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1. - 20. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere 6. Seeing that there was no point in resisting
uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. any longer, she ......... to the wish of her
parents and agreed to marry the old man.
1. When Fred was in Thailand, he couldn't
understand the alphabet, so whenever he A) gave in
got on a bus, he was never sure of its ........ B) went against
and just went wherever it took him. C) found out
D) took after
consequence E) got over
A)
B) fare
C) destination 7. Unfortunately, I ......... more than half of
D) environment the salad when I .......... the worm in it.
E) arrival
A) was eating/was seeing
2. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and B) have eaten/have seen
Nagasaki are two of the most ....... acts in C) had eaten/saw
recent history, which, even today, are still D) had been eating/would see
being debated. E) ate/would have seen
A) accidental
8. I ......... too much this month and am almost
B) alternative
broke, so I ......... more careful next month.
C) coincidental
D) accessible
E) controversial
A) was spending/have been
B) am spending/must have been
3. We all agreed to ....... the situation
C) had spent/will have been
logically before coming to a decision.
D) spent/would have been
E) have spent/will have to be
A) think
B) postpone
C) reckon
D) analyse 9. The original work ........ in Greek, but in the
E) withdraw past 2500 years, it ........ into many
languages.
4. With the deadline for tax returns
approaching, accountants have been A) has been written/would have translated
working ....... to get everything done. B) had been written/was translating
C) has been writing/would be translated
A) intentionally
D) was written/has been translated
B) feverishly
E) would be written/is translated
C) virtually
D) stylishly
E) accidentally
10. No one knows why the Mayan civilisation .......
and the cities ....... by encroaching forest until
5. If this rain keeps ....... like this, we will
rediscovery in the 19th century.
never get home without getting soaked.
A) has declined/would be covered
A) getting off
B) declined/were covered
B) pouring down
C) would decline/had covered
C) going out
D) was declining/have been covered
D) breaking into
E) had declined/were covering
E) bringing up

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11. During the Middle Ages in Europe, all educated 17. ---- they played better than they have so far
people ....... Latin. in the cup, they lost the match.

A) have spoken A)) Despite

B) were spoken B)) No sooner
C) spoke C)) In contrast
D) had spoken D)) However
E) ought to speak E)) Although

18. ---- relieve some of the burden on the city's

12. There was no doubt ......... anyone's mind only airport, they are planning to build a second
that the fire had been set ......... purpose. one.
A) to/with
A)) No matter
B) in/on
C) about/up B)) In case
D) on/from C)) In order to
E) of/by D)) Even though
E)) Owing to

13. My pitbull is so frightening that people run 19. ---- we discuss the fine details, let me ask
away ....... us when I take him ....... a walk. you whether you are interested in our offer.

A) into/to A)) However

B) for/over B)) Consequently
C) towards/with C)) Afterwards
D) with/out of D) In spite of
E) from/for E)) Before

14. We're only allowed 20 kilogrammes each on 20. ---- 'Internet Cafes', students who can't afford
the plane, you know; ...., please pack carefully. computers have access to the Internet and to
e-mail.
A) whereas
B) in the meantime A)) In order that
C) inasmuch as B)) Owing to
D) therefore C) Wherever
E) nevertheless
D) Whereas
E) Whoever

15. ....... being disabled. Franklin Delano

Roosevelt was one of the greatest US
presidents of the century.

A) As far as
B) Besides
C) Whereas
D) In spite of
E) Nevertheless

16. ---- I dislike sentimental films, sometimes,when

I'm not feeling very energetic, I can curl up on
the sofa and watch one.
A)) As soon as
B)) Much as
C)) The moment
D)) Howevever
E)) Despite

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21. - 25. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada 26. - 30. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada
numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya
da ifadeyi bulunuz. da ifadeyi bulunuz.

