1. As he failed to reply in time, the organisers took his 9. The influence _____ Freud _____ the generation that
name _____ the list. followed was even stronger.

A) below B) to C) in A) through / over B) from / to C) off / towards

D) by E) off D) by / upon E) of / on

2. ____ first consulting us I don’t think he had any right to 10. There is nothing remarkable _____ the subject matter
reach such an agreement ____ the strikers. of his novels, but he will always be remembered _____
his delightfully vivid settings.
A) By / over B) After / on C) Before / from
D) In / to E) Without / with A) about / for B) from / in C) in / from
D) out of / through E) of / over
3. Plenty of evidence has come to light to prove that he
has been involved ____ smuggling. 11. The economy of most Middle Eastern countries is
largely based ____ oil exports.
A) through B) at C) by
D) in E) over A) with B) upon C) about
D) onto E) for
4. The high rate of inflation obviously puts a great strain
____ the majority of working families. 12. Research into the causes of cancer is ____ vital
importance if we are to learn how to control the
A) on B) in C) beyond disease.
D) through E) by
A) on B) with C) in
5. He invariably gets what he wants but unfortunately this D) of E) under
is usually ____ the expense of others.
13. In his new job he will be responsible ____ the
A) out of B) from C) up to coordination of relief to the refugees.
D) at E) through
A) about B) to C) for
6. He looked ____ nervously ____ his shoulder hoping D) at E) from
that no one was paying him any attention.
14. Economic recession and rising unemployment,
A) out / of B) up / through C) back / over coupled ____ continued increases ____ retail food
D) down / from E) in / for prices, have curtailed consumption.

7. Most children are able to walk ____ holding on to A) with / in B) through / through
anything when they are fifteen months old. C) by / for D) at / about
E) within / over
A) for B) from C) with
D) without E) to 15. In Ethiopia, primitive farming practices and
uncontrolled clearing of natural vegetation have
8. Even the chief engineer was impressed at the speed transformed much of the country’s highlands ____
and efficiency ____ bare landscapes, but all destroyed ____ erosion.

A) until more problems have appeared A) above / of B) for / with C) into / by

B) that the project will be finished on time D) in / under E) to / at
C) whether the workers were prepared to go on strike
D) although some of the members had been warned
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16. The advance in the steel industry has been marked 24. One way _____ cutting down waste is to recycle such
____ a progressive increase ____ size, complexity things _____ glass and paper.
and capital outlay.
A) of / as B) to / of C) as / off
A) at / of B) with / to C) over / from D) in / to E) with / in
D) by / in E) under / through
25. Some of these new drugs, capable _____ curing a
17. Infectious diseases are those which are caused ____ variety of diseases, are sometimes hazardous _____
an invasion of the body ____ organisms from outside. use or disposal.

A) through / with B) by / by C) over / through A) about / with B) for / at C) by / through

D) in / without E) upon / within D) in / by E) of / in

18. In order to understand the implications of research 26. We are prevented ____ completing the project ____
____ brain development one has to make a systematic time due to unforeseen circumstances.
study ____ what children know.
A) from / on B) in / by C) by / in
A) on / into B) for / by D) at / over E) for / about
C) through / beyond D) over / at E) after / before
27. The Hollywood studio system in film making, which
19. The arrival of Europeans in America dislocated began ____ 1920 and flourished from the early 1930s
traditional ways of life and altered the world ____ ____ the 1950s is unique in Western culture.
recognition.
A) throughout / into B) around / through
A) for B) beyond C) at C) by / until D) within / over
D) off E) from E) along/ till

20. British TV is still stuck ____ a regulatory structure 28. They claim that their aim is to establish long term
designed ____ a bygone age. cooperation ____ their customers, ____ a basis of
partnership and mutual trust.
A) off / within B) up / in C) away / by
D) through / over E) with / for A) for / over B) with / on C) by / through
D) from / in E) among / for
21. I did manage to keep my temper but I couldn't refrain
____ pointing ____ that what he had done was wrong. 29. The collapse of Rome left ____ its wake a large variety
of ethnic communities ____ which modern European
A) in / at B) at / to C) by / away states emerged.
D) for / off E) from / out
A) before / of B) at / through C) over / by
22. Ambitious plans ____ the expansion of the railway D) in / from E) within / with
network have had to be abandoned due to lack ____
funds. 30. Emerson's life in science is the best of books ______
this aspect of Emerson that have marked the
A) in / of B) on / about C) from / in bicentennial of his birth, and it is one that will endure.
D) for / of E) over / on
A) to B) for C) on
23. ____ the world there has been a growing sense of D) with E) at
disillusionment with the United Nations and its
policies.

