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CLOZE TEST............................................................... 6

CÜMLE TAMAMLAMA.................................................. 28

OKUMA PARÇASI........................................................ 56

KARŞILIKLI KONUŞMA............................................... 104

ANLAMCA EN YAKIN CÜMLE..................................... 138

VERİLEN DURUM........................................................ 176

PARÇA TAMAMLAMA.................................................. 210

ÇEVİRİ.......................................................................... 238

ANLAMI BOZAN CÜMLE............................................. 260

CEVAP ANAHTARI....................................................... 278

 CLOZE TEST

191. - 195. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada 196. - 200. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada
numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen
sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

Titled by Dante as “the master of those who know”, An atom is the smallest particle that composes a
the Greek philosopher Aristotle (191) ---- every chemical element. An atom consists (196) ---- an
field of learning known to the ancient world and electron cloud (197) ---- surrounds a dense nucleus.
pioneered the sciences of psychology and logic. This nucleus contains positively charged protons
A disciple of Plato and the tutor to Alexander the and electrically neutral neutrons, (198) ---- the
Great, Aristotle was a (192) ---- writer (193) ---- many surrounding cloud is made up of negatively charged
of his works have been lost. His treaties, used (194) electrons. When (199) ---- protons in the nucleus
---- the students of his famous Athenian school, the equals that of electrons, the atom is electrically
Lyceum, exerted a profound and lasting (195) ---- on neutral; (200) ----, it is an ion and has a net positive
Western thought. or negative charge.

191. 196.
A) complained B) insisted A) for B) at
C) on D) of
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C) surveyed D) informed
E) disturbed E) by

197.
192.
A) that B) what
A) relevant B) temporary
C) in which D) of which
C) doubtful D) superficial
E) where
E) prolific

193.
198
A) because B) since then
A) whereas B) until
C) through which D) although
C) in spite of D) by the time
E) only when
E) thus

194. 199.
A) next to B) by A) a number of B) the number of
C) above D) to C) too many D) so much
E) about E) only a few

195. 200.
A) ability B) event A) in addition to B) due to
C) influence D) separation C) thanks to D) otherwise
E) convenience E) such as

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 C Ü M L E TA M A M L A M A

149. As much as all women are 151. The whole universe runs down so ultimately
underrepresented in Brazil’s Congress, ----. even if you could double your lifespan,
triple it, ----.
A) currently they comprise just 9.9 per cent
and 18.5 per cent of the Lower and Upper A) the evolution will eventually provide all of
Houses us with the beauty of eternal life
B) black women make up over 27 per cent of B) you can achieve eternal life if you follow
Brazil’s population the basic principles of related science
C) representation is also lagging in the C) natural selection is going to select for
Senate, but is slightly better at 3.7 per infants and toddlers and babies to be well
cent cared for
D) it’s hard for people to register that a black D) the ultimate answer though is found
woman could be running for Congress in the principles of nature, that is
E) black women are underrepresented at an thermodynamics
alarming rate E) you cannot essentially live forever
because the universe will eventually die in
a heat death
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150. While 50 years might seem like plenty of 152. Even though women work vastly more
time for medical science to agree on if hours now than they did in the 1970s, ----.
something exists or not, ----.
A) this seemed impossible to me until
A) an older use of the term to describe recently, when I began to think about my
similar symptoms appeared in a book in own life
1961 B) mothers and fathers of all income levels
B) the first medical report on the topic dates spend more time with their children than
back to 1974 they used to
C) remember that medical science often C) my mother didn’t work all that much when
moves slowly in the hopes of being I was younger, but she didn’t spend any
accurate time with me
D) researchers have argued it is merely D) I might have easily spent every waking
a subset of depression rather than a Saturday hour with one if not all three of
separate condition my children
E) it took until 1981 for a test to be created E) nobody expected the single people
that could determine if somebody was to work that much but parents had to
suffering support their children

