آزمون Online Midterm Exam-AEF4A به صورت دیجی فرم

Listening (20 marks)
1. Listen to five people talking about which characteristics in a person annoy them. (10 Marks)
Choose from the list (A–F) which characteristic each person mentions.
Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter you do not need to use.

1: ___ Speaker  (2 نمره)

2: ___ Speaker (2 نمره)

3: ___ Speaker (2 نمره)

4: ___ Speaker (2 نمره)

5: ___ speaker (2 نمره)

2. Listen to a young businessman talking about job interviews.
Underline the correct answer. (10 marks)
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2. Graham says the people who interviewed him were --------- . (2 نمره)

3. Graham thinks he answered -------- of the questions well. (2 نمره)

4. After the interview, Graham thought someone with a -------- would be chosen. (2 نمره)

5. According to Graham, on the day of the interview the most important thing is to be ------. (2 نمره)

GRAMMAR
Check (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
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2. Can you remember when _____? (2 نمره)

3. _____ all the orange juice? (2 نمره)

4. Could you tell us what time _____?

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5. I don’t like jazz, but my sister _____. (2 نمره)

6. A We didn’t think the food was very good. B _____ did we. (2 نمره)

7. A Sally got the job she wanted. B _____ she? That’s fantastic. (2 نمره)

8. Which singer _____ the competition? (2 نمره)

9. I really _____ you can come to my party. (2 نمره)

10. The _____ it costs, the fewer people will buy it.  (2 نمره)

VOCABULARY
Check (✓) the correct adjective, A, B, or C.
1. someone who doesn’t go to emotional extremes -----. (2 نمره)

2. the kind of person who gets angry easily-----.  (2 نمره)

3. a person who is arrogant about their own abilities -----.   (2 نمره)

4. someone who expresses one opinion to you and then the opposite to other people -----. (2 نمره)

5. someone who doesn’t like spending money and tries to avoid it -----. (2 نمره)

6. someone who often forgets things -----. (2 نمره)

7. My boss is always interested in new ideas – he’s _____ open-minded.   (2 نمره)

8. Will is _____ laid-back. Nothing can make him angry. (2 نمره)

9. Ed is _____ big-headed – he thinks he’s brilliant at everything he does. (2 نمره)

10. He’s _____ easy-going so he’ll probably agree with your plan. (2 نمره)

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

2. ----- (cc) (2 نمره)

3. ----- (i) (2 نمره)

4. ----- (t) (2 نمره)

5. ----- (2 نمره)

Five sentences have been removed.Which sentence (A or B) fits each gap (1-5)?

                 Personality Tests: Can They Identify The Real You?
     The next time you apply for a job, you might be asked to take a personality test. Even though the companies that make the tests are happy with them actually being used to select staff during the interview process, the business of personality is big and growing. But do the tests work?
      A few years back, my niece was looking for a summer job. (–––– 1 ––––) But before the interview, she had to fill out an online application including a psychometric test – a test which would reveal a lot about her personality. She explained that there was a whole section on ethics and how you’d react in a particular situation, like dealing with a difficult customer, for example. And apparently the message was pretty clear – if you’re easily annoyed, don’t be a waitress.     (–––– 2 ––––) Personality tests are now appearing in all types of industry. In a global recession, many firms want to be sure they are employing the most suitable person for the job. They cannot afford to pick the wrong one.
     Smaller profits also mean staff are working under more stress. Therefore, companies want to make sure their employees get along with each other. Disagreements are costly and inefficient.     In the US alone, there are about 2,500 personality tests on the market. One of the most popular is called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI. (–––– 3 ––––) It has also been adopted by governments and military agencies around the world.
    “Myers-Briggs is the most successful psychometric test out there and deservedly so,” says Rachel Robinson of the consultancy firm YSC in central London. “It has been a fantastic vehicle for people to think about themselves and how others are different.     ” Perhaps its attraction lies in its simplicity – according to the MBTI, we all match one of 16 character types. But it’s the fact that it is so straightforward that makes some people suspicious.
     Like many personality tests, MBTI is based on the work of Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who, together with Sigmund Freud, helped lay the foundations of modern psychology. Jung developed the idea of opposite pairs of characteristics. This refers to qualities such as being friendly or unfriendly, or lazy or hard-working, which are present in all of us. (–––– 4 ––––)
     The MBTI was invented thanks to an awkward relationship between a woman and her future son-in-law. Katherine Briggs, a wealthy housewife from Washington, DC, realized Clarence Myers was a good match for her daughter, Isabel, when she brought him home from college. He seemed like a nice young man, but his way of thinking was so strange to her that she turned to books for help.     Jung’s Psychological Types fascinated her, and soon Isabel was infected by her mother’s enthusiasm. (–––– 5 ––––) Jung only identified eight personality types, but Isabel Briggs Myers doubled that number. According to the MBTI, everybody can be described by four letters chosen out of a total of eight, for example ISFJ or ENTP. The various combinations of letters make up the sixteen personality types.
     Apparently, the overwhelming majority of the 2.5 million Americans who take the MBTI assessment each year feel their results do fit their personalities. However, the Myers and Briggs Foundation itself discourages the use of the test for hiring and firing. Instead, they see it as a means of getting employees to think about how they interact with colleagues and work as a team. So, if you are asked to do a personality test in the future, think carefully about the reason behind it. It may not be for the reason you thought!

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Writing  (10 Marks )
Write an email to your friend telling him / her about something unusual that happened to you recently.
Write 140–180 words. Include the following information:
• say what happened to you
• explain where you were when it happened
• describe how you acted in this situation