The more technologically enhanced we become, the James Joyce was born in Dublin of a middle-class
more we are going to (21) ---- from people in the Catholic family. (26) ---- his mother was a devout
developing world who have never (22) ---- made a Catholic, his father was a man who was opposed to
phone call. As scientists we must think of the Church and fiercely objected to the interference
imaginative ways (23) ---- the developing world can (27) ---- the Catholic clergy in Irish politics. Joyce
leap forward from the 19th century into the 21st attended Clongowes Wood College for several
century. (24) ---- the gap never will be bridged and years, but (28) ---- to leave when his family fell upon
we (25) ---- ourselves in a world that really is increasing economic hardship. Then, he attended a
unsustainable. Christian Brothers school, Belvedere College and
later University College Dublin, where he (29) ----
21. modern European languages. He left Ireland for
A) exceed Paris but returned to Dublin for a short while (30)
B) distinguish ----learning that his mother was dying.
C) distract
D) diverge 26.
E) proceed A) Besides
B) Since
22. C) As if
A) even D) Though
B) but E) Even
C) still
D) just 27.
E) enough A) for
B) of
23. C) about
A) whether D) in
B) in which E) to
C) as if
28.
D) surely
A) was forced
E) since
B) is forced
C) has been forced
24.
D) would have forced
A) Similarly
E) would be forced
B) Whatever
C) Accordingly 29.
D) Therefore
A) assumed
E) Otherwise
B) studied
C) involved
25.
D) established
A) would find
E) affirmed
B) have found
C) are going to find 30.
D) were finding A) whenever
E) had to find B) until
C) after
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E) as

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31. - 41. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun 35. ....... why the Mongols spread over such a wide area.
şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
A) Historians can state a number of reasons
B) Every war had several causes and effects
31. Though Phillip was in town for nearly two C) More than a million people abandoned the country
weeks, ....... . D) There are a lot of well-prepared books
E) The countries had been misgoverned for years
A) he ended up staying here for more than a
month and a half 36. Industry observers are wondering .......... .
B) I never managed to see him as both of us
A) whenever their product does not sell very well
were just too busy
B) whether environmentalists will force them to stop
C) since that's the length of his company's operations
summer holiday C) unless there is another bad period in the market
D) I had expected that he would come and visit D) that production has been lower this year than in the
us at some point previous year
E) he usually has more than a month off at this E) provided that they observe the environmental protection
time of the year laws

32. ........ they wouldn't have been trapped on 37. Although we were already late for the party, ....... .
the mountainside by the blizzard.
A) we were really worried about it
A) Not having taken the villagers' warning into B) the driver was responsible for the delay
consideration C) he refused to drive any faster
B) While summer snowstorms are not D) it had probably started on time
uncommon in the Himalayas E) he was in a hurry to get there
C) Since they knew about the storm before they
started climbing 38. ........ many of the world's deserts would still be
cultivable.
D) Though the weather at this time of the year
can be quite treacherous
A) Since the growing world population has put such
E) If only they'd checked the weather forecast pressure on the land
before setting out B) Unless something is done to preserve them
C) Provided they are well cared for
33. The clear fingerprints and other evidence D) Until the beginning of the 20th century
the police found ........ . E) If their fertility hadn't been destroyed by over-farming

A) who were very careful not to leave anything

unexamined
39. The census-takers asked all sorts of questions ....... .
B) is going to become a key point in the
ongoing investigation A) in order to find out who we were and where we came from
C) which forced them to re-consider their earlier B) for the tourists could not understand them at all
synopsis C) although we could not go outside until evening
D) gave them the lead they needed to track D) unless we did not know the answers
down and arrest the art criminal E) whether we had been bom here or emigrated from the
E) leaving no doubt as to exactly what countryside
happened that night
40. ....... since you are not interested in history.
34. ...... they get on as if they've been best
friends since childhood. A) There is a good new book about the Russian Revolution
B) Your sister was thinking of studying literature
A) Even though Sam and Helen just met each C) I won't bother to explain the battle in detail
other a few weeks ago D) I've heard you know all about Byzantine customs
B) Since Larry and Sheila first met when they E) I would not expect you to remember me
were both six years old
C) Though my parents have known each other 41. Because of the high winds and heavy rains they
produce, ......... .
since kindergarten
D) Whereas the children that I'm teaching play
A) nobody really worries about monsoons any more
together remarkably well
B) meteorologists are widely despised in some countries
E) When those two boys were younger, they C) hurricanes cause billions of dollars in damage each year
were always fighting D) last year tropical storms devastated Florida and Cuba
E) El Nino is a particularly destructive phenomenon

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42. - 53. sorularda, verilen İngilizce cümleye

anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi, Türkçe
cümleye anlamca en yakın İngilizce cümleyi
bulunuz.

