YDS Deneme Sinavi - 6

DENEME – 6 5.
Although mild symptoms such as social

withdrawal may persist, parents with minor
psychological problems may want to ----
1 - 16. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere children.
uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz
A) pass out
1. The sense of smell, which has not been fully B) sign off
understood yet, is much more ---- than the C) take off
sense of taste. D) come into
E) bring up
A) attainable
6. A gene that has gone through a significant
B) dedicated
change in humans may ---- the rapid
C) suitable
evolution of our brain.
D) sophisticated
E) endurable
A) settle down
2. A study conducted by the University of B) account for
Cambridge---- that 40 per cent of spam or C) make up for
junk e-mail goes to addresses starting with D) end up at
an A, M, S, R or P. E) get back
A) borrowed 7. Wisconsin ---- the US dairy capital, and each

B) revealed year the village of Little Chute ---- the Great
C) remained Wisconsin Cheese Festival.
D) created
E) experimented A) has been / would host
B) is / hosts
3. Public health strategies regarding nutrition C) was / shall host
are based largely on a biomedical model of D) can be / had hosted
diet that requires individual consumers to E) will be / used to host
comply ---- with dietary advice.
8. The tradition of sculpting in clay ---- as early
A) regretfully as AD800, and ultimately it ---- as the point
B) anxiously of departure for related works that were cast
C) voluntarily in metal.
D) adversely
E) coincidentally A) should have developed / has served
B) has developed / had served
4. The study of the genetic causes of mental C) may have developed / served
disorders involves the statistical analysis of D) would have developed / will serve
the frequency of a particular disorder’s ---- E) could have developed / will have served
among individuals who share related genes,
such as siblings and twins. 9. Scientists ---- the common cold as ---- by a
family of over 200 viruses.
A) occurrence
B) falsehood A) were regarded / having been caused
C) disturbance B) are regarded / having caused
D) ignorance C) regard / being caused
E) negligence D) have regarded / to have caused
E) regarded / to have been caused
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10. When Sarpsborg was burned down ---- the 15. ---- climate change seems likely to threaten
Nordic Seven-Year War, Frederick II gave the entire world’s health, an ever greater
permission for the inhabitants to move ---- a number of political leaders are insisting that
place near the Glomma River. something must be done to stop it.
A) after / away A) Even though

B) at / by B) Now that
C) in / over C) Provided that
D) during / to D) As if
E) through / from E) Even if
11. While dialysis is an option ---- people 16. ---- ancient peoples in several parts of the
suffering from kidney disease, no similar world built pyramids, it was the Egyptians
treatment is available for people ---- severe who constructed the tallest and most
liver disease. famous of them.
A) in / without A) Unless
B) with / at B) Now that
C) for / with C) Although
D) of / within D) Once
E) over / on E) As if
12. Claims ---- damages resulting ---- climate

change could leave insurers facing very
high bills.
A) from / with
B) with / by
C) for / from
D) about / at
E) of / in
13. The social sciences are a range of

disciplines within the arts and humanities
---- principal concerns are the study of
various aspects of society.
A) what
B) whose
C) that
D) how
E) when
14. ---- popular belief, laboratory experiments

show that men have a higher pain tolerance
than women.
A) Compared to
B) Contrary to
C) As regards
D) Rather than
E) In case of

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17. - 21. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada 22. - 26. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada
numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya
da ifadeyi bulunuz. da ifadeyi bulunuz.
Cities, large and small, are at the heart of a fast Fear of flying refers to a level of anxiety so great
changing global economy – they are a cause of, and that a person refuses to travel (22) ---- air or finds
a response to world economic growth. Many urban doing so extremely distressing. Experts estimate
areas are growing (17) ---- their rural hinterlands are that at least 10% of Americans have such a phobia.
depressed, which forces impoverished rural people They worry that they will crash or even die of their
to move to the cities in search of work. These own fear. In extreme cases, an individual suffers a
newcomers often end up not (18) ---- the panic attack: a sudden feeling of intense anxiety
opportunities they are looking for, so they become that is often (23) ---- by shortness of breath, chest
part of the urban poor. (19) ---- arrival to the city, pain, nausea and dizziness.(24) ---- intense fear
they often encounter lack of housing and may prevent a person from travelling to distant
infrastructure services. To (20) ---- the lack of destinations on vacation. Also, it (25) ---- with the
available homes, newcomers often set up shelters careers of those who have to travel for their jobs.
on the city outskirts, usually on public-owned land. Fortunately, fear of flying can usually be helped by
They often live without electricity, running water, a treatments such as hypnosis. (26) ----, the most
sewerage system, roads and other urban services. effective technique involves forcing a patient to face
(21) ---- dealing with poor sanitation and pollution what he or she fears the most flying in a plane.
from dirty cooking fuels and primitive stoves, they
are exposed to modern environmental hazards, 22.
such as urban air pollution, exhaust fumes and A) at
industrial pollution. B) upon
17. C) into
A) unless D) towards
B) in case E) by
C) so that
D) whenever 23.
E) because A) neglected
B) weakened
18. C) separated
A) to find D) accompanied
B) finding E) improved
C) to have found
D) being found 24.
E) to be found A) Less
B) So
19. C) Such
A) About D) Little
B) To E) All
C) Upon
D) For 25.
E) By A) used to interfere
20. B) ought to interfere
A) cut down on C) had to interfere
B) go in for D) must interfere
C) turn back on E) can interfere
D) fall behind with
E) make up for 26.
A) Therefore
21.
B) Similarly
A) Despite
C) Otherwise
B) For the sake of
D) Accordingly
C) Unlike
E) However
D) Owing to
E) In addition to

