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VOCABULARY
NOUN DS 2012 MART
DS 2011 MART 7. Insight into the ---- by which the human brain
came to exist and acquire its remarkable
1. Psychologists say that there is a genetic ---- to abilities can be gained by studying animals that
willpower, but that upbringing may also have an are far simpler than us.
effect.
A) outcome B) process C) response
A) description B) attachment C) component
D) result E) task
D) reaction E) selection

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KPDS 2011 MAYIS
8. Despite the ---- of laws in society, its
2. The central government has called for tighter manifestation in the form of general codes first
regulations on coastal development and is appears only around 3000 BC.
launching an ---- to remove illegal beach homes
and hotels. A) belief B) separation C) engagement
A) observation B) initiative C) investment D) agreement E) importance
D) entitlement E) attachment
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2011 LYS-5 9. To a psychologist, personality consists of
persistent ---- of thought, emotion and
3. The successful ---- of developing countries into behaviour.
world trade requires more than just open access
to export markets and international trade rules. A) belongings B) patterns
A) contribution B) investment C) integration C) compliments D) inventions
D) reduction E) resignation E) services

KPSS 2011 KPDS 2012 MAYIS

4. Using our own internal state as a basis for 10. Forgery is the act of making, reproducing,
judging other people may affect our ---- of them. altering or signing a false document or other
instrument with the ---- of defrauding others.
A) situations B) qualities C) personalities
A) development B) exception C) intention
D) agreements E) impressions
D) determination E) prediction

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5. Pain is a highly subjective ---- that no two people
experience in exactly the same way.
A) regulation B) sensation
C) reinforcement D) coincidence
E) inquiry

KPDS 2011 KASIM

6. In cases involving childrens injuries, the most
effective ---- are directed at parents.
A) benefits B) exceptions C) purposes
D) disturbances E) interventions

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ADJECTIVE 6. With a bit of adaptation, ---- technology could

help us to eventually establish a colony on
DS 2011 MART Mars.
1. The lead from exhaust fumes enters the
atmosphere, mostly as simple lead compounds, A) explicit B) impartial C) reserved
which are poisonous to children's ---- nervous D) current E) supplementary
systems.
A) exclusive B) increasing C) repeating
D) developing E) domestic

DS 2012 MART
7. About 60 million people had to leave Europe
before World War II, which caused an ----
migration to the US.
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2. Classifying is a fundamental cognitive process A) indifferent B) explanatory C) intuitive
that refers to the sorting of objects, events, D) ambiguous E) immense
living things, and phenomena into clusters
according to their ---- characteristics.
A) additional B) relative C) common
D) ultimate E) necessary
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8. They certainly have a very ---- lifestyle: flying in
private jets and staying in 5-star hotels around
the world.
2011 LYS 5 A) glamorous B) challenging C) defiant
3. The printing press had a ---- effect on the D) enthusiastic E) sustainable
transformation of cultural and religious issues
in the Renaissance.
A) profound B) redundant C) controversial
D) spiritual E) previous
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9. Both Malatya and Gaziantep have grown
economically in the past three decades and both
are now considerably ---- than they used to be.
KPSS 2011 A) weaker B) stricter
4. To meet expected demands, health authorities C) simpler D) riskier
must know what medical supplies are ---- and
how best to distribute them. E) wealthier
A) acceptable B) exhaustive C) inspiring
D) available E) urgent

KPDS 2012 MAYIS

10. The sense of smell, which has not been fully
understood yet, is much more ---- than the sense
DS 2011 EKM of taste.
5. Even during its early phases, the French A) attainable B) dedicated C) suitable
Revolution aroused ---- conflict throughout
Europe. D) sophisticated E) endurable
A) ignorant B) accessible C) significant
D) durable E) fertile

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ADVERB KPDS 2011 KASIM

DS 2011 MART 6. Despite dramatic increases in trade worldwide,
countries still differ ---- in the extent to which
1. Einstein's theory of relativity gives predictions
they engage in trade.
that differ very little from the older theories of
Galileo and Newton in ---- all everyday A) reluctantly B) substantially C) attentively
situations.
D) pleasingly E) incidentally
A) flexibly B) nearly C) externally
D) usefully E) identically

