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2016-2017 AKADEMİK YILI

YABANCI DİL SEVİYE TESPİT SINAVI

Kitapçık Türü
Sınav Tarihi: 05.09.2016
Sınav Saati: 09:30 – 11:30

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ADI : ………………………………………
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BÖLÜMÜ : ………………………………………
SALON NUMARASI : …………………

AÇIKLAMA
1. Bu sınav kitapçığında 100 adet soru bulunmaktadır. Sınav için verilen süre 120 dakikadır. (2 saat)
2. Soru kitapçığınızın türü “A” dır. Kitapçık türünüzü cevap kağıdındaki ilgili alana kodlayınız. Aksi takdirde sınavınız
değerlendirilemez.
3. Cevaplamaya istediğiniz sorudan başlayabilirsiniz.
4. Sınavda 100 soru bulunmaktadır. İlk 50 soru B1 seviyesinde olup her doğru cevap 1,25 ile çarpılacaktır, son 50
soru ise B2 seviyesinde olup her doğru cevap 0,75 ile çarpılacaktır. İngiliz Dili Edebiyatı öğrencileri için ise ilk 50
soruda her doğru cevap 0,75 ile çarpılacak, son 50 soruda ise her doğru cevap 1,25 ile çarpılacaktır.
5. Her sorunun sadece bir doğru cevabı vardır. Birden fazla seçenek işaretlendiğinde cevabınız yanlış kabul edilir.
6. Optik formunuzu katlamayınız, kırıştırmayınız ve kirletmeyiniz. Yumuşak uçlu kalem ve silgi kullanınız.
7. Formunuzun üzerine adınızı, soyadınızı, numaranızı ve cinsiyetinizi yazıp doğru ve eksiksiz şekilde kodlayınız.
8. Bu sınavın değerlendirilmesi doğru cevap sayısı üzerinden yapılacaktır. Yanlış cevaplar, doğru cevapları götürmez.
9. Sınavda uyulacak diğer kurallar kitapçığın arka kapağında yazılıdır.
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1.-17. sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen 8. You_____ take private courses. I can help you
kelime ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. study English.
A) mustn’t
Choose the correct response in questions between 1
B) can’t
and 17.
C) are not able to
1. I think I should _____ to my wife for shouting at D) didn’t use to
her. She must be feeling sad now. E) don’t have to
A) agree B) apologize
C) refuse D) suppose
E) request 9. The driest place on earth is in the Atmaca
desert of Chile _____ no rainfall at all was
recorded between 1570 and 1971.
2. It is really _____ to believe that Sue resigned A) where
from the company. She really loved working B) which
there.
C) when
A) obvious B) excellent D) who
C) invisible D) different E) whose
E) hard

3. In today’s world, it is possible to see every 10. My boyfriend is _____ chef in one of _____ best
child as a computer _____. Computers are their Chinese restaurants in _____ China.
best friends. A) the / the / the
A) attack B) addict B) a / a / ---
C) experience D) impression C) a / the / ---
E) ethic D) a / --- / the
E) the / --- / the

4. I don’t know the exact time when the professor 11. You know that the girls are ill again,_____ ?
will announce the results but it will _____ take
about a week. A) don’t you
B) are they
A) greatly B) probably
C) don’t they
C) widely D) quickly
E) unusually D) do you
E) aren’t they

5. She fell in love _____ a man she met _____ the 12. The twins are old enough to look after _____
internet. and we didn’t have to worry about _____
A) with / on B) with/ in A) them / their B) themselves / they
C) to / on D) into / at C) themselves / them D) their / them
E) of / for E) they / themselves

6. I have nothing to do this weekend and I’m

planning to _____ with my friends.
13. Don’t worry. I promise I _____ to you every day
A) put out B) give up when I _____ in the army.
C) bring up D) hang out
A) will write / will be
E) turn up
B) write / have been
7. When I was in high school, I _____ my leg while C) have written / am going to be
I _____ rugby in the school team. D) will write / am
A) broke / am playing E) wrote / have been
B) break / have been playing
C) was breaking / played
D) had broken / had played
E) have broken / am playing
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18.-22. sorularda aşağıdaki parçada numaralandırılmış
14. Richard’s mother said he _____ his leg and
yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.
____ to school that day.
Choose the correct response or statement in
A) had broken / couldn’t come questions between 18 and 22 in the text below.
B) has broken / can’t come
When you think about airport restaurants, you probably
C) broke / is not coming have an image of a crowded fast-food bar. However, the
D) breaks / doesn’t come new El Greco at Gatwick (18) ___ a reputation for
E) is breaking / isn’t coming excellence recently. It’s a spacious well-lit restaurant and
(19) ___ it can seat up to 150 people, it is always
peaceful. The atmosphere of the restaurant doesn’t taste
the same with the usual ones at the airports. It (20) ___
with two elegant Greek sculptures carved in marble either
15. My friends can’t believe that I _____ smoking side of the door and a permanent exhibition of local art
as I _____ three pockets a day. works on the walls. The food is sensational and the
service is excellent. One strange thing is that they refuse
A) stop / smoked (21) ___ departure boards in the restaurants as they
B) have stopped / used to smoke don’t want people to hurry their food. (22) ___, you can
C) stopped / will smoke easily hear the announcement from the airport. All in all,
El Greco is definitely one of the best airport restaurants.
D) will stop / had to smoke
E) had stopped / am smoking
18.
A) was gaining
B) has gained
C) gains
D) gained
16. Many flights were delayed today, which caused
E) will gain
_____ among the passengers.
A) impatience B) impatiently
C) patiently D) impatient
19.
E) patient
A) although
B) if
C) despite
D) whether
E) unlike
17. I have been eating _____ fast food recently so I
feel like eating _____ vegetables tonight.
A) too many / a little B) a few / some 20.
C) too much / some D) some / much A) is decorating
E) little / any B) has been decorating
C) is decorated
D) was being decorated
E) was decorating