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27. - 36. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun 31. Even when a cell becomes cancerous, ----.
şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
A) antigens released into the bloodstream by
some cancers are sometimes called
27. While several other minerals are needed for
tumour markers
muscle function, ----.
B) it is a cell whose biological function has
been altered
A) continuous intake of calcium helps to
C) a fully functioning immune system can’t
maintain a healthy skeleton
always destroy all these cancer cells
B) most of the calories in the food we eat are
D) the immune system may regard these
used by our muscles
cells as foreign
C) the contours of the body alter as the
E) the immune system can often destroy it
muscles strengthen
before it replicates
D) exercise is a vital ingredient for keeping the
human body in good health
32. Abnormally heavy and early rainfall in the
E) knowledge of your body and its functions
Sudan caused the River Nile to overflow in
can be a great ally in health matters
2007, ----.
28. ---- that they can probably hear rats getting
A) so global land surface temperatures in
ready to surface from below ground.
January and April had reached the highest
levels ever recorded for those months
A) The cleverness of wolves guarantees
B) because the first documented tropical
B) Wolves possess such keen eyesight
cyclone in theArabian Sea hit Oman and
C) The noses of wolves are so sensitive
Iran, causing 50 deaths
D) Wolves are such annoying animals
C) but in May, ocean waves up to 5 metres
E) Wolves’ hearing is so sharp
high swamped parts of the Maldive
Islands
29. If it were easy to slow down the rate of
D) unless other extreme weather events
carbondioxide build-up in the atmosphere,
include the summer heatweave in
----.
southeastern Europe
E) while unusually heavy snowfall affected
A) we should have developed several
South Africa and parts of South America
strategies
B) carbon capture would have been just half
33. In the US in 1882, Peter J. McGuire, who is
the job
generally given credit for the idea of Labor
C) the problem of global warming would
Day, suggested to the Central Labor Union
never have become serious
of New York----.
D) 380 molecules per million in our lungs are
carbon dioxide
A) if there was any particular significance for
E) there is no reason why carbon dioxide
the date
should be released into the air
B) that there should be a holiday honouring
American workers
30. Although it has been nearly a century since
C) whether the significance of Labor Day in
the Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean, ----.
the US had changed
D) whereas, in many other countries, May
A) a number of stories still continue to be told
Day serves a similar purpose
about the disaster
E) when the first Monday in September was
B) one of the most interesting aspects about
to be known as Labor Day
the tragic history of the luxurious ship is
the mixed passengers on board
C) volumes of books and a number of films
had already been produced
D) she was labelled “unsinkable” before her
disastrous voyage in April of 1912
E) the ship initially earned fame as the
largest luxury ship on the open seas

