شرکت در آزمون آنلاین انگلیسی 3 - انگلیسی 3 | آزمون شماره 11132

Symbols ......... something, yet this one doesn’t seem to represent any thing at all.

A sudden ......................... of pain made Tom rush over to hospital and check her injured wrist.

Samuel Johnson is an amazing author. He began writing poetry as early as age 15, but throughout his lifetime, he wrote a great variety of works. For instance, he wrote plays and short biographies and articles. He wanted to be a teacher, but couldn’t find work. He tried to open a school, but too few students were interested so he turned to writing.

      Unfortunately, his family lost nearly all of their money and got poor. It was an extremely difficult time for them, and Johnson’s writing did not bring in the money they needed. He wanted to complete his education at Pembroke College in Oxford, but he didn’t have the money and was forced to quit early. He then tried to become a lawyer without a law degree and wasn’t accepted. Finally, he decided to write a dictionary.

The world had dictionaries, but the English wanted a new one, as language was constantly changing and developing. With just six helpers, Johnson read several prominent books and then compiled and defined more than 40,000 words that he found in those books.

      One of Johnson’s unique success was that he defined all of the differing meanings of single words. His dictionary proved to be a model for all English dictionaries that followed. Some of his definitions contained witty humor as well, and people actually enjoyed reading the dictionary! He also included quotes. His success took only nine years to complete. Samuel Johnson published the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755. As a result, Oxford University awarded Johnson an honorary master’s degree.

Samuel’s attempt to found a school of his own ended in failure because … .

Hummingbirds are very special for many reasons. For one, they are very small. The smallest kind of hummingbird weighs less than 2 grams. That’s less than half the weight of a sheet of paper!

Hummingbirds are also special for the way they fly. They are the only birds that can hover. That means they can stay in one place in the air. Plus, they can fly backwards and even upside down!

All of that flying is supported by hummingbird’s wings. These birds normally beat their wings up to 70 times per second. They can beat their wings much faster when they dive quickly.

How does a hummingbird get all the energy it needs to beat its wings and fly? It gets energy from the food it eats! Hummingbirds get a lot of their food from flowers. They drink nectar from flowers using their long, thin beaks and tube-like tongues. 

When hummingbirds get their food from a flower, they also help the flower. How? By helping the flower to reproduce! When hummingbirds put their beaks into a tube-like flower, some of the flower’s pollen can get on them. Then, when they go to drink nectar from another flower, they move the pollen to that new flower. If the pollen lands in the right place in the flower, the plant will grow new seeds. So hummingbirds help lots of plants survive and grow. These birds are truly special!

Which of the following sentences is NOT true about hummingbirds?