DS 2012 MART
7. One of the many individuals ---- fascinated by
KPDS 2011 reports of the early balloon flights was George
Cayley, who later made the first serious attempt
2. In Spanish literature, a la divino is the recasting
at heavier-than-air flight.
of a secular work as a religious work, or more
----, a treatment of a secular theme in religious A) suspiciously B) tremendously
terms through the use of allegory, symbolism,
C) confidentially D) daringly
and metaphor.
E) reluctantly
A) externally B) respectively C) primarily
D) decisively E) generally

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8. They reached their conclusion based ---- on
2011 LYS 5 evidence found at the site of the murder.
3. In the past 25 years, the number of childrens
A) occasionally B) constantly
museums has increased ----.
A) instantly B) separately C) frequently C) primarily D) gradually

D) commonly E) rapidly E) intentionally

KPSS 2011 2012 LYS-5

4. Turkeys strategic importance is ---- due to its 9. Passing on knowledge to others was once
geographical location. thought to be a ---- human ability, but several
species are proving otherwise.
A) evenly B) vaguely C) partly
D) quietly E) abruptly A) uniquely B) hazardously
C) rapidly D) generously
E) steadily

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5. As a migraine develops, pain ---- worsens and
chemicals from the brain stems cause spasms
in the brains blood vessels. KPDS 2012 MAYIS
A) recklessly B) progressively 10. The full stop is probably the most used form of
punctuation, partly because almost everyone
C) productively D) confidentially knows how to use it ----.
E) synthetically A) considerably B) redundantly C) dominantly
D) appropriately E) profoundly

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VERB KPDS 2011 KASIM

DS 2011 MART 6. Generally considered to be the greatest
th
composer of the 20 century, Igor Stravinskys
1. Expressionist artists in painting, sculpture, and long life ---- continents, cultures and eras.
literature ---- to distort or exaggerate natural
appearance in order to create a reflection of the A) fetched B) reversed C) spanned
inner world.
D) magnified E) acquired
A) pretended B) expected C) tended
D) offered E) persuaded

DS 2012 MART
7. Anaesthetics are drugs given to patients before
KPDS 2011 undergoing surgery to ---- the sense of feeling
either in a localized area or across the whole
2. Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska is a German-born body.
American physician who founded the New
England Hospital for Women and Children and A) attract B) reflect C) reduce
---- greatly to the acceptance of women as
medical professionals. D) approve E) evaluate

A) pertained B) attributed C) owed

D) contributed E) applied

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8. In a recent press conference, the company ----
their plans to launch a new hybrid car in
2011 LYS 5 autumn.
3. Nobel Prizes are widely ---- as the worlds most A) originated B) revealed C) qualified
prestigious awards given for intellectual
achievement. D) advised E) contributed

A) discovered B) revealed C) competed

D) regarded E) founded

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9. Psychological factors influence our physical
health, because our emotions and thoughts are
KPSS 2011 always ---- by biochemical reactions in our
bodies.
4. When China recently stopped exporting
materials essential to the manufacture of many A) pretended B) rejected
technologies, sudden shortages ---- to restrict
the growth of a wide range of industries. C) appointed D) accompanied

A) witnessed B) threatened C) deserved E) detected

D) enabled E) encouraged

KPDS 2012 MAYIS

10. The European System of Central Banks, which
DS 2011 EKM ---- a single monetary policy for the euro zone,
5. A study conducted by the University of consists of the European Central Bank in
Cambridge ---- that 40 per cent of spam or junk Frankfurt together with 15 national central
e-mail goes to addresses starting with an A, M, banks.
S, R or P.
A) regulates B) signifies C) expresses
A) borrowed B) revealed C) remained
D) provokes E) acquires
D) created E) experimented

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PHRASAL VERB KPSS 2011

DS 2011 MART 6. The use of seatbelts and airbags has ---- a
decline in the total number of deaths from motor
1. It takes great courage for adopted children to vehicle accidents.
their biological parents, as they do not know the
real reason why they were given up. A) suffered from B) resulted in
A) search for B) put back C) run up C) put aside D) shifted from
D) look out E) confess to E) depended upon