42. During the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of 44. Persistent headaches, blurred vision and
American military personnel were stationed in painful inflammation of the eyelids may be
Thailand at air bases in order to bomb Vietnam. indications of serious eye disorders.

A) Vietnam Savaşı sırasında, on binlerce Amerikalı A) Göz hastalıklarının en ciddi belirtileri, sürekli
askeri personel, Vietnam'ı bombalamak için baş ağrıları, bulanık görme ve göz kapaklarında
Tayland'daki hava üslerinde konuşlandırıldı. acı veren yanmalardır.

B) Vietnam'ın bombalanması amacıyla on binlerce B) Bulanık görme ve göz kapaklarında acı veren
Amerikalı askeri personel, savaş boyunca kızarmaların neden olduğu sürekli baş ağrıları
Tayland'daki hava üslerinde görevlendirilmişti. ciddi göz hastalıklarının belirtileridir.

C) Savaş süresince on binlerce Amerikalı askeri C) Göz rahatsızlıkları, sürekli baş ağrılanrra,
personel, Tayland'da konuşlandırılmış ve buradaki bulanık görme ve göz kapaklarında acı veren
hava üslerinden Vietnam'ı bombalamıştı. kızartılara neden oluyorsa ciddiye alınmalıdır.

D) Vietnam Savaşı sırasında, on binlerce Amerikalı D) Sürekli baş ağrıları, bulanık görme ve göz
askeri personelin görevi, Tayland'da konuşlanarak, kapaklarında acı veren kızarmalar ciddi göz
buradaki hava üslerinden Vietnam'ı bombalamaktı. hastalıklarının belirtisi olabilir.

E) Savaş boyunca Vietnam, Tayland'daki hava E) Sürekli baş ağrılarına neden olabilen bulanık
üslerinde konuşlandırılan on binlerce Amerikalı görme ve göz kapaklarında acı veren yanmalar,
personel tarafından bombalanmıştır. ciddi göz rahatsızlıklarıdır.

43. In order for a child to learn reading, he must 45. A number of books ascribed to Hippocrates
attain a certain level of mental and emotional have come down to the present, but how many
maturity, along with a favourable attitude books he actually wrote will probably never be
towards learning. known for certain.

A) Çocuk, okumayı öğrenebilmek için, öğrenmeye A) Hipokrat'a ait olduğu düşünülen birkaç kitap
uygun duruma ulaşmalı, bunun yanı sıra zihinsel günümüzde bilinmekte ama onun gerçekten kaç
ve duygusal açıdan da yeterince olgunlaşmalıdır. kitap yazdığı kesin olarak bilinmemektedir.

B) Öğrenmeye uygun bir tavır kazanmasının yanı B) Hipokrat'ın yazdığı birkaç kitap günümüze kadar
sıra, gerekli zihinsel ve duygusal olgunluğa ulaşmış olsa da onun yazdığı kitapların tam
erişmeden çocuğun okumayı öğrenmesi mümkün sayısını belki de hiçbir zaman kesin olarak
değildir öğrenemeyeceğiz.

C) Okumayı öğrenebilmesi için çocuk, öğrenmeye C) Gerçekten kaç kitap yazdığı belki de hiçbir
uygun bir tavır kazanmasının yanı sıra, belli bir zaman kesin olarak bilinemeyecek olan Hipokrat'ın
düzeyde zihinsel ve duygusal olgunluğa sadece birkaç kitabı günümüze kadar
erişmefidir. ulaşabilmiştir.