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 O K U M A PA R Ç A S I

137. It is understood from the passage that

136. - 138. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre Fazıl Say ----.
cevaplayınız.
A) is one of the few people who developed
a savant skill without a damage
B) is one of the cases who happens to have
What if you woke up one day with an exceptional prodigious capabilities
ability you didn’t have before? What if all of a C) is a person who has developed acquired
sudden you could play the piano like Fazıl Say? savant syndrome
There are only a few cases of people who were not D) is a rare case of savants where a person
born with prodigious capabilities like him, but after develops musical talents from birth
surviving a physical trauma these abilities came E) is a person with autism who also
forth. It’s happened a few times before. A woman happens to have a prodigy for music
could suddenly recall her memories with precision
and detail. A man who lacked musical ability for
the majority of his life became a piano virtuoso.
A man with no prior academic accomplishments,
who spent his adult life working as a furniture
salesman, became a mathematical genius. This
condition is called acquired savant syndrome, and
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is still not understood. What scientists do know

is that savant skills are also evident in people in
the autism spectrum, and it’s acquired when a
survivor of a traumatic incident has damage to the
central nervous system. What they don’t know is
if the effects are permanent, whether we all have
untapped abilities, and how to produce these
abilities without physical harm.

136. What is the problem with the acquired 138. Which of the following could be the best
savant syndrome? title for the passage?

A) People with autism acquire them after A) The Lack of Prodigy in Earlier Life
they suffer from serious accidents. B) People with Savant Skills
B) One can only get them if they acquire C) Autism Spectrum as a Miracle of
autistic skills after they go through a Accidents
trauma. D) Acquired Savant Syndrome: The Path to
C) People want to reveal them but they Success
don’t want to go through a traumatic E) A Trauma Leading to Hidden Abilities
incident to do so.
D) Everyone has them but not many
people know how to reveal them without
damage.
E) A person gets such skills when they
suffer from a serious incident which
damages their bodies.

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 KARŞILIKLI KONUŞMA

125. Sandra : 127. Alice :

- Are you still looking for the book you - Did you have a pleasant weekend?
borrowed from the library? Bill :
Nancy : - Yes, I spent the whole weekend with
- Yes, and bad news, I haven’t found it my brother and mother.
yet. Alice :
Sandra : - ----
- ---- Bill :
Nancy : - In fact he does, but since Saturday was
- I’ve already looked there. It’s so my mother’s birthday he came over to
annoying. I need to put it back. visit us.

A) You can borrow mine if you want. Don’t A) It must have been a nice surprise for your
worry about anything. brother to see you after such a long time.
B) This is because you are always living your B) Your brother? As far as I know he lives in
things around. Florida, doesn’t he?
C) Not again. How many times have C) You have never told me about your
I warned you about the things you brother in Florida.
borrowed? D) When did your brother last visit your
D) Why don’t you try the room in the mother and you?
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dormitory? E) If you had told me about your trip to

E) I think it is better to tell them the truth Florida, I could have given you a lift.
about the book.

126. Tom : 128. Eileen :

- If I were you, I’d take the bus every day - If I were you, I’d take the bus to work.
and leave the car at home. Driving in that rush hour traffic is
John : terrible.
- Yes, but I’d get to work late. Tom :
Tom : - ----
- But if you took the bus, you’d share Eileen :
the fuel between more people. - Even so, it is much better standing
John : up in the bus than being stuck in the
- ---- traffic jam and wasting petrol.
Tom :
A) And you would contribute more to the - I think you are right. The last price
family budget. increase in petrol has cost me a
B) Yes, but if I did that, my boss would want fortune.
to share my job with someone else.
C) But I don’t like getting parking tickets, A) Unfortunately there isn’t a bus stop near
therefore I try to be careful about my flat.
everything. B) You are right but if I took the bus I would
D) You’re right, but if I were you, I wouldn’t be late for work.
take such a risk. C) But by the time the bus gets to my stop,
E) Yes, but you always talk as if you were a there aren’t any seats left.
millionaire. D) Don’t worry. I will keep a seat free for you
tomorrow.
E) If everyone used the public transportation
there wouldn’t be any traffic jams.