DS 2011 MART DS 2011 EKM

2. Some historians believe that human destiny is 7. As people mature and gain experience in a
mostly shaped by the efforts of people to ---- variety of situations, they learn strategies for ----
climate change, migration, disease, etc. their emotions.
A) go over B) make up C) lay down A) sending out B) clearing out
D) cope with E) hand in C) going off D) dealing with
E) stepping down

KPDS 2011
3. European Union foreign ministers have urged DS 2011 EKM
the Serb authorities to ---- the two fugitives by
the end of March. 8. Although mild symptoms such as social
withdrawal may persist, parents with minor
A) set out B) tidy up C) step down psychological problems may want to ----
children.
D) take off E) turn over
A) pass out B) sign off C) take off
D) come into E) bring up

2011 LYS 5
4. In his calculations, Isaac Newton used the laws
of planetary motion ---- by Kepler about sixty KPDS 2011 KASIM
years previously.
9. Geology, the science of the Earth, is ---- several
A) given off B) worked out C) called for branches including mineralogy, petrology,
stratigraphy, palaeontology and tectonics.
D) put off E) built upon
A) divided into B) designed for
C) troubled by D) brought upon
E) settled into

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5. Tobacco contains several thousand
compounds, including nicotine, that ---- cardiac
diseases.
DS 2012 MART
A) contribute to B) keep away C) object to
10. Our skin is one of the most wonderful germ-
D) put off E) cope with proof surface layers in the world, thus very few
disease-germs can ---- its natural protection as
long as it remains unbroken.
A) get through B) take after C) call for
D) back up E) carry on

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KPSS 2012
11. About 14,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers in the
eastern Mediterranean ---- their migratory
lifestyle and settled in villages.
A) turned into B) broke off C) put off
D) gave up E) looked into

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12. In 1944, there was general acceptance and
support for the ---- of the first International
Monetary Fund and the World Bank to help
stabilize the world economy.
A) setting up B) making up
C) taking up D) holding up
E) bringing up

2012 LYS-5
13. During the 18th century, the Ottoman Empire
lost status as well as power, as it could not ----
the scientific developments in Europe.
A) get rid of B) cut down on
C) keep up with D) look up to
E) run away from

KPDS 2012 MAYIS

14. Leaders with different political styles have
launched daring projects to take Japan out of
the economic recession, but in the long run,
they may ---- colliding with each other.
A) make out B) give in C) act out
D) fight off E) end up

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GRAMMAR and STRUCTURE

TENSES, MODALS AND VERBALS
DS 2011 MART
1. Investigators ---- various methods over the years
to search for genes that ---- to intelligence,
which is a so-called quantitative trait.
A) are using / should contribute
B) have used / might contribute
C) use / will contribute
D) may use / contributed
E) would use / are going to contribute
KPDS 2011
5. In general, the body ---- nutrients best from
foods in which the nutrients are diluted and
dispersed among other ingredients that ---- their
absorption.
A) can absorb / would have facilitated
B) absorbs / may facilitate
C) were to absorb / would facilitate
D) has absorbed / used to facilitate
E) might absorb / must have facilitated

DS 2011 MART
2. New animal trials ---- hope that a cure based on 2011 LYS 5
transplanting stem cells ---- a reality for patients 6. The Sumerian civilization ---- the first alphabet,
with Parkinson's in the future. which ---- it easier for older generations to pass
on their cultural heritage to younger
A) gave / becomes generations.
B) will give / have become A) will have developed / has made
C) could have given / will become B) would have developed / made
D) have given / became C) developed / makes
E) give / could become D) would develop / had made
E) were developing / will make
DS 2011 MART
3. Researchers in the 1890s ---- the atom as a
homogeneous sphere of positive charge inside 2011 LYS 5
of which there ---- tiny negatively charged 7. The first English immigrants to what is now the
electrons. United States ---- the Atlantic long after colonies
---- in Mexico and South America.
A) visualized / were
A) would be crossing / must have been
B) have visualized / had been established
C) had visualized / have been B) had crossed / were established
D) will visualize / are C) will be crossing / have been established
E) were visualizing / would have been D) cross / are established
E) crossed / had been established