D) Bîr çocuğun okumayı öğrenebilmesi, D) Hipokrat'a atfedilen birkaç kitap günümüze

öğrenmeye uygun bir duruma gelmesiyle birlikte, kadar ulaşmıştır ama onun gerçekten kaç kitap
belli bir düzeyde zihinsel ve duygusal olgunluğa yazdığı belki de hiçbir zaman kesin olarak
erişmesine bağlıdır. bilinmeyecektir.

E) Öğrenmeye uygun bir tavır kazanmasıyla E) Hipokrat'ın kaç kitap yazdığı gerçek olarak belki
birlikte belli bir zihinsel ve duygusal olgunluğa de hiçbir zaman bilinemedi ama buna rağmen ona
erişen çocuk okumayı kolayca öğrenebilir. atfedilen birkaç kitabı günümüze kadar ulaşabildi.

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46. Children should be raised in a stable home 48. Bir zamanlar Orta Doğu'mın en güzel
environment, as too many changes in şehirlerinden biri olan Beyrut, 1975'ten
surroundings can make them feel insecure. 1991'e kadar devam eden iç savaş
sırasında harabeye döndü.
A) Çevrelerindeki sürekli değişiklikler,
çocukların kendilerini güvensiz hissetmelerine A) Now one of the most beautiful cities in the
neden olacağından onlan dengeli bir ev Middle East, Beirut had been devastated
ortamında yetiştirmemiz gerekir. during the civil war that continued fiercely
from 1975 until 1991.
B) Çocuklar istikrarlı bir ev ortamında
yetiştirilmelidir; çünkü çevredeki çok fazla B) Once one of the most attractive cities in
değişiklik onların kendilerini güvensiz the Middle East, Beirut was reduced to ruins
hissetmelerine neden olabilmektedir. during the civil war that raged from 1975 until
1991.
C) Çocukları istikrarlı bir ev ortamında
yetiştirmeliyiz; çünkü çevrelerindeki çok fazla C) A civil war that lasted from 1975 until 1991
değişiklik onların kendilerini güvensiz reduced Beirut, a once very attractive city in
hissetmelerine yol açar. the Middle East, to ruins.

D) Kendilerini güvensiz hissetmemeleri için D) Beirut was the most beautiful city in the
çocukların, çevrelerinde çok fazla değişiklik Middle East, but between 1975 and 1991,
olmadan, istikrarlı bir ev ortamında most of the city was reduced to ruins by civil
yetiştirilmeleri gerekir. unrest.

E) Çevrelerindeki çok çeşitli değişiklikler E) Beirut had been the most attractive city in
nedeniyle çocuklar kendilerine güvenlerini the Middle East until it was destroyed in the
yitirebilirler; bu nedenle onlan istikrarlı bir ev civil war, which lasted from 1975 until 1991.
ortamında yetiştirmeliyiz.

47. One of the inventions of Nikola Tesla, who 49. Her iki dünya savaşında da çelik miğfer,
obtained over a hundred patents, was the savaşan askerin teçhizatının tüfek kadar
alternating-current system that provides standart bir parçasıydı.
electricity for buildings.
A) During both world wars, the fighting
A) İcatlarından biri binalara elektrik sağlayan soldier's standard equipment included a
alternatif akım sistemi olan Nikola Tesla yüzün steel helmet as well as a rifle.
üzerinde patent almıştır.
B) In both world wars, the steel helmet was
B) Binalara elektrik sağlayan alternatif akım as much a standard part of the fighting
sistemi, Nikola Tesla'yı yüzün üzerinde patent soldier's equipment as the rifle.
sahibi yapan icatlarından sadece biridir.
C) The steel helmet, worn in both world
C) Yüzün üzerinde patent sahibi olan Nikola wars, was an essential part of the fighting
Tesla'nın, alternatif akım sistemi buluşuyla solder's equipment just as the rifle was.
binalara elektrik sağlanması mümkün olmuştur.
D) The steel helmet, which was worn in both
D) Nikola Tesla, binalara elektrik sağlayan world wars and was considered as important
alternatif akım sistemini bularak, yüzün as the rifle, is still a standard part of a
üzerindeki patentlerine bir yenisini eklemiştir. soldier's equipment.

