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CLOZE TESTS 1
1. - 5. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada 6. - 10. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada
numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük
veya ifadeyi bulunuz. veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
The media likes to paint a certain picture of what The scientists of ancient Greece thought about
it (1)‑‑‑‑ to be rich - huge mansions, expensive knowledge in much the same way (6)‑‑‑‑ the
cars and high-tech jobs. If you buy into that ancient Greek philosophers. Not only did
image, being rich (2)‑‑‑‑ like an impossible dream. scientists believe that the universe operated
But the truth is that most “rich” people live very (7)‑‑‑‑ mathematical and physical laws, (8)‑‑‑‑
normal lives. You probably wouldn’t even know they considered these laws to be discernible
they were rich (3)‑‑‑‑ you saw them because they through the careful observation of nature
do not fit the stereotype. Most rich people are and application of logic. They thought that all
a lot like you and me. They just know a secret knowledge was accessible with human reason.
(4)‑‑‑‑ is incredibly effective. The secret (5)‑‑‑‑ Their (9)‑‑‑‑ to medicine, physics, biology and
getting rich is as powerful as it is unexciting: live mathematics formed the basis of modern science.
below your means. (10)‑‑‑‑, many Greek scientists also formulated
theories that anticipated modern scientific
discoveries.
1.
A) means B) delivers
6. 1
C) abandons D) reveals A) like B) such
E) affords C) more D) as
E) so
2.
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A) had to feel
7.
B) could have felt A) in spite of B) unlike
C) had better feel C) apart from D) as well as
D) may feel E) according to
E) used to feel
8.
3. A) since B) unless
A) as long as B) although C) but D) when
C) since D) so that E) as though
E) if
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9.
4. A) limitations B) outcomes
A) how B) when C) disorders D) enemies
C) whom D) what E) contributions
E) that
10.
5. A) Therefore B) In contrast
A) with B) on C) In addition D) Otherwise
C) to D) by E) By contrast
E) over
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CLOZE TESTS 12
1. - 5. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada 6. - 10. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada
numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük
veya ifadeyi bulunuz. veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
Parents and teachers judge a student’s potential Throughout (6)‑‑‑‑ of the history of Western
(1)‑‑‑‑ examinations. Some people believe civilization, deep-seated cultural beliefs allowed
that exams are necessary (2)‑‑‑‑ they enable women only (7)‑‑‑‑ roles in society. Women’s
the teacher to know how well the student has natural roles were as mothers and wives.
understood the subject. It is believed that Many considered women to be better suited
examinations help both the parents and the for childbearing and homemaking (8)‑‑‑‑ for
teachers to assess the child’s capability. (3)‑‑‑‑, involvement in the public life of business or
there are certain flaws in the examination politics. Widespread belief that women were
system and there are people who think exams intellectually inferior (9)‑‑‑‑ men led most societies
are redundant. They claim that students (4)‑‑‑‑ to limit women’s education to learning only
according to the prescribed syllabus and nothing domestic skills. (10)‑‑‑‑ women in much of the
much is taught beyond that. It is their belief that world have gained significant legal rights, they
most students look towards their examinations still do not have complete political, economic, and
with an anxious mind. They, at a very young social equality with men.
age, begin to feel the (5)‑‑‑‑ and stress of
examinations.
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A) many B) such
1.
A) without B) across C) few D) much
E) above
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7.
A) profitable B) empirical
2.
A) unless B) as if C) limited D) willing
E) whereas
8.
A) with respect to
3.
A) Likewise B) However B) rather than
E) in spite of
4.
A) are taught B) teaching 9.
C) have taught D) taught A) to B) for
5.
A) enterprise B) prospect 10.
C) recession D) counterpart A) Because B) Since
CÜMLE TAMAMLAMA 1
4. They will be able to realize their goals easily
1. - 12. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun
‑‑‑‑.
şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
A) unless everyone in the team has a clear
1. Everyone knows that kids pick up languages understanding of the objectives
faster than adults, ‑‑‑‑.
B) but there is a willingness to work through
A) so language is a basic feature of human difficult situations
evolution
C) after the team reviewed its performance and
B) and thus the word window of your brain is changed its priorities
open much longer than that
D) if team leaders fail to create a team-oriented
C) so that exercise can come with a wide range environment based on trust and respect
of benefits
E) when there is a high degree of cooperation
D) even if they are learning two or three and communication among teams
languages at once
E) unless they offer a new way of conducting
business
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5. Widely considered by academics to be one
of the most influential inventions of the past
1,000 years, ‑‑‑‑.
