آزمون Online Midterm Exam-AEF5B به صورت دیجی فرم

GRAMMAR
Check (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

1. I think we should go out tonight. _____, it’s your birthday.  (2 نمره)

2. _____ the whole, I think office workers have more back problems. (2 نمره)

3. I lost my credit card, but _____ I was able to cancel it before anyone used it.  (2 نمره)

4. OK, I’ll call Sergio. Oh, _____, do you think we should make a dinner reservation? (2 نمره)

5. A: Did you see the news on TV last night?
    B: No. _____, I don’t even own a television. 

6. I wasn’t invited to the party. _____, I wouldn’t have gone. I’m too busy. (2 نمره)

7. As I was _____, if you go on vacation next month, you’ll miss the meeting in Chicago. (2 نمره)

8. As far as transportation _____, you can rent a car at the airport and drive to the meeting. (2 نمره)

9. The sun goes down at about 5:30 and it _____ dark at about 6:15. (2 نمره)

10. It can be difficult to get _____ to a new roommate. (2 نمره)

VOCABULARY
Check (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences about history and warfare.

1. After years of fighting, the two leaders signed a peace _____. (2 نمره)

2. You use a _____ to shoot an arrow. (2 نمره)

3. A _____ is a very large gun. (2 نمره)

4. There was a _____ so that peace talks could be held. (2 نمره)

5. All of the _____ were evacuated from the war zone, but the soldiers had to stay and fight. (2 نمره)

6. _____ are people who must leave their homes because of a war. (2 نمره)

7. The rebels stopped fighting and _____. The civil war was over! (2 نمره)

8. The bridge was _____ to stop the enemy from receiving supplies. (2 نمره)

9. The soldiers _____ the museum and stole a lot of national treasures.  (2 نمره)

10. The soldiers _____ the enemy leader and put him in prison. (2 نمره)

PRONUNCIATION
a. Which word has a different sound? Check (✓) A, B, or C.  (2 نمره)

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b. Which is the correctly stressed syllable?   
Check (✓) A, B, or C. (2 نمره)

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READING

Read the text and choose the correct answer.

 

 

TITANIC: THE MYTHS AND THE MOVIES

     Everyone knows the story of the ship Titanic. On April 14, 1912, on her maiden voyage, Titanic ran into an iceberg and sank about two and a half hours later. In the years since the sinking, many myths about the Titanic have survived – and even been created – by the many movies that have been made about her. The story is well-known, but are you sure that what you know about Titanic is actually true? Or is it just a myth perpetuated by the movies?

     One myth that everyone thinks they know is that of the band playing until the ship sank. Several movies about the sinking have included the band, out on the deck of the ship, playing until it sank. Some people have even said that the last song they played was a familiar tune, the song “Nearer My God to Thee.” In reality, none of the band members survived the sinking, and the reports of their last song were given by survivors who left the ship long before she sank. Most survivors agreed that the band did play out on the deck of the ship despite very cold weather. Some survivors, however, said that the band played lively tunes, such as ragtime and jazz, rather than somber tunes like “Nearer My God to Thee.” We’ll never really know what their last song was, though, and the mythical final song is appropriate for the situation, so the myth continues.

     Another myth that we talk about today is that the ship was considered “unsinkable.” In reality, no one actually said that. While many people marveled at the ship’s size and construction, no one associated with the ship or her company, the White Star Line, wanted to invite disaster by saying that Titanic was unsinkable. To say that it wasn’t possible to destroy the ship would have served only to ask for trouble, and no one wanted that. It was only after the disaster that people began to exaggerate the strength and size of Titanic by calling her “unsinkable.

     ” Yet another myth, perpetuated by several movies about Titanic, is that third-class passengers were not allowed to go to the upper decks to reach the lifeboats. In real life, the crew may have forced third-class passengers to stay below decks at first, but once the true danger of the situation became known, third class passengers were allowed to the upper decks. Unfortunately, by this time, most of the lifeboats had been launched half-full, so the third class passengers did not get the same opportunities to get onto them.