21.
A) putting
B) put
C) to putting
D) of putting
E) to put

22.
A) Unfortunately
B) Weakly
C) Poorly
D) Luckily
E) Hardly

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27. A: ________________?
23-25. sorularda verilen cümleyi uygun şekilde
tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
B: Twice so far.
Choose the correct statement to complete the
sentences in questions between 23 and 25. A) How much sugar do you have in your tea
B) How long have you been working in this
23. _____, there is no way I would have made such company
a stupid decision. C) When did you last go to the theatre
A) Because I have never been the cleverest D) What time do you usually go to bed
person in my family E) How many times have you been abroad
B) If I had known as much as I know now
C) As I am always making lots of careless
mistakes
D) I just couldn’t decide if I was doing the right 28. A: ________________?
thing
E) Until I learn everything that I need to know B: The chicken soup, please.
about the case

A) Shall I help you in the kitchen

B) What do you have in the fridge
24. He will never be satisfied with himself _____.
C) What would you like for starters
A) whenever his parents support him in his
D) Why don’t we go to a restaurant and have
difficult times
something
B) because he has finally got the highest mark in
E) Can I have the menu
class
C) although everybody thinks he won’t achieve
his aim
D) until he has learned to speak English like a
native speaker 29.-31. sorularda verilen cümleye anlamca en yakın
olan cümleyi bulunuz.
E) when he realized that his job was not for him Choose the sentence with the closest meaning in
questions 29 and 31.

29. He never has coffee except when he is at work.

25. Although they were brought up by the same A) Whenever he works, he stops having coffee.
parents in the same way _____.
B) Unless he is at work, he doesn’t drink any coffee.
A) Mathew and George like all the same things
B) his sisters have the same birthday as well C) He never has coffee at any time of working hours.
C) my uncle and father are very different people
D) It is very rare to see him drinking coffee at work.
D) Fred is much older than his cousin
E) I would think they were exactly the same age E) At or out of work, he hardly ever has coffee.

30. Jack has no intention of coming to the party, so

26.-28. sorularda, verilen cümlenin hangi sorunun we may as well not invite him.
cevabı olduğunu bulunuz.
A) As Jack doesn’t intend to come to the party,
Choose the correct question to the given response we needn’t ask him to come.
between 26 and 28. B) Even if Jack wants to come to the party, we
are not going to invite him.
26. A: ________________?
C) As Jack is never interested in parties, we
never invite him.
B: Since April.
D) None of us wants Jack to come to the party,
A) How long have you been married so we won’t ask him.
B) When are you going to get married E) Although Jack is not looking forward to our
C) What month is the best to get married invitation, we will probably ask him to come to
the party.
D) How many months are there in a year
E) What is your favorite time in a year

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31. No one under 18 is allowed to join this club. 34.-36. sorularda, karşılıklı konuşmanın boş bırakılan
A) This club is open to people of all ages. kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi bulunuz.
B) You don’t have to be 18 or over to join this
Complete the dialogue with the appropriate statement
club.
in questions 34 and 36.
C) This club is only for people who are under 18.
D) It is legal to join this club for people who are 34. Ethan: Maria, could you buy me lunch? I am
18 and over.
broke this month.
E) You are free to join this club if you are under
18. Maria: Ok, no problem, but why don’t you make
your own lunch?
32.-33. sorularda, verilen durumda söylenmiş
olabilecek sözü bulunuz. Ethan: _____.
Choose the best reply for the given situation in
questions 32 and 33. Paula: I meant you could at least make a
sandwich to save some money .
32. You are having a party on Saturday night, but A) I never know how to save money
your CD player is broken. Your friend Dave,
B) I don’t mind eating out with friends
who is coming to the party, has a portable CD
player, so you ask him: C) I have no idea about the lunch menu
D) I don’t think that’s a good idea. I am a terrible
A) How dare you come to the party if you don’t cook.
bring your CD player?
E) Because I don’t feel like ordering food
B) Do you think you could bring your CD player
along on Saturday night?
C) Do you know anyone who can repair a CD 35. Adam: Would you like to go out for dinner?
player?
D) Could you bring some good music along on I am really bored at home.
Saturday night?
E) What kind of music do you think we should Beth: I had better not. _____
play on Saturday night?
Adam: May I join you then?
33. A friend offers you a ticket to a concert you
Beth: I’m sorry but it is our third anniversary.
would like to attend. Unfortunately, you are
invited to a family gathering that evening, so
you politely refuse, saying:
A) Sorry but I don’t really like that singer very A) Where are we going?
much. B) I have lots of things to do in my office.
B) Great! I just have to think of a way to get out C) You should come over, I am already cooking
of this family affair. dinner.
C) If you have an extra ticket, be sure to let me D) I will take my car to the service.
know about it. E) I am expecting John to stop by this evening.
D) My family doesn’t let me to stay out late at
night.
E) I’d love to go, but I’m afraid I’m tied up with
the family. 36. Paul: Oh, hello Susan. What a nice surprise.
Come in.

