زنگینامه دکتر علی شریعتی

1933    Born in Mazinan, a suburb of Mashhad, Iran.

1948  Membership in the “Centre for Propagation of Islamic Truths”, founded by his father Mohammad-Taqi Shariati.  He was a scholar of Qoranic interpretation who had left the official clerical duties for educational work.

 1952  Finishing Middle School; Teaching Secondary school and organizing "Islamic Student Associations", Arrested because of participation in anti-dictatorial demonstrations.

1953    Joining the “National Resistance Movement”.

1954  Receiving High School diploma; Translation of the book “High Moral Models,” written by Kashifal-Qeta.

1955    Start of studies in the Department of Literature in Mashhad University; Translation of the book “Abu-Dhar, the God-Worshiping Socialist” written by Jodatal- Sehhar, and the pamphlet titled “The history of Evolution of Philosophy”.

1957 Arrested along with 16 other members of “National Resistance Movement”.

1959  Receiving the top place in the University and earning a scholarship to continue his education in France; Collaboration with a branch of “National Liberation Front for Algeria” (F.L.N).

1960    Getting to know Fanon personally and translating some of his work.

1961    Political activities as a member of the National Democratic opposition and the “Iranian Student Confederation;” Publishing the opposition National-Front journals of “Iran Free” Press and “The Front Thought.”  Fanon discourse for the first time was introduced to the Iranian revolutionary intelligentsia in the latter publication; Arrest at the student demonstration in solidarity with Patrice Lumumba’s martyrdom on Jan 17^th in front of the Belgian Embassy in Paris; Discussions with Guioze (Togolese intellectual) in Cite prison of Paris.

1962   Education and research in sociology and history of religions; attendance in L. Massignon, J. Berque and G. Gurvich lectures; Acquaintance with J.P. Sartre and the the publication of Al-Ahmad’s  “Westomania” in Iran.

1963 Receiving a Ph.D. in literature under G. Lazard’s supervision.

1964   Return to Iran and immediate arrest at the border.

1965-72 Teaching in various high schools and Mashhad University; Publication of the literary  pieces “Desert” and lecture series “Islamology” (Mashhad), and giving lecturers in universities throughout the  country, especially in H. Ershad Institute in Tehran, later  closed down by the Shah Regime at the request of a conservative segment of the clergy; banning his lectures and publications.

1973-75  Solitary confinement for 18 months in Savak (Shah’s secret police) prison; Release from jail due to Algerian president’s request, homebound after release.

1977   In May, Succeeded in leaving Iran by using his middle name, but his wife and eldest chid were taken as hostage and were prevented departure; Suspicious death in Southampton, England, in June.

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Write all your responses on the answer sheet

Part I : vocabulary  : ( 6 points )

A: choose the best choice ( 1.5 points )

1.                  Your body works more --------to keep you  healthy.

a) emotionally                                          b) especially

c)efficiently                                               d ) embarrassingly

2.Too much movement can be ------------ to your listeners .

a)distracting                                             b) describing

c)destroying                                                         d)designing

3.The greenhouse gases make the earth warmer by ------ heat in the atmosphere .

a) terming                                     b)tapping

c)treating                                                  d)trapping

4.Climate change is a change in these general weather -------.               

a)procedures                                            b)patterns

c)pressures                                               d)postures

5.Most of these -------earthquakes occur in less populated places.

a) destructive                                           b)decreasing

c)attractive                                               d)denying

6.the weather organizations now ------ floods and strong storms.

a)float                                                       b)frightem

c)form                                                       d)forecast

B: write a word for each definition . the first letter of the word is given.(1.5points)

7.a system for measuring how strong an earthquake is               r. . .

8. without any sudden movements or changes                              s. . .

9.the air, Water,or land in which living things live                        e . .

C:fill in the blanks with one of the words from the list blow.there is one extra word.

Cases . mild . weigh . researches , increased . climate . extinction

Scientists have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen .scientists and  ---10---         from different fields tell us that the possible effects of –11--change could be big and , in some  --12--,would cause serious problems. Among the possible effects are –13-- number of human deaths,--14-- of groups of animals and plants , and a dangerous rise in sea levels . with this in mind , we have to think of the costs of action and –15-- them against the risks of inaction.

