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1-8. sorularda cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere 4. The room where they celebrated Jenny’s birthday
uygun düşen sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz. was richly - - - - with balloons and gift boxes.
A) decorated B) staffed C) crowded
D) organised E) invited
1. Fungi in soil from tropical countries are
particularly poorly understood. To find out
about soil from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil,
researchers collected - - - - of soil and leaf litter
from four regions.

A) habitats B) samples C) garbage

D) arrangements E) species

MEB 2021 - 2022 ● Ölçme, Değerlendirme ve Sınav Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü 5. I didn’t want to take the exam because I didn’t - - - -
hard last night.
A) study B) listen C) decide
D) discuss E) promise

2. The emotions that snakes evoke in people - - - -

from an uneasiness to deep fear.
A) suffer B) range C) cause
D) protect E) result

6. Over the last two decades, cell phones - - - - so

unexpectedly fast that gaming sector - - - - to
invest significantly more on mobile applications
than those of PC versions.

A) improved / start
B) have improved / started
C) have improved / have been started
D) would improve / will start
E) was improving / would start
3. The following year water levels dropped to nearly
their lowest in a century, risking a - - - - supply to
millions of people and dozens of ecosystems.
A) weak B) cruel C) sustainable
D) miserable E) vital

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7. The scientists - - - - their model to create a series of 10. The burglar is - - - - arrest - - - - suspicion of
10-year forecasts - - - - in 1960. stealing jewellery. The jewellery is still missing,
though.
A) used / started
B) had been using / started A) on / at
C) used / starting B) about / towards
D) was used / to start C) under / across
E) had used / having started D) under / on
E) upon / beyond

11. If a consumer is purchasing but is not expressing

any emotion - - - - a product, you may need to ask
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8. One study reported that adjustment to divorce more questions in order to reach the customer - - -
in men - - - - by social network size, income, - a deeper level.
family stress and severity of the divorce - - - - to
A) in / about B) at / towards
outcome.
C) under / beyond D) across / of
A) could have explained / to relate
B) could be explained / being related E) towards / on

C) must be explained / to be related

D) would be explained / to have been related
E) may have explained / being related

12. - - - - the project was launched more than a

year ago, the project team has completed an
investigation into ancient manuscript’s production
materials, technology, protection, and restoration
both in China and overseas.
A) As B) Since C) Although

9-15. sorularda cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere D) Unless E) As soon as

uygun düşen sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.

9. - - - - all the poisonous plants on the planet, the

world’s - - - - poisonous one is gympie-gympie
which is found in Australia.
13. Social distance describes the distance between
A) In / most
individuals or groups in society, including
B) Of / one of the most dimensions - - - - social class, race/ethnicity, or
C) Among / the more gender.
D) Of / most A) such as B) until C) even if
E) In / the most D) unless E) in case of

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14. Students are more motivated if they feel that they 17.
belong in an adult classroom, and for most adult
A) as well as B) as long as
students they like to belong to a group that they
can discuss - - - - academic - - - - personal issues. C) in spite of D) rather than

A) neither / and B) either / nor

E) unlike
C) both / and D) whether / or
E) as / also

18.
15. The moment someone points out any of your
A) ability B) empathy
mistakes, it is better to accept it graciously - - - -
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E) mystery
A) similar to B) on behalf of C) in case
D) instead of E) thanks to

19.
16-20. sorularda aşağıdaki parçada
numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük A) As B) Though C) After
veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
D) Only if E) No matter

(16) - - - - disasters are by definition tragic, resulting

in great loss of material goods and property, (17) - - - -
injury and loss of life, disaster relief is a truly human
response. When people see those in need, even
far away and in circumstances entirely foreign, the
desire to help comes from the (18) - - - - felt for human
brothers and sisters. (19) - - - - technology and human 20.
consciousness has developed, the desire and ability
to help (20) - - - -, crossing geographical distance and A) anyone B) oneself C) others
cultural and national boundaries has also developed. D) another E) themselves

16.
A) No matter B) However C) Once
D) While E) When

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 21-28. sorularda verilen cümleyi uygun 24. Cats can rotate their ears 180 degrees and they
şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz. have 32 muscles in their ears, - - - -.

A) however everybody should be careful about their

natural habitats
21. Although some heart attacks strike suddenly and
B) so they must be protected by people
intensively, - - - -.
C) but they can sleep an average of 15 hours a day
A) you should see the doctor immediately
D) so they are sensitive to higher and lower
B) most of them are silent and start without any frequencies than humans and dogs
symptoms
E) also there are over 500 million domestic cats in the
C) you should have a healthy life to prevent heart world
attack
D) about 600,000 Americans die from heart problems
each year
E) a heart attack occurs when the flow of blood to the
heart is blocked
25. A significant challenge for many older women is
MEB 2021 - 2022 ● Ölçme, Değerlendirme ve Sınav Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü learning to handle their own financial affairs, - - - -.

A) who simply need some help with handling

household money, asking for assistance at their
local bank branch is good way to get started
22. While many bird populations dwindled in the B) the most vulnerable part of the population is these
aftermath of Chernobyl disaster, - - - -. people
C) those whose financial difficulties are severe may
A) bird populations were some of the hardest hit by the
wish to call the Money Management Program
disaster
D) including such basic tasks as balancing a
B) having brighter feathers was also a clear
chequebook or cashing a check at a bank
disadvantage for some species of birds
E) social security, military retiree, and pension benefits
C) the name Chernobyl became synonymous with
can become extremely complicated
nuclear disaster
D) it happened after a nuclear power station in
northern Ukraine exploded after a safety test
E) not all birds suffered equally

26. Most of what is known about teaching has been

derived from experience with - - - -.

