9 11th Grade

English
Hard Times - 1

For questions 1-5, choose the best word or expression 4. I was working part-time at a grocery store - - - -.
to fill in the blank(s).
A) after I had a well-paid job
B) when I am a permanent staff
1. The first animated TV cartoon series - - - - “Crusader
Rabbit” which ran from 1949 to 1951. C) before I go abroad to study
D) as I will pass all exams
A) calls
E) while I was at university
B) called
C) was called
D) has called
E) being called

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2. Some claim that Loch Ness Monster is a - - - - story 5. It’s easy to deal with problems when - - - -.
to attract more tourists.
A) life is getting harder and harder every day
A) memorable B) people didn’t use to have the same appliances
B) privileged C) they have different childhood memories
C) gifted D) one should learn from their mistakes
D) big-hearted E) you have a family to depend on in difficult times
E) made-up

3. According to surveys the very first reason of 6. (I) Long before the invention of a medium of exchange,
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migration is - - - - and people’s desire to live in richer i.e., money, people would barter to obtain the goods
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countries. and services they needed. (II) Two individuals, each

possessing some goods the other wanted, would enter
A) welfare into an agreement to trade. (III) Often expressed as a
B) poverty percentage, profit indicates an increase in the interest
C) chance yields of a bank. (IV) Active money, that is, the total
D) evidence value of coins and paper currency in circulation among
the public. (V) Banks lend money out to customers,
E) disability
which becomes classified as active money once it is
actively circulated.
Which of the following is irrelevant?

A) I B) II C) III
D) IV E) V
 9 11th Grade
English
Hard Times - 1

For questions7-11, choose the best word to fill in the 10.

blank(s). A) In addition to
B) However
Ali Kuşçu was an astronomer, mathematician and
C) Even though
physicist originally from Samarkand, who (7) ---- in the
Ottoman Empire some time before 1472. He is best D) Despite
(8) ---- for the development of astronomical physics E) Since
(9) ---- from natural philosophy, and for providing
empirical evidence for the Earth’s rotation in his treatise.
(10) ---- his contributions to Ulugh Beg’s famous work
Zij-i-Sultani and to the (11) ---- of Sahn-ı Seman
Medrese, Ali Kuşçu was also the author of several
scientific works and textbooks on astronomy.

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7. 11.

A) moved A) found
B) migrated B) founds
C) emigrated C) founded
D) settled D) founding
E) resisted E) having founded

8. 12. Your friend, Michael, wants to buy a new car, but he

doesn’t have enough money, and he wants your help.
A) knowing You make an excuse and say: - - - -
B) knows Choose the best expression to say in the given
C) known situation.
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D) being known
A) I wish I could buy a new car, too.
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E) knew
B) Sorry, I don’t have money either.
C) I think you should wait for a while.
D) Will you let me drive your new car?
E) Are you sure you want to buy a new car?

9.

A) related
B) independent
C) relevant
D) associated
E) tied