Susan: Thanks. I’m glad you are home. _____ .

Paul: Tell me, what can I do for you?

A) I see you have bought some new furniture
B) I saw you at the concert but you did not notice
me
C) I need a favour if you don’t mind
D) You look very pale lately and I am concerned
about your health
E) You need to tell me what happened between
you and Jane

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37.-39. sorularda, cümleler sırasıyla okunduğunda 40.-42. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere, parçanın anlam
parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü bozan cümleyi bulunuz. bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek cümleyi
Choose the irrelevant sentence in the paragraph in bulunuz.
questions 37 and 39. Choose the best sentence which completes the
paragraph meaningfully in questions 40 and 42.

40. Pieter Bruegel, who lived in the 16th century, is

37. (I) Did you know that athletes with disabilities
one of the world’s most famous artists. In his
have their own Olympic Games called
painting called ‘The Hunters in the Snow’, there
Paralympics? (II) There are twenty sports in the
is an atmospheric winter landscape, which
summer Paralympics, and five in the winter
looks very cold with a greeny-blue sky and
Paralympics. (III) The first athletic competition
thick white snow on the ground. _____. In the
for people with disabilities was in 1948. (IV)
distance are some mountains and a valley with
They usually take place at the same time as the
field, trees and lakes. On the frozen water,
Olympics and are organized in the same way.
people are playing ice hockey. The diagonal
(V) Thanks to the Paralympics, people with
composition of the painting takes the viewer
disabilities have a wonderful opportunity to
into the scene.
compete in sports.
A) It is considered as the masterpiece of Bruegel
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
B) Some of his best paintings are exhibited in
museums

C) The Hunters in the snow is my favorite painting

38. (I) Segway is a unique personal transportation D) Bruegel was originally from Netherlands
system. (II) Ten computers help Segway move
around easily and safely. (III) Dean Kamen is E) There are lots of details in this painting
the inventor of Segway. (IV) Its top speed is 12
miles per hour. (V) It’s a quick, simple and safe
way to travel around busy cities.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
41. Railroads were born in England, a country of
dense population, short distances, and many
financial resources. The problems in England
were very different from those in America,
which in the early 1800s was a nation of long
39. (I) Humans aren’t the only living things that distances, sparse population, and limited
make difficult journeys. (II) The Arctic Tern is capital. _____; they could not just copy English
an extraordinary bird which flies over 35000 methods.
kilometers every year. (III) They fly through all
A) North and South America together have the
types of weather, using the sun and stars to
greatest north-south extent of any landmass
help them. (IV) The bird is only around 38 on Earth
centimeters long and weighs around 300
grams. (V) They spend almost all of their lives B) By 1870, when the railroad movement was 40
in the air. years old, there were 85,000 kilometres of line
C) In 1815 Americans wanted to build a railroad
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V across New Jersey, but they couldn’t raise
money
D) Thus Americans had to learn to build railroads
for their own country by practical experience
E) The massive spaces of North America are
linked by impressive railways and highways

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42. Willie the parrot can say quite a lot of words, 44. According to the text it is true to say that _____.
such as ‘I love you’ and ‘mama’. But what is
A) TCKs can adapt to any environment easily
really surprising about him is that he saved a
because each country feels like home
baby’s life. Meagan Howard, a baby minder,
was looking after a two year old toddler, in her B) TCKs never feel happy although they put
home in Denver. Meagan was washing her much effort for it
hands in the bathroom when Willie suddenly C) it is relatively easy to communicate with
screamed loudly ‘Mama, baby!’ again and people and get on well with them for TCKs
again. _____. Hannah was choking on her food D) almost all TCKs complain about not being
and her face was turning blue. Meagan paid by employers
immediately did first aid and the baby started to E) most of the TCKs can speak only their native
breathe again. Willie was a hero! language
A) Meagan wasn’t really paying attention to the
baby
B) When Meagan rushed into the living room,
she was horrified
C) The baby and the bird were playing cheerfully 45. Although most adult TCKs are pleased with
D) Meagan had a lot of experience in babysitting their lives, _____.
E) Meagan had decided to cook baby food A) there are still a few who can’t belong to
anywhere
B) they can’t find a good job these days
C) they are not happy with the fact that they are
43.-46. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız. intercultural
Answer the questions between 43 and 46 according to D) they feel comfortable when they work in a
the text below. community as volunteers
E) their number is gradually decreasing
Third culture kids (or TCKs) is a term first used by
researcher Dr. Ruth Hill Useem. It is used to describe
children who are born in one country but grow up in a
different country. Often, this is because their parents
work abroad. As worldwide travel becomes easier, 46. The main concern of the text is _____.
there are more and more TCKs. These children have
intercultural childhood- they combine their parents’ A) the comparison of different types of children
culture with the culture of the country they grow up in B) to explain how TCKs survived in the past
to make a third culture. That is why they are called C) to emphasize the need for TCKs
‘third culture kids’.
The research from Useem and others shows that as D) to inform the audience about the TCKs
adults, some TCKs feel uncomfortable in every E) to describe the early history of being a TCK
country they live in because no place feels like
‘home’. It is incorrect, however, to think that TCKs are
unhappy people. Most adult TCKs think they can
understand people well. They often make friends
easily, wherever they go. Many get high qualifications
and have good jobs. They often help in their local
communities, working unpaid as volunteers in their
free time. TCKs are also very multinational. They know
a lot about other cultures. A lot of TCKs keep in
contact with people in different countries. Many also
speak one or more foreign languages.