     Other myths concern the people who were on Titanic when she sank. Two men who had a lot of control over the ship were J. Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line, and the Captain, Edward Smith. Ismay managed to get onto a lifeboat and survive the sinking, but he was painted as a coward who didn’t have the courage to go down with the ship. It also came out that he may have encouraged Captain Smith to ignore ice warnings and keep Titanic at close to top speed. After the disaster, Ismay was portrayed in the press as someone who valued the reputation of the White Star Line over the lives of the ship’s passengers. He never overcame the shame of having gotten on a lifeboat when so many others perished. Captain Smith went down with the ship.

     One element of the Titanic sinking that was thought to be a myth for a long time was whether or not the ship broke into two pieces when she sank. Some survivors were certain that they saw Titanic split in two as she went down; others swore that she didn’t. It wasn’t until 1985, when Titanic was found at the bottom of the ocean, that the breaking up of the ship was confirmed.

     When an event like the Titanic sinking happens, it’s hard to separate myth from fact, especially since it has been over 100 years after the fact. However, people are still passionate about learning more about Titanic, and new details emerge each time the ship is visited. Of course, there are some details that we’ll never know because they went down with the ship.

 


 1. Why are there so many myths about Titanic?A. Many movies have been made about the ship,but none of the directors have made an effort to tell her the true story.B. Many movies have been made about the ship, and some of them might include fictional details.C. Many movies have been made about the ship, but some of them may have relied on false information about the sinking. (2 نمره)

2. Why will we never know what song was the last song the band played?

A) Survivor accounts may be inaccurate, and none of the band members survived.
B) Some survivors say that the band wasn’t playing near the end.
C) The band members wrote down their song list, but they didn’t write down their last song. (2 نمره)

3. Why are the survivor accounts of the band’s last song unreliable?

A.The band members didn’t survive the sinking, and no one else remembers anything.
B. Some survivors don’t remember whether or not the band was playing when Titanic sank.
C. Some survivors left the ship long before she sank, and others remember different music. (2 نمره)

4. Why didn’t the White Star Line call Titanic “unsinkable?” A. They didn’t want to invite disaster.
B. They didn’t believe she would survive an iceberg.
C. They thought she might sink on her first voyage. (2 نمره)

5. When did people start calling Titanic “unsinkable?”
A. Before her first voyage
B. After she sank
C. 100 years after the disaster (2 نمره)

6. Why weren’t some passengers allowed to go to the lifeboats at first?
A. They were third class passengers.
B. They were first class passengers.
C. They were second class passengers. (2 نمره)

7. Why didn’t most of these passengers get onto lifeboats after they were allowed to the upper decks?
A. Only women and children were allowed on lifeboats, and these passengers were men.
B. The ship’s crew only allowed first class passengers to get on the lifeboats.
C. Most of the lifeboats were gone when they got to the upper decks. (2 نمره)

8. Who was J. Bruce Ismay?
A. Captain of Titanic
B. Chairman of the White Star Line
C. A regular passenger on Titanic (2 نمره)

9. Why was Ismay ashamed of the fact that he’d gotten on a lifeboat?
A. People said he valued his job over the lives of the passengers.
B. People said he should have given his seat to third class passengers.
C. People were angry that the White Star Line didn’t add more lifeboats. (2 نمره)

10. How do we know today that Titanic split in two pieces when she sank?
A. One half of the ship broke up and floated to the surface in the 1980s.
B. The survivors who said she split in two outnumbered those who said she didn’t.
C. The ship was found in two pieces at the bottom of the ocean in 1985. (2 نمره)

Writing (10 marks)
Some people prefer to marry when they are young, while others prefer to wait until they are older to marry.
Discuss the advantages of each position.
Then indicate which you think is better and why.