نوع مطلب :نمونه سوال ،

Simple Prose Texts

For translation Students

Directions: Choose the best choice (a, b, c, or d) and mark it on your answer sheet.

1. It seems that his difficulty must have been very great. He nearly wept. The underlined word

means ……………… .

a. removed b. waited c. jumped d. cried

2. Parent must be careful not to …………… their children in any situation.

a. smoke b. belittle c. smile d. survive

3. As cheerful as a …………… children played in the park for several hours.

a. lark b. deer c. lion d. lamb

4. Many prisoners had been killed in one the worst …………… during the war.

a. boarding school b. labor battalion

c. munitions department d. concentration camps

5. A lot of people develop and print their film themselves in their own darkroom at home. If they want big picture, they make ……………… .

a. progress b. projector c. enlargement d. print

6. He was a weak man, living from hand to mouth, how different he was from other members of his family. The underlined words mean that he ……………………… .

a. had a miserable life b. was a poor man

c. had a serious disease d. worked very hard

7. He is alone and the only thing makes him happy is his friends’ society which is very dear to him. “Society” means ………………… .

a. city b. company c. party d. advice

8. Everyone was asleep when he returned so he had to …………… to his room without making a noise.

a. creep b. stroll c. stagger d. crawl

9. Desirable as this plan is, many of its provisions will have to be watered down before it is

generally acceptable. The underlined words mean ……………… .

a. weakened b. changed c. innovated d. surprised

10. The city is again talking of building a new cinema, but any plan seems unlikely to get off the ground, at least for several years. The underlined words mean ……………… .

a. given only belief attention b. be realized the position

c. given due consideration d. be put into operation

11. The revolver went off with the concussion and the bullet whizzed past the sniper’s head. The underlined word means ……………… .

a. a heavy attack b. a violent desire

c. a violent blow d. a cheerful voice

12. A woman whose head covered by a tattered shawl began to talk to the man in the turret of the car. The underlined word means ……………… .

a. a small tower b. a cable reel c. a flat roof d. a small cylinder

13. He rolled over the roof to a chimney …………… and drew himself up behind it.

a. fluid b. gleam c. stack d. ruse

14. His aggressiveness was attributed to the fact that he had had an overbearing father. The underlined word means ……………… .

a. put out b. put down c. put forward d. put on

15. It’s a great pity, but he has let himself go to seed recently. He must pull himself together. The underlined words means that he must ………………… himself.

a. improve b. wrapped c. control d. persuade

16. He had only just learned to ride a bicycle and so we understood why he …………… as he rode.

a. wobbled b. skidded c. jolted d. jerked

17. His car started with difficulty, ……………… a half dozen times as he drove down the driveway.

a. discharged b. dozed c. coughed d. cracked

18. I’m tired. Let’s have a …………… space.

a. blank b. rest c. steady d. breathing

19. Different parts of a bicycle and other machines are kept together with nuts and ………… .

a. clips b. pins c. chains d. bolts

20. His impudence really takes the ………………, doesn’t it?

a. sweet b. prize c. biscuit d. cake

21. He lived in …………… of his father until he was fifteen.

a. awe b. slay c. hail d. slate

22. This tap always ……………… because it needs mending.

a. drips b. streams c. spills d. dribbles

23. The sky was …………… with gaily twinkling stars as if newly scrubbed for the holiday.

a. crumpled b. dociled c. sprinkled d. apprenticed

24. Vanka raised his eyes to the dark window-pane, in which the reflection of the candle

………………… .

a. tittered b. flickered c. slipped d. chopped

25. On the stove-ledge sat his grandmother, his bare feet ……………, reading the letter to the

cooks.

a. gobbling b. nipping c. dangling d. rusting

26. The sniper fired again. The woman …………… round and fell with a shriek into the gutter.

a. clattered b. whirled c. ripped d. pierced

27. He thought of a ……………; he dropped his left hand over the roof and let it hang lifelessly.

a. stack b. ruse c. recoil d. bunch

28. At first they refused to let her in, but she ……………… the prison authorities, and they took

her to her husband.

a. implored b. ceased c. flogged d. dejected

29. From now on everything will be …………… sailing.

a. straight b. pretty c. plain d. simple

30. His wife said that she had already sent a …………… to the Tsar but that it had not been allowed to reach him.

a. riot b. strap c. tinkle d. petition

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