43. It is clear from the text that _____.

A) TCK had been used before Dr. Ruth Hill
found this term
B) TCKs’ parents work in the country where they
are born
C) it is not easy to become a TCK today
D) TCKs live in bad conditions abroad
E) TCKs are exposed to more than one culture

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47.-50. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
Answer the questions between 47 and 50 according to 50. As mentioned in the text, _____.
the text below.
A) Micheal regrets building the Earthship
In today’s world, many people worry about the planet.
They dislike the inefficiency of modern homes. They B) Micheal teaches little kids how to survive
disagree with the idea that we are unable to change C) Micheal does not talk about his revolutionary
the way we live. For these people, the ideal home is idea
one that does not harm the earth. Michael Reynolds D) Micheal really loves being in the media
lives in New Mexico. He lives in an Earthship. Believe E) Micheal does his best to explain the idea of
it or not, an Earthship is made from old tires filled Earthship
with earth. The walls are often made from empty tin
cans, plastic bottles, and other materials. All the
power the Earthship needs comes from the sun or
wind. All the water the Earthship uses comes from
rain. It is a very independent and clean way of living.
It is unfortunate that people think this kind of living is
inconvenient. Michael claims it isn’t, and tries to
educate others to understand this. He gives lectures,
writes books, makes CDs, and is often in the media. ‘I
hope in my lifetime to see towns and cities built this
way,’ says Michael. Thanks to his efforts, the number
of Earthships around the world is increasing. Perhaps
one day, living in an Earthship won’t be unusual – we
might all live this way!

47. It is clear from the passage that the Earthship

_____.
A) is the best way of living for everyone
B) can be built by using almost entirely waste
materials
C) can harm the nature greatly
D) is the only way of recycling old tires
E) can be built only by using new and expensive
materials

48. What is not mentioned in the passage?

A) What is ideal home for people who care about
the earth
B) What materials Michael used while building
the Earthship
C) Where the water and power comes from
D) The things Michael do to make the Earthship
idea well-known
E) How Michael came up with the Eartship idea

49. According to the passage _____.

A) Everybody thinks that living in an Earthship is
not convenient
B) Everybody will definitely live in an Earthship
one day
C) Earthships are everywhere in New Mexico
D) Many people think they can change the way
they live
E) The Earthship is the only nature friendly home
type

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51.-67. sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen 56. Our new product is aimed _____ home
kelime ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. computer use and made ______ solid oak.
A) at / of
Choose the correct response in questions between 51
B) with / in
and 67.
C) on / from
51. Unlike Japan, there are ______ few D) off /of
earthquakes in Australia. E) about / from
A) abruptly
B) deliberately 57. Far ______ people think martial arts are about
C) painfully violence. However, martial arts training is
D) relatively based on ______respect.
E) highly A) much / many
B) too much / any
C) many / plenty
D) too many / a lot of
52. A good communicator has an extensive
vocabulary, a good sense of humour and a/an E) more / many
______of body language.
A) awareness
B) appearance 58. By the time he ______ his twenty-first birthday,
C) pace he ______ a worldwide brand.
D) elocution A) will celebrate / creates
E) collection B) celebrated / will create
C) had celebrated / created
D) was celebrating / created
53. His behaviour ______ similarities to that of E) celebrated / had created
other young people starting work.
A) negotiates 59. I ______ on a patient between 2.00 and 3.00 and
B) imports I ______ home as soon as the surgery finishes.
C) establishes A) will have operated / come
D) performs B) have operated / came
E) displays C) will be operating / will come
D) am going to operate / have come
E) was operating / will come
54. Michael Schumacher was certainly the most
ambitious racing driver. He was always so
60. If Sir Tim Berners-Lee _______ the internet, we
______ to win.
_______ it much more difficult to get
A) intentional information today.
B) determined A) didn’t invent / would find
C) self-disciplined B) doesn’t invent /will find
D) arduous C) hadn’t invented / would have found
E) courageous D) hadn’t invented / would find
E) didn’t invent / would have found