A) most theories about the learning-teaching

transaction are based on the definition of education
23. When you experience symptoms such as runny B) somewhere in history the ‘children’ part of the
nose, watery eyes and sneezing, - - - -. definition got lost
A) pollen allergies are worsening because of climate C) a term derived from the Greek stem paid
change D) pedagogy is that it is premised on an archaic
B) tens of millions of people suffer from allergy conception of the purpose of education, namely, the
symptoms transmittal of knowledge
C) there are different types of allergies E) teaching children under conditions of compulsory
D) pollen allergies can last for weeks attendance
E) you may have an allergy to pollen

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27. Despite their seemingly cool exterior, - - - -. 29-31. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
A) Swedish people will almost always be polite and cevaplayınız.
friendly
B) it’s best not to talk with them a reason
What is COVID-19 ? COVID-19 is a disease caused
C) this reserve could be due to Sweden being a by a new strain of coronavirus. ‘CO’ stands for corona,
sparsely populated country in a relatively vast ‘VI’ for virus, and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this
landscape disease was referred to as ‘2019 novel coronavirus
D) many Swedish have made an art of avoiding eye or ‘2019-nCoV.’ The COVID-19 virus is a new virus
contact with strangers and acquaintances linked to the same family of viruses as Severe
E) for Swedish, the purpose of talking is to exchange Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and some
meaningful information types of common cold. What are the symptoms of
COVID-19? Symptoms can include fever, cough and
shortness of breath. In more severe cases, infection
can cause pneumonia or breathing difficulties or
rarely even death. These symptoms are similar to the
flu (influenza) or the common cold, which are a lot
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more common than COVID-19. This is why testing is
required to ratify if someone has COVID-19. How does
COVID-19 spread? The virus is transmitted through
direct contact with respiratory droplets of an infected
person (generated through coughing and sneezing).
Individuals can also be infected from and touching
surfaces contaminated with the virus and touching
their face (e.g., eyes, nose, mouth). The COVID-19
virus may survive on surfaces for several hours, but
simple disinfectants can kill it. Who is most at risk?
We are learning more about how COVID-19 affects
28. - - - - in order to generate sales and manage people every day. Older people and people with
effectively the marketing program. chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and heart
disease appear to be more at risk of developing severe
A) Consumer behaviour is always uncertain and
symptoms.  As this is a new virus, we are still learning
rational
about how it affects children. We know it is possible for
B) Advertisements are so effective that people of any age to be infected with the virus, but so
C) There are different emotional chords of consumers far there are relatively few cases of COVID-19 reported
targeted by marketers among children. This is a new virus, and we need to
D) As a product is purchased by a consumer learn more about how it affects children. The virus can
E) The variety of aspects associated with the be fatal in rare cases so far mainly among older people
purchases portray a different array of emotions with pre-existing medical conditions.

29. According to the passage, infected people should

be tested to confirm the disease because - - - -.

A) the virus can cause breathing problems

B) the flu (influenza) or common cold includes similar
symptoms
C) COVID-19 can be fatal
D) the virus is a new strain of corona virus
E) it is transmitted through coughing and sneezing

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30. It can be inferred from the passage that - - - -.
32-34. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
A) scientists have gained knowledge about the virus cevaplayınız.
and know all about it
B) the virus can affect babies, children, and also adults
C) the virus is more common among the kids One of the most eye-catching events in the Serengeti
Plain is the biannual migration, also called the
D) people with diabetes or heart disease appear to
“circular migration,” of zebras and wildebeest from
have the same risk
the grasslands of the south to the northern reaches
E) it is an old virus, but has affected people these days of the plain and back again. This migration, which
is the longest overland migration in the world, first
takes place in April, when the grasslands of the south
begin to dry up. Unable to survive on the dry plain,
the wildebeest lead the charge towards the north. The
zebras then join into the mass migration, careful to
maintain their family groupings in the movement. The
31. Which statement is false about the COVID-19? long trek to the north is quite challenging for many of
the animals, particularly as the males begin to compete
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A) COVID-19 is an abbreviation of some words.
for dominance and mating partners. Once the animals
B) The virus can affect babies and children besides
have reached the fertile lands of the northern plains,
adults.
they will stay there and graze until November.
C) The researchers are still examining the disease and
its effects.
D) Pre-existing medical conditions have nothing to do
with the disease.
E) The virus can live on surfaces and infect people
32. We learn from the passage that the migration - - - -.
through touching.
A) has some difficulties for most of the animals
B) begins in Serengeti, but doesn’t finish there
C) is simply for competition of zebras for dominance
and mating
D) results from the competition between zebras and
wildebeest
E) is the most crowded migration in the world

33. We can understand from the passage that the

migration is also called “circular migration”
because - - - -.

