. (1 نمره)

23.We were at home................. _______ (1 نمره)

24.That was ........................ amazing movie – I’d like to buy the DVD. (1 نمره)

25. We................. twenty minutes for the bus when it finally arrived. (1 نمره)

26. Don’t come before 8:00 because I ...............homework. (1 نمره)

27 . They................ painting the house by the end of the month. (1 نمره)

28. I .......................to France for work soon. Do you want me to bring you anything back? (1 نمره)

29. Take some water as you’re................... thirsty if it’s hot. (1 نمره)

30.You won’t get into medical school ................ you study really hard. (1 نمره)

PART C: PRONUNCIATION



a. Which word has a different sound? Check (ü) A, B, or C.



31. A. drove            B. told                 C. done (1 نمره)

32. A. cool              B. flood                  C. boot (1 نمره)

b. Which is the correctly stressed syllable? Check (ü) A, B, or C.



33. A. anecdote              B. anecdote                C. anecdote (1 نمره)

34. A incredibly              B. incredibly                    C. incredibly (1 نمره)

35. A. hurricane          B. hurricane                 C. hurricane (1 نمره)

The House of Lords is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is an unelected body, consisting of 26 senior clerics of the Church of England (the "Lords Spiritual"), as well as 669 members of the Peerage (the "Lords Temporal"). Lords Spiritual serve as long as they continue to occupy their ecclesiastical positions, but Lords Temporal serve for life. Members of the House of Lords are known as "Lords of Parliament".



The House of Lords originated in the 14th century and has been in almost continuous existence since. It was abolished in 1649 by the revolutionary government that came to power during the English Civil War, but was restored in 1660.



The House of Lords (the "Upper House") was once more powerful than the elected House of Commons (the "Lower House"). Since the 19th century, however, the powers of the House of Lords have been steadily declining; now, the Upper House is far weaker than its parliamentary counterpart.



Under the Parliament Act 1911, most legislation passed by the House of Commons can be delayed, but cannot be rejected, by the House of Lords. Reforms were enacted under the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the automatic hereditary right of many peers to sit in the Upper House. Additional reforms are contemplated by the current Labour Government, but have not been passed into law.



In addition to performing legislative functions, the House of Lords also holds judicial powers: it constitutes the highest court of appeal for most cases in the United Kingdom. The judicial functions of the House of Lords are not performed by the whole Chamber, but rather by a group of members with legal experience, who are known as "Law Lords". The House of Lords is not the only court of last resort in the United Kingdom; in some cases, that role is fulfilled by the Privy Council.



The full, formal style of the House of Lords is: The Right Honourable The Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament Assembled. The House of Lords, like the House of Commons, meets in the Palace of Westminster.













36. The members of the House of Lords are elected by the people. (1 نمره)

37. Members of the House of Lords are known as "Lords of Parliament". (1 نمره)

38. The House of Lords has more power than the House of Commons nowadays. (1 نمره)

39. The House of Lords can reject legislation passed by the House of Commons. (1 نمره)

40. The House of Lords has also judicial powers. (1 نمره)

London Underground

The London Underground is a public transport network, composed of electrified railways (that is, a metro system) that run underground in tunnels in central London and above ground in the city's suburbs. The oldest metropolitan underground network in the world, first operating in 1863, the London Underground is usually referred to as either simply "the Underground" by Londoners, or (more familiarly) as "the Tube".



Since 2003, the Tube has been part of Transport for London (TfL), which also schedules and lets contracts for the famous red double-decker buses. Previously London Transport was the holding company for London Underground.



There are currently 275 open stations and over 253 miles (408 km) of active lines, with three million passenger journeys made each day (927 million journeys made 1999-2000; there are a number of stations and tunnels now closed).



Lines on the Underground can be classified into two types: sub-surface and deep level. The sub-surface lines were dug by the cut-and-cover method, with the tracks running about 5 metres below the surface. Trains on the sub-surface lines have the same loading gauge as British mainline trains.



The deep-level or "tube" lines, bored using a tunnelling shield, run about 20 metres below the surface (although this varies considerably), with each track running in a separate tunnel lined with cast-iron rings. These tunnels can have a diameter as small as 3.56m (11ft 8.25in) and the loading gauge is thus considerably smaller than on the sub-surface lines, though standard gauge track is used.



Lines of both types usually emerge onto the surface outside the central area, the exceptions being the Victoria Line which is in tunnel for its entire length save for a maintenance depot, and the Waterloo & City Line which, being very short, has no non-central part and no surface line.



Each station displays the Underground logo containing the station's name in place of the word "Underground", both at entrances to the station and repeatedly along the station walls so that they can easily be seen by passengers on arriving trains.

41. The London Underground runs, as the name implies, all the time underground.

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42. There are more than 275 stations. (1 نمره)

43. The sub-surface lines run about (1 نمره)

44. The Waterloo & City line is the longest in the system. (1 نمره)

45. Baker Street station is decorated with profiles of Sherlock Holmes' head. (1 نمره)

PART E: WRITING



Write an article about the following topic.



 “How people’s lives will change in the future”



Write 140-180 words. Include the following information:

how people’s lives will change

why their lives will change

explain why you think these changes 

will be good or bad



   



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