E) Yüzün üzerinde patent alan Nikola Tesla'nın E) In both world wars, a fighting soldier's
icatlarından biri de binalara elektrik sağlayan standard equipment consisted of not only a
alternatif akım sistemiydi. rifle but also a steel helmet.

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50. Bilinmeyene karşı duyulan korku ve 52. Göçebe yaşamı terkeden insanoğlu, ilk kez
toplumsal histeri bugün hayatı, aynı orta Dicle Vadisinde bugünkü Hasan Keyf
çağlarda olduğu gibi etkilemeye devam kasabası yakınlarına yerleşmiştir.
etmektedir.
A) Having abandoned nomadic life, mankind
A) Fear of the unknown and mass hysteria first settled down in the Tigris Valley near the
continue to infect life today just as much as present day town of Hasan Keyf.
they did in the middle ages.
B) The first settlements in the Tigris Valley
B) Fear of the unknown and mass hysteria are near the present day town of Hasan Keyf were
just as common today as they were in the made by nomadic people who had decided to
middle ages. settle down.

C) Fear of the unknown and mass hysteria C) Before he built his first settlements in the
were common in the middle ages and can Tigris Valley near the present day town of
sometimes still be prevalent today. Hasan Keyf, mankind had followed a nomadic
life.
D) Fear of the unknown and mass hysteria,
though not infecting the widespread population D) The first place in the world where mankind
as they did in the middle ages, continue to abandoned his nomadic lifestyle was in the
exist today. Tigris Valley near the present day town of
Hasan Keyf.
E) Fear of the unknown and a tendency
towards mass hysteria have been human E) The first people to depart from a nomadic
characteristics since the middle ages. life and settle down did so in the Tigris Valley
not far from the present day town of Hasan
Keyf.

51. Ekvatorun tam üzerinde yer alan Galapagos 53. Maruz kaldıkları ısıtma işleminden dolayı
Adalarının birçoğunun, hem İspanyolca hem konserve yiyecekler genellikle çok az miktarda
de İngilizce ismi vardır. vitamin içerirler.

A) Most of the names of the Galapagos Islands, A) The heat process which canned food
which are directly on the equator, are called the undergoes generally destroys most of the vitamins
same in Spanish and English. originally found in it.

B) Some of the Galapagos Islands, which are on B) The lack of vitamins to be found in canned food
the equator, have English names, while the is generally a result of the heat processing which it
others have Spanish names. undergoes.

C) The Galapagos Islands, many of which are C) Generally speaking, after food has undergone
situated directly on the equator, have either heat processing for canning, there are little or no
English or Spanish names. vitamin traces left in the food.

D) Because of their location, being directly on D) Owing to the heat processing which it
the equator, most of the Galapagos Islands have undergoes, canned food generally contains only
a Spanish name as well as an English one. small amounts of vitamins.

E) Many of the Galapagos Islands, which are E) In spite of the heat processing which canned
directly on the equator, have both Spanish and food undergoes, it still contains small amounts of
English names. vitamins.

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54. - 56. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 57. - 59. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız. cevaplayınız.