A) all animals move round and round

B) animals go back to the place where they begin to
migrate
C) time and duration of the migration are important
D) many of the animals lose their lives during the
migration
E) it ends before animals reach the north

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34. What can we infer from the passage? 36. We can understand from the passage that the
Aztecs - - - -.
A) Zebras are much more attacked than wildebeest.
B) The migration begins in April because there is too A) were afraid of making mistakes, so they used it with
much wetland then. lead
C) It is the wildebeest that start the migration, but what B) were not the first to use pencil
is important is the movement of zebras. C) gave a lot of importance to graphite
D) The migration is the hardest movement of animals D) called the pencil as a marker
in the world. E) used the pencil before Europe began to use it
E) The migration happens twice a year.

35-37. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre

cevaplayınız.

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The modern pencil was invented in 1795 by Nicholas-

Jacques Conte, a scientist serving in the army of
Napoleon Bonaparte. The magic material that was
so appropriate for the purpose was the form of pure 37. The best title for the paragraph is - - - -.
carbon that we call graphite. It was first discovered in
Europe, in Bavaria at the start of the fifteenth century; A) History of Pencil
although the Aztecs had used it as a marker several B) Life of A Scientist
hundred years earlier. Initially, it was believed to be C) Aztecs in 15th Century
a form of lead and was called ‘plumbago’ or ‘black D) Events in the Middle Ages
lead’ (hence the ‘plumbers’ who mend our lead water-
E) Pencil in Greek
carrying pipes), a misnomer that still echoes in our
talk of pencil ‘leads’. It was called graphite only in
1789, using the Greek word ‘graphein’ meaning ‘to
write’. Pencil is an older word, derived from the Latin
‘pencillus’, meaning ‘little tail’, to describe the small ink
brushes used for writing in the Middle Ages.

35. The word pencil was - - - -.

A) used instead of lead, and the owner of the word is

unknown
B) described as little tail by Aztecs for the first time
C) derived from the word “plumbago” which means
“little tail”
D) an ancient word that has been used since ages
E) used in Europe long after 1789

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 39. Which of the following can be said about the
38-40. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
Bermuda Triangle?
cevaplayınız.
A) It is a medical phrase coined by Vincent Gaddins.
B) People had no idea what happened there until 19th
The Bermuda Triangle is a region of the North Atlantic century.
Ocean bounded by the south-eastern coast of the U.S.,
C) The U.S. military craft was there in order to examine
Bermuda, and the islands of the Greater Antilles. The
the Bermuda Triangle.
Bermuda Triangle does not appear on any world maps,
D) Although it is famous with the stolen vehicles, only
and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names does not
two incidents happened there.
recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an official region
of the Atlantic Ocean. Although reports of unexplained E) No one can see its name “The Bermuda Triangle”
occurrences in the region date to the mid-19th century, on an official paper.
the phrase “Bermuda Triangle” didn’t come into use
until 1964. The phrase first appeared in print in a
pulp magazine article by Vincent Gaddis, who used
the phrase to describe a triangular region “that has
destroyed hundreds of ships and planes without a
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does not have a high incidence of disappearances.
Disappearances do not occur with greater frequency 40. According to the passage, - - - -.
in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other comparable
A) the researchers have been searching the area since
region of the Atlantic Ocean. At least two incidents mid-19th century
in the region involved U.S. military craft. In March
B) the wreckage of many ships and airplanes vanished
1918, the collier USS Cyclops disappeared inside the
in the region has not been recovered
Bermuda Triangle. No explanation was given for its
disappearance, and no wreckage was found. Some 27 C) nobody knows how many planes or ships have
years later, a squadron of bombers (collectively known disappeared since 1964
as Flight 19) under American Lieut. Charles Carroll D) the Bermuda Triangle is the most dangerous place
Taylor disappeared in the airspace above the Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean
Triangle. As in the Cyclops incident, no explanation E) the Bermuda Triangle sustains heavy daily traffic
was given, and no wreckage was found. both by sea and by air

38. One can conclude from the passage that Vincent

Gaddis - - - -.

A) claimed that this region was an evil one in which

ships and planes were disappeared
B) showed the exact point of Bermuda Triangle on a
map published in a pulp magazine
C) for the first time used the term for region in which
mysterious events occurred
D) owned a pulp magazine in which the term Bermuda
Triangle was used for the first time
E) used a pulp magazine to show everyone where the
Bermuda Triangle was

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 43. It is clear that - - - -.
41-43. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız. A) there is a biological distinction between Australia
and Greenland
B) that anthropological distinction makes it
At about 3 million square miles, Australia is the understandable why Greenland is not a continent
smallest continent on Earth. In fact, it’s closer in size C) Australia is unique that some plants and species
to Greenland than it is to South America. Does that can be found nowhere else in the world
make Australia an island like Greenland? Although
D) cultural reasons making a distinction between an
Australia is sometimes called an “island continent,”
island and a continent are written in Britannica
most geographers consider islands and continents to
be separate things. According to Britannica, an island E) there isn’t any continent smaller than Australia in
is a mass of land that is both “entirely surrounded the world
by water” and also “smaller than a continent.” By
that definition, Australia can’t be an island because
it’s already a continent. But in that case, what’s the
difference between Australia and Greenland? Why
isn’t Greenland considered a continent instead of just
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strict scientific definition of a continent. But there are a
few criteria that are commonly used to distinguish one
continent from another.