2. ‑‑‑‑, so their pilots wear special suits and A) the printing press triggered the widescale
helmets. spread of knowledge
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A) The Wright brothers invented and flew the B) Johannes Gutenberg is usually cited as the
first airplane in 1903 inventor of the printing press
B) One the most deadly airplane accidents C) growing economic wealth and the printing
actually happened on the ground press accelerated the spread of Renaissance
C) The oxygen in an airplane’s emergency culture
oxygen masks lasts for only about 15 D) most of the earliest books dealt with religious
minutes subjects
D) There is little air pressure at the heights E) any writings and drawings had to be
where jet airplanes fly completed by hand before the printing press
E) The concept of the jet airplane has been was invented
around since about 1910
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3. ‑‑‑‑, the history of the modern university really 6. The molecule DNA was first observed by
dates from the Middle Ages. a German biochemist named Frederich
A) Since most Western universities offered a Miescher in 1869, ‑‑‑‑.
main curriculum based on such lessons as A) but for many years, researchers did not
grammar realize the importance of this molecule
B) As the Reformation of the 16th century B) so they have been notably important to the
affected the universities of Europe in different field of forensic science
ways
C) for the effect of the discovery of DNA on
C) Whereas American colleges and universities scientific and medical progress has been
tended to imitate German models enormous
D) Before Great Britain and France established D) all organisms that inhabit the Earth rely on
universities in many of their colonies this molecule for their existence
E) Although the origins of universities can be E) while the discovery of DNA has perhaps
traced to antiquity affected medicine the most
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CÜMLE TAMAMLAMA 12
4. The experts warn that immediate global action
1. - 12. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun
against drug-resistant bacteria is needed ‑‑‑‑.
şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
A) if dire consequences are to be avoided within
1. ‑‑‑‑, it was the only continent without any just a few years
agriculture and lacking indigenous crop plants.
B) even though bacteria unaffected by
A) When European settlement came to Australia antibiotics are one of the most serious threats
late in the eighteenth century to modern medicine
B) Given that the human inhabitants of Europe C) yet they are calling for people across the
were sufficiently different in brain size about world to work together to fight the threat
230,000 years ago
D) just as it involves cutting down on the
C) Because America had long been settled by unnecessary prescription of antibiotics
many native tribes
E) although treatments could become
D) Although Antarctica has been the site of a impossible without effective antibiotics
frantic search for oil
E) After the continents gradually moved to their
current positions over millions of years
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2. Up until now, Facebook’s 1.2 billion or so 5. Any chemical can become a pollutant in water
users have had only two choices to define causing one or more hazardous effects ‑‑‑‑.
themselves: male or female, ‑‑‑‑. A) because it is a relatively recent development
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OKUMA PARÇALARI 1
2. It is pointed out in the passage that speakers
1. - 3. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
of one language ‑‑‑‑.
cevaplayınız.
A) have difficulty learning another if they are not
The most common process leading to language competent in their own
death is one in which a community of speakers
of one language becomes bilingual in another B) do not sound like those of another when they
language, and gradually shifts allegiance to the speak
second language until they cease to use their C) can gradually replace it with another which
original, heritage language. This is a process they regard as more prestigious
of assimilation which may be voluntary or may
be forced upon a population. Speakers of some D) cause language death unless they are
languages, particularly regional or minority proficient in their own language
languages, may decide to abandon them
E) will decide to learn another when they have a
based on economic or utilitarian grounds, in
legitimate reason to do so
favour of languages regarded as having greater
utility or prestige. This process is gradual and
can occur from either bottom-to-top or top-to-
bottom. If there are only a few elderly speakers
of a language remaining, and they no longer
use that language for communication, then the
language is effectively dead. A language that has 49
reached such a reduced stage of use is generally
considered moribund. Once a language is no
longer a native language—that is, if no children
are being socialised into it as their primary
language—the process of transmission is ended
and the language itself will not survive past the
current generation.
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1. It can be understood from the passage that 3. Language death often occurs when ‑‑‑‑.