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 A N L A M C A E N YA K I N C Ü M L E

170. Peace negotiations involving economic 173. The way he told us what he wanted to say
factors are more difficult to resolve than had a more effect on us than all the things
those that are purely political. he said.

A) Peace negotiations that are purely A) We would not believe what he said if he
political are the most difficult ones to hadn’t been so convincing.
resolve. B) Not only what he said to us but also the
B) Purely political peace negotiations are not way he said them was really effective.
as difficult to resolve as those related to C) He talked to us in such a way that we
economic factors. were affected by all the things he said.
C) Peace negotiations that involve economic D) Nothing he said to us was more effective
factors are the most difficult ones to than the way he said them.
resolve. E) We were fascinated by the way he
D) Problems related to economic factors managed to present all his ideas so
are not as difficult as the ones involving effectively.
political factors to resolve.
E) Purely political peace negations are
easier to resolve than any other problems.
174. John is the most responsible person I have
ever met because he never delays whatever
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task he is asked to do.

171. If I hadn’t been standing under the ladder, I
wouldn’t have been able to catch you when A) I have never met anybody who is as
you fell. responsible as John is as he does
whatever he is asked to do promptly.
A) Though I was under the ladder when you B) I believe there may be few people who
fell, I couldn’t catch you. are more responsible than John.
B) If I had been under the ladder when you C) If you want something to be done
fell, I could have caught you. perfectly, John is the right person to do it
C) I should have been under the ladder and without causing any problems.
caught you when you fell. D) Having achieved many things successfully
D) Because I was standing under the ladder, so far, John must be one of the most
I was able to catch you when you fell. diligent people.
E) If I stand under the ladder, I can catch you E) Besides being quite punctual, John is
when you fall. responsible enough to do anything he has
to do at work.

172. These two cars resemble each other so

much that I can not tell which is better. 175. Bodrum attracts more tourists than any
other holiday resort in Turkey.
A) Although these two cars do not look like
each other at all, I cannot name the better A) Every holiday resort in Turkey seems to
one. attract more tourists than Bodrum.
B) I cannot tell which of these two cars is B) Bodrum is one of the most popular tourist
better because I don’t know much about destinations in Turkey.
them. C) Among tourists, Bodrum is hardly seen as
C) It is impossible for me to choose one of a popular tourist destination in Turkey.
these two cars over the other because D) No other holiday resort in Turkey attracts
they look very much like one another. more tourists than Bodrum.
D) These two cars have similar features but I E) The holiday resorts in Turkey are all good
need to find out which is better. according to most of the tourists visiting
E) These two cars are similar to each other Turkey.
but I know which one is superior to the
other.