KPDS 2011 2011 LYS 5

4. Conger eels, which ---- any large marine eels of 8. The Earth ---- more solar energy in one hour
the family Congridae, ---- in shallow water, than the whole world ---- in a year.
hiding in crevices during the day and are active
by night, feeding on fish and crabs. A) has received / will be consuming
A) were to be / used to live B) is receiving / is consuming
B) used to be / will live C) received / would consume
C) are to be / might have lived D) receives / could consume
D) are / live E) had received / consumed
E) could be / have lived

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KPSS 2011
9. When American independence ---- in 1776, two-
fifths of all settlers ---- of non-English origin.
A) was declared / were
B) had been declared / would be
C) has been declared / had been
D) would be declared / could be
E) may have been declared / must have been
KPSS 2011
10. Infertility is a problem that ---- more and more
couples than ever before, as people ---- longer to
have children.
A) had affected / could wait
B) was affecting / waited
C) has affected / will wait
D) is affecting / wait
E) will be affecting / were waiting
DS 2011 EKM
11. Cibyra is thought to ---- in the 3rd century B.C.
by Pisidion colonists who ---- from the Milas
region.
A) have been established / may have come
B) have established / should have come
C) be established / would have come
D) being established / might have come
E) establish / could have come
DS 2011 EKM
12. Chile ---- a state-funded national health service
for 30 years when it ---- to go for a mixed
approach allowing private health services to be
also offered.
A) will be running / was deciding
B) was running / had been decided
C) has been running / is deciding
D) had been running / decided
E) is running / has decided
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13. Wasted energy from your body movements ----
enough to power your house, but this energy ----
your cell phone in the near future.
A) need not be / would have charged
B) should not be / will have been charging
C) could not have been / would charge
D) must not have been / will have charged
E) may not be / will be charging
KPDS 2011 KASIM
14. Modern humans, Homo sapiens, ---- in Africa
around 200,000 years ago and by about 30,000
years ago they ---- all other forms of early
humans, such as Neanderthals and Homo
erectus.
A) have been evolving / replaced
B) would evolve / are replacing
C) were evolving / have replaced
D) evolved / had replaced
E) had evolved / had been replacing
KPDS 2011 KASIM
15. Tablet computers ---- some advantages for form-
filling or updating your status on a social
network, but you ---- it hard to get any real work
done.
A) are offering / must find
B) have been offering / should find
C) can offer / will have to find
D) had offered / would have found
E) might offer / could find
DS 2012 MART
16. In the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind, Clementine ---- a big fight with
her boyfriend, Joel, so she ---- him erased from
her mind by using a machine.
A) had / is getting
B) would have / had got
C) has had / would have got
D) has / gets
E) will have / is to get
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DS 2012 MART KPSS 2012

17. By the late 20th century, the patterns of disease 21. Physical training ---- muscles in several ways
in the US ---- so dramatically that the major and ---- the functioning of the heart and the
causes of death ---- from infectious diseases to respiratory system.
chronic diseases.
A) is altering / has improved
A) changed / will have shifted
B) alters / improves
B) change / were shifting
C) had altered / would improve
C) had changed / shifted
D) altered / must have improved
D) are changing / had shifted
E) has been altering / will improve
E) have changed / would have shifted

KPSS 2012
DS 2012 MART 22. Since the 1990s we ---- more research on child
18. ---- a new 3.6 metre telescope, astronomers ---- development that ---- the limitations of earlier
more than 50 new exoplanets, which are defined work in the field of developmental psychology.
as planets that orbit other stars.
A) have been seeing / would recognize
A) Being used / discovered
B) had seen / recognized
B) To be used / would discover
C) saw / could recognize
C) Having used / discover
D) see / will recognize
D) To use / had discovered
E) have seen / recognizes
E) Using / have discovered