Realism, in the arts, is the attempt to portray life as it In Britain, the demand for women to have the right to vote
is. To the realist, the artist's main function is to and to be represented in Parliament goes back to the late
describe as accurately and honestly as possible 18th century, and during the 19th century, it was
what he observes through his senses. In part, supported by many important figures. By the first decade
realism has been a revolt against classicism and of the 20th century, the movement had taken an extreme
romanticism — artistic movements characterised by form. Known as the suffragettes, women like Emmeline
works that idealise life. Classicists show life as being Pankhurst and her daughters took to burning letter
more rational and orderly than it really is. boxes, assaulting prominent opponents and chaining
Romanticists show life as being more emotionally themselves to railings. This, however, won little sympathy
exciting and satisfying than it normally is. The realist from the public. The First World War, though it brought
tries to be as objective as is humanly possible. He the campaign to an end, gave obvious justification to the
suffragettes' demands by demonstrating the extent to
tries not to distort life by forcing it to agree with his
which women could undertake work previously done only
own desires and principles. However, in the process
by men. In 1918, a bill allowing women of 30 to vote and
of selecting and presenting material, the realist
to sit in Parliament was passed with little opposition.
cannot help being influenced by what he feels and
thinks. 57. We learn from the passage that the struggle of the
English women to obtain their demands
54. From what is stated in the passage, a realist mentioned ........ .
artist ...... .
A) was at its strongest during the 19th century
A) actually imitates the works of either a classicist or B) began in the first decade of the 20th century
a romanticist C) failed to get the support of prominent people in the
B) distorts, to a great extent, the things that he 1800s
observes in life D) was put before Parliament in the late 1700s
C) usually produces work that does not arouse any E) lasted, though interruptedly, well over a century
emotions
D) can never get on well with a classicist 58. The writer states that the actions taken by women
E) aims to free his work from his personal feelings like Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters ...... .
as much as possible
A) made a number of people feel a bit sorry for them
55. According to the definitions in the passage, we B) were continuing a long tradition of female violent
can infer that classicists and romanticists ..... protest
C) were non-violent protests against their lack of voting
power
A) lead much more exciting lives than realists do
D) turned most men into strong opponents to their
B) select completely different materials to portray
demands
C) appreciate each other's work more than they do E) did not help them gain popular support for their cause
that of realists
D) depict life in their works as they want to see it 59. The author concludes that World War I helped
E) cannot produce high quality works of art women to get their demands because ..... .

56. It's clear from the passage that realists............. A) most men were fighting and therefore could not
oppose their cause
A) cannot portray reality with a total exclusion of B) it brought the majority of the extreme movements to
their feelings and thoughts an end
B) are people who have no desires or principles of C) men having been killed in the war, women constituted
their own most of the population
C) try hard to present their thoughts and feelings in D) women took on 'male' jobs and thus proved their
their paintings claims of equality
D) find it difficult to agree on a set of common E) the suffragettes might have continued to cause unrest
principles in the war-torn countries
E) are not actually capable of producing high quality
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60. - 62. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 63. - 65. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız. cevaplayınız.

Although East Asia's economies clearly have some Ever since 1979, when pictures sent back from the two
things in common, economists always enjoy arguing "Voyager" probes revealed that one of Jupiter's moons,
over what these things are. A few years ago, when Europa, was wrapped in cracked ice, scientists have
they were still soaring in unison, one camp attributed suspected the existence of an ocean of water beneath
their success to strong and wise governments; its surface. This has excited those interested in
another emphasized the power of free markets. When searching for extra-terrestrial life. Water is widely
they began crashing to earth, starting with Thailand in regarded as necessary, if not sufficient alone, to sustain
mid-1997, the two camps changed sides, blaming, living things. Further fiy-bys of Europa by "Galileo", a
respectively, stupid and corrupt governments or spacecraft that has been in orbit around Jupiter since
hysterical markets. Cultural explanations, too, have 1995, have provided additional evidence through more
been popular through both ups and downs. Among detailed pictures.
this rich array of theories, one less clever but far more
verifiable explanation is often overlooked: the 63. What scientists have learnt from the evidence sent
economies of East Asia are, in fact, right next to each back from the "Voyager" space probes is that ....... .
other.
A) Europa is one of Jupiter's moons
60. We learn from the passage that economists ....... . B) Europa's surface consists of ice
C) there is no life in outer space
A) are clear about what East Asia's economies have D) the largest ocean in the solar system is on Europa
in common E) there is life on Europa
B) agree that East Asia's economies are soaring in
unison 64. The passage informs us that water is ......... .
C) disagree about the common factors in East Asia's
economies A) Europa's main component
D) have made a lot of money commenting on East B) what the "Galileo" spacecraft has been searching for
Asia's economies C) the only thing that is necessary to support life
E) usually emphasize the power of free markets D) an important part of the components required for life
E) found only on the Earth and Europa
61. The author points out that when the economies of
East Asia started to crash in 1997, ....... . 65. Those interested in extra-terrestrial life think that
Europa ...... .
A) the two camps blamed what they had previously
praised A) is the largest of Jupiter's moons
B) the theories of economists were useful in limiting B) is the only place in the solar system, except the Earth,
the damage to harbour life
C) a lot of people lost money on the stock-exchange C) is a possible future space colony
D) it was commonly believed to be the fault of D) might support life if it has water
hysterical markets E) is covered by cracked ice
E) countries in other parts of the world were also
affected

62. We can conclude from the author's statements

that for him, ....... .