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34. Germany is similar in many ways to France, 37. - 42. sorularda, verilen İngilizce cümleye
Italy and the UK ----. anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi, Türkçe
cümleye anlamca en yakın İngilizce cümleyi
A) unless it attaches primary importance to bulunuz.
both multilateral and bilateral diplomacy
B) as though the EU were essentially in
37. It won’t be new technology in itself that
control of environmental policies
drives us out of recession, this will also be
C) where the foreign policy process in
connected to the changes we make in our
Germany had to agree to a compromise in
work and our lives.
recent years
D) although this had led to arguments
A) İnsanların durgunluktan çıkması, teknoloji
concerning the proper role of the German
ile olmayacaktır; bu, işimizde ve
Foreign Ministry in shaping and
yaşantımızda yaptığımız değişlikler
implementing policy
yoluyla olacaktır.
E) in that it is one of just a few European
B) Bizi durgunluktan çıkaran, kendi başına
states which attempt to maintain
yeni teknoloji olmayacaktır; bu, aynı
worldwide representation
zamanda işimizde ve yaşantımızda
yaptığımız değişikliklere de bağlı olacaktır.
35. Half of the increase in EU Aid for Trade is
C) Tek başına teknolojik yenilikler bizi
specifically targeted toward the African,
durgunluktan çıkarmayacağı gibi, işimizde
Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP), ----.
ve yaşantımızdaki değişiklikler de bu
konuda yetersiz kalacaktır.
A) unless the European Commission set up
D) Teknolojik yenilikler kendi başına bizi
this programme to promote investment
durgunluktan çıkaramayacaktır; bu,
and technology flow in these countries
işlerimizin ve yaşantılarımızın tamamen
B) although the EU has used trade to
değiştirilmesiyle olacaktır.
advance its development cooperation
E) Bizi durgunluktan çıkaran yeni teknoloji,
objectives in the ACP nations for decades
işimizde ve yaşantımızda büyük
C) with which the EU is negotiating regional
değişiklikler yapmamızı da gerekli
Economic Partnership Agreements
kılacaktır.
designed to remove all tariff and quota
barriers to the EU market
38. Creating works of art for the local
D) which could have enabled the least-
community can help children to appreciate
developed countries to use trade more
the social and political dimensions of
effectively to achieve their development
aesthetic activities.
goals
E) because the European Commission
A) Yerel toplum, sanat eseri üreterek
allocated billions of dollars for cooperation
çocukların estetik faaliyetlerin toplumsal
with non-ACP countries
ve siyasi boyutlarını anlamasını
sağlayabilir.
36. ----, street crime in major Asian cities is still
B) Çocukların, estetik faaliyetlerin toplumsal
less common than in most European cities.
ve siyasi boyutlarını anlaması için yerel
topluma yönelik sanat eserleri üretmeleri
A) Since the governments are concerned
gerekir.
B) Because severe measures had been
C) Yerel toplumdaki çocukların, estetik
taken
faaliyetlerin toplumsal ve siyasi boyutlarını
C) Though it is rising sharply
anlaması için sanat büyük ölçüde yardımcı
D) If one were to admit it
olabilir.
E) Before reliable statistical data can be
D) Yerel toplum için sanat eserleri üretmek,
obtained
çocukların, estetik faaliyetlerin toplumsal
ve siyasi boyutlarını anlamasına yardımcı
olabilir.
E) Çocuklar sanat eserleri üreterek yerel
toplumun, estetik faaliyetlerin toplumsal ve
siyasi boyutlarını anlamasını sağlar.

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39. Since comets appear in the sky without any 41. Yapabileceğimiz en kötü şey, bilimden
signal in advance, people in antiquity and şüphelenenlere, bilim adamlarına
especially during the Middle Ages believed güvenilemeyeceği iddiaları için daha fazla
that they had a special meaning. malzeme vermektir.
A) Kuyruklu yıldızlar gökyüzünde önceden A) The worst thing we can do is to provide

herhangi bir işaret vermeden göründükleri science sceptics with more fuel for their
için, eski çağda ve özellikle Ortaçağ arguments that scientists cannot be
boyunca, insanlar onların özel bir anlamı trusted.
olduğuna inanıyorlardı. B) The worst thing we did was to provide
B) Eski çağda ve özellikle Ortaçağ’da science sceptics with enough fuel for their
insanlar, gökyüzünde önceden hiçbir arguments that scientists could not be
işaret vermeden beliren kuyruklu trusted.
yıldızların olağandışı bir anlamı olduğuna C) We did not do so well by providing science
inanmışlardır. sceptics with more fuel for their arguments
C) Kuyruklu yıldızlar eski çağda ve özellikle that scientists could not be trusted.
Ortaçağ’da gökyüzünde herhangi bir işaret D) What we can do is to provide science
vermeden ani olarak göründükleri için, sceptics with fuel for their arguments that
insanlar onların özel bir anlamı olduğuna scientists cannot be trusted.
inanmaktaydı. E) We really shouldn’t provide science
D) Eski çağda ve özellikle Ortaçağ’da sceptics with fuel for their arguments that
insanların, özel bir anlamı olduğuna we cannot trust scientists.
inandıkları kuyruklu yıldızlar, gökyüzünde
önceden herhangi bir işaret vermeden 42. Anadolu'daki arkeolojik kalıntılar, zeytin
belirirlerdi. ağacının çok eskilere dayandığını ve aynı
E) Kuyruklu yıldızların önceden bir işaret zamanda zeytinyağının faydalarını insanların
olmaksızın gökyüzünde görünmeleri, eski bildiğini gösteren deliller sunmaktadır.
çağda ve özellikle Ortaçağ’da insanların
onlarda özel bir anlam olduğuna A) Archaeological remains in Anatolia have
inanmalarına neden olmuştur. revealed the fact that the olive tree grew in
the very distant past and humans knew
40. Amazon’u korumak istiyoruz çünkü the benefits of olive oil as well.
çocuklarımızın ve torunlarımızın en azından B) In Anatolia, archaeological remains show
bizimki kadar güzel bir dünyada that the olive tree was in existence in the
yaşayabilmelerini sağlamanın yolunun bu very distant past and humans were also
olduğunu biliyoruz. aware of the benefits of olive oil.
C) Archaeological remains in Anatolia
A) The Amazon should be preserved provide proof that the olive tree dates
because we know that is the way to make back to the very distant past, as does
sure our children and grandchildren live in human knowledge of olive oil’s benefits.
a world at least as good as ours. D) The olive tree and human knowledge of
B) We want to preserve the Amazon because olive oil’s benefits date back to the very
we know that this is the way to make sure distant past as archaeological remains in
our children and grandchildren can live in Anatolia show us.
a world at least as good as ours. E) Remains in archaeological sites in
C) We will preserve the Amazon for we know Anatolia proves that olive tree depends on
vey well that this is the way to make sure the very distant past and humans
our children and grandchildren can live in benefited from olive oil in many ways.
a world better than ours.
D) We want to preserve the Amazon because
we have known for years that this is the
only way to make sure our children and
grandchildren will live in a better world.
E) The Amazon should be preserved since
we have come to know that this is the way
to provide our children and grandchildren
with a world in which they can li like us