2012 LYS 5
23. Tourists visiting China ---- Mount Lushan as a
KPDS 2012 MAYIS magnificent mountain that ---- out of the water.
19. Unlike broadcast television, an interactive TV A) had described / should rise up
service provider ---- customers to choose which B) described / would have risen up
service to use at any given time, whether it ----
shopping, watching a film or playing games. C) have described / rises up
D) would describe / will rise up
A) has allowed / might have been
E) were describing / has been rising up
B) allows / is
C) allowed / would be 2012 LYS 5
D) would allow / should have been 24. The origins of Western cooking ---- to ideas
about diet and nutrition that ---- during the 17th
E) is allowing / was century.
A) might be traced / have appeared
B) must be traced / appear
KPDS 2012 MAYIS C) have to be traced / were appearing
20. The tradition of sculpting in clay ---- as early as D) can be traced / appeared
AD 800, and ultimately it ---- as the point of E) could be traced / are appearing
departure for related works that were cast in
metal.
A) should have developed / has served
2012 LYS 5
B) has developed / had served 25. Bessie Smith, who ---- her stage career in the
C) may have developed / served 1910s as a dancer and singer, ---- the most well-
known blues singer of the 1920s.
D) would have developed / will serve
A) began / was
E) could have developed / will have served
B) had begun / had been
C) has begun / has been
D) would begin / would be
E) was beginning / could be

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PREPOSITION
DS 2011 MART 2011 LYS 5
1. In the future, there will probably be so many 7. Childrens first experiments with paint begin ----
people with the power to send signals ---- space many rhythmic brushings back and forth ---- the
that it will not be possible to control paper.
communication ---- galaxies. A) with / across B) by / on
A) within / over B) upon / through C) within / over D) through / for
C) into / between D) along / for E) off / from
E) in/by

2011 LYS 5
DS 2011 MART 8. One of the best fossil locations in the United
2. The 2010 Nobel Prize ---- chemistry was awarded States is the Morrison formation area ---- the
---- three chemists all studying carbon Dinosaur National Monument, which covers the
compounds. border ---- the states of Colorado and Utah.

A) of / among B) for / to C) in / by A) about / of B) in / on

D) about / from E) on / for C) at / between D) onto / through

E) over / towards

DS 2011 MART
3. The exosphere, which is the uppermost layer of 2011 LYS 5
the atmosphere, is an ill-defined zone beginning 9. It is not good to store a watermelon ---- a
somewhere ---- the thermosphere, and fading off refrigerator as studies have shown that keeping
---- the vacuum of space. it ---- room temperature significantly increases
A) between / from B) on / away lycopene and beta-carotene levels.

C) under / between D) above / into A) inside / by B) on / below

E) about / by C) at / around D) within / over

E) in / at

KPDS 2011
4. In feudal Japan , the za were any ---- the KPSS 2011
mercantile or craft associations that flourished 10. Chinas middle class has developed ---- its
---- 1100 and 1590. humble beginnings ---- where it is today.
A) in / up to B) at / through A) over / upon B) into / of
C) of / between D) over / before C) through / within D) out of / over
E) under / from E) from / to

KPDS 2011 KPSS 2011

5. The Cirrus SR20 was an attractive plane ---- 11. Orchids are divided ---- two major categories,
people interested in learning to fly, and it could based ---- where they grow.
also serve effectively as an air taxi ---- short-haul
routes. A) between / to B) among / upon
A) between / over B) to / at C) into / on D) to / in
C) towards / in D) among / under E) within / at
E) for / on
DS 2011 EKM
KPDS 2011 12. The separation of people ---- categories is one of
the most important ways in which one group
6. Geochronology is the branch ---- geology that asserts and maintains its dominance ----
deals with the dating ---- the Earth by studying another.
its rocks and contained fossils.
A) from / by B) into / over C) to / with
A) in / from B) of / of
D) on / through E) at / for
C) within / through D) among / in
E) about / inside

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DS 2011 EKM DS 2012 MART

13. Experts and officials believe that an outbreak ---- 19. Theatre is thought to have emerged ---- rituals
epidemic diseases or severe climatic conditions and ceremonies whose actions together with
could have an adverse impact ---- the Anatolian their rehearsals and repetitions paved the way
wild sheep population. ---- theatre.
A) in / of B) over / through C) of / on A) behind / to B) along / at C) across / on
D) by / into E) from / at D) within / by E) from / for

DS 2011 EKM DS 2012 MART

14. According to the hygiene hypothesis, living in 20. Much of the current concern ---- climate change
an environment that is too clean deprives the centres ---- the greenhouse effect, which is
immune system ---- the necessary exposure ---- causing global warming and making our planet
bacteria and germs which can serve to warmer year by year.
strengthen it.
A) with / from B) at / upon C) into / through
A) for / through B) into / from C) of / to
D) over / around E) by / towards
D) with / on E) over / at