A) For B) Among C) On
D) From E) Throughout

 
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31. The software has been designed to help detectives 38. The board consist ____ a good cross-section of local
solve complex cases …..prompting them to explore business representatives.
lines …….. enquity other than the obvious ones.
A) upon B) by C) up
A) through / to B) by / of C) from/ into D) of E) around
D) over / with E) into / for
39. Despite long and tiring discussions, the two
32. Recent findings have suggested that, in ancient times delegations have failed to come to terms ____ the
too, man was capable ……… causing rapid and issue of refugees.
decisive changes ……. the genetic make-up of staple
crops. A) towards B) under C) around
D) down E) over
A) in / for B) to / of C) of / in
D) from / over E) with / into 40. On that occasion, he really was ____ luck; it was as if
every thing had combined ____ him.
33. The essays taken together tell the story of how the US
became an economic power ________________ a A) up to / through B) away from / behind
scale unprecedented ________________ history. C) out of / against D) into / upon
E) onto / over
A) for / with B) at / by C) with / from
D) thought / at E) on / in 41. Few sociologists will admit that a city is distinct ____
a village merely ____ the number of its inhabitants.
34. ________________ the surprise of the archaeologists,
the structures turned out to be the remains A) of / for B) from / by C) to / over
________________ two domed tombs, each over a D) in / though E) off / in
thousand years old.
42. The scheme has been _____ consideration for a long
A) To / of B) At / from C) For / by time now, but I doubt whether it will ever be put _____
D) With / over E) By / through effect.

35. The way of life ____ which he was drawn ultimately A) under / into B) within / through C) for / to
led ____ the collapse of his business. D) in / off E) over / ever

A) with / up to B) from / out of C) by / into 43. It was _____ his efforts that the two sides finally
D) into / to E) through / down to agreed to hold talks _____ the principles of economic
cooperation.
36. He did ________________ better in the interview
_____________ any of the other applicants. A) by / through B) ever / for C) through / on
D) with / at E) without / from
A) much / as B) rather / than C) as / for
D) still / with E) far / from 44. ____ the terms of the forthcoming trade agreement,
Japan wins parity ____ the United States.
37. Anyone looking for a way to something for the
environment need look no further than their own A) Through / above B) By / of C) From / from
home. In its struggle to agree with the Kyoto D) Under / with E) After / over
Protocol of 1997 and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to ______ 1990 levels 45. We have yet to take ____ consideration the problem of
how large future national armies should eventually be,
A) forward B) above C) behind regardless ____ their current size.
D) below E) back
A) onto / at B) in / in C) for / with
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46. ---- its vast forests, Myanmar was thought to possess 53. Foreign policy is composed of the goals sought,
the largest number of tigers ---- India. values set, decisions made and actions taken ----
states and the national governments acting ---- their
A) For / with B) In / for C) At / to behalf.
D) With / after E) Through / by
A) by / on B) about / for C) at / from
47. Though the most important factors in pricing D) over / between E) in / among
decisions are production costs and the level ----
demand, broader company objectives must also be 54. A priori knowledge ---- Western philosophy is
taken ---- consideration. knowledge that is independent ---- all particular
experiences, as opposed to a posteriori knowledge,
A) in / out of B) of / into C) with / for which derives from experience alone.
D) between / by E) on / under
A) at / for B) in / of C) through / by
48. The Gulf countries have achieved substantial D) beside / towards E) with / from
progress ---- regional integration ---- the past 20
years. 55. An Indian drug company has offered to supply an
anti-AIDS drug ---- sufferers in developing countries --
A) through / of B) into / with C) for / on -- less than one-twentieth of the standard cost in the
D) over / by E) towards / over West.

49. The analysis of a story ---- its central conflict is likely A) in / to B) at / over C) with / for
to be 'especially fruitful, for it rapidly takes us to what D) to / at E) on / with
is truly ---- issue in the story.
56. The main attention at the World Economic Forum,
A) by / over B) from / with C) through / at when it was not focused ---- China, centred on
D) with / about E) towards / above Africa’s remarkable economic growth ---- the past
couple of years.
50. Public attention focuses ____ infant mortality as a
prime indicator of changes in a society’s health. A) in / with B) on / over C) of / towards
D) by / at E) from / through
A) on B) to C) at
D) over E) into 57. The patchwork of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic nations, the
myths of a rural idyll created (19) ---- rapid
51. What's really ---- issue is the political structure urbanization.
---- which Soviet communism was erected.
A) of B) in C) at
A) at/on B) for /from C) to / through D) with E) by
D) by / in E) over/with
58. As far as an employer is concerned, your educational
52. Provincial governments play a big role in the qualification is a means ---- filtering where there is
lives of Canadians ---- primary responsibility ---- keen competition for a post.
health, education and welfare.
A) of B) by C) over
A) through / over B) at/about C) from / to D) with E) through
D) by/of E) with / for
59. People who travel ---- airlines all have stories ----
how bad the experience is when things go wrong.