41. According to the definition of island, - - - -.

A) it is an area of land that has water all around it and

44-48. sorularda karşılıklı konuşmanın boş
smaller than a continent
bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi
B) continents like Australia shouldn’t be called as a bulunuz.
continent
C) geographers must examine Greenland and South
America in a same way 44. Teacher : How did you spend your free time during
D) one cannot conclude if Australia is a land or the coronavirus pandemic?
continent Student : I mostly watched movies and helped my
E) some criteria must be efficient to make a distinction grandparents since we weren’t allowed to
between island and land leave the house.
Teacher : - - - -
Student : I think it was the curfew for 65-year-old and
elders.
42. There are some definite - - - -.
A) What do you think about the curfew?
A) phrases to understand the weather conditions of an
island B) Who was older than 65 at your house?

B) continents like Europe and Asia share same plate C) Which precaution do you think was more effective?
but they are different continents D) What did they think about the times they spent at
C) explanations how the weather and geographical home?
conditions effect this area E) Were there a lot of restrictions in your city?
D) criteria, but not too many, to determine if it is a
continent or not
E) evidences why Greenland is not considered as a
continent but Australia is

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45. Aylin : Have you tried EBA Academic Support yet? 47. Adrian : First of all, I have a question
about a problem because I had
Buse : To be honest, I haven’t heard much about it.
some difficulty when I tried to park
Aylin : - - - - my car on this street. Is there a
Buse : I’d appreciate it. car park of this building?

A) If you want, I can give some information about it. Mortgage Broker : - - - -

B) Are you kidding me? Where on earth do you live? Adrian : I am happy to hear I will not have
C) What is that stuff all about? a problem about it when I move
here.
D) It would be wiser to use it during pandemic.
E) It’s a website full of surprises for me. A) Exactly, what do you want to learn about parking?
B) Are you sure? Because apartments with parking lot
are so expensive.
C) I do not want you to experience another tough time
next time. What can I do for you?
D) There is. We do actually have a lovely underground

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parking for each resident.
E) There is a big park with a lot of amusement toys
behind the building that your kids will love it.

46. Reporter : What do you think about the new trend in

reality shows?
Guest : Well, first of all, I think there are a lot of
48. Sally : Have you heard that the rings of Saturn
varieties in reality TV. People at home can
are made up of billions of pieces of ice?
choose which types of programme they
want to watch depending on what they are Marianne : - - - -
into. There are many advantages of these
Sally : Interesting, you know a lot about Saturn.
kinds of programmes.
You must have read a lot about it.
Reporter : - - - -
Marianne : I follow a monthly science magazine.
Guest : Some people like watching, singing, or You should read sometime. If you are
cooking competitions while others prefer into, I can share with you.
watching programmes about building
Sally : That sounds good.
houses or travelling around world. If you
mean my choice, definitely living in the A) Yes, and some of them are tiny, while others are the
jungle. size of a house. No one knows how they formed.
The two widest rings are named A and B, and they
A) What do you think about the leisure time activities? are the wide grey rings.
B) How many types of these reality shows affect B) Nonsense. Scientists don’t have any proof about it.
children in some way?
C) Has anyone gone to Saturn? How do they know
C) Do these kind of programmes contribute to a special that?
audience group?
D) Besides Saturn, I can give you some more
D) What are the trends for reality TV programmes, and information about Sun which is a star at the centre
what about you? of the Solar System.
E) There are dozens of different types of programme. E) The centre or the core is the hottest part of the Sun
Do you recommend watching them? where the gases produce energy, but it has no rings
like Saturn does.

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 51. The conference - no event of similar size and scope
49-53. sorularda verilen cümleye anlamca en
had previously occurred in this field- brought
yakın cümleyi bulunuz.
together 106 delegates representing 27 countries
and 24 international organizations.

49. Robots that learn from their experiences, just like A) There were 106 delegates from 27 states and 24
human infants, are on the horizon. global organizations in such a conference which
was held for the first time in the world.
A) Learning from their experiences, human infants will
B) It was the first time 106 delegates from 27 countries
be just like robots in the near future.
and 24 international organizations were brought
B) Robots and human infants will soon resemble each together for a conference from all over the world.
other in every respect.
C) 106 delegates from 27 countries and 24
C) Robots that learn just like human infants have been international organizations held a similar conference
already produced. which had not been occurred in the world.
D) As human infants do, robots will learn from what D) There is no evidence if there was another
they do, which will exist soon. conference like this held by 106 delegates from 27
E) Human infants learn what they do, and so do countries and 24 global organizations.

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modern robots. E) It was such a conference that there wasn’t a similar
one on this subject held before which gathered 106
representatives from 27 different countries and 24
organizations from all over the world.

50. In terms of boosting performance, sugar-filled 52. 178 million bags of salad are binned a year, adding
sports drinks are no better than water. up to 37,000 tonnes of waste.
A) Water is much better than sugar-filled sports drinks A) The yearly accumulation of salad in garbage is 178
with regard to increasing performance. million bags, resulting from 37.000 tonnes of waste.
B) Drinking sports drinks with sugar is not different B) If 178 million bags of salad are thrown away into
from drinking water in increasing performance. garbage bins a year, then it becomes 37.000 tonnes
C) Sports drink with sugar and water have different of waste in total.
effects on every performances. C) People throw away 178 million bags of salad
D) If performance needs boosting, sugar-filled drinks annually, which amounts to 37.000 tonnes of waste.
should be drunk together with water. D) To get 37.000 tonnes of waste a year, we need to
E) In boosting performance, sports drinks are better consume 178 million bags of salad.
only when they are mixed with sugar and water. E) Only if 178 million bags of salad are binned each
year, then it will add up 37,000 tonnes of garbage.