YOUSEF BEHNAM

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Part II :grammar: ( 6 points )

A : choose the best choice.(2 points )

16. he is ----- that he cannot get through the door.

a) such fat man                                        b)such a fat man

c) so fat man                                            d) so a fat man

17.jamal wanted to join the company, but he was----young                                        a) so much- to accept                              b) so-to be accepted

 c)  too much-to accept                            d) too-to be accepted

18. the man ----- fruit is salled a grocer .

a) selling                                       b) is selling

c) sold                                           d) that is sold

19. the workers    -----prizes increased the production

a) give                                           b) who give

c) given                                         d) that give

20. let the boy ------ some sweets

a) have                                          b) has

c) to have                          d) had

21. he would pleace them------them this gift .

a) for give                         b) for giving

c) by give                          d) by giving

22 . she got married ------ she was23.

a) as                                              b)when

c) so                                               d)whether

23 . I cannot play in the match, ------- have injured my foot .

a) as                                              b) when

c) so                                               d) that

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B : put the following words in order to make meaningful sentences . ( 2 points )

24 . nise, To go , the weather,enough,swimming , wasn't .

25.sat down , nobody , in , wait , he , to , since , was

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C: change the adjective clauses to adjectve phrases . ( 2 points )

26. we saw some men  who were sitting by the river

27 . the books which are written by hand are found in the libraies .

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PART III : sentence functions : ( 2 points )

28 . I study English because it can help me find a good job . the function of this sentence is :  ----------                                   

a) instructing                                                        b) experiencing

c) increasing                                                         d) explaining

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29.do your work well " the sentence function is : ---- .

a) instructing                                b)explaning

c) ignoring                                                c)exciting

30. " climate is the average of a a region weather over a period of time ." the sentence function is : --------- .

a) explaining                                            b)disturbing

c)instructing                                             d)defining

31." know emergency telephon numbers" the function of this sentence is : --------- .

a) instructing                                b)defining

c)introducing                               d) explaining

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Part IV : reading comprehension:( 16 points )

A : read the following passage and choose the best answer . (2.5 points )

                  A little humor in your speech lets  the audience know you are     --32--and people actually learn –35—most people are –36-- of speaking in –37-- they fear this even more than—38--.Everyone it. Just before your speech do some deep –41—exercises to relax.

32.a.humor                       b) human                    c) health                      d)harm

33.a) what                        b) but              c)so                              d)if

34.a)include                      b)instruct                    c)injure                       d)invent

35.a) skin              b)storm           c)speech                     d)service

36.a) available      b) afraid         c) explicit                    d) enough

37.a) public          b) pilot            c)pressure       d) permission

38.a) health                      b)earth                        c) birth            d)death

39.a) business       b)nervousness            c)audience         d)cleanliness

40. a)contain                    b)cover           c)control         d)call

41.a) breathing    b)bringin                    c) bothering   d) burning

YOUSEF  BEHNAM

B:) read the following passages and match each paragraph with one of the headings. ( there is one extra heading ) ( 5points )

Headings :

a)the new invention of paper .

b) the first inventers of paper .

c) the word “ paper “ comes from the name of a plant .

d) some other makers of paper .

e) types of paper .

f) how to make paper . 

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42.the Chinese invented paper in A . D 105 . they mixed parts of a tree with water , put a screen in to the mixture , and lifted out  a thin piece of wet paper . they dried the paper in the sun .

43. the Chinese kept their secret of how to make paper until a war with muslims in the ninth century . The muslims took chines papermakers back to their country.the art of papermaking soon spread throughout the muslims world .

44.  the mayan Indians in centeral American also discovered how to make peper , but their. Knowledge never spread to the rest of the world .

45.for centuries all peper was made by hand . old pieces of cloth were the princilpal material . A French scientist realized that people could make peper from wood too . finally in the eighteenth century a Frenchmam invented a machine to make from wood .

46 . today most paper is made from wood. it is made by machine. the word “ paper “ comes from papyrus . the ancient Egyptians used payrus . a plant that grew in the nile river to write on .

C: Put the following sentences in order . Show the correct order with letters A-E on the answer Sheet .(2.5 Points)

47. Just because the weather has been hot for a month or two dosen't mean that global warming has arrived.

48.Many climate, scientists think there is anothor  reason for the change in temperature.

49. But scientists think that as we use more gasoline and electrocity, the Earth is going to get warmer.

50. The Earth could get warmer by itself, without help from people .

51.They  think that human activities like autting down the trees , producting trash are helping make the earh warmer .

                                                                                          YOUSEF BEHNAM

D: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. (6 points)

      While most fuels now in use are being burned at a surprising rate , solar energy or power experimenting with solar energy for suppling the power needed for two dayes complex world. This energy has already been used to heat and cook food. It has been used experimentally in radio batteries and furnishing power for telephone lines. The device now in use are cheap to operate but very expensive to product. More experiments in countries where cooking and heating fuels are scarce and expensive may show how to lower the cost of building such device and how to widen their use.

52.Scientists are searching for solar energy because ------ .

a. it has already been used

b. it is coming from the sun.

c. it is ever lasting.

d. it is cheap and easily available

53.The power from the sun is used in telephone lines as ----- .

a. an improvement over other sources

b. a practical technique

c. a fixed source of energy