A) with / for B) in / of C) on / about

D) at / over E) through / to

 
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60. Scientists have studied the health status of native 66. In Belgium, compensation ____ accidents at work and
people in the South Pacific ---- decades, and have occupational illness is exclusively the concern ____
noted the explosion of diet-related disease ---- the employers.
area.
A) over / from B) in / by C) from/ for
A) for / in B) throughout / over D) for / of E) at / over
C) through / about D) by / off
E) of / at 67. The biggest accounting issue raised ---- the energy
company is ----- accounting standards.
61. _____ the past few decades South Korea, Taiwan,
Singapore and Hong Kong have achieved the fastest A) by / over B) to / to C) for / under
rates _____ economic growth the world has ever D) through / within E) from / into
seen.
68. Crying, which starts ----- birth, is an alarm system that
A) Within / at attracts the parent and it can be switched off -----
B) During / of parental attention.
C) After / in
D) Before / over A) with / after B) at / by C) for / with
E) Over / about D) from / for E) by / through

62. The works of the ancient Greek physician 69. Since 1998, the US federal government has more than
Hippocrates commonly known as the Hippocratic doubled its spending ---- defence ----- biological and
Collection, consist _____ about 70 works, _____ chemical weapons.
which only a relatively small number are possibly by
him. A) for / with B) of / to C) on / against
D) in / from E) with / over
A) of / of B) in / for C) for / in
D) at / about E) by / within 70. Items ------ display in this museum were obtained -----
mosques, Turkish baths, fountains and caravansarays
63. _____ the computerized Dutch auction system, the dating back to the Ottoman period.
flower industry gets flowers into our homes when
they are still _____ their best. A) on / from B) in / by C) for / out of
D) within / of E) with / at
A) Under / at
B) At / in 71. The traditional idea that Asia was the cradle -----
C) From / with primeval man has had to be modified ----- the light of
D) Till / to the discovery of human fossils of great antiquity in
E) Within / for Africa.

64. Post offices don't have enough space to cope ____ A) to / over B) for / from C) by / under
the tremendous increase ____ demand for PO boxes. D) from/within E) of/in

A) with / in B) on / of C) up / for 72. Naturally I was rather disappointed ----- the results of
D) for / upon E) through / from the experiment, but actually I wasn't really surprised --
--- them.
65. Even prior to the 1930's, Swedish banks played an
important role ____ the financing ____ long-term A) by/to B) over/for C) for/by
industrial projects. D) with/at E) of/with

A) at / for B) for / in C) in / of
D) by / with E) into / over

 
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73. When the personnel manager announced that 80. Satellite-servicing technology is being used to
everybody had to do overtime because they were ----- upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope to perform
schedule, this caused a great deal of ill will ----- the beyond its initial design requirements. Twice
staff. astronauts have replaced the telescope's solar
panels …….higher-performance ones.
A) near/for B) off/in C) back / from
D) below / between E) behind / among A) from B) with C) to
D) against E) over
74. Philosophers have debated the relation ---- thought
and emotions ---- at least two millennia.

A) from / over B) over / in C) between / for

D) in / by E) through / to

75. Severity of autism ranges ---- those who are mutec

and have no functional behaviour ---- individuals with
high IQ scores.

A) into / among B) in / about C) between / of

D) through / for E) from / to

76. Most companies would prefer to concentrate -----

domestic rather than foreign markets because of
their greater familiarity ---- their own environments.

A) in / of B) on / with C) over / by
D) at / from E) for / to

77. James Joyce’s father was a man who was opposed to

the Church and fiercely objected to the interference
---- the Catholic clergy in Irish politics.

A) for B) of C) about
D) in E) to

78. Much ---- the amazement of skeptics, who thought

Pinel was mad to unchain such animals the
experiments was a success

A) to B) of C) with
D) for E) at

79. In fact, a certain amount of detachment may be

essential ---- the doctor to function competently.

A) in B) with C) to
D) for E) by

 
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CEVAP ANAHTARI

1) B 2) E 3) A 4) B 5) B 6) C 7) D 8) E 9) E 10) A

11) B 12) D 13) C 14) A 15) C 16) D 17) B 18) A 19) B 20) E

21) E 22) D 23) E 24) E 25) C 26) A 27) B 28) C 29) B 30) D

31) D 32) B 33) E 34) A 35) D 36) B 37) A 38) D 39) E 40) C

41) B 42) D 43) A 44) D 45) E 46) D 47) B 48) E 49) C 50) A

51) A 52) E 53) A 54) B 55) D 56) B 57) E 58) A 59) C 60) A

61) D 62) C 63) A 64) A 65) C 66) D 67) A 68) B 69) C 70) A

71) B 72) D 73) E 74) C 75) E 76) B 77) B 78) A 79) D 80) B

 
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