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53. The more an organization depends on collaborative 55. You receive a phone call from an old friend saying
arrangements, the more likely it is to lose control he has been going through hard times financially
over decisions. and needs you to send him a considerable amount
of money. You have got a loaded bank account but
A) An organization attaching to collaborative
also have some debts to pay in the near future.
regulations too much may lose its control over
Remembering that he was really helpful to you
decisions.
when you were in need, you want to help him
B) Collaborations are more important than making
without putting yourself at a financial risk. You
decisions for the organization.
politely say: - - - -
C) The organization may have to lose its control over
decisions if it wants a reliable collaboration. A) I’m afraid I can’t give you a hand at all.

D) Depending on collaboration means judgments will B) I’m sorry but I’m really undergoing through
be difficult to maintain control over decisions for an financially difficulties these days.
organization. C) Can you tell me where and when we will meet?
E) Only if an organization relies on joint works, then it D) Will it be OK if I lend you half of that amount?
can be successful at making decisions. E) That’s very kind of you to give me a hand.

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56. You don’t like the new colour of your wife’s hair
and you express your opinion in a straightforward
way, which drives her mad. Realizing that your
remarks were so hurtful, you try to get her to
forgive you and you say: - - - -

A) I don’t like the tone of your make up, either.

B) Don’t you think you are childish at the moment?
54-58. sorularda verilen durumda söylenmiş C) I must say that I am not feeling sorry for what I have
olabilecek sözü bulunuz. said.
D) I had better tell what I actually think.
E) I must be more tactful with the words I use.
54. Your little son asks for your permission to play
computer games with his friend, Kerim. However,
your wife thinks these games have a negative
influence on their brain developments and wants
57. One of your friends is the victim of an online
you to refuse the permission. So, you firmly refuse
crime, and he lost a big amount of money. He is
to give permission: - - - -
very upset because of losing money and being
A) No way! I won’t let you play those games with deceived. However, you think this is all his own
Kerim. fault, and you want to both warn and console him
B) If you accept my rules, I can allow you to play for a by saying: - - - -
short time.
A) Just forget it. Your money won’t come back.
C) You clearly chose a wrong activity. Please, play
B) Don’t cry like a baby and go to the police. They may
something else.
help you.
D) Sorry, we have to discuss it later.
C) This is an experience both for you and me. Next
E) Do whatever you want, but not now. time, you’ll be very careful.
D) Instead of losing money, you would have given it to
me. It would be the best.
E) Being sorrowful is not the solution. Wake up and
please do something.

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58. Your daughter is searching something for her term 60. Like IQ, EQ claims to measure intelligence, but EQ
paper. She is on the Internet and copies what she cannot be calculated in numbers. It is a complex
finds in the first line without thinking if it is true mixture of the qualities that make us who we are.
or not. You firmly warn her to make sure if she Where IQ claims to measure pure brainpower, - - - -.
reaches the true information by saying: - - - -
A) EQ makes you get hired
A) If you don’t finish your homework at school, think B) EQ embraces all the important features of social
about how much you have left and what else is ability
going on that day.
C) most people go for extra qualifications
B) If you only take the first line, it is possible for you
D) it helps you solve complicated mathematical
to make mistakes. Please be careful whether the
problems
information is true or not.
E) the main aspect of it is self-awareness
C) Clearly you know what you’re doing. Well done, go
ahead.
D) Oh my God! You have found in a second what
you’re looking for. You’re amazing.
E) Here is my girl! Hard-working and smart. She

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doesn’t even question if the findings are adequate.

59-63. sorularda boş bırakılan yere,

parçada anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için
getirilebilecek cümleyi bulunuz.
61. Cats learn best when they are rewarded, they
don’t tend to like people who punish them. - - - -,
59. The prototype of Turkey’s first indigenous car was so whenever a cat behaves well – whether that’s
unveiled on Friday. It was designed by Turkey’s staying calm during grooming, entering their
Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) in a cat carrier, or responding to a ‘sit’ command –
brief span of 18 months. The car will be able to immediately offer a reward.
do a 0-100 km/hour sprint in 7.6 seconds and 4.8 A) Favourite rewards for cats include delicious treats,
seconds, respectively, based on its engine type. catnip, interactive play, and petting or grooming
The electric car will have two different horsepower
B) It is important to remember that the reward must
options (200 hp and 400 hp).- - - -. The car will also
be desirable to that individual cat, and may vary
be connected to the Internet, and its system will
between cats
run online updates.
C) They will try to repeat any behaviour they associate
A) Electric cars started to appear in the mid-19th with positive feelings
century D) Things get a little more complicated when people
B) Its two models will have the 300 and 500 km range unknowingly reward a behaviour
capacity E) Cats are admittedly harder to motivate than dogs
C) The first known electric car was developed in 1832
by Robert Anderson
D) The factory’s cost is expected to reach 22 billion
Turkish liras ($3.7 billion). It will employ 4,323 staff,
including 300 qualified personnel
E) Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG)
aims to produce one million electric vehicles by
2032