‑‑‑‑. A) younger generations do not prefer using their
A) governments in developing countries have native language outside their native land
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tried to promote language death to gain B) languages with a few speakers are wiped out
political ends by genocide, disease or natural disasters
B) attempts to slow or reverse language death C) no one writes any poems or songs using their
are still underway in many languages heritage language
C) a moribund language is on the brink of D) a population goes through a voluntary or
extinction with only a few elderly speakers enforced process of assimilation
D) language death is usually a sudden event, E) a region where a language is spoken by a
which mainly affects bilingual speakers handful of people is invaded by an enemy
E) the problem of language death is not as force
important as the loss of biological diversity
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OKUMA PARÇALARI 24
2. According to the study in the passage, ‑‑‑‑.
1. - 3. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız. A) water temperatures do not have a
measurable impact on the swimmers’
Many swimmers experience intense feelings of appetite.
hunger after completing their laps, often more so
than after other equally vigorous cardiovascular B) participants who stood outside the pool ate
workouts. The main reason for an increased more than those who spent time swimming
feeling of hunger and weight loss after swimming C) some people go to pool aiming to lose weight
involves the temperature of the water. Swimming instead of enjoying their time
in colder water will burn more calories since the
body expends calories to keep itself warm as D) pool temperatures should not be any lower
well as to keep swimming. Depending on your than 20°C for a pleasurable swimming
body weight, you can burn anywhere from 250 to experience
more than 400 calories for every half-hour of light
E) subjects who spent more than half an hour
intensity swimming, according to the American
swimming burned more than those who did
Council on Exercise. As the intensity of the swim
not
increases, so does the caloric expenditure. A
half-hour of vigorous swimming, for example,
can burn as many as 600 calories. A 2005 study
conducted by University of Florida researchers
and published in the “International Journal 95
of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism”
showed that water temperature affects swimmers’
appetites. Study participants swam for 45 minutes
in a pool of 20°C. After swimming, the participants
ate 40 percent more than the control group.
MODADİL
1. Why do swimmers burn more and more 3. The main purpose of the passage is to ‑‑‑‑.
calories as the water gets colder?
A) provide a variety of scientific studies to
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A) The body starts shaking. support the theory that swimming is better
than other vigorous workouts
B) They start swimming faster.
B) compare the cardiovascular workouts and
C) They do not eat as much. swimming in terms of the calories burned
D) The muscles contract more easily. during each
E) The body tries to keep warm. C) inform the reader about how many calories
they should consume after a regular session
of swimming
D) explain the connection between the water
temperature and the increased feeling of
hunger after swimming
E) reveal the role of swimming in weight loss
and in the reduction of obesity rates
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DİYALOG 1
3. Lucy:
1. - 8. sorularda, karşılıklı konuşmanın boş
– ‑‑‑‑-
bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi
bulunuz. Helen:
– Interesting. What about you, yourself? Can
1. Roger: you tell what your next step would be in a
– I don’t like the fact that spring is coming. given situation?
Hannah: Lucy:
– Oh, come on! Everybody loves spring. It is – Not really. I’m an unpredictable person. I’m
the season of renewal and regeneration, just good at guessing what others would
and it has a positive effect on people. do.
Roger: Helen:
– ‑‑‑‑ – So, let me see if get this right: you’re saying
Hannah: you can guess what others would do next,
– Oh, I didn’t know that. If that’s the case, I but you can’t do the same with yourself.
can’t blame you for not being enthusiastic A) People tend to overestimate their own
about spring. generosity, which is not surprising at all.
A) Of course, it does. That’s why everybody is B) Some people are very easy to be friends
so enthusiastic about this season. with, whereas others strike me as very cold. 97
B) You can’t speak for everyone. There are C) Praise is very important in education, but if
many people out there who loves other you overuse it, its effect just fades away.
seasons more than they love spring.
D) Don’t you think it is interesting that some
C) There is one thing you are missing there. people are so naive and can easily be
I am allergic to pollens, which makes the deceived?
whole spring a miserable time for me.
E) Some people are so predictable. I can tell
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Beatrice: Susan:
– What’s the matter? What happened? – This association between schizophrenia and
poor physical health is well-established.
William:
– I was working on my essay, and I was Alice:
almost done when there was a power cut. I – ‑‑‑‑
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3. Sam:
1. - 8. sorularda, karşılıklı konuşmanın boş
– I don’t seem to be able to memorize the new
bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi
vocabulary items I learn in French classes.
bulunuz.
Peter:
1. Helen: – ‑‑‑‑
– Do you think women are good bosses?
Sam:
Chuck: – How does it contribute to the memorization
– Define ‘good’, and I’ll answer your question. process?
Helen: Peter:
– ‑‑‑‑ – The more you are exposed to a new word
Chuck: in a meaningful context, the higher your
– Then, yes, they are. I mean it is known that chances are in transferring it to your long-
women, in general, have a relatively higher term memory.
emotional intelligence and level of empathy. A) Memorizing the word itself does not make
A) I believe they make much better bosses much sense when it comes to learning a new
than men although there are, of course, language.
exceptions. B) I wish you had chosen a different language,
B) Good as in the sense of treating their
employees with respect and being more
which is much easier to learn. 119
caring about their needs. C) Learning the meaning of a word is only one
part of the journey. You should also be able
C) They are getting more and more powerful to use it efficiently when you need it.
in business, overcoming decades of heavy
discrimination. D) You know the best solution to that problem
is to constantly expose yourself to newly-
D) Employers sometimes ignore the better learned vocabulary in a meaningful context.