61. Peers are individuals with ______ a child or

55. Epidemics start in a very small way, then adolescent identifies most.
spread very quickly until they ______ the
population and seem to be everywhere. A) who
A) die out B) whom
B) catch on C) when
C) take over D) which
D) slow down E) that
E) keep up with

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68.-72. sorularda aşağıdaki parçada numaralanmış
62. There is no doubt that one of the best-known
yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.
profiles______in the last century is that of
James Brussels, a New York psychiatrist, Choose the correct response or statement in
______ profiled ‘The Mad Bomber of New York’. questions between 68 and 72 in the text below.
A) performing / whose The French classic ‘A bout de soufflé’ is a film that
any film lover has to see.(68)_____ people agree that it
B) being performed /which
represents the film that started the French New Wave
C) have performed / who cinema. The film does not easily (69)_____ any of the
D) performing / which typical genres of film at the time. Is it a crime film or a
E) performed /who romantic comedy? We don’t know. Part of the
success of the film is due to a new system that
63. There was a lot of rubbish ____ by the previous Godard introduced. This allowed the camera person
residents. (70)_____ and film at the same time. (71)____, the
camera could move with the characters. As a result,
A) leaving
the film (72)____ mainly on the streets of Paris rather
B) left than on a film set, so there is a lot of irregular camera
C) be left movement.
D) to leave
E) leave 68. A) Most
B) Much
C) More
64. The famous author has just _____ his new
book_____ into German. D) Many of
E) Least
A) had / translated
B) got / to be translated 69.
C) had / being translated A) come across
D) had / to have been translated B) set out
E) got / to translate C) look for
D) take up
65. I would like ____ more for all the contributions I E) fit into
have made to the project.
70.
A) to be appreciated
A) to walk
B) appreciating
B) walking
C) being appreciated
C) have walked
D) to appreciate
D) walked
E) having appreciated
E) having walked

71.

66. The burglar ______ in from the back of the A) Then

house. There’s no other way in. B) On the other hand
A) should have got C) Therefore
B) can’t have got D) Finally
C) could have got E) Especially
D) must have got 72.
E) didn’t have to get
A) shoot
B) had been shot
67. The professor explained _____ causes a C) had shot
volcano to erupt in the previous lecture. D) was shot
A) that E) shot
B) what
C) how
D) why
E) whose

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73.-75. sorularda verilen cümleyi uygun şekilde 76.-77. sorularda, verilen cümlenin hangi sorunun
tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz. cevabı olduğunu bulunuz.
Choose the correct statement to complete the Choose the correct question to the given response
sentences in questions between 73 and 75. between 76 and 77.

73. We all have to try a lot harder in the second 76. A: ________________?
half, ____.
A) if we wanted to retain our hope for the B: Not really, but it is the best second thing.
championship A) In your opinion, was James Dean the best
B) although we had done a lot better at the actor of his generation
beginning B) Do you think learning a language with CDs is
C) that we can demoralise our rivals just from the the most effective way
start C) A new Korean restaurant has just opened
D) or we have got no chance of winning this down the street. Do you want to go and try it
match D) Why didn’t you make the presentation the way
E) since we did as well as we could have in the I told you to
first half E) Now that you have been divorced, do you
really hope to get married again

74. It is very difficult to predict the weather in

Alaska ____. 77. A: ________________?
A) where it is permanently cold with no
B: Definitely, George. He hardly has to work at
variations day after day all.
B) even if the meteorologists are often wrong in
the forecasts that they make A) He’s been to many job interviews so far.
Hasn’t he had any luck
C) similarly the weather at the southern
B) Who has the best job of all the people we
tip of South America is predictable know
D) since the National Weather Service has been C) Whose house would be best for the party
doing a lot of research in the area
D) Why doesn’t he get up earlier if he doesn’t
E) because of the irregular interaction between have enough time
mountain winds and ocean currents
E) Who is the best colleague you have ever had

75. Instead of making us stay late at the office,

____.
A) I think we'll be able to finish the project before 78.-80. sorularda verilen cümleye anlamca en yakın
the deadline olan cümleyi bulunuz.
B) I'd prefer to go home now and come in early Choose the sentence with the closest meaning in
tomorrow questions 78 and 80.
C) the boss let us take the work home and do it 78. He couldn't have been at Ann's party because I
there was there and I would have seen him.
D) our manager told us not to leave until
everything was done A) He did not come to Ann's party in order to
avoid meeting me.
E) we don’t have much to do anyway
B) I know he wasn't at Aim's party as I was there
and I didn't see him.
C) He wasn’t able to go to Ann's party, he really
wanted to see me though.
D) If only he could have come to Ann's party as I
was there in order to see him.
E) If he hadn't gone to Ann's party, I'd have gone
there as I really wanted to see her.