A) simple explanations are not enough to resolve the

problems in East Asia
B) there hasn't been enough stress put on cultural
explanations
C) the downfall of the East Asian economies was
inevitable
D) a combination of strong government and free
markets will always lead to success
E) being close to each other is a more significant
aspect of the East Asian economies

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66. - 68. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 69. - 74. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere, parçada
cevaplayınız. anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek
cümleyi bulunuz.
In 1849, at the age of 28, Dostoevsky was sentenced
to death with several others for attending meetings of
a group of Utopian socialist intellectuals in St 69. Descended from a line of crusader warriors
Petersburg. The group was lined up before a firing and French and English aristocrats, the
squad only to be told at the last moment that their French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
sentences had been commuted to exile in Siberia. shared his father's love of horses and
Dostoevsky spent the next five years in a convict hunting as a child. At 12, young Toulouse-
prison at Omsk, an experience which produced his Lautrec broke his left leg and at 14, his right
first major novel, 'The House of the Dead". This was leg. ........ . As a result, he reached young
followed by five years of enforced military service in adulthood with a body trunk of normal size
the garrison at Semey, which was then starting to but with abnormally short legs. He was only
prosper mildly as a trading town, but was still as 1.5 metres tall. Never self-pitying, he was the
remote and inhospitable a place as the Tsarist first to laugh at his deformities, before
authorities could think of for rebellious citizens. others had a chance to.

66. It is clear from the passage that Dostoevsky ....... . A) He continued to ride and hunt enthusiastically
for the remainder of his life
A) was executed at the age of 28 B) His ancestor, Raymond of Toulouse, was one
B) became a government spy after being threatened of the leaders of the 1st Crusade
with execution C) Toulouse-Lautrec observed and captured in
C) attended social evenings in St Petersburg among his art the Parisian nightlife of the period
the elite D) The bones failed to heal properly, and his
legs stopped growing
D) had friends supporting anti-government ideas
E) Deprived of the kind of life that a normal body
E) had already written great novels by the age of 28
would have permitted, Toulouse-Lautrec lived
67. According to the passage, after his conviction, wholly for his art
Dostoevsky ...... .

A) spent ten years writing his first major novel

B) had to quit his career as a novelist 70. Ibn Battuta (1304-1374), the gieatest Muslim
C) was not completely free for a period of ten years traveller of the Middle Ages, left his home in
D) was sent to a place called "The House of the Tangier as a pilgrim at the age of 21. ........ .
Dead" by prisoners Despite this principle of his, he made four
E) was in prison first at Omsk, then at Semey pilgrimages to Mecca. Altogether he covered
around 125,000 kilometres, probably more
68. We can infer from the passage that Dostoevsky's than any other recorded traveller before his
experience ...... . time.

A) as a political prisoner influenced at least some of A) Ibn Khaldun is another well-known north
his writing African, most famous as a historian
B) as a writer made his life as a political prisoner B) His rule was never to travel any road a
easier second time
C) by the age of 28 led him to believe that he would C) Tangier, as a neutral free port during World
be a successful writer War II was full of spies from all different
D) of almost being executed led to his Utopian countries
socialist beliefs D) All sincere Muslims should attempt to make
E) of military service at Semey was quite Pleasant the pilgrimage to Mecca
E) Marco Polo was the greatest Christian
traveller of the Middle ages of whom we have a
record

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71. Copper has been known since prehistoric 73. ......... . It was not until the 1400s that scientists
times. It is an excellent conductor of heat began to suspect that some diseases were
and electricity, and is used extensively in caused by tiny, invisible particles called germs.
roofing, utensils and electrical wiring. ........ . Early researchers called these germs "living
For example, it is required for the formation seeds of disease". They believed that germs
of chlorophyll in plants, and traces of it are developed out of nothing in the blood streams
necessary in the human diet to aid in the of man and of animals. In the 1500s, doctors
breakdown of sugar. However, too much began to suggest that some germs could be
copper in the diet can cause cirrhosis of the passed from one person to another and spread
liver, failure to grow and jaundice. disease.