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4. Sam:
2. Saul: – ‑‑‑‑
– ‑‑‑‑
Peter:
Taylor: – That’s right. It’s not often that I choose to go
– It is true that those dominate the to the cinema to watch a movie.
contemporary news, but how else can you
stay informed? Sam:
– I’m guessing you don’t like watching
Saul: movies.
– That’s the point. I don’t want to be informed
about them anymore. It’s nothing but heart- Peter:
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breaking stuff. – It’s not that. I believe there are movies that
should be watched at a movie theatre, and
Taylor: there are those you can watch on your TV
– Well, I can’t blame you. They don’t include screen.
nearly as much heart-warming stuff.
A) I couldn’t help but notice that you only
A) Utmost importance should be given to the occasionally join us when we go to the
accuracy of news item presented to the cinema.
public.
B) Journalists should not have to reveal their B) There are many great movies coming up this
sources when they run a story. summer.
C) News bulletins are relatively short today C) I don’t like watching the trailer of a movie,
when compared to a decade ago. because it sometimes kills the excitement.
D) Do you believe in anything you hear in the D) I really envy those people who wait until the
mainstream media? end of a TV series, and then binge-watch all
the episodes.
E) I don’t want to watch the news anymore,
because all the violence, wars, conflicts and E) Much more money is spent on the production
crimes make me sick. of movies today than the past.
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YAKIN ANLAM 1
3. The term “Western culture” defines the
1. - 8. sorularda, verilen cümleye anlamca en
culture of European countries as well as
yakın cümleyi bulunuz.
those that have been heavily influenced by
1. People desiring to sell their home often need European immigration, such as the United
help getting their home to look great before States.
they put it on the market. A) The phrase “Western culture” describes
A) People try to sell their home without making various cultural and ethnic groups living
any improvements, so when they cannot sell in Europe and in countries that are under
it, they need advice. European influence, including the United
States.
B) A home that looks great is more likely to be
sold than that without any maintenance, and B) When we say “Western culture,” we talk
this is where many people generally need about countries with a culture that is very
help. similar to those of the European countries
and the culture of European immigrants living
C) People who want to get rid of their house in the United States.
quickly try to make it look better than it
actually is, and they use professional help C) The term “Western culture” was coined by
with that. European immigrants to the United States to
refer to the customs and traditions they had
D) Those who want to sell their house are when they lived in Europe.
usually in need of help for making it look 121
great before it is put out for sale. D) The concept of “Western culture” not only
refers to the European cultures but also to
E) Many homes on the market are not actually those that have been profoundly affected by
as nice as they seem on the pictures, European immigration, including the United
because people selling them make them look States.
perfect.
E) The use of the term “Western culture” to refer
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2. Many people want to get fit but are intimidated 4. London’s theatres were closed in 1593
by the thought of starting on their own. because of an outbreak of a deadly disease
called the bubonic plague.
A) A number of people would like to be fit, yet
the idea of starting alone scares them. A) The sudden onset of a fatal illness named
the bubonic plague caused the theatres in
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YAKIN ANLAM 12
3. Languages appear to be dying at an ever
1. - 8. sorularda, verilen cümleye anlamca en
increasing rate and a significant proportion of
yakın cümleyi bulunuz.
the languages currently spoken are likely to
1. Despite the fact that humans like associating die within the current century.
Venus with things of beauty, it has an eerie A) More and more languages seem to be
red landscape with thick clouds that block the going extinct, and an important share of
sunlight. the languages that are now in use might be
A) There are enormous clouds in Venus that extinct before the end of this century.
let only a small beam of sunlight go through, B) Language death seems to be gaining more
making it a scary red place; even so, people importance than before, because a large
have a favourable idea about the planet. number of languages are on the point of
B) The relationship between Venus and things extinction before the end of the century.
of beauty is arbitrary, as the planet is a scary C) During the last few centuries, many
red landscape with massive clouds and little indigenous languages have vanished, and
to no sunlight. apparently they will continue to disappear
C) Although the planet of Venus is associated throughout this century.
with beauty, it is mostly a barren planet, with D) It appears that the number of languages that
almost no sunshine because of the clouds are dying is increasing, giving rise to the
blocking it. possibility that all human languages might 143
D) Venus has a creepy red scenery, in which the face extinction within this century.