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79. I wish that you'd told me what was upsetting 82. Your best friend has recently lost her job and
you, because I could have helped you. cannot find a new one. You have heard that a
secretarial position has opened up in your firm
A) I would have been able to help you if only
and, you are not sure if she may be interested
you'd told me what the problem was.
in such a low position, you carefully say to her:
B) If you hadn't told me what you were upset
about, I wouldn't have helped you. A) There is an excellent position open in my firm,
C) I wanted to help you, but I was sad because and I think it is a perfect opportunity.
you didn't tell me what was bothering you. B) I know it would be a step downwards for you,
D) I wasn’t aware that it would have been better but maybe you should think about a
if I'd helped you with your problem. temporary job as a secretary.
E) If you want my advice, you should tell me why C) It is difficult to find a job nowadays with the
you are upset first. current economy.
D) You are not good at anything except
secretarial work, anyway.
80. They'd told us everything was included, yet the E) Maybe you shouldn’t have argued with your
hotel tried to charge us extra for meals. former boss.
A) Since everything but meals was included, they 83.-85. sorularda, karşılıklı konuşmanın boş bırakılan
were the only thing we paid for at the hotel. kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi bulunuz.
B) When the hotel asked for payment for our
meals, we told them that we had already paid Complete the dialogue with the appropriate statement
for them. in questions 83 and 85.
C) While the hotel charged extra for meals,
everything else was covered by the room's
83. Shannon: What opera is your favourite?
price.
D) The hotel asked us for money for food despite
Tracy: You must be joking. I have never
having told us there'd be no additional
charges. listened to an opera in my life.
E) We paid the hotel for every extra except
Shannon: _____.
meals, which were included in the price of the
room.
Tracy: You don’t need to be rude just because
we have different tastes.
A) Really? I thought you were more cultured than
81.-82. sorularda, verilen durumda söylenmiş that
olabilecek sözü bulunuz.
B) Let me take you to one and see whether you
Choose the best reply for the given situation in like it or not
questions 81 and 82.
C) That’s enough! This is the last time I’m
watching an opera with you
D) Well mine is The Phantom of the Opera, by
A.L.Webber.
81. You go to the library for a book you need for an
assignment and find out that it has been taken E) You can borrow some of my CDs if you are
out. As you cannot do the assignment without interested?
the book, you say to the librarian:
A) Will I be thrown out of the library if I speak 84. Tim: I heard on the grapevine that you’re
loudly while I am here? continuing your education to PhD level.
B) Do you think I should change the subject of
my assignment? Roy: That’s right. It seems impossible to get a
C) How can you take that book? You knew I good job with anything less.
needed it!
D) What time do you close? I need to finish my Tim: _____?
assignment.
E) I’d like to reserve this book for when it is Roy: I haven’t decided yet, but I’ve still got time.
returned.
A) And will you be able to get a decent job when
you have finished
B) I have a good job, but do you think I should
get a PhD, too
C) What is the topic of your thesis going to be
D) Why didn’t you accept the position in your
family company
E) When I was your age, bachelor’s degree was
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89.-91. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere, parçanın anlam
85. Rose: Who is your favourite among the
bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek cümleyi
Romantic poets?
bulunuz.
Sue: I think Lord Byron is by far the best poet. Choose the best sentence which completes the
paragraph meaningfully in questions 89 and 91.
Rose: _____.
89. Ice skating has been a popular sport for
centuries. Ancient people made the first skates
Sue: I don’t know how you can say that. He is
from animal bones and the Chinese even used
much better than the others.
corn stalks to help them glide over the ice. It
A) I couldn’t agree more. I love his poems was in the Netherlands, though, that skating
B) He wrote a poem called Childe Harold, I first won national popularity. _____. Because of
guess this, everyone skated as it was the easiest way
to get around during the cold months.
C) The Romantic poets are so out of fashion that
I don’t read them A) Skating was confined mostly to racing over
D) I’m sure you must be right because you have distances ranging from 50 to 50,000 metres
the best tastes of anyone I know B) The first official skating club was formed in
E) He had an interesting life but I think he is Scotland
overrated as a poet C) A record which dates back to 1396 tells of a
young girl who had a terrible skating accident
86.-88. sorularda, cümleler sırasıyla okunduğunda D) The country's many rivers and canals were
parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü bozan cümleyi bulunuz. frozen solid for a large part of the year
Choose the irrelevant sentence in the paragraph in E) Many artists have painted scenes showing
questions 86 and 88. skaters on ice

86. (I) James Naismith invented the game of

basketball in 1981. (II) Naismith was a Canadian 90. English is the official language of Botswana.
physical education instructor who invented the Newspapers are in English and it's the
game so that his students could participate in language used in Parliament and in schools,
sports during the winter. (III) In his original from the fifth year upwards. _____, which is a
game, which he developed while at the Bantu language. Sotho-speaking group
Springfield, Massachusettes YMCA, Naismith includes the people of Lesotho as well as the
used a soccer ball (IV) Basketball gained great Venda people of Southern Africa.
popularity in America but elsewhere soccer
remained the most popular sport. (V) The ball A) People customarily greet each other with the
was thrown into peach baskets whose bottoms word dumela, meaning hello
were still intact B) Even so, many other languages are spoken,
and 90% of the population understands
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V Setswana
C) Another huge problem in the area is that
87. (I) Forgetting is generally considered to be national boundries almost never coincide with
something undesirable. (II) In fact, it serves linguistic ones
some important functions. (III) Forgetting D) The oldest inhabitants of the region are the
mostly occurs when a person’s memory is not San-speaking bushmen
used for a long time. (IV) Most obviously, it E) Most of the population is made up of the
allows people to discard data which is no Tswana, or Bechuana, people of Bantu
longer useful. (V) Also, it makes it easier for heritage
people to focus on the present.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

