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PRESTIGE 12.9
CONSOLIDATION TEST 1
6. Experts assume that the telescope ---- in Spain,
1. - 10. sorularda, verilen cümlede boş
not the Netherlands or Italy as has previously
bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da been assumed.
ifadeyi bulunuz.
A) could invent
B) should have invented
1. In old days, barbers also performed as
C) was to have invented
surgeons; blood-letting, a(n) ---- of the time
D) has to be invented
believed to cure diseases, was one of their main
E) may have been invented
tasks.

A) aviation B) remedy
C) enemy D) destruction
E) portrayal 7. Environmental and animal protection
organizations condemned the decision ---- in
the future, the meat and milk of the offspring
2. In early Europe, people usually slept in their ---- of cloned animals should be allowed on the
clothes. Specific nightclothes were first worn in market.
the 1500s.
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A) which B) what
A) exact B) regular C) that D) whose
C) explicit D) definite E) of which
E) tender

3. To prevent waste, feed the fish in an aquarium 8. Over the years, the use of fertilisers in farming
twice a day an amount that takes them five has increased soil fertility ---- tree canopies has
minutes to ---- clean up. grown thicker and cut light levels.

A) extremely B) emotionally A) as to B) by the time

C) completely D) mutually C) despite D) but for
E) eminently E) whereas

4. In 4400 BC, the first horses were ---- in Eastern

Europe. This was the first time horses were used 9. From New Year’s Day, ---- new child born or
for riding. adopted in Wales is to receive a certificate
stating that a tree has been planted for them.
A) convicted B) extinguished
C) occurred D) domesticated A) all B) none
E) remained C) whole D) every
E) every one of

5. The film Cleopatra was one of Hollywood’s

biggest money-losers. It did not begin to ----
its expenses until many years after its initial 10. Freshwater crabs are essential to freshwater
release. ecosystems; some feed on fallen leaves, while
---- help cycle nutrients by eating rubbish.
A) get back B) fall for
C) sell out D) stand up A) the other B) others
E) cut into C) other D) another
E) the others

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26. - 27. sorularda karşılıklı konuşmanın

28. - 31. sorularda verilen cümleye anlamca
boş bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek
en yakın olan cümleyi bulunuz.
ifadeyi bulunuz.

26. Chris : 28. Freddy must have been disappointed at Martha’s

- ---- refusal of the marriage proposal as he was sure
Lydia : she would accept it.
- I am sure she will feel great about it but you
know she has a big problem with her legs. A) Freddy should have thought about the
Chris : consequences of his marriage proposal to
- Jason and I can help her get down he stairs. Martha before he made it.
Don’t worry. B) Martha surprised Freddy a lot when she
Lydia : declined to get an answer to his marriage
- O.K. we will be ready by 9 o’clock, then; proposal.
thanks again. C) Freddy was confident of the positive answer he
would get to his marriage proposal to Martha
A) How is your mother feeling nowadays? so it is almost certain that her refusal led him to
B) Your parents must have got quite old now. feel upset.
C) Why don’t we take your mother to the seaside D) It is natural for Freddy to have been upset lately
tomorrow morning? as he was refused by Martha when he made a
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D) Do you think we are doing enough for the marriage proposal to her.
elderly? E) Freddy decided not to repeat his marriage
E) You ought to be patient to the old as working in proposal to Martha as she refused the previous
the nursery home was your choice. one.

27. Adam : 29. The global financial crisis, being felt for a while
- Have you finished the project they asked by many sectors now, in fact started to show its
you to do? effects a few years ago.
Susan :
- Not yet; I haven’t been able to concentrate A) The global financial crisis that started a couple
on it when I am on holiday. of years ago is currently being felt by some
Adam : sectors deeper.
- ---- B) Although the global financial crisis isn’t a new
Susan : phenomenon, many sectors are encountering
- I don’t know but I just hope I haven’t put its impacts currently.
them into trouble with the publishing. C) Many working fields have to terminate their
business due to global financial crisis going on
A) Forget about it; there is more time than you for some time.
think. D) When the global financial crisis started a few
B) You should have written the report you had to years ago, many sectors didn’t think that they
send. would be deeply affected.
C) It is really a tedious job to do. E) Many sectors were warned to take some
D) What is the report you are preparing going to precautions against the approaching global
be about? financial crisis.
E) What are you going to tell them then?

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PRESTIGE 12.9
CONSOLIDATION TEST 2
6. China and Rome were the great powers of the
1. - 10. sorularda, verilen cümlede boş
Ancient World, ---- empires were separated by
bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da inhospitable terrain, dramatically reducing the
ifadeyi bulunuz. opportunities for direct communication.

1. In 625 BC, metal coins were introduced in A) that B) which

Greece. They replaced grain as the ---- of C) whom D) by which
exchange. E) whose

A) restoration B) stratum
7. After a plane crash, until the black box is
C) relevance D) rejection
recovered, the real reason of the crash ---- as a
E) medium
mystery.