sunlight is obstructed by dense clouds, yet E) A great portion of languages that are being
humans are in favour of attributing it to things spoken around the world is under the threat
of beautiful nature. of extinction, which is a significant challenge
E) Because there is no sunlight reaching the to overcome within this century.
surface of Venus due to thick clouds, it has
MODADİL
2. Since the invention of the telescope in the 4. Ancient Egyptians believed the cardiocentric
1600s, we have learned that there is more to hypothesis, which stated that the heart was
the universe than meets the eye. the seat of consciousness rather than the
A) We invented the telescope in the 1600s, brain.
and thanks to that, we gradually learned the A) Consciousness was widely believed to be
universe is much bigger than it first seemed. controlled by the heart instead of the brain,
B) The telescope was invented in the 1600s, according to the cardiocentric hypothesis put
and since then we have gathered that the forward by Ancient Egyptians.
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universe has more to offer than is first B) The decisions that came from the heart were
apparent. regarded as conscious in Ancient Egypt,
C) The invention of the telescope in the 1600s where people believed in the cardiocentric
corresponded with the realization that the hypothesis.
universe is expanding faster than the eye can C) According to Ancient Egyptians who believed
see. in the cardiocentric hypothesis, the brain was
D) We have started learning more about the in a superior position to the heart in terms of
universe than ever before since the invention consciousness.
of the telescope in the 1600s. D) The role of the brain in consciousness was
E) Thanks to the invention of the telescope fiercely debated by Ancient Egyptians,
in the 1600s, humankind was no longer who tended to think that the cardiocentric
dependent only on their naked eye to learn hypothesis could not have been valid.
about the workings of the universe. E) Cardiocentric hypothesis suggested
consciousness was located in the heart,
not in the brain, which was what people of
Ancient Egypt believed.
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D) Well, I can help you with and I want to, but I’ll
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do it if you promise to do as I say, and don’t
ask any questions.
E) We’ve been close friends for a long time, but
I am sick and tired of you asking my help for
every little problem in your life.
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2. You are an English teacher, grading the 4. You go to a restaurant for your lunch break
essays of your students. The essay of one and order food. It has been 45 minutes, but
particular student has a lot of grammar and your food has not been served yet. Your break
spelling mistakes, although the ideas and time is almost over now, and because you
thoughts are effectively organized. When have things to do, you need to leave now. So
giving feedback, you want to point out the you signal at the server and say politely: ‑‑‑‑
aspects that can be improved in his writing,
A) You should have told me that the food would
but you do not want to discourage her. So,
take so long. You can’t keep your customers
you say: ‑‑‑‑
waiting like this.
A) It took me some time to understand you are
B) The reason is I’ve decided to come here
trying to say in your writing because many
today is that this restaurant is known for its
words are unintelligible with frequent spelling
fast service.
errors.
C) Hey, do you think my food will coming up
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B) If I’d known, I would have covered for you B) As soon as you graduate from the university
for the day so that you could have had some and start working as journalists, you will find
rest. yourselves in a corrupt world.
C) We only have a couple of hours to go home. C) It is true that some journalists are getting
Just hang in there. ultra-rich by serving the interests of the
powerful people.
D) It must be very hard for you to work like this.
Tell me if you need any help. D) As future journalists, you should be dedicated
to report about the events in a fair and
E) You shouldn’t have come to work. You’re objective manner.
going to make everybody sick.
E) You can never be completely objective,
because we are only human with our own
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beliefs and ideas.
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PARAGRAF TAMAMLAMA 1
3. In our modern cities, we barely notice the
1. - 8. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere,
fantastic abundance and intensity of human-
parçada anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için
made colour. ‑‑‑‑ Much of this spreading sea
getirilebilecek cümleyi bulunuz.
of colour has no real function other than to
1. Anthropologists have brought together the attract attention to itself. Unlike nature, where
little they know about the history of left- every colour has gradually evolved over time
handedness and right-handedness from to fulfil some precise utilitarian purpose, we
indirect evidence. ‑‑‑‑ Prehistoric pictures spread colour around because we like it and
painted on the walls of caves provide further we can.
clues to the handedness of ancient people. A) This is perhaps because, with so much
A right-hander finds it easier to draw faces colour around us, we have grown used to its
of people and animals facing toward the left, passing pleasure.
whereas a left-hander finds it easier to draw
faces facing toward the right. Both kinds of B) Blue is the colour of trust and peace, and it
faces have been found in ancient paintings. can also suggest loyalty and integrity.