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43. - 46. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 45. It is clearly stated in the passage that brown
cevaplayınız. bears ----.
A) present a serious threat to human

The brown bear is the largest meat-eating animal in
populations in Turkey
Turkey. Its present distribution is mainly restricted to
B) damage farm animals more than wolves
the undamaged natural habitats of the Black Sea
do
and Eastern Anatolian regions. Forest fragmentation
C) live only in the Black Sea and Eastern
and direct ill-treatment by humans have resulted in
Anatolian regions
population declines in other regions during the last
D) are felt to be less threatening to local
50 years. Human-bear conflicts are more often
people than wolves
observed in the eastern Black Sea than other areas
E) have the least important image among
within Turkey, but the species does not seriously
local people
threaten humans. Turkish authorities have not kept
records, but the damage caused by bears has
46. It is stated in the passage that ----.
mainly been limited to cattle and sheep. The brown
bear has a more positive image among the local
A) brown bear populations need to be
people than the wolf. It is a protected species, but
transferred to other locations in Turkey
protected areas in Turkey are too small to provide a
B) the protected lands where bears can live
refuge for the species. Among priority actions for the
need to be expanded
conservation of brown bears in Turkey are
C) a totally new law must be passed in
legislation development and implementation,
Parliament to conserve various species
research on population status and range, expansion
D) there are no wildlife management plans to
of current protected areas, and identification of new
protect rare species in Turkey
ones. Public awareness and capacity building of the
E) a compensation programme is underway
local authorities on theoretical and practical aspects
to manage wildlife
of wildlife management.
43. According to the passage, the brown bears

in Turkey ----.
A) have long been distributed equally over all

the mountainous regions
B) have almost become extinct due to
deforestation and persecution by people
C) inhabit largely the intact habitats of the
Black Sea and Eastern Anatolian regions
D) are perceived to be a serious threat to
people in mountainous towns and villages
E) are regularly studied in their natural
habitats by the local authorities
44. The major focus of this passage is on the ---

-.
A) government resources allocated for brown

bear protection
B) ways of solving human-bear conflicts to
protect the species in the country
C) critical role of local people in conserving
brown bears in Turkey
D) records of the damage caused by bears
kept by Turkish authorities
E) current status and management of brown
bears in Turkey

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47. - 50. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 49. It is pointed out in the passage that the loss
cevaplayınız. of neurons in the mid-brain ----.
A) is an incidence that can be observed

Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases are the most
easily
common diseases which affect many people in the
B) initiates Alzheimer’s disease
world. Approximately, 1 million people in the world
C) results from general protein deficiency
suffer from Parkinson’s disease, a motor disorder
D) happens when the body’s movements
characterized by difficulty in initiating movements
begin to slow down
and slowness of movement. Patients often have a
E) leads to Parkinson’s disease
masked facial expression, poor balance, and a
flexed posture. Like Alzheimer’s disease, which is
50. As clearly pointed out in the passage, there
characterized by confusion, memory loss, and a
is ----.
variety of other symptoms, Parkinson’s disease is
progressive, and the risk increases with age. The
A) a great deal of protein deficiency in many
incidence of the Parkinson’s disease is about 1% at
families prone to Alzheimer’s disease
the age of 65, and about 5% at the age 85.
B) much evidence to claim that Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease appears to result from a
disease can be cured in the near future
combination of environmental and genetic factors.
C) a variety of treatments whereby the
Evidence for a genetic role includes the fact that
symptoms of Parkinson’s disease can be
some families with an increased incidence of
controlled
Parkinson’s disease carry a mutated form of the
D) a need to develop a new technique
gene for a protein which is important in normal brain
whereby the movements of the body can
function. The symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
be improved
result from the death of neurons in the mid-brain. As
E) much controversy among physicians in
a result, at present, there is no cure for Parkinson’s
the world on the treatment of Alzheimer’s
disease, although various treatments can help
disease
control the symptoms.
47. According to the passage, Parkinson’s