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 V E R İ L E N D U RU M

127. Your wife wants to visit her mother and 129. It is your father’s birthday tomorrow and
since her mother lives in an area where you are in a shop to buy a shirt for him, but
public transportation is not available, she you are not quite sure about the size. So
asks you to take her there by car. As you you call your mother to be sure about it and
have nothing else to do on this day you say: ----
accept her request. But after many attempts
the car doesn’t start and you say: ---- A) Can you come and help me with the
present I’m going to buy for my father?
A) Do you mind taking the bus since I need B) What sort of shirts do you think my father
the car? prefers to wear?
B) Say hello to your mother and don’t forget C) I can’t decide the colour of the shirt I’m
to bring me a piece of her wonderful cake. planning to buy for my father. Can you
C) I think we can forget about visiting your help me?
mother since the car needs to be taken to D) Do you think I should buy a large or an
the service. extra large one?
D) Didn’t you bring the car last week to the E) Perhaps I should buy him a nice perfume
service for the same reason? instead of a shirt. What do you say?
E) Do you think she can take a taxi on the
way back home?
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128. You want to sell your house and placed an 130. You have been living abroad for a couple of
advertisement in the newspaper. As you years. You decide to take a trip back home
look over the advertisements you see that to see your family and friends. When you
they printed the wrong price. You want them get to the airport, you realise that you have
to correct their mistake and you say: ---- left your passport back at the apartment.
You know it is not possible for you to catch
A) Due to your failure, I had to sell the house the plane. You go to the information desk
for less than it was worth. and you say: ----
B) If it is our error, we will place the advert
again for you for a further two weeks free A) Excuse me. Can you direct me to the
of charge. nearest information desk?
C) I am sorry but unfortunately I printed the B) I seem to have left my documents at
wrong price in the advertisement. home. Can you advise me how I can
D) I hope you will place the advertisement arrange a later flight?
with the right price and don’t charge me C) It was my first trip there and I had my
anything for it. passport stolen.
E) You promised me that my advertisement D) It is the only way of getting into any
would be published for two weeks free of country in the world.
charge. E) I had my passport checked and quickly
found my way to baggage claim.

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 P A R Ç A TA M A M L A M A

97. In addition to dealing with round-the-clock 98. On the train between Waterloo and
darkness in the winter and the constant Vauxhall, commuters claim they can detect
threat of polar bears, the 2,000 residents a strong toasting smell. On Old Paradise
of Longyearbyen must also follow one Street, a backstreet tucked away between
very strange law: It’s illegal to die there. the two stations in South London, lies the
Located on the Norwegian archipelago of unlikely heart of Costa Coffee’s brewing
Svalbard, Longyearbyen is so cold that empire. Hundreds of sacks of coffee beans
dying has been illegal there since 1950 are delivered here. ---- It’s all done under
when locals discovered that bodies weren’t the watchful eye of Gennaro Pelliccia
decomposing in the cemetery because of whose skills are so vital to the brand that
the frigid weather. ---- his employers have insured his tongue for
£10m.
A) Inhabited mostly by coal miners, locals
became so scared of diseases. A) Gennaro Pelliccia has worked at Costa for
B) These aren’t the only reason why these 23 years, starting as a part time barista.
people probably don’t want to move here B) These men tasted up to 100 cups, and
anytime soon. avoided eating curry within two days of
C) So few people have taken up on this tasting sessions in case the spices would
option that the terminally ill must leave the dull their sensitivity.
island. C) Then, they are tasted, prepared and
D) It stays dark in the winter for four months packaged for Costa’s 3,006 coffee shops
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at a time with zero difference between across the world.

night and day. D) Some 8,000 tonnes are roasted at the
E) In fact, when scientists exhumed plant each year to be shipped across the
corpses of those who died in the 1918 world, excluding India, where coffee is
flu pandemic in 1998, they were able to locally sourced and grown.
retrieve live samples of the deadly virus. E) Costa Coffee was founded in London
in 1971 by brothers Sergio and Bruno
Costa.

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 ÇEVİRİ

77. Futbolun ilgi çeken bir spor dalı olmasına 79. Mısır bilimcileri için en iyi kanıt kazılarda
itirazım yok, ancak, bazı insanların bulunan kemiklerden daha çok duvar
konuştuğu tek konu olması beni gerçekten yazıları ve resimlerdir.
bunaltıyor.
A) The best proofs for Egyptologists are
A) What gets me down is that people talk graffiti and depictions rather than the
about football as the only subject in their bones found in excavations.
minds, but I have no objection to its being B) The graffiti and the depictions are better
interesting. proofs than the bones Egyptologists find
B) I have no objection to football being an during excavations.
interesting sport, however, for some C) Egyptologists would rather find graffiti and
people it is the only conversation topic depictions during their excavations than
and it really gets on my nerves. bones.
C) I don’t object to football being an D) For Egyptologists, bones found during
interesting sport, yet, that it is the sole excavations are not as good a proof as
subject some people talk about really gets graffiti and depictions.
me down. E) Compared to bones found during
D) That football is the only subject for excavations, graffiti and depictions are
some people to talk about really upsets better proofs for Egyptologists.
me although I have no objection to its
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interesting aspect.
E) I don’t disagree with people who think
football is an interesting sport, but I really
feel upset when it is the only conversation
subject for them to talk about.