A) The link between left-handers and creativity C) Our biological inheritance, perhaps at an
is a longstanding myth. unconscious level, still causes certain colours
to attract or repel us.
B) There is no hard scientific evidence that
handedness has anything to do with D) The meaning of colours can vary depending
leadership skills. on culture and circumstances. 169
C) Though early men and women did not leave E) Orange combines the energy of red and
written records, they did leave tools, bones, the happiness of yellow, and supposedly
and pictures. increases oxygen supply to the brain.
preference.
E) Humans are not the only members of the
animal kingdom that show handedness.
2. ‑‑‑‑ The most popular theory is that one or 4. Language is made up of a number of different
more asteroids or comets hit the earth, lifting components. Phonetics deals with the
massive amounts of debris and sulfur in the sounds of particular words, and how they are
air and blocking the sunlight from reaching produced and understood. ‑‑‑‑ There are 107
the earth’s surface. The 1991 discovery of the distinct sounds in it, plus a large number of
Chicxulub crater on the Yucatán peninsula modifiers that can be applied according to
in Mexico lent support to this idea. The accents and intonation.
second currently popular theory is that
A) Linguists have developed a phonetic
the extinctions followed the huge volcanic
alphabet of speech sounds that is
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PARAGRAF TAMAMLAMA 12
3. Those who visit the Mediterranean are
1. - 8. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere,
invariably impressed with its unity.
parçada anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için
Everywhere it is the same, for the shades
getirilebilecek cümleyi bulunuz.
of difference here is less important than
1. ‑‑‑‑ Underdeveloped countries need aid to the resemblances. ‑‑‑‑ In these respects the
provide finance for development projects; to Mediterranean is very different from either
provide foreign exchange with which imports central Europe, or high tablelands of Asia,
for development purpose can be bought; the Syrian and Saharan deserts, or even the
and to provide the trained manpower and Atlantic Ocean.
technical knowledge they lack. The motives A) Two of the most notable Mediterranean
of the donor are not always humanitarian. civilisations in classical antiquity were the
Aid can take a military form; it can be Greek city states and the Phoenicians.
used to support an incompetent or unjust
government. B) Several ancient civilisations, for example,
were located around the Mediterranean
A) Major donors’ aid to developing countries fell shores.
by nearly 3% in 2011, breaking a long trend
of annual increases. C) However, the Mediterranean is characterised
and immediately recognised by its deep blue
B) Both the quantity and quality of foreign aid colour.
have been poor and donor nations have not
been held to account. D) Yet this unity is the result of aggressive 191
contrast; sea and mountain, sea and desert,
C) Between 2001 and 2004, there was a sea and ocean.
continual increase in aid, but much of it due
to geo-strategic concerns of the donor. E) The Mediterranean basin and sea system
was established by the ancient African-
D) Aid to underdeveloped countries takes many Arabian continent colliding with the Eurasian
forms and it is given for many reasons. continent.
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2. Society is, regrettably, less interested in 4. The fact that the brain is divided into a left
the individual than in the position which he and a right half is not a recent discovery. ‑‑‑‑
occupies. One almost never asks a person What is interesting about this division in man
“Who are you?”, but one constantly asks is that each half seems to have developed
“What do you do?” ‑‑‑‑ This classification specialised functions, the left side appearing
process, called social differentiation, goes to be better at some tasks and the right side
on in all societies. Women as a class have a better at others. The most obvious difference
status distinct from that of men, and children in functioning is that the left side of the brain
have a status unlike that of adults. receives sensations from and controls the
right side of the body and vice versa.
A) A society can also consist of like-minded
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people governed by their own norms and A) Once the skull is removed, the division is
values within a dominant, larger society. obvious to the naked eye and it is a common
feature of brains in the animal kingdom.
B) For one reason or another, people are
separated into various categories which B) Physiologically, the function of the brain is
determine the roles they are to play in to exert centralized control over the other
society. organs of the body.
C) In order of increasing size and complexity, C) The shape and size of the brain varies
there are bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and state greatly in different species, and identifying
societies. common features is often difficult.
D) The main form of food production in such D) The most obvious difference between the
societies is the daily collection of wild plants brains of mammals and other vertebrates is
and the hunting of wild animals. in terms of size.
E) As a result, they do not build permanent E) The brain does not simply grow, but rather
villages or create a wide variety of artifacts, develops in an intricately orchestrated
and usually only form small groups such as sequence of stages.
bands and tribes.
