Lesson Six

A: Vocabulary    

1. Thousands of tourists visit Isfahan's           …          buildings and bridges every year.

a. distant               b. ancient              c. former               d. mineral

2. The cells are first        …         under a microscope and then studied by the scientists.

a. magnified           b. invented            c. included            d. organized

3. A mouse is a/an        …      which makes it easier to choose different options from computer menus.

a. pattern               b. mission             c. probe                d. device     

4. Many people believe that there is life elsewhere in the         …       .

a. cave                  b. planet                c. universe             d. crater

5. In the Safavi          …        such big hats were fashionable and worn by almost all men.

a. era                     b. art                     c. vehicle               d. nature

6. " Who was the       …      president of the united State?"    "It was Clinton, I think."

a. ancient               b. artificial             c. former               d. later

7. Do you know how I can         …        their IQ?

a. direct                 b. measure             c. discover            d. indicate

8. He seemed very young, but he was in         …        older than all of us.

a. possibility          b. quality               c. density              d. reality

9. This picture shows the bacteria      …       to 1000 times their actual size.

a. designed            b. magnified          c. tested                d. observed

10. The audience was       …        all men. You could hardly see a woman.

a. recently              b. especially          c. nearly                d. probably

11. We should       …        all the aspects before we decide.

a. consider            b. observe             c. explore              d. offer

12. Most of the companies        …       for oil in the region are multinational.

a. inventing            b. discovering        c. observing                    d. exploring

13. His face gave no        …       of what she was thinking.

a. invention            b. indication          c. observation        d. definition

14. He was sent to the laboratory in order to take a blood        …       .

a. example             b. phase                c. mystery             d. sample

15. The child was unable to give the police         …        details of the accident.

a. further               b. distant               c. safe                   d. future

16. My eyesight isn't good enough. I can't see          …         objects clearly.

a. further               b. distant               c. former               d. artificial

17. The        …         for new sources of energy is vital for the future of our planet.

a. observation        b. exploration        c. consideration     d. invention

18. The best way to         …              the countryside is on foot.                      

a. measure             b. magnify             c. consider            d. explore

19. I had a very odd      …       about you last night

a. reality                b. dream                c. art                     d. probe

20. I        …            that I was accepted in Sharif University.

a. explored            b. dreamed            c. measured                    d. designed

21. My        …        in life is to educate the rich about the suffering of the poor.

a. base                  b. exploration        c. mission              d. observation

22. We were unable to move because of the        …         of the crowd.        

a. dream                b. mission             c. era                     d. density

23. Most mushrooms sold in supermarkets have been grown        …         in manure.

a. naturally             b. actually              c. probably            d. artificially

24. This booklet         …             useful information about local services.

a. measure s          b. provides            c. magnifies           d. considers

25. We have concerns about whether the government will be able to           …         poorer families with social services.

a. measure             b. provide             c. magnify             d. consider

26. Few people live       …      the age of a hundred.

a. beyond              b. along                 c. aside                 d. inside

27. We cannot allow the work to continue       …          the end of the year.

a. before                b. beyond              c. outside              d. outer

28. I've got nothing to tell you      …      (= in addition to) what I told you earlier.

a. further               b. later                   c. former               d. beyond

29. The       …       of the space shuttle was delayed for 24 hours because of bad weather.

a. dream                b. launch               c. era                     d. density

30. Firemen used a special     …    for finding people trapped in buildings.

a. object                b. probe                c. device               d. mass