88. (I) British rule had brought internal peace and

economic development to India. (II) One day in
1852 in British-ruled India, a young man burst
into an office and announced to his boss: “Sir, I
have discovered the highest mountain in the
world!” (III) Radhanath Sickdhar, a 39-year-old
mathematician was not quite off the mark. (IV)
After four years of unscrambling mathematical
data, Sickdhar managed to find out the height
of the mountain called Peak XV at that time. (V)
Later it was renamed Everest, after Sir George
Everest, the British surveyor general of India
from 1830 to 1843.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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91. _____. Some of them like fishing because it is 93. It is clear from this passage that phobias
an outdoor activity. Some like to sit quietly on _____.
the bank of a stream, watch the ripples in the
A) may start when adults reach the age of about
water, and think. Others like the exciting fight
forty
of a strong game fish. Whatever the reason,
about 20,000,000 people take out fishing B) are much more common in Britain than in
licences every year in the United States. As a other places
licence is not required for a fisherman under a C) cause their sufferers to feel some degree of
certain age, or for fishing in salt water, anxiety
probably the total number of fishermen is more D) about water, spiders and confined spaces are
likely to be nearer 30,000,000. easy to treat
A) Fish have always been one of the most E) affect almost half of the adult population in
important sources of food for mankind Britain
B) Fish that are smaller than a certain length 94. We can conclude from the passage that
should not be kept to protect the balance phobias _____.
C) The pleasures of fishing are different for each
fisherman A) are one of the most serious forms of mental
illness
D) Fishing has been the sport of many American
Presidents B) can have extremely destructive effects on
people’s lives
E) Fishing laws protect fish in every state in the
United States C) do not affect the life of the sufferers
D) are a particularly rare form of mental illness
E) can be caused mostly by a childhood trauma

92.-94. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.

Answer the questions between 92 and 94 according to
the text below.
Those who suffer from triskaidekaphobia are
guaranteed a day of terror whenever the thirteenth of
the month happens to fall on a Friday. A recent survey
in Britain revealed that 41 percent of adults admitted
to feeling "uncomfortable" every Friday the thirteenth,
while 4 percent actually lived in dread of it. Phobias
are personalised inner feelings of fear. There are
about thirty known in Britain, among them
claustrophobia — a fear of confined spaces;
arachnaphobia — a fear of spiders; and hydrophobia
— a fear of water. Although they are common mental
disorders that can affect anyone at any time, phobias
in their mildest form may cause only anxiety-induced
symptoms, such as headaches, sweating, nausea or
dizziness. At their worst, they can take control of
lives, strain relationships and ruin careers.

92. According, to the author's source,

triskaidekaphobia _____.

A) seriously affects 4 percent of the adults in

Britain
B) affects all except for 4 percent of Britain's
population
C) is a dreadful experience for 45 percent of
British adults
D) has only recently been shown to be a serious
phobia
E) is known as the most hideous of all phobias
known in Britain

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95.-97. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
98.-100. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
Answer the questions between 95 and 97 according to
the text below. Answer the questions between 98 and 100 according
The British brought the tea habit, introduced by the to the text below.
British East India Tea Company, to its North American A superb system of roads linked all the parts of the
colonies. They later imposed a heavy tax on the Inca Empire with the capital at Cuzco. A road along
people's daily beverage, an act which was one of the the coast, three to four metres wide, was marked with
factors that led to the American War of Independence. stones or mud walls. The highland roads were
In protest against this tax, the colonists dumped a narrower but required greater engineering skill.
valuable cargo of tea into the Boston Harbour in 1773. Workmen paved the roads with large flat stones and
Following this, coffee gained popularity as the built retaining walls on the steep hillsides. They hung
democratic beverage and a symbol of resistance. rope bridges across rivers and canyons and built rest
American patriots plotted their strategies for stations at regular intervals along the roads. Because
independence in the coffeehouses of the colonies. of their superior road system, the Incas maintained an
Coffee quickly became the favourite drink of the efficient postal service. Runners stationed every few
young nation. It moved west with the pioneers. To this kilometres relayed the messages, which sometimes
day, coffee ranks as the number two drink among travelled as much as 250 kilometres a day, making it
American adults, after plain water. possible to get a letter from one end of the empire to
another in just a few days.
95. We understand that the tax mentioned in the
passage _____. 98. The highland roads mentioned in the passage
_____.
A) raised funds for the British to colonize India
B) resulted from a colonial protest in Boston A) were wide and had some amazing bridges
Harbour in 1773 B) were the only way to get from the coast to the
C) increased the price of tea and angered the imperial capital
colonists C) carried even more traffic than the coastal
D) applied to all drinks but tea consumed by the ones and were better-built
colonists D) made it possible for the Incas to expand into
E) was designed to increase the American neighbouring tribes
addiction to coffee E) were less than four metres wide and
somewhat difficult to construct
96. We learn from the passage that coffee _____.
99. According to the passage, letters posted in the
A) was the only cause of the American War of Inca Empire _____.
Independence
B) is the cheapest drink in the United States A) took at least a week to get from one place to
another
C) couldn’t gain popularity in West America as
there were not any coffee houses B) could be delivered rather quickly since the
empire was very small
D) is only drunk by people in the US with patriotic
views C) were only delivered to places within a 250 km
distance
E) was a political symbol as well as a beverage
in early America D) were carried by a series of people, all of
whom travelled on foot
97. The passage makes it clear that today in E) did not always make it to their destination in a
America, _____. reasonable time
A) coffee is the most popular beverage with 100. It is obvious from the passage that the Inca
adults, except water Empire _____.
B) people drink more tea than they did in colonial
times A) only had good roads in place covered with
mud
C) some people never prefer tea to protest
against the British B) had more workmen than any other country at
the time
D) plain water is popular among people who
cannot afford tea C) used to have some of the world's most
impressive bridges
E) there are many taxes on common beverages
like tea and coffee D) was located in a mountainous area and
extended to the sea
E) built its system of roads primarily to ensure an
efficient postal system

