آزمون Level PRS 9 QUIZ 1 به صورت دیجی فرم

1 Rewrite the sentences. Use the second, third, or mixed conditional. Do not change the meaning. 
1 I cracked the screen on my mobile phone because I dropped it. If ____________________________________________________________________ 
2 I’m not wearing a raincoat so I’ve got soaked. I ____________________________________________________________________ 
3 People don’t really care about the planet. That’s why they use so much energy. If ____________________________________________________________________ 
4 He doesn’t switch his computer off so he wastes a lot of energy. He ____________________________________________________________________ 
5 I’m tired because I ran all the way home. If ____________________________________________________________________ 
6 We’re going to Florida because we won a free flight in a competition. If ____________________________________________________________________ 
7 I didn’t see you so I didn’t say ‘hello’. I ____________________________________________________________________ 
8 I didn’t put up the shelves because I’m no good at DIY. If ____________________________________________________________________ 
9 Sally can’t play football this term because she broke her ankle last weekend. If ____________________________________________________________________ 
10 I couldn’t get in because I lost my key. If ____________________________________________________________________ (10 نمره)

2 Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Complete the other gaps with even if, unless, or supposing.

Global warming 

1__________________ eight million people suddenly 2__________________ (fly) from 

London to New York, imagine how much CO2 3__________________ (release) into the 

atmosphere as a result of the burning of so much fossil fuel. Well, statistically, deforestation across the world during the next 24 hours is going to release the same amount of CO2 that such a mass flight 4

__________________ (produce). 5__________________ everybody 6

__________________ (stop) using fossil fuels right now, (an extremely unlikely event!), the world 7__________________ (still / continue) to warm up. Global warming is irreversible. That, however, doesn’t mean we should do nothing. Indeed, that’s exactly why it’s so important to raise awareness of the issue, and exactly why we produced a video to show people what the effects of the continued consumption of fossils fuels really are. 

8__________________ people like us didn’t protest against global warming? Nothing would have changed in the last fifty years. Moreover, people wouldn’t be supporting us now 9__________________ they 10__________________ (see) that video. I’m really glad we made it.

  (10 نمره)

1 Complete the sentences in reported speech. 
1 ‘I have never been here before.’ He said that _________________________________________ 
 2 ‘I might come over later this morning.’ She says _________________________________________ 
 3 ‘Both of the CDs belong to me.’ My sister said that _________________________________________ 
4 ‘Amy and I had a go at windsurfing last summer.’ Ryan said that he and Amy _________________________________________ 
5 ‘I won’t help you with your homework.’ My brother told me that _________________________________________ . (10 نمره)

3 Write reported sentences using the prompts. 
1 Paula / denied / take the bag ____________________________________________________________________ 
2 Rosie / agreed / not drive / so fast ____________________________________________________________________ 
3 Anna / begged / Tony / sing a song ____________________________________________________________________ 
4 I / insisted on / pay for the meal ____________________________________________________________________ 
5 Andrea / admitted / tell a lie ____________________________________________________________________ 
6 Amy / offered / write / to George ____________________________________________________________________ 
7 I / don’t blame / my teammates / lose the match ____________________________________________________________________ 
8 Harry / proposed / we / catch a later bus ____________________________________________________________________ (8 نمره)

1 The judge dismissed the case when it became clear that the police had ___ some of the evidence. They had placed a knife belonging to the accused at the scene of the crime.

2 Before long, they realised that the painting was a ___ . It wasn’t by Picasso, at all.

3 You’re just ___ an excuse. I know you did it!

4 He ___ all of us when he said he was a millionaire. How could we have believed him?

5 The thing about Tim is that he is very ___ with everybody. He tells you the truth even if you don’t want to hear it.

6 In court, you have to ___ to tell the truth.

7 We felt as though we had been ___ by journalists who pretended to be helping us but, in fact, just wanted to use us to get a good story.

8 Although not illegal, the lawyer’s actions were clearly ___ . He was doing something that was not morally acceptable.

9 It’s tempting to ___ your level of qualifications and experience at a job interview. It’s not a good idea, though, as an experienced interviewer will soon realise you aren’t telling the whole truth.

10 Although not exactly a lie, the way he described his actions was ___ . It sounded as if he hadn’t known what was going on when, in fact, he did.

Conspiracy theorists 

 

Did Neil Armstrong really walk on the moon in 1969, or was the event filmed in a TV studio? Was the American president John F. Kennedy assassinated by a lone gunman in 1963, or was it all a complicated plot involving the Vice-President, Lyndon Johnson? When it comes to major events such as moon landings or assassinations, the deaths of celebrities, or deadly terrorist bombings, the only thing we can really count on is that thousands of people online will refuse to accept the obvious true story behind each event, and will look for stranger, more exciting explanations. These are the conspiracy theorists, and there are more of them than you’d think. In some polls, one fifth of the American population genuinely believe that nobody went to the moon in 1969, and that Kennedy died on the orders of his Vice-President. For social scientists, the interesting question is why people are so quick to believe conspiracy theories. For many years, these scientists believed the phenomenon was a form of paranoia. People who accused the government of a cover-up, or blamed aliens for causing a disaster were described as part of a small minority of people with a form of mental illness. While this may actually be true for a few individuals, it clearly has its limitations as a theory, to my mind at least. It doesn’t explain, for example, why so many people admit to searching for unusual reasons behind events. Millions of us do this! Since not everybody is mentally ill, social scientists are now looking for a better explanation for the public’s love of a conspiracy theory. Research has shown that people believe conspiracy theories for a variety of reasons. One is that they don’t trust official explanations. We live in a world in which we are used to being misled. Advertising agencies are always telling us something is true, when it clearly isn’t, companies we rely on, such as gas and electricity suppliers, are not always straight with us, and we know politicians regularly exaggerate the positive things they achieve. Against this background, it is not surprising that people don’t accept what they are officially told. Moreover, people are also influenced by their own ideological beliefs to interpret events in particular ways. So, for example, people who strongly believe that bankers are untrustworthy may interpret a decline in the economy as a terrible plan by bankers to make themselves rich. A further explanation for believing in conspiracies is that most ordinary people feel powerless and insecure. We don’t like to face the truth that terrible things do sometimes take place. Instead, we create a conspiracy theory as a way of explaining something so that it makes sense to us.

 

 

 

 Read the text. Choose the correct answers. 

1 In the opening paragraph, which of the following does the writer provide? 

A Reasons why people tend to believe in conspiracy theories. 

B Data to show that conspiracy theories are often believed. 

C Examples of events that have now been shown to be hoaxes. 

D Information about the sort of people who become conspiracy theorists. 



2 Which of the following is stated as a fact by the writer in paragraph 2? 

A Social scientists are typical of the sort of people who believe conspiracy theories. 

B Many social scientists continue to believe that most conspiracy theorists have a form of paranoia. 

C Only a very small proportion of people in society are conspiracy theorists. 

D The idea that conspiracy theorists have mental health problems is no longer accepted by a majority of experts.