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3. Plagued by internal instability and attacked
1. - 8. sorularda, verilen İngilizce cümleye
by various migrating peoples, the western
anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi bulunuz.
part of the empire broke up into independent
1. In the field of health, between 1990 and 2000, kingdoms in the 5th century.
conditions generally improved in almost all A) İmparatorluğun batı yakası, iç istikrarsızlıklar
Arab countries, thanks to the investments ve çeşitli göçmen toplulukların yarattığı
made by the local governments. çalkantıların ardından 5. yüzyılda bağımsız
A) 1990 ve 2000 yılları arasında yerel krallıklar tarafından parçalandı.
hükümetler tarafından yapılan yatırımlara B) İç istikrarsızlıktan zarar gören ve çeşitli
bağlı olarak, sağlık koşulları neredeyse bütün göçmen toplulukların saldırısına uğrayan
Arap ülkelerinde ciddi oranda iyileştirildi. imparatorluğun batı yakası 5. yüzyılda
B) Sağlık alanındaki koşullar yerel hükümetlerin bağımsız krallıklara bölündü.
yaptıkları yatırımlar sayesinde, 1990 ve 2000 C) İç istikrarsızlığın başa bela olması ve çeşitli
yılları arasında Arap ülkelerinin genelinde göçmen toplulukların sürekli saldırıları
değişime uğradı. yüzünden imparatorluk 5. yüzyıl civarında
C) Yerel hükümetlerin bireysel olarak bağımsız krallıklara ayrıldı.
yaptıkları yatırımlar sonucunda, 1990 ve D) İmparatorluğun batı yakası, iç istikrarsızlıklar
2000 yıllarında sağlık alanındaki koşullar ve çeşitli göçmen toplulukların yarattığı
neredeyse bütün Arap ülkelerinde genel çalkantı yüzünden 5. yüzyılda bağımsız 193
itibariyle gelişim gösterdi. krallıklar tarafından bölüşüldü.
D) Yerel hükümetler tarafından yapılan yatırımlar E) İç istikrarsızlıktan dolayı başı belada olan
sayesinde, 1990 ve 2000 yılları arasında ve çeşitli göçmen topluluklarının saldırdığı
sağlık alanındaki koşullar hemen hemen imparatorluğun batı yakası 5. yüzyılda
bütün Arap ülkelerinde genel olarak iyileşti. bağımsız bir krallığa dönüştü.
E) Yerel hükümetler tarafından yapılan
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3. Despite their brilliant track record, several
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European Union countries are currently
anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi bulunuz.
facing unprecedented outbreaks of vaccine-
1. During the initial stages of Ancient Roman preventable diseases due to insufficient
architecture, marble was used as the primary vaccination rates.
building material but soon this was replaced A) Çoğu Avrupa Birliği ülkesi, yetersiz aşılama
by concrete. oranlarına sahip olduğu için şu anda aşıyla
A) Beton yerine Antik Roma mimarisinin ilk önlenebilir hastalıkların benzeri görülmemiş
evrelerinde esas yapı materyali olarak salgınlarıyla uğraşmaktadır.
mermer kullanılmıştı. B) Yetersiz aşılama oranlarına sahip pek
B) Antik Roma mimarisinin ilk evreleri boyunca, çok Avrupa Birliği ülkesi, mükemmel
mermer temel yapı materyali olarak kullanıldı sicili olmasına rağmen, aşıyla önlenebilir
ama kısa süre içinde beton bunun yerini aldı. hastalıkların benzeri görülmemiş salgınlarıyla
mücadele etmektedir.
C) Mermer, daha sonra yerine beton
geçene kadar Antik Roma mimarisinin ilk C) Mükemmel sicillerine rağmen, birçok
dönemlerinde esas yapı materyali olarak Avrupa Birliği ülkesi yetersiz aşılama
kullanılmıştı. oranları nedeniyle şu anda aşıyla önlenebilir
hastalıkların benzeri görülmemiş salgınlarıyla
D) Antik Roma mimarisi esas yapı materyali karşı karşıyadır.
olarak uzun bir süre mermeri kullandı 215
ama sonrada beton kaçınılmaz bir şekilde D) Aşıyla önlenebilir hastalıkların benzeri
mermerin yerini aldı. görülmemiş salgınlarıyla karşı karşıya kalan
bazı Avrupa Birliği ülkeleri, mükemmel
E) Antik Romalı mimarlar ilk başlarda esas bina sicili olmasına rağmen, yetersiz aşılama
materyali olarak mermeri kullandılar ama oranlarına sahiptir.
sonradan betona geçiş yaptılar.