A) could have remained

B) may remain
2. In a first-of-its-kind business arrangement, Visa
C) had to remain
International signed a $3 million deal in 1993 to
D) was to have remained
become the ---- credit card of Atlanta.
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E) had better remain

A) retarded B) pitiful
C) forbidden D) swift
E) official 8. Health officials believe the current wave of
swine flu ---- across most of Britain, but many
---- a “big surge” in the autumn.

A) receded / are expected

3. Swifts, which circle ---- above towns and
B) has been receding / had expected
villages, are not related to swallows though they
C) was receding / were expected
resemble them in many ways.
D) is receding / expect
A) painfully B) humorously E) recedes / will be expected
C) sincerely D) bitterly
E) tirelessly 9. Since the beginning, the Earth’s climate ----, so
now the term climate change ---- to describe the
changes caused by human activity.
4. When John Harvard ---- $3,500 and a small A) has varied / is used
library to Cambridge College, its name was B) varies / uses
changed to Harvard University. C) varied / had used
D) has been varying / used
A) fostered B) donated
E) had varied / will be used
C) fortified D) notified
E) modified
10. Although natural factors such as large volcanic
eruptions are known ---- and ---- the planet in the
past, these effects are not powerful enough to
5. Ronald Reagan’s last acting role before ---- explain the rapid warming seen recently.
politics was in the film “The Killers”, made in
1964. A) to have warmed / cooled
B) warmed / to cool
A) looking up B) making for C) to warming / cooling
C) putting up D) going into D) warm / to have cooled
E) calling for E) to warm / to being cooled

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42. - 45. sorularda, cümleler sırasıyla

40. - 41. sorularda verilen Türkçe cümleye
okunduğunda parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü
anlamca en yakın İngilizce cümleyi bulunuz.
bozan cümleyi bulunuz.

40. Modern toplumda zayıflığın gözde olması 42. (I) In Bangkok, as in major centres all over Asia,
anoreksinin gelişmesinde güçlü bir rol oynarken, there is life everywhere. (II) A person can never feel
genetik gibi başka etkenler de bu sorunun bored in famous cities like Paris and Singapore. (III)
yaygınlaşmasına neden olmaktadır. For many people, it is not only a key destination in
its own right but a place for incursions into Vietnam,
A) Modern society favours thinness but there are Burma and so on. (IV) It is a sprawling, polluted and
other factors like genetic that contribute to the congested city of ten million people. (V) It also hosts
spread of anorexia. twenty universities, thirty hospitals and a recent
B) Anorexia, which may evolve from the popularity architecture of Asian religious culture.
of thinness in modern society, is sometimes
triggered by other factors like genetic. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
C) Thinness is a popular concept in modern
society, from which anorexia may develop but
other factors also cause this problem. 43. (I) While few of us look forward to a dental
D) While the popularity of thinness in modern appointment, for some the thought of going to the
society plays a powerful role in the dentist is terrifying. (II) However, the more one
development of anorexia, other factors like
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avoids going to the dentist, the worse it will be when

genetic also lead to the spread of this problem. he finally goes. (III) Dentists are now equipped with
E) The fact that thinness is popular in modern the latest technological advances to alleviate the
society is a factor in the development of pain. (IV) The main cause of dental anxiety is the
anorexia but genetic and other factors also lead memory of an unpleasant experience that occurred
to the spread of this problem. in the dentist’s chair. (V) Thus, patients who as
children were held down in a chair against their will,
develop a feeling of panic in the adulthood.

41. Tarım devrimi, tarımsal üretimde muazzam A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

bir artışa ve bu alanda teknolojik bakımdan
büyük gelişmelere tanık olan 18. ve 19. yüzyıl
arasındaki bir dönemdi. 44. (I) An avalanche is a massive slide of snow, ice, rock
or debris down a mountainside. (II) Provoked by an
A) The agricultural revolution, which took place
earth tremor, extreme precipitation or man-made
in the 18th and 19th century, witnessed a
disturbances, an avalanche can reach speeds of
massive increase in agricultural productivity
over 300 km/h. (III) If you’re caught in an avalanche,
and vast improvements in this field in terms of
call out to others in your party so they’ll know where
technology.
to look for you. (IV) The impact of the falling material
B) The 18th and 19th century was a period of
and the winds produced by the flow can cause
agricultural revolution that saw a great increase
extensive damage to anything in its path. (V) This is
and development in agricultural productivity
why avalanches are to be taken very seriously.
and farm technology.
C) The agricultural revolution was an agricultural A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
development between the 18th and 19th century,
which helped a massive improvement not
only in agricultural productivity but also in
45. (I) There are two basic causes of cramping. (II) One
technology.
is inadequate oxygenation of muscle, and the other
D) The 18th and 19th century witnessed a massive
is lack of water or salt. (III) Cramp is a sudden and
increase in agricultural productivity and vast
severely painful tightening in a muscle which limits
improvements in farm technology, which can be
movement. (IV) Cramps from poor oxygenation can
defined as agricultural revolution.
be improved by rapid deep breathing, and stretching
E) The agricultural revolution was a period
the muscle. (V) Cramps from lack of salt and water
between the 18th and 19th century that
can be treated by stretching the muscle, drinking
witnessed a massive increase in agricultural
water and eating salt.
productivity and vast improvements in this field
in terms of technology. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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