disease ----.
A) has its adverse effects on the body’s

movements
B) can easily be treated at an advanced age
C) can best be understood through a close
study of the memory
D) can be cured provided that its symptoms
are taken into account at an early stage
E) is a consequence of purely environmental
factors
48. It is clear from the passage that Alzheimer’s

disease ----.
A) affects more people in the world than

Parkinson’s disease
B) is a major genetic disorder that can today
be controlled
C) can be recognized through the patient’s
loss of memory as well as a number of
other symptoms
D) is common mostly among elderly people
over the age of 80
E) has attracted more medical attention in
the world than Parkinson’s disease

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51. - 54. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 57. According to the passage, the scholars who
cevaplayınız. carried out an investigation into new media
participation think that the present
phenomenon ----.
When Time magazine declared its 2006 person
of the year to be “You”, the magazine was
A) is a waste of time as there is no particular
pointing to an undeniable reality: anyone with
merit at all
an Internet connection can be a reporter,
B) is the result of people’s competent use of
political commentator, cultural critic, or media
digital technologies
producer. Around the same time, the media
C) should be regarded with suspicion
scholar H. Jenkins and his colleagues published
D) calls for parental guidance when young
a paper appreciating the “participatory cultures”
people are concerned
of creation and sharing, mentorship, and civic
E) has created an aggressive young
engagement that were emerging online,
generation
especially among young people. Although Time
did not explicitly frame participation in the new
58. It is explained in the passage that ----.
media as a youth phenomenon, most of the
fifteen “citizens of digital democracy” who were
A) there is rapid progress in the fields
featured in its December 13 article were under
investigating various effects of digital
the age of thirty-five. Jenkins and his colleagues
technologies on young people
strongly suggest that young people are
B) digital media participation does irreparable
especially well-poised to take full advantage of
harm to young people
Web 2.0. On the other hand, ever since digital
C) parents are particularly concerned about
technologies were made available, scholars,
their children’s social tolerance and
educators, policymakers, and parents have
attention spans
been debating their implications for young
D) Time magazine offers valid solutions to
people’s literacy, attention spans, social
the problems experienced by youth
tolerance, and tendency for aggression.
E) the digital practices of today’s young
Considerable strides are now being made in
people as reporters, political
scholarship in many of these areas.
commentators, cultural critics, or media
producers exceed in quality those of
55. It is understood from the passage that ----.
earlier periods
A) media scholars criticize the young for their

online activities
B) 2006 was announced to be the year of the
youth
C) Internet use among the elderly population
is limited
D) many young people are using the digital
media in impressive ways
E) Time magazine incorporates digital media
into its journalism
56. The expression “digital democracy” used in

the passage means ----.
A) taking full advantage of all the web

technologies
B) widespread use of Internet technology in
our age
C) the selection of fifteen young people by
Time magazine
D) equal rights given to teenagers to express
their opinions online
E) online media engagement opportunities
made available for everyone

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55. - 58. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 57. Attention is drawn in the passage to the fact
cevaplayınız. that, in the early decades of the nineteenth
century, ----.
In England, transportation had improved a great

A) England made great advances in the
deal during the years before 1830, but moving
design and manufacture of machines
heavy materials, particularly coal, remained a
B) the production of coal in England was
problem. It is therefore significant that the first
technically much improved
modern railway, built in 1825 for the transportation
C) Darlington developed into a major port for
of coal, ran from the Durham coal field of Stockton
England’s export of coal
to Darlington near the coast. Coal had traditionally
D) England was in a continuous process of
been transported short distances via tramways, or
industrial growth
tracks along which horses pulled coal carts. The
E) engineering was not yet a profession that
Stockton-to-Darlington railway was a logical
was popular in England
extension of a tramway, designed to answer the
transportation needs arising from constantly
58. It is clear from the passage that the steam
expanding industrialization. The man primarily
railway ----.
responsible for the design of the first steam railway
was George Stephenson, a self-educated engineer
A) had been in use in England before
who had not learned to read until he was seventeen.
Stephenson introduced new techniques
The locomotives on the Stockton- Darlington line
B) remained a local facility and played no role
travelled at fifteen miles an hour, the fastest rate at
in the industrialization of England
which machines had yet moved goods overland.
C) was a solution to meet the transportation
Soon they would move people as well, transforming
needs of England’s industry
transportation in the process.
D) was invented in the first place for travel
between Stockton and Darlington
55. It is emphasized in the passage that George
E) had little impact on the transformation of
Stephenson, who designed the first steam
transportation in nineteenth-century
railway, ----.
England
A) developed new techniques in order to
increase the speed of locomotives
B) was one of the partners who owned the
Durham coal field of Stockton
C) had been previously involved in the
solution of various other problems
concerning transportation
D) had already distinguished himself by his
achievements as an engineer
E) had not received formal education to
become an engineer
56. According to the passage, much

improvement ----.
A) was needed for an efficient use of

tramways in the transportation of all sorts
of goods
B) had been achieved in transportation by
1830 in England
C) was not expected in the transportation of
coal when the first railway was built in 1825
D) was needed in the construction of railways
for the development of England
E) had been made before Stephenson in the
design of locomotives