TEST BİTTİ.

YANITLARINIZI KONTROL EDİNİZ.

THE TEST IS OVER.

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS.

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SINAVDA UYULACAK KURALLAR
1. Sınav süresi 2 saat (120 dakika) dır. Sınav, saat
09:30’da başlayacak ve 11:30’de sona erecektir.
2. Sınav süresi içerisinde ilk yarım saat ve son 15
dakika sınav salonunu terk etmenize izin
verilmeyecektir.
3. Sınav esnasında sınav salonundan ayrılan öğrenci
tekrar içeriye alınmayacaktır. Bu nedenle tuvalet vb.
ihtiyaçlarınızı sınav başlamadan gideriniz.
4. Sınav salonunda cep telefonu kullanmak kesinlikle
yasaktır. Sınav başlamadan önce cep telefonlarınızı
kapalı konuma getiriniz. Saat fonksiyonunu kullanmak
için dahi olsa telefonunuzu kullanmayınız. Sınavın
bitmesine ne kadar süre kaldığı, 1 saat, 30 dakika ve
10 dakika kala sizlere sınav görevlisi tarafından
yüksek sesle hatırlatılacaktır.
5. Sınava başlamadan önce kimlik kartınızı çıkarınız ve
görevlilere mutlaka gösteriniz. Kimliği ya da öğrenci
belgesi olmayan öğrenciler sınava alınmayacaktır.
6. Sınavda optik form kullanılmaktadır. Forma yumuşak
uçlu kurşun kalemle işaretleme yapınız. Yanıt
değiştirmeniz gerektiğinde yumuşak bir silgi ile
temizce siliniz. Formu kırıştırmayınız ve katlamayınız.
7. Öğrenci numaranızı, adınızı, soyadınızı, cinsiyetinizi
ve en önemlisi kitapçık türünüzü optik form üzerine
kodlayınız. Numara, ad ve soyadınızın yanlış veya
eksik kodlanması durumunda sınavınızın
değerlendirilmesi mümkün değildir.
8. Tüm sorular optik form üzerine işaretlenecek ve optik
form üzerinden değerlendirme yapılacaktır. Kitapçık
üzerine işaretlediğiniz yanıt dikkate alınmayacaktır.
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9. Sınava başlamadan önce yoklama kağıdına adınızı,
soyadınızı, numaranızı ve bölümünüzü yazıp
imzalayınız.
10. Kitapçığınızı aldıktan sonra eksik sayfa veya basım
hatası olup olmadığını mutlaka kontrol ediniz. Sorun
varsa gözetmeninizden yeni kitapçık isteyiniz.
11. Sınav sonunda tüm öğrenciler soru kitapçığını ve
optik formu sınav görevlisine eksiksiz teslim etmek ve
sınav salonundan ayrılmadan önce kimlik
belgelerini göstermek zorundadır.
12. Soru kitapçığının tamamını veya sayfalarını sınav
salonundan çıkarmak ve yanıtları başka bir kağıda
yazarak sınav salonundan çıkarmak yasaktır. Tespit
edildiği takdirde öğrencinin sınavı iptal edilir.
13. Sınav süresince konuşmak, diğer adayları rahatsız
edecek davranışlarda bulunmak, kalem-silgi alışverişi
yapmak, kopya çekmek veya buna teşebbüs etmek
yasaktır.
14. Sınav kurallarına uymadığınız veya kopya çekmeye
kalkıştığınız takdirde salon görevlisinin sizi salondan
uzaklaştırma ve sınavınızı geçersiz sayma yetkisi
vardır.
15. Sınava giren tüm öğrencilerin, sınavda okunan
duyuruları dinlemeleri, kitapçık üzerinde ve arkasında
yazılı açıklamaları okumaları zorunludur. Kitapçık
üzerindeki açıklamaların okunmamasından
kaynaklanabilecek sorunlardan öğrencinin kendisi
sorumludur.
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