A) Leafy greens and red meat are two excellent A) Disease was unknown In the West until the
sources of copper bubonic plague came from the Orient
B) Copper combines with tin to make bronze, a B) By the end of the fourteenth century, medicine
metal harder than either had become an advanced science
C) In the late 18th century, copper began to be C) For centuries Europeans believed that it was
used to cover the bottoms of ships evil spirits that made people sick
D) Copper is also necessary for the well-being D) Little progress has been made in epidemiology,
of all living things the study of the spread of disease, in the last 500
E) Copper is abundant enough not to be years
particularly expensive E) Biological warfare began in the medical
laboratories of medieval European universities

72. In 1604, Robert Cawdrey, a schoolmaster, 74. The few plants and animals that live in deserts
prepared the first English dictionary. Called have become adapted so that they require less
The Table Alphabetical! of Hard Words, it water than most plants and animals. Camels
defined about 3,000 difficult words that had sweat very little and can keep the water they
been taken from other languages. Larger drink for long periods. When a camel finds
dictionaries that offered more information water, it can drink as much as 30 gallons in 10
about the words they contained were minutes. ........ . These only come out at night
produced in later years of the 1600s. ....... . to look for food. Some of them eat other
This was the first English dictionary that animals, and get the water they need from the
tried to include all English words instead of moisture in the meat. Others, such as the
hard words only. kangaroo rat, eat plants and seeds and get the
water they need from plant juices.
A) In 1721, Nathan Bailey published a dictionary
containing about 60.000 words A) This is equivalent to between 110 and 115 litres
B) The problem with many eariy dictionaries was in the metric system
that the words weren't in order B) The desert is also home to a wide variety of
C) In fact, many criticised them for having too plant life, including many night-blooming flowers
much information about too few words C) On the other hand, when water is not available,
D) The word 'dictionary' comes from the it can go for as long as a week without it
medieval Latin word dictionarium D) The camel riders, however, do not handle the
E) It is curious that the first English dictionary desert's hot midday sun nearly as well
contained a spelling error in its title E) The smaller desert animals do not drink at all,
but burrow underground to escape the hot sun

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75. - 80. sorularda, cümleler sırasıyla

okunduğunda parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü
bozan cümleyi bulunuz.
78. (I) Most of the military robotic systems currently
75. (I) Stress can affect our health by leading us to operating are airborne. (II) This is because
engage in types of behaviours that undermine robots for use in a ground war present serious
thebody’s ability to fight off disease. (II) When problems as conditions are more complex and
we are feeling stressed, we often do not take less predictable. (III) The Army’s first ground
proper care of ourselves. (III) Thus, stressful robots were devoted to mine-sweeping. (IV) For
situations may affect immune system instance, what works in a desert will be
functioning. (IV) Students, for instance, who are unsuited to jungles. (V) Similarly, a machine
taking exams, may stay up all night for several designed for use in cities is unlikely to adapt to
nights in a row. (V) Furthermore, they may skip mountains.
meals and snack on junk food.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

79. (I) For a long time, the source of the Sun's

76. (I) Like most other American cities, Las Vegas, enormous energy remained a mystery. (II) At a
the centre of gambling, has its share of poverty, distance of 93 million miles from the Earth, our
drugs, violence and homeless people. (II) Sun is 270,000 times as close to us as the next-
Visitors from all around the world can lose a nearest star. (III) Early theories proposed that it
fortune there gambling. (Ill) While the city's was a massive burning lump of coal. (IV)
economy boomed in the 1980s, the poverty rate However, it was quickly obvious that such a
soared