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Here are the answers to the questions: 1. C - He could see stars using the telescope he invented and started studying them. 2. B - Naming the moons around Jupiter as planets. 3. D - Galileo 4. A - Discovered 5. C - Got 6. A - Struck 7. A - Shaking 8. B - Was 9. C - In
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Here are the answers to the questions: 1. C - He could see stars using the telescope he invented and started studying them. 2. B - Naming the moons around Jupiter as planets. 3. D - Galileo 4. A - Discovered 5. C - Got 6. A - Struck 7. A - Shaking 8. B - Was 9. C - In
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I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an I had a terrible day yesterday.

First, I woke up an
hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I
was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was
making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so
quickly that I forgot to wear socks. quickly that I forgot to wear socks.
Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30
bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but
I didn’t have enough money. I didn’t have enough money.
Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only
to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day
as the one I had yesterday. as the one I had yesterday.

I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an
hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I
was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was
making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so
quickly that I forgot to wear socks. quickly that I forgot to wear socks.
Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30
bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but
I didn’t have enough money. I didn’t have enough money.
Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only
to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day
as the one I had yesterday. as the one I had yesterday.

I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an
hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I
was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was
making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so
quickly that I forgot to wear socks. quickly that I forgot to wear socks.
Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30
bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but
I didn’t have enough money. I didn’t have enough money.
Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only
to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day
as the one I had yesterday. as the one I had yesterday.
Questions 1 to 4 refer to the following text. C. Described
Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in the city of Pisa, D. Designed
Italy. About twenty years later he attended the University of E. Damaged
Pisa. At first, he wanted to become a doctor, but while he was
there he became interested in science and decided to become Fill in the blank spaces with appropriate answer!
a scientist. In 1592, a year after his father’s death, the May, 27, 2006, was a day that I never forget. It was the
University of Padua invited him to be a professor of day I experienced my first earthquake. I had just … (5) home
Mathematics. He stayed there for 19 years, where he became from mosque and was lying on the living room sofa watching
interested in the stars. He invented an instrument which the news on TV. My little brother was in my room playing, and
made far-away things look larger and easier to examine. It is my older sister was in the kitchen preparing our breakfast.
called the telescope. It could make things look thirty-two Our parents were still sleeping.
times bigger. Using this instrument, Galileo could see the At exactly 5.49 a.m., the earthquake … (6) my country.
stars. He then began to study them and other things in the Our house started … (7) violently as it … (8) a small wooden
sky. boat being tossed by giant waves in the ocean. At first, none
Galileo studied the moon first and discovered that the realized what was happening. Then my sister yelled,
Moon has a spherical shape just like our earth, with “Earthquake! Get under something!” I was too stunned to
mountains and valleys. When he studied the stars, he move, but the shaking was so strong that I soon fell off the
discovered that the “moving stars”, were not really stars, but sofa onto the floor. I half rolled, half crawled across the floor
worlds like the Earth. He showed that Copernicus was right; to the dining table and got under it. My sister was sitting in
the Earth and the planets indeed moved around the sun. the floor in the kitchen, holding her arms … (9) her head to
Galileo also discovered that one big planet, Jupiter, had four protect it from falling dishes. She yelled at my little brother to
moons, but he made a mistake by naming theme planets. get under his desk, but he wanted to be near us. He tried to
Galileo developed many other things too, such as clocks and get out of my room, but he kept falling down. The earthquake
watches. He also wrote many important books which opened lasted less than a minute, but it seemed like a year to us.
the way to the discovery of new things. Unfortunately, in
5. …
1637 he lost his eye-sight. However, he continued to work
A. Get
until passed away on January 8, 1642.
B. Getting
1. What made Galileo interested in learning about the stars? C. Got
A. The University of Padua made him love everything D. To get
about the stars E. Gets
B. He became a professor of Mathematics and started 6. …
studying the stars A. Struck
C. He could see stars using the telescope he invented and B. Stricked
started studying them C. Striking
D. He invented a telescope which mad e sky objects look D. Strike
larger and easier to examine E. To strike
E. He was a professor of Mathematics 7. …
2. In the text above, Galileo had a misconception on …….. A. Shaking
A. Considering Jupiter as the biggest planet B. Shake
B. Naming the moons around Jupiter as planets C. Shaken
C. Discovering that the stars moved around the sun D. Shakes
D. Considering that the moon has similar shape as the E. Shook
earth 8. …
E. Deciding the shape of the moon A. Is
3. The word “him” in “……………the University of Padua B. Was
invited him ……… (paragraph 1) refers to……. C. Were
A. The Mathematician D. Had been
B. Galileo’s father E. Has been
C. The professor 9. …
D. Galileo A. Over
E. Copernicus B. Through
4. The underlined word in “He invented an instrument C. In
which ….” In paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ……. D. On
A. Discovered E. At
B. Utilized

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