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62. What is climate change? - - - -. It also refers to
some changes in the environmental conditions of
the Earth in a region over a long period of time.
These changes in Earth’s temperature caused by
climate change can have serious effects. Some
of them are rising sea levels, rising maximum
temperatures, flooding, drought, and wildfires.
A) It is an important change of average weather
conditions
B) As climate change gets worse, human being will
come across serious disasters
C) We should use renewable energy resources to
prevent bad effects of climate change
D) Over the past decade, 83% of all disasters were
caused by extreme weather and climate-related
events such as floods and storms
E) The main cause of climate change is using fossil
fuels such as oil and coal
63. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest monument
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on the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World. It is also the only one left standing. It is a
marvel of human engineering and construction,
and its sheer size and scale rivals any structure
built within the last few hundred years. Its
construction, though, has always been the subject
of much debate among scholars because of its
massive size and near perfect proportions. It took
approximately 20 years to complete, and several
theories are debated by scholars know as to how
it was built and by whom. Some theories point to
slave labour. - - - -. It would have been a sort of civil
service.
A) There is no wonder why the Great Pyramid of Giza
was on the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World
B) The Great Pyramid, when completed, was faced
in the gleaming white Tura limestone, which must
have presented quite the spectacular appearance in
the Egyptian desert
C) Yet the pyramid was constructed, it is a marvellous
feat and should be awed and respected, especially
because it is standing today with relatively minor
damage
D) It, however, seems more plausible that Egyptians
themselves lent their efforts, working during the
times of year when the Nile was flooded, and their
farm work would not have been possible
E) The Egyptians were known for their excellent
documentation

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 65. With the rapid development of science and
64-69. sorularda verilen İngilizce cümleye
technology, innovations that cause enormous
anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi bulunuz.
changes in the average life span of a person have
emerged.

64. Jungles cover less than 6% of Earth’s surface. A) Bilim ve teknolojinin hızla gelişmesiyle bir insanın
However, it still has enough habitat for a lot of ortalama ömründe çok büyük değişikliklere neden
animal and plant species. olan yenilikler ortaya çıkmıştır.
B) Bilim ve teknolojideki gelişmeler ortalama insanların
A) Dünya yüzeyinin %6’sından daha azını kaplayan
yeni buluşlar ortaya çıkarmalarına büyük katkılar
ormanlar, birçok hayvan ve bitki türüne yaşama
sağlamıştır.
alanı sağlamaktadır.
C) Bir insanın tüm hayatında bilim ve teknolojideki
B) Ormanlar, Dünya yüzeyinin %6’sından daha azını
hızlı gelişmeler sayesinde yenilikler yaşanmaya
kapladığı için birçok hayvan ve bitki türüne yeterli
başlamıştır.
alan sağlamaktadır.
D) Bilim ve teknolojinin gelişmesini sağlayan yenilikler
C) Ormanlar, Dünya yüzeyinin %6’sından daha azını
insanın ortalama ömründe ortaya çıkan bir olgu
kaplamaktadır. Bununla birlikte, birçok hayvan ve
haline gelmiştir.
bitki türü için yeterli yaşam alanına sahiptir.
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E) Bir insanın ortalama ömründe çok büyük
D) Dünya yüzeyinin %6’sından daha azını ormanlar
değişikliklerin sebebi bilim ve teknolojideki hızlı
kaplamaktadır. Bunun sonucu olarak birçok hayvan
gelişmeler olmuştur.
ve bitki türü için yeterli yaşam alanı sağlayabilir.
E) Ormanlar, Dünya yüzeyinin %6’sından daha azını
kaplar. Bundan dolayı birçok hayvan ve bitki türüne
yaşam alanı sunar.

66. One of the Magna Carta’s 63 clauses tasked the

barons with choosing 25 representatives to serve
as a “form of security” ensuring the preservation of
the rights and liberties that had been enumerated.

A) Magna Carta’nın 63 maddesinden biri baronları 25

temsilcinin seçmesini ve bu seçilenlerin hakları ve
özgürlükleri korumak için “kolluk görevi” yapmasını
sağlamaktadır.
B) Magna Carta’nın 63 maddesinden biri 25 temsilci ile
birlikte bahsedilen hakları ve özgürlükleri korumak
için baronların “kolluk kuvveti” hizmeti almalarını
sağladı.
C) Magna Carta’nın 63. maddesi, 25 temsilciden
oluşan “kolluk kuvvetleri” ile baronların hak
ve özgürlüklerini kontrol altına alınması için
görevlendirilenlerden bahsetmektedir.
D) Magna Carta’nın 63 maddesinden biri, baronlara,
seçecekleri 25 temsilci ile birlikte, sayılan hakların
ve özgürlüklerin korunmasını sağlamak için “kolluk
kuvveti” olarak hizmet etme görevi verdi.
E) Numaralandırılmış hak ve özgürlüklerin
korunmasını sağlamak için “kolluk görevi” olarak
görevlendirilecek olanlar Magna Carta’nın 63.
maddesinde belirtilmiştir.

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67. By giving clear and sensible guidance to avoid the 69. A region of the human brain called the
common pitfalls of the English language, this book hypothalamus regulates patterns of sleep and
will play a pivotal role in your progress towards wakefulness, matching them to the 24-hour cycle
professional success. of day and night.

