9 CU SINIF SINAQLARI -5 2024

Listen to the passage and answer questions 1-6. 6. Complete the sentence according to the passage.
Saffron needs to be _________________

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1. What is the passage mainly about? 7.Choose the correct articles.

A) Factors leading to saffron’s high cost ....red watch I broke yesterday accidentally but I don't want
B) Harvesting time of saffron to buy ... new one. I'll fix it.
C) Consumption of saffron A) -, -
D) Saffron in medicine B) A, the
E) Saffron in the world C) The, -
D) The, a
2. Which is NOT mentioned about saffron according to E) -,the
the passage?
A) Its flowers should be picked early in the morning 8. Choose the correct degree of the adjective.
B) It needs to be harvested with lots of hand work Nakchivan is... region in Azerbaijan.
C) A pound of it is gathered from 170, 000 flowers A) cold
D) Azerbaijan is one of its producers in the world B) coldest
E) It is the priciest spice with the cost of $5, 000 C) more colder
D) the coldest
3. Choose the correct answer according to the passage. E) colder
Which factors affect badly the quality of saffron?
1. Cost 9. Choose the correct variant.
2. Sunlight 1. The list of irregular verbs is on the back page
3. Humidity 2. How many sacks of coal was brought in the morning?
4. Cold weather 3. A box of matches costs very little money
A) 1, 2 B) 2, 3 C) 1, 4 D) 3, 4 E) 1, 3 4. A few jars of honey was put on the upper shelf
A) 1,3 B) 2,3 C) 3,4 D) 1,3,4 E) 1,2,4

4. Choose the correct statement about Saffron according 10. Choose the correct variant.
to the passage. 1. much goods.
A) It has negative effect on heart health and digestion 2. so many times
B) It increases the risk of depression and Alzheimer’s 3. a lot of pen
C) It is used as a dye and for religious purposes 4. so much cars
D) It should be harvested any time 5. a few journals
E) It blooms all around the year A) 1,3 B) 2,3,4 C) 1,5 D) 2,5 E) 3,4

11. Choose the correct conjunction.

5. Choose the false statement according to the passage. People ... eat fast food every day, have stomach problems.
A) Saffron is the world's most expensive spice A) who
B) Iran is the main producer of Saffron B) whom
C) Saffron is used as a fabric dye C) whose
D) Saffron is not used as a traditional medicine D) which
E) Saffron should be picked only early in the morning E) what
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12.Choose the correct sentence in the Passive Voice. 17. Choose the correct interrogative sentences.
The pupils have recently told poem by heart. 1. Who won the competition?
A) The pupils have already been told by heart. 2. How did you won the competition?
B) The poem has recently been told by heart. 3. When your team won the competition?
C) The poem has already told by the pupils. 4. Which team won the competition?
D) The poem have already been told by the pupils. A) 3,4 B) 1,4 C) 2,3 D) 1,3 E) 2,4
E) The poem was told all by heart.
18. Choose the correct form of the verb.
13. Choose the correct modal verbs. We watched the birds... in the sky.
I'm so glad that you invite me, I... to participate in wedding. 1. flying
A) can 2. to fly
B) can't 3. fly
C) must 4. flew
D) was not able 5. are flying
E) ought A) 1,3,5 B) 2,3 C) 4,5 D) 3,4 E) 1,3

14. Choose the correct variant in the Possessive Case. 19. Choose the correct exclamatory sentence.
1. the geeses' sound A) How interesting is the hobby!
2. Nizami's and Fuzuli's works B) How is interesting the hobby!
3. todays' weather C) What interesting the hobby is!
4. three day's trip D) How interesting the hobby is!
5. the rooms of the house E) What an interesting hobby is it!
A) 1,3,4
B) 2,5 20. Choose the correct prepositions.
C) 1,4 I have waited ... Lucy ... the station ... 30 minutes.
D) 2,3,4 A) to, at, for B) for, at, for C) for, at, at
E) 1,5 D) -, at, for E) at, in, since

15.Choose the correct form of the verb. 21. Choose the correct tense form.
I suggested this lovely lady another drink before....bar. It ... a lot every winter in Frankfurt.
A) to leave A) has snowed
B) leaving B) snows
C) leaves C) snow
D) left D) was snowing
E) is leaving E) is snowing

22. Match the words to their definitions.

16. Make up a sentence. 1. skyscraper
1. did 2. habitat
2. everybody 3. dynasty
3. leave a. the natural place where a plant or animal lives
4. when b. a very tall building
5. the building c. a series of rulers of a country who all belong to the same
A) 4,1,2,3,5 family
B) 4,1,2,5,3 A) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
C) 1,2,3,5,4 B) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
D) 4,1,3,2,5 C) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
E) 2,4,1,3,5 D) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
E) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
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Read the passage and answer questions 23-30. 25. Which of the statements are true according to the
passage?
1. When another old cave is discovered in the south of 1. Wild cats appear most often on the cave walls.
France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary 2. The south of France is home to rare animals.
event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that 3. There are a large number of caves in the south of
hardly anybody pays attention to them. However, when France.
the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the 4. Discovering another old cave in the south of France is a
world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were routine occurrence.
hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands A) 3, 4 B) 1, 2 C) 2, 3 D) 2, 4 E) 1, 3
of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals,
such as bison or wildcats. Other images depict birds and, 26. The passage is mainly about ... .
most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 A) wild animals in art
wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals. B) hidden prehistoric paintings
2. Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a C) exploring caves respectfully
monumental and difficult task. They did not limit D) determining the age of French caves
themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their E) hunting animals
painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep
walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux 27. Which word from paragraph 3 has the meaning "to
complex. keep from happening"?
3. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the A) to destroy
destructive action of water and temperature changes, B) to discover
which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux C) to wear
caves have many entrances, air movement has also D) to recognize
damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in E) to prevent
the open air, where natural light would have destroyed
them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and 28. Complete the sentence by changing at least two
are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the words according to the passage.
site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was These day, cave discoveries are so common that....
discovered.

23. Choose the correct answer to the question according

to the passage.
Why was painting inside the Lascaux complex a difficult _____________________________________
task?
A) It was completely dark inside. 29. Answer the question by expessing your opinion
B) The caves were full of wild animals. according to the passage. Write at least there sentences.
C) Painting materials were hard to find. Why are cave paintings important?
D) Many painting spaces were difficult to reach.
E) The caves had many entrances.

24. Complete the sentence according to the passage.

... caused damage to the paintings. _____________________________________
1. Temperature changes
2. Animals 30. Write the close meaning of the word "hard" from
3. Air movement paragraph 2.
4. Light
A) 3, 4 B) 1, 2 C) 2, 3
D) 2, 4 E) 1, 3
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