KPDS 2012 MAYIS

KPDS 2011 KASIM
15. The official Lincoln Heritage Trail passes ----
west-central and southern Illinois ---- about
1,100 miles, visiting many of the major sites in
Abraham Lincolns life along the way.
21. The degree ---- age-related wrinkling varies
considerably ---- person to person, partly due to
the amount of exposure to the sun.
A) of / from B) for / between

A) down / beneath B) by / below C) to / among D) about / by

C) through / for D) into / upon E) towards / with

E) along / at
KPDS 2012 MAYIS
22. When Sarpsborg was burned down ---- the
KPDS 2011 KASIM Nordic Seven-Year War, Frederick II gave
16. In addition to its preoccupation ---- the legacy of permission for the inhabitants to move ---- a
neorealism, Italian cinema also shifted ---- place near the Glomma River.
internationalism during the 1970s.
A) after / away B) at / by C) in / over
A) with / towards B) to / over C) for / at
D) during / to E) through / from
D) of / in E) about / by

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KPDS 2011 KASIM
23. Deflation is a situation where the prices ----
17. The food industry is vulnerable to the charge goods in an economy are, ---- average, falling
that it contributes to mortality ---- actively rather than rising.
seeking to increase consumption of unhealthy
foods ---- which profits depend. A) at / from B) for / in C) in / within
A) at / for B) by / on C) against / into D) of / on E) from / of
D) with / from E) in / at
KPSS 2012
DS 2012 MART 24. He accepts some responsibility ---- being part of
18. The best way to lose weight ---- exercise is to do an industry that designed devices he now
high-intensity training combined with a general believes are hazardous ---- peoples health.
increase ---- your overall level of activity. A) from / on B) of / in C) on / by
A) by / from B) on / to C) with / into D) in / about E) for / to
D) through / in E) over / of

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2012 LYS 5
25. ---- their brightly coloured beaks and feet,
Atlantic puffins are ---- the worlds most
distinctive seabirds.
A) On / from B) Over / of
C) Beyond / within D) For / about
E) With / among

2012 LYS 5
26. Nursing has evolved from an unstructured
method ---- caring for the ill ---- a scientific
profession.
A) of / to B) in / for
C) under / from D) with / over
E) between / on

2012 LYS 5
27. Traditionally, intelligence was considered stable
---- our adult years, but new research shows that
it can rise and fall ---- time.
A) into / by B) along / of
C) within / towards D) for / upon
E) during / over

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CONJUNCTION etc
DS 2011 MART KPDS 2011
1. ---- electric cars are a welcome development, 7. Highlights of the Great Wisconsin Cheese
they are neither as useful nor as green as their Festival include cheesecake contests and
supporters claim. cheese-carving, ---- sculptors transform 18 kg
blocks of cheddar cheese into objects of beauty.
A) Since B) Just as C) Before
A) from that B) how C) what
D) Because E) Although
D) in which E) whatever

KPDS 2011
KPDS 2011
2. Presumably they will find the terms acceptable,
but ---- they raise any objections, we need to 8. The Atatrk Dam, which is ---- the largest dams
listen to them. in the world, is capable of generating 8.9 billion
kilowatt-hours of electricity annually from the
A) in case B) as if C) until run-off of the vast lake ---- its construction
created.
D) while E) since
A) such as / of which B) one of / that

DS 2011 MART C) more than / which D) other than / some of

3. Our memory for emotions is highly selective, E) between / where
and we tend to remember how good the good
times were, ---- the memories of the bad times
fade more quickly. DS 2011 MART
A) whenever B) whereas C) as if 9. Having the support of a friend can change our
perception of ---- difficult an obstacle is to
D) even E) likewise overcome.
A) how B) what C) whatever
DS 2011 MART D) when E) whichever
4. The assumption that mental functions are at
their sharpest ---- our brains mature in our early
20s has been questioned by a new research KPDS 2011
study. 10. ---- other areas of policy analysis, foreign policy
A) when B) unless C) until analysis also starts with a number of central
questions about the nature of what is to be
D) as if E) although studied.
A) In place of B) By means of
2011 LYS 5 C) As opposed to D) lnstead of
5. The cause of Beethovens death remained a
E) As in
great mystery ---- the year 2000, when a sample
of his hair was analyzed using sophisticated
technology.
2011 LYS 5
A) since B) until C) because 11. In Scandinavia, wildlife in many rivers has been
D) while E) after destroyed ---- the devastating power of acid rain.
A) in spite of B) because of