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59. - 62. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 61. As one learns from the passage, the reason
cevaplayınız. why a wildfire is followed by vegetation
growth is that ----.
Wildfires are an important environmental hazard in

A) the minerals in the soil, especially
many geographical areas. Those areas most prone
potassium, phosphorus, and calcium, are
to wildfires have wet seasons followed by dry
preserved perfectly
seasons. Vegetation that grows and accumulates
B) soil erosion takes a long time and,
during the wet season dries out enough during the
therefore, plants have time to grow up
dry season to burn easily. When lightning hits the
C) plant seeds in the soil are unaffected by
ground, it ignites the dry organic material, and a fire
the fire and begin to germinate in the wet
spreads through the area. Actually fires have
season
several effects on the environment. First, burning
D) the ashes of the burnt organic matter
frees the minerals that are locked in organic matter.
contain many minerals indispensable for
The ashes remaining after a fire are rich in
plants
potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and other minerals
E) the area where the fires have taken place
essential for plant growth. Thus, vegetation
becomes suitable for shade-intolerant
flourishes following a fire. Second, fire removes
plants
plant cover and exposes the soil, which stimulates
the germination of seeds requiring bare soil, and
62. One understands from the passage that,
encourages the growth of shade-intolerant plants.
while the wet season is favourable for
Third, fire can cause increased soil erosion because
vegetation, ----.
it removes plant cover, leaving the soil more
vulnerable to wind and water.
A) the dry season ushers in the danger of fire
B) it causes a great deal of soil erosion
59. According to the passage, soil erosion ----.
C) it leads to the depletion of minerals in the
soil
A) is undoubtedly the most adverse effect that
D) the dry season stimulates the germination
wildfires have on areas where plant cover
of seeds
is thick due to heavy vegetation
E) the growth of plants largely depends on the
B) can happen in an area which, due to
condition of the soil
wildfires, has lost its plant cover, whereby
the soil has become exposed to wind and
water
C) can be prevented in areas prone to
wildfires just as strict measures are taken
to maintain adequate plant cover
D) extensively undermines environmental
sustainability because it not only removes
plant cover, but also prevents plant growth
E) is mainly caused by wind and water, which
destroy the plant cover of an area and turn
the area into an arid land
60. It is clear from the passage that the areas

with vegetation, where a wet season is
followed by a dry season, ----.
A) are most suitable for the germination of

plant seeds
B) usually have a vast range of environmental
diversity
C) maintain their plant cover and, therefore,
are much prone to soil erosion
D) are usually rich in various minerals that are
essential for plant growth
E) are most vulnerable to wildfires

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63. - 67. sorularda, karşılıklı konuşmanın boş 66. Jane :- The point is made in this article
bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi that we need a reliable source of electricity to
bulunuz. meet our needs in the 21st century.
Larry :- But we also need clean air.
Jane :- ----
63. Sam :- Don‘t forget, ―clean coal‖
Larry :- So you mean that nuclear
means different things to different people.
power plants don‘t pollute the air. Right?
Charles :- I know it does. But at least
people are beginning to realize that coal can be
A) Well, with nuclear energy, we can have
cleaned and, indeed, should be.
both
Sam :- ----
B) Why not? Nuclear energy already
Charles :- It used to be. But there are now
generates more than 20 per cent of
new systems that are far more efficient and far
America‘s electricity.
less expensive.
C) Year by year there is a growing need for
more energy nationwide.
A) What‘s the big problem, sulpher dioxide?
D) In other words, the development of new
B) Clean coal technologies fall into three
energy sources is very important to
categories.
America‘s energy future.
C) But isn‘t the cleaning of coal an extremely
E) I am afraid the world is fast heading
expensive process?
towards a huge environmental disaster.
D) Coal that has been ―aged‖ gives out more
heat and fewer gases.
67. Ron :- Why don’t we take a trip this
E) Is it really possible to ―clean‖ coal?
summer?
Susan :- Oh yes, I’d very much like to
64. Cheryl :- Did Michelle tell you what
visit my friend Colleen in Chicago.
happened to her on her vacation in Thailand?
Ron :- ----
Mike :- ----
Susan :- So there’ll be plenty for you to
Cheryl :- Yes, that‘s it. She‘d booked a
do while Colleen and I are chatting and
hotel room online, and when she arrived the
catching up on old times.
hotel was full. She had to spend four hours in
the rain trying to find another place to stay.
A) Have you really? Why didn’t you say so
sooner?
A) When did she return from her trip?
B) And I know that the city has become a
B) She told me all about it.
great place for cultural activities.
C) No; what happened?
C) Oh, no. Not Colleen!
D) Thailand? I thought she went to Indonesia
D) But there’s nothing to do or see in Chicago!
for her vacation.
E) Let’s call and book a flight right away! And
E) Wasn‘t it something to do with her hotel
what about dates? Shall we say mid-July
reservation?
onwards?
65. Brian :- What is to be learned from the
collapse of the viaduct when the tornado hit it?
Harry :- Perhaps we should simply
admit that we can‘t as yet build major structures
capable of resisting tornadoes.
Brian :- ----
Harry :- I suppose it is. But I believe it‘s
better to be safe than sorry.
A) After all, it was an unusually violent