78. Son elli sene içinde özellikle kirliliğin sebep 80. Kültür şokunun meydana gelmesinin en
olduğu çevresel problemlerin sayısında temel sebeplerinden birisi muhtemelen
önemli bir artış gözlenmiştir. bireyin farklı bir kültürle karşılaşmaya
hazırlıklı olmamasıdır.
A) An increase has been observed in the
number of environmental problems led by A) One significant reason why culture
pollution during the past fifty years. shock takes place is that individuals
B) There has been an increase in the are generally not prepared for cultural
number of environmental problems differences.
caused by air pollution for the last fifty B) Because individuals are generally
years. not prepared for welcoming cultural
C) A considerable increase in the number differences, it is inevitable that culture
of environmental problems especially shock occurs.
caused by pollution has been observed in C) The most important reason why culture
the past fifty years. shock takes place is that the individual
D) We have observed a considerable is not ready enough to meet a different
amount of increase in the number of culture.
environmental problems especially D) The reason why culture shock occurs
caused by pollution during the last fifty is that the individual is not prepared for
years. integrating himself into the foreign culture.
E) A steady decline in the number of E) One of the primary reasons why culture
environmental problems related to shock occurs is probably that the
pollution has been observed over the past individual is not prepared to meet a
fifty years. different culture.

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 ANLAMI BOZAN CÜMLE

97. (I) For many people, Queen was just one of 99. (I) Smell is probably the most common basic
the greatest rock bands of the 70s and 80s. means of animal communication with even the
(II) However, audiences walking out of the film most primitive animals reacting to odours given
Bohemian Rhapsody, which is mainly about the off by their own or other species. (II) Animals
band and its front man Freddy Mercury, know may use these to proclaim their readiness to
that there was nothing simple about them. mate, to mark out territorial boundaries, to warn
(III) In short, these films are not perfect, and off intruders and predators. (III) In some cases,
audiences aren’t going to get complex plots it is used to attract prey. (IV) The most basic
and crisp cinematography. (IV) It shows a side substance for all these purposes is strong
of Mercury that many casual fans wouldn’t smelling urine. (V) These will take the form
know if it weren’t for his depiction in this film. of scent glands which may be situated in the
(V) Despite being one of the greatest rock stars hooves or on the face.
of all time, he possesses a genuine kindness
that many others in his position lack. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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

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98. (I) Adrenaline is an important part of your 100. (I) We often measure intelligence, particularly
body’s ability to survive, but sometimes the in mammals, in accordance with how much the
body will release the hormone when it is under brain weighs in relation to total body weight.
stress but not facing real danger. (II) This can (II) Humans lead by a long shot on this list,
create feelings of dizziness, light-headedness, and the animal right behind us is not one of the
and vision changes. (III) Also, adrenaline apes – it’s the dolphin. (III) The bigger, more
causes a release of glucose, which a fight-or- moderate-sized dolphins include the popular
flight response would use. (IV) When no danger bottlenose dolphin, which as an adult weighs
is present, that extra energy has no use, and 150 to 200 kilograms and measures 2 to 3.9
this can leave the person feeling restless and meters in length. (IV) They can thus be said to
irritable. (V) However, an endocrinologist is the have the potential for very high intelligence. (V)
best type of doctor to talk to when dealing with They help one another when injured or ill and,
hormonal issues. thanks to their individually distinct calls, they’re
able to pass on their knowledge to others.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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