A) İngilizce tuzaklarla dolu bir dil olduğu için bu kitap A) İnsan beyninin bir bölgesi olarak adlandırılan
bu tuzaklara yakalanmadan mesleki başarınıza hipotalamus, uyku ve uyaknıklık kalıbını düzenler
katkı sağlamada büyük rol oynayacaktır. ve onları 24 saatlik gündüz ve gece döngüsüyle
B) Bu kitap, İngilizcenin yaygın tuzaklarından eşleştirir.
kaçınmak için açık ve mantıklı bir rehberlik B) Uyku ve uyanıklık modellerini 24 saatlik gündüz
sağlayarak mesleki başarıya doğru ilerlemenizde ve gece döngüsüyle oluşturarak düzenleyen insan
çok önemli bir rol oynayacaktır. beyninin hipotalamus adı verilen bir bölgesidir.
C) Mesleki başarıya ulaşmada İngilizce büyük önem C) İnsan beyninin hipotalamus adı verilen bir bölgesi,
taşımakta ancak onun görünmez tuzaklarından uyku ve uyanıklık kalıplarını 24 saatlik gündüz ve
kaçmanıza yarayacak olan ise bu kitap olacaktır. gece döngüsü ile eşleştirerek düzenler.
D) İngilizce’nin herkesçe bilinen o yaygın tuzaklarına D) Beynin hipotalamus diye bilinen bölgesinin, 24
yakalanmamak için sizi mesleki başarıya götürecek saatlik gece gündüz döngüsünü eşleyerek uyku ve
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olan bu kitap sizin için çok mantıklı ve açık bir seçim uyanıklık düzenini ayarladığı ortaya çıkarıldı.
olacaktır.
E) 24 saatlik gece gündüz döngüsünü eşleyerek uyku
E) İngilizcenin yaygın tuzaklarına yakalanmadan ve ve uyanıklık düzenini ayarladığı ortaya çıkarılan
açık ve mantıklı bir rehberlik sağlayarak sizi mesleki beynin bölgesine verilen ad hipotalamustur.
başaya götürecek çok önemli bir kaynak bu kitap
olacaktır.
70-75. sorularda verilen Türkçe cümleye
anlamca en yakın İngilizce cümleyi bulunuz.

68. Since the late 1970s, medical technology such as 70. 1970’lerde birçok Alman grubu için kullanılmış
MRI scanning has allowed safe research into the geniş bir terim olan ‘krautrock’, ilk albümü 1970’te
brain without the need for surgery or X-rays. çıkan, elektronik müziğin öncüleri Tangerine
Dream’i de içeriyordu.
A) 1970’lerden beri, MRI taraması gibi güvenli bir
tıbbi teknoloji sayesinde ameliyat ya da X ışınları A) A broad term used for a German band in 1970
olmadan beyin çalışmaları yapılmaktadır. in which their first album was dropped krautrock
included electronic music pioneers Tangerine
B) 1970’lerin sonlarından bu yana, beyin gibi güvenlik Dream.
isteyen araştırmalarda MRI tarama teknolojisi
B) Krautrock was a broad term used for a German
cerrahlara X ışınlarından ziyade daha büyük işler
band in 1970 in which their first album was dropped
yapmalarında kolaylık sağlamıştır.
included electronic music pioneers Tangerine
C) 1970’lerin son zamanlarından beri, MRI taraması Dream.
gibi tıbbi bir teknoloji ameliyat ya da X ışınları
C) In the 1970s there was a broadly used term called
olmaksızın beyinlerdeki hasarı güvenli bir şekilde
Krautrock included electronic music pioneers
ortaya çıkarmaya izin vermektedir.
Tangerine Dream, whose first album dropped in
D) MRI taraması gibi tıbbi teknolojiler 1970’lerin 1970.
sonlarından bu yana cerrahi işlem ya da X ışınları
D) A broad term applied to a number of German bands
olmaksızın beyin içerisinde güvenli çalışmalar
in the 1970s, krautrock also included electronic
yapmaya katkı sunar hale gelmiştir.
music pioneers Tangerine Dream, whose first album
E) 1970’lerin sonlarından bu yana, MRI taraması gibi dropped in 1970.
tıbbi teknoloji, cerrahi işleme veya X ışınlarına
E) Since the 1970s, Tangerine Dream, whose first
ihtiyaç duymadan güvenli bir şekilde beyin içinde
album dropped in 1970, has been included in a
araştırma yapılmasına imkan tanımaktadır.
broad term applied to a number of German bands in
the 1970s was called krautrock.