tornado.
B) Are you sure that we can‘t?
C) Aren‘t you overlooking the fact that the
anchor-bolt systems had started to
corrode?
D) Perhaps we can develop ways of doing so.
E) Isn‘t that being rather defeatist?

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68. - 71. sorularda, verilen cümleye anlamca en
yakın cümleyi bulunuz. 71. The British are not actually more
modest than other nations, but they do
have a set of social rules that include
68. The north of Italy is directly responsible for
maintaining a front of modesty at all
the country‘s place among the world‘s top
times.
industrial nations.
A) Modesty is maintained by the British
A) Italy‘s northern regions are well-known as
through the observation of strict rules that
one of the most industrialized areas in the
have always been of great importance
world.
throughout history.
B) It is entirely the northern part of the country
B) Although not necessarily more modest
that has earned Italy a prominent position
than others, the social rules they have
among the world‘s industrial nations.
show that it is important for British people
C) In Italy, industry is focused in the north, but
to appear modest.
nevertheless she is still one of the world‘s
C) Besides the fact that most British people
top industrial nations.
are modest, they also have more social
D) Italy is one of the world‘s top industrial
rules than other nations.
countries even though all the industrial
D) Other nations may actually be more
activities are concentrated in the north.
modest than the British despite not having
E) Italy is one of the few countries in the
a set of social rules
industrial world where only one region, the
E) For the British, it is important that they are
north, is industrialized.
72. - 75. viewed
sorularda, boş
as the bırakılan
most modestyere,
nationparçada
in the
anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak
world since they have aiçin getirilebilecek
set of strict social
69. Anti-nausea drugs are recommended to
cümleyi bulunuz.
rules.
prevent the vomiting that sometimes
accompanies migraines.
72. Gecko lizards can run up a wall or across a
A) A way to stop the vomiting that may occur ceiling with ease because of their
when you have a migraine is to use anti- remarkable toes. But gecko toes aren’t
nausea drugs. sticky in the usual way, like duct tape or
B) Migraines can sometimes be prevented by Post-it notes. ----.
taking anti-nausea drugs.
C) Vomiting is a symptom caused by certain A) In spite of this, the ability of geckos to stick
migraine prevention drugs. to surfaces has attracted scientific scrutiny
D) If you suffer from vomiting during a since the time of Aristotle
migraine, stop taking drugs. B) Instead, gecko toes have a combination of
E) Anti-nausea drugs can sometimes cause structures that act together as a smarter
vomiting if you have a migraine. adhesive
C) Hence, it is not surprising that scientists
70. Helping endangered species to migrate are trying to create artificial, geckolike
could be the only way to prevent them from adhesives
being wiped out. D) The theory that gecko toe pads act as
suction cups has since been disproven
A) If animals are not helped to migrate, there E) A gecko can stop itself by re-attaching its
will be a reduction in endangered species. toes to passing leaves or branches
B) To prevent endangered species from being
extinct, they need to be helped to migrate.
C) Species tend to become endangered when
they are not helped during migration.
D) Endangered species will be prevented from
migrating if they are wiped out.
E) Help must be given to endangered species
or they will migrate and die off.