DS 2011 MART C) as opposed to D) in terms of

6. Ankara University was established in 1925, and E) as regards
many faculties, institutes and schools have
since been set up within it, the first of ---- was
the Faculty of Law. 2011 LYS 5
A) it B) which C) those 12. Most vitamin and mineral products are legally
classified as food supplements, ---- some,
D) that E) some mainly herbal, are classified as licensed
medicines.
A) thus B) so C) but
D) so that E) if

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13. Musical performers can be classified into many 20. The tsunami that hit Japan was ---- destructive
different categories ---- vocalists and ---- not much was left when search-and-rescue
instrumentalists. teams finally reached there.
A) as well as B) both C) such as A) as / as B) rather / than
D) either E) more than C) too / enough D) so / that
E) such / as well
KPSS 2011
14. The production of a single calorie of meat, KPSS 2011
depending on ---- it is beef or chicken, requires
four to ten calories in animal feed. 21. Most developing countries do not have Chinas
bureaucratic depth and tradition, ---- do they
A) which B) if C) whatever have the ability to control personnel in the way
that Chinas party structure allows.
D) how E) whether
A) nor B) so C) much as
D) the more E) not only
DS 2011 EKM
15. Of the four cavities in the brain, two are found
inside each hemisphere, ---- the third and fourth KPDS 2011 KASIM
are found between them.
22. Geopolitics provides various ways of looking at
A) even B) since C) if the world and is highly visual, readily embracing
maps, tables, and photographs ----.
D) so that E) while
A) from now on B) as a consequence
C) at most D) instead
DS 2011 EKM
16. Inhabitants of a nation generally possess a E) sooner
common history, geographical place and
language; ----, a nation-state may be thought of
as a place in which people follow the same KPDS 2011 KASIM
cultural and social patterns. 23. Little Caesar, often called the grandfather of the
gangster movie, was produced at the beginning
A) though B) otherwise C) besides
of the sound era, and ---- it shows its age in
D) therefore E) still some areas, it is still an effective thriller.
A) even B) because C) while
DS 2011 EKM D) so E) besides
17. Ear disorders prevent you from detecting certain
sounds from your environment ---- affecting
your sense of balance. KPDS 2011 KASIM
24. ---- the role of the school in developing students
A) as well as B) as if C) much as
civic values, most proponents of citizenship
D) with regard to E) due to education agree that it should involve a range of
democratic values such as the sense of public
responsibility.
DS 2011 EKM
A) At least B) In spite of
18. The French sociologist Emile Durkheim argued
that human beings are ---- individuals ---- social C) In comparison to D) With regard to
beings that exist in society. E) Rather than
A) not only / as well B) other / than
C) such / that D) as much / also KPDS 2011 KASIM
E) both / and 25. Lead was used for centuries to make the pipes
---- water flowed from reservoirs to houses and
public buildings such as baths.
DS 2011 EKM
A) through which B) with which
19. Animals such as raccoons and foxes eat almost
anything edible that they come across ---- C) on which D) at which
specializing in one type of food. E) of which
A) just as B) as regards C) rather than
D) owing to E) in terms of
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26. ---- the substance causing the allergy has been 33. Some popular diet books have misled
identified, avoiding it and applying some simple consumers with deceptive claims; ----, they fail
treatments will be enough to overcome skin to provide an assessment of the results of their
reactions such as itching and scaling. treatment plans for obesity.
A) As if B) While C) Even though A) furthermore B) nevertheless C) even so
D) Whether E) Once D) otherwise E) on the contrary

DS 2012 MART KPDS 2012 MAYIS

27. Memory often works best when we have a visual 34. The social sciences are a range of disciplines
representation of past events, ---- this mental within the arts and humanities ---- principal
picture will help us bring out many details. concerns are the study of various aspects of
society.
A) as B) although C) whereas
A) what B) whose C) that
D) otherwise E) but
D) how E) when