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71. Antik Mısır’ın sanatında ve anıtlarında korunan
birçok başarısı, arkeolojik buluntular sırlarını açığa
çıkardıkça büyümeye devam eden bir hayranlık
uyandırıyor.
A) Ancient Egypt’s many achievements hold an
ongoing fascination with preserved art and
monuments as archaeological finds expose its
secrets.
B) As archaeological findings increase, many
achievements of Ancient Egypt, preserved in its
art and monuments, expose its secrets holding an
attraction that continues to get bigger.
C) Ancient Egypt’s many achievements, preserved
in its art and monuments, hold a fascination that
continues to grow as archaeological finds expose its
secrets.
D) Archaeological findings expose secrets of Ancient
Egypt’s achievements, protected in its art and
monuments, hold a charm that continues to
increase. in July 1963, the character, “Doctor Strange”, soon
E) Ancient Egypt’s achievements expose secrets,
conserved in its art and monuments, hold a charm
that continues to increase as the archaeological
findings increase.
72. Radyasyona maruz kalmanın genel olarak insan
vücudu için zararlı olduğu kabul edilir ancak
radyoizotoplar tıpta, özellikle hastalığın tanı ve
tedavisinde oldukça değerlidir.
A) Particularly in the diagnosis and treatment of
disease, radioisotopes are highly used, but
exposure to radiation generally is considered
harmful to the human body.
B) Exposure to radiation generally is considered
harmful to the human body, but particularly in the
diagnosis and treatment of disease, radioisotopes
are highly needed in medicine.
C) Radiation generally is considered harmful to the
human body even though radioisotopes are highly
precious in medicine, particularly in the diagnosis
and treatment of disease.
D) Exposure to radiation generally is considered
harmful to the human body, but radioisotopes are
highly valuable in medicine, particularly in the
diagnosis and treatment of disease.
E) Although radioisotopes are highly valued in
medicine, particularly in the diagnosis and treatment
of disease, exposure to radiation generally is
considered harmful to the human body.
73. “Doctor Strange” karakteri, ilk olarak Temmuz
1963’te Strange Tales’de yan karakter olarak
göründü ancak kısa süre sonra on yılın kült
karakterlerinden biri ve Marvel kahramanlarında bir
demirbaş haline geldi.
A) The character, “Doctor Strange”, appearing in a
backup strip in Strange Tales in July 1963 shortly
blossomed into one of the cult characters of the
decade and a staple in the Marvel pantheon.
B) The character “Doctor Strange”, first appeared in a
backup strip in Strange Tales in July 1963, but soon
blossomed into one of the cult characters of the
decade and a staple in the Marvel pantheon.
C) In July 1963 the character, “Doctor Strange”,
played a role in a backup strip in Strange Tales and
evolved into one of the Marvel’s cult pantheon in a
decade.
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D) After appearing in a backup strip in Strange Tales
blossomed into one of the cult characters of the
decade and a staple in the Marvel pantheon.
E) As the character, “Doctor Strange”, first appeared
in a backup strip in Strange Tales in July 1963 it
evolved into one of the cult characters in a decade
becoming a staple in the Marvel pantheon.
74. Bir kültürün maddi olmayan yönlerini
biçimlendirmede maddi kültürün baskın olup
olmadığına dair sosyal antropoloji içindeki tartışma
devam eden bir konudur.
A) The debate within social anthropology as to whether
material culture is dominant in moulding nonmaterial
aspects of a culture is a continuing one.
B) There is a debate within social anthropology as to
whether material culture is dominant in moulding
nonmaterial aspects of a culture is a continuing one.
C) This debate within social anthropology as to
whether material culture is dominant in moulding
nonmaterial aspects of a culture has been
continued for a long time.
D) Social anthropology is an ongoing debate as to
whether material culture is dominant in moulding
nonmaterial aspects of a culture.
E) There always have been debates about whether
material culture is dominant in moulding nonmaterial
aspects of culture.
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75. İngiltere’de yetkililer sosyal medya yöneticilerini 77. (I) What do most Chinese people eat? (II) Many people
zararlı içerikten şahsen sorumlu hale getirmeyi think that the typical menu consists of rice, noodles,
öneriyorlar. and fish. (III) Chinese people eat a lot of fast food.
(IV) They also think the Chinese diet is generally based
A) In the United Kingdom, authorities reject making
on sugar, seafood, and vegetables. (V) But they mostly
social media executives wholly responsible for
eat healthy food such as chicken, duck, goose and
harmful content.
pigeon eggs.
B) Authorities propose making social media executives
personally responsible for harmful content against A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
the United Kingdom.
C) In the United Kingdom, authorities propose making
social media users personally responsible for
78. (I) Despite all the modern upgrades in an ambulance,
harmful content.
reaching the hospital in the quickest time is still the
D) Social media authorities are responsible for harmful key objective. (II) The role of an ambulance isn’t just
content in the United Kingdom. to transport patients to hospital. (III) Now, the vehicle
E) In the United Kingdom, authorities propose making must be capable of accessing remote areas and
social media executives personally responsible for treating patients effectively on the go. (IV) Paramedics
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harmful content. have the equipment to assess and treat the injured on
the scene and while the vehicle is on the road.
(V) This gives the patient the best chance of survival
even before entering the hospital ward.

A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

76-80. sorularda cümleler sırasıyla

okunduğunda parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü 79. (I) Job interviews have always been tiresome for the
bozan cümleyi bulunuz. candidates. (II) However, it seems to get more stressful
with the new coronavirus period. (III) The reason of this
is a new question directed to the applicants: what did
you do during the lock-down? (IV) A great variety of
76. (I) The concept of drones may well date back to questions can be asked to the candidates during a job
1849, when Austria attacked Venice using unmanned interview. (V) The answer to this question may have a
balloons stuffed with explosives. (II) Austrian forces, critical role in determining one to be employed or not.
who were besieging Venice at the time, launched
200 of these balloons over the city. (III) Each balloon A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
carried anywhere between 24 (11 kg) to 30 (14 kg)
pounds of bombs. (IV) Once in position, these bombs
were dropped from their carrier balloons to wreak 80. (I) The coffee plant was discovered in Ethiopia in the
havoc on the city below. (V) Drones are being used to 11th century. (II) In the 14th century, it spread to the
deliver post to a remote island in a Royal Mail trial as Arabian peninsula. (III) There are different types of
part of moves to reduce carbon emissions. coffee such as Americano, Latte and Espresso, also
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V Turkish coffee. (IV) It is estimated that it reached to
Europe on the island of Malta by slavery in the 16th
century. (V) It reached America in 1668 and first coffee
shops were opened in New York.

A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

TEST BİTTİ.
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İNGİLİZCE TESTİ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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