,
73. Mollusks can be found in virtually every 76. - 80. sorularda, cümleler sırasıyla
habitat on Earth and range in size from okunduğunda parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü
microscopic to more than 10 m long. ----. bozan cümleyi bulunuz.
But others, the octopus for instance, are
considered to be delicacies.
76. (I) America, more than any other country,
needs a properly functioning airline system. (II)
A) They are indeed an extremely fascinating
So it could be in the public interest to use
group of creatures
taxpayers’ money to help make the airlines
B) Not all of them, however, are encased in a
function properly again. (III) The government
shell
had shut down American airspace for four days
C) All the mollusks are invertebrate animals
at enormous cost to the carriers. (IV) But such
D) Some, like the snails in our gardens, are
support cannot continue for ever. (V) In fact,
regarded as pests
taxpayers are already beginning to complain.
E) The octopus even has problem-solving
abilities
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
74. Short-term memory actually stores material
that is needed for short time periods, and it 77. (I) Seismic waves are the vibrations from
serves as a work space for mental earthquakes that travel through Earth. (II) The
computation. ----. That is, information may Richter magnitude scale was developed in
reside in short-term memory while it is 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California
being encoded or transferred into long term Institute of Technology to compare the intensity
memory. of earthquakes. (III) They are recorded on
instruments called seismographs. (IV)
Seismographs record a zigzag trace that shows
A) Another possible function is that short-term
the varying amplitude of ground oscillations
memory may be a way-station to long-term
beneath the instrument. (V) Sensitive
memory
seismographs, which greatly magnify these
B) Some of the best support for these ideas
ground movements, can detect strong
comes from experiments on free recall
earthquakes from sources anywhere in the
C) People have other, more effective ways of
world.
encoding information in long-term memory
D) At the time of recall the last few words
presented are still likely to be in short-term
memory
78. (I) In half of the 23 developing countries,
E) However, the al memory for language
citizens and officials interviewed considered
seems limited to relatively simple
corruption in the health sector to be a major
sentences
problem. (II) Many even identified health as the
most corrupt sector in the government. (III) The
75. Broken spirits, not bones, may be the worst
solution is to enforce existing rules and hold
result of falling down. Many older people
fall, but for some, the experience makes managers more accountable.(IV) Systematic
them so afraid of toppling again that their audits, clear contracting rules, and adequate
mind impairs their ability to walk without oversight can help prevent corruption in the
trembling or losing balance. ----. sector. (V) In the developing world, going to
public health clinics means long waits and large
gaps between diagnosis and treatment.
A) For example, physicians should encourage
patients who have fallen to walk again
B) Physicians are encouraged to ask patients
about recent falls
C) Similarly, physicians should not assume
that every older person who falls has a
neurological problem
D) Thus, they quickly make themselves
dependent on canes or wheelchairs
E) This woman was misdiagnosed and was
prescribed medication for Parkinson’s
disease

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79. (I) The government of Botswana, knowing that
up to a third of its population had HIV or AIDS,
announced in 2001 that it would offer free
antiretroviral treatment to every citizen with
AIDS. (II) It was a major medical step forward
for sub-Saharan Africa. (III) By the time the HIV
drugs had hit the shelves, just about everybody
in Botswana knew of it. (IV) And yet, on the last
day of 2003, more than two years after the
launch of the programme, only about 15, 000
people had come forward for treatment. (V)
Due to widespread starvation and disease, the
African continent will always be a risky place to
raise children.
80. (I) All children are naturally active. (II) If a child

is inactive for a long period of time, he or she
must be checked by a doctor to determine
whether there is a problem. (III) However, many
become overly active when, for instance, they
are anticipating a birthday party. (IV) Still, such
behaviour is markedly different from true
hyperactivity. (V) Hyperactive children have
trouble sleeping, they cannot sit still and they
act impulsively.

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YDS DENEME SINAVI - 6
CEVAP ANAHTARI
1) D 21) E 41) A 61) D

2) B 22) E 42) C 62) A
3) C 23) D 43) C 63) C
4) A 24) C 44) E 64) E
5) E 25) E 45) D 65) E
6) B 26) E 46) B 66) A
7) B 27) A 47) A 67) B
8) C 28) E 48) C 68) B
9) C 29) C 49) E 69) A
10) D 30) A 50) C 70) B
11) C 31) E 51) D 71) B
12) C 32) E 52) E 72) B
13) B 33) B 53) B 73) D
14) B 34) E 54) A 74) A
15) B 35) C 55) E 75) D
16) C 36) C 56) B 76) C
17) E 37) B 57) D 77) B
18) B 38) D 58) C 78) E
19) C 39) A 59) B 79) E
20) E 40) B 60) E 80) B

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Although mild symptoms such as social

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A) after / away A) Even though

12. Claims ---- damages resulting ---- climate

13. The social sciences are a range of

14. ---- popular belief, laboratory experiments

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A) present a serious threat to human

43. According to the passage, the brown bears

A) have long been distributed equally over all

44. The major focus of this passage is on the ---

A) government resources allocated for brown

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A) is an incidence that can be observed

47. According to the passage, Parkinson’s

A) has its adverse effects on the body’s

48. It is clear from the passage that Alzheimer’s

A) affects more people in the world than

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A) media scholars criticize the young for their

56. The expression “digital democracy” used in

A) taking full advantage of all the web

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In England, transportation had improved a great

56. According to the passage, much

A) was needed for an efficient use of

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Wildfires are an important environmental hazard in

60. It is clear from the passage that the areas

A) are most suitable for the germination of

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A) After all, it was an unusually violent

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80. (I) All children are naturally active. (II) If a child

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