E) Sayısız Avrupa Birliği ülkesi, yetersiz aşılama
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3. Antik zamanlarda bile denizciler dünyanın
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yuvarlak olduğunu biliyordu ve âlimler onun
anlamca en yakın İngilizce cümleyi bulunuz.
yalnızca küre olduğunu bilmiyordu aynı
1. Araştırmalar net bir şekilde erkekler ve zamanda boyutunu bile tahmin ediyordu.
kadınların genel zekâda eşit olduğunu A) Even sailors in ancient times were aware that
göstermektedir ama konu duygusal zekâya the Earth was round, and scholars did not
gelince durum böyle değildir. have any doubts regarding its shape but they
A) What research clearly reveals is that had their differences about its size.
men and women do not differ in general B) In ancient times when even sailors had the
intelligence, but as for emotional intelligence, understanding that the earth was round,
there are variations. scholars went further to claim that it was a
B) According to the different surveys, men sphere and estimated its size.
and women are clearly equal in general C) Sailors in ancient times knew that the earth
intelligence although there are undeniable was round, and scholars of the time, who
differences between them as to emotional even estimated its size, argued that it was
intelligence. not flat but spherical.
C) Experiments indicate that there are no D) Scholars not only knew that the earth was
differences between men and women in round but they also calculated its exact size,
general intelligence, whereas in emotional whereas sailors could only argue that the 217
intelligence women outscore men. earth was round.
D) Studies show unequivocally that men and E) Even in ancient times sailors knew that the
women are equal in general intelligence, Earth was round and scholars not only knew
but that is not the case when it comes to that it was a sphere, but even estimated its
emotional intelligence. size.
E) Men and women are shown to be precisely
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3. İkinci dil öğretimi alanında, kelime öğrenmenin
1. - 8. sorularda, verilen Türkçe cümleye
sadece birçok kelime ezberlemekten ibaret
anlamca en yakın İngilizce cümleyi bulunuz.
bir süreç olmadığı uzun zamandır kabul
1. Bazı amnezikler yeni şeyler öğrenebilse edilmektedir.
de onlar bu şeyleri nasıl ve ne zaman A) In the field of second language teaching,
öğrendiklerini hatırlamazlar. it has long been recognised that learning
A) Some amnesics are capable of learning new vocabulary is not simply a process of
information, but the problem is they do not memorizing a number of words.
remember how they did so. B) Linguists working in the field of second
B) The problem from which some amnesics language teaching recognises that
suffer from is the fact that they do not learning vocabulary is not just a process of
remember when and how they learn certain memorizing numerous words.
things. C) In the field of second language teaching,
C) While some amnesics can learn new things, it has long been debated whether learning
they do not remember how or when they vocabulary is basically a process of
learned these things. memorizing words or not.
D) Some amnesics do not remember when and D) Many in the field of second language
how they have learned certain things though teaching has long recognised that learning
they know those things themselves. vocabulary is not just a process of 239
memorizing numerous words.
E) Some people suffering from amnesia could
learn new things while they cannot tell you E) In the field of second language teaching,
how and when they have learned them. it has long been denied that learning
vocabulary is simply a process of memorizing
a number of words.
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govern the relationships between members. muscles of the body are essentially turned off.
(II) Although members of a society share a (III) While sleeping, the muscles are unable to
culture, it is important to realize that all is not move so that the person will not be able to act out
uniform. (III) However, not all individuals in any dreams with their body. (IV) So, when a person
society will conform to these rules. (IV) There wakes up before REM is finished, sleep paralysis
will always be some who behave in a socially happens. (V) The person will be conscious, but
unacceptable manner. (V) Thus, among all the body’s ability to move has not been turned
peoples, there are formal and informal ways to back on yet.
correct the behaviour of such individuals.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
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5. (I) Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and
intellectual movement which began in the late
18th century as a reaction to Enlightenment
rationalism and the growing hegemony of
science. (II) No period has been the topic of
so much disagreement and confusion over its
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2. (I) The Internet originated as a system used for defining principles and aesthetics. (III) Lasting
research by the military in the United States. until the mid-19th century, it was a movement
(II) The United States still leads the way in of men and women who sensed that there
Internet usage, but Europe is catching up. (III) was ‘more’ to life – as experienced through the
Universities were the next group to connect to the magnificence of Nature. (IV) It included poets
system. (IV) It started to develop as a commercial such as Coleridge, Byron and Shelley, visual
system in the late 1980s, and by the mid-1990s, artists such as Blake and Turner, and writers as
home users were starting to connect to the diverse as Goethe and H.D. Thoreau. (V) It was
Internet in significant numbers. (V) Internet usage marked by intense passion and the elevation of
is still growing quickly and the number of hours aesthetic feeling.
we spend online is rising sharply. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
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