DS 2012 MART
28. ---- compared to their butter-loving American KPDS 2012 MAYIS
counterparts, Italians consume 24 times the 35. Generally, social media platforms can be
amount of olive oil per person. thought of as virtual meeting places which
function to encourage the exchange of media
A) As though B) Until C) When content among users who are ---- producers ----
D) Unless E) Just as consumers.
A) both / and B) more / than
DS 2012 MART C) just / like D) so / that
29. In social terms, ---- membership in a particular E) such / as
society ---- behaviour such as crime is sufficient
to define a subculture.
A) both / also B) neither / nor C) so / that KPSS 2012
36. Buying books would be a good thing ---- one
D) less / than E) even / more could also buy the time to read them in.
A) so B) since C) if
DS 2012 MART
D) as E) but
30. According to new research by US biologists, the
fearsome roars of lions and tigers are ---- the
unusual shape of their vocal chords.
A) in terms of B) rather than C) on behalf of KPSS 2012
D) due to E) as well as 37. Freuds favourite way of understanding his
patients was dream interpretation, ---- he
encouraged people to talk without restraint
KPDS 2012 MAYIS about their dreams.
31. Crystals are created ---- cooling and A) but B) while C) although
crystallization take place at an appropriate depth
and with sufficient time. D) so E) before

A) until B) though C) so
D) before E) when
KPSS 2012
38. The world is changing ---- rapidly now ---- there
KPDS 2012 MAYIS is no guarantee you will have a job for life, nor
32. ---- schools encourage children to read printed that the company you join will continue to exist.
books more often, the library, in its traditional
form, will eventually disappear. A) so / that B) as / as C) such / as

A) Whenever B) Whereas C) Since D) more / like E) much / than

D) However E) Unless

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39. A running tap wastes up to nine litres of water
per minute, ---- turning it off while brushing your
teeth helps save plenty of water.
A) when B) since C) so
D) instead E) otherwise

2012 LYS 5
40. It is impossible to make appropriate decisions
about how to solve a problem ---- you define it
and identify its root causes first.
A) in case B) unless C) though
D) because E) whether

2012 LYS 5
41. Global demand for coal will continue to expand
over the next five years ---- governments
attempts to reduce reliance on this fuel.
A) in spite of B) as a result of
C) as well as D) due to
E) in case of

2012 LYS 5
42. ---- children see us read, ---- inclined they are to
want to read.
A) Neither / nor B) Both / and
C) Either / or D) The more / the more
E) Other / than

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VOCABULARY

NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB VERB PHRASAL VERB

1. C 1. D 1. B 1. C 1. A
2. B 2. C 2. E 2. D 2. D
3. C 3. A 3. E 3. D 3. E
4. E 4. D 4. C 4. B 4. B
5. B 5. C 5. B 5. B 5. A
6. E 6. D 6. B 6. C 6. B
7. B 7. E 7. B 7. C 7. D
8. E 8. A 8. C 8. B 8. E
9. B 9. E 9. A 9. D 9. A
10. C 10. D 10. D 10. A 10. A
11. D
12. A
13. C
14. E

GRAMMAR and STRUCTURE

TENSES, MODALS and VERBALS PREPOSITIONS CONJUNCTIONS etc.

1. B 1. C 1. E
2. E 2. B 2. A
3. A 3. D 3. B
4. D 4. C 4. A
5. B 5. E 5. B
6. C 6. B 6. B
7. E 7. A 7. D
8. D 8. C 8. B
9. A 9. E 9. A
10. D 10. E 10. E
11. A 11. C 11. B
12. D 12. B 12. C
13. D 13. C 13. C
14. D 14. C 14. E
15. E 15. C 15. E
16. D 16. A 16. D
17. C 17. B 17. A
18. E 18. D 18. E
19. B 19. E 19. C
20. C 20. D 20. D
21. B 21. A 21. A
22. E 22. D 22. B
23. C 23. D 23. C
24. D 24. E 24. D
25. A 25. E 25. A
26. A 26. E
27. E 27. A
28. C
29. B
30. D
31. E
32. E
33. A
34. B
35. A
36. C
37. D
38. A
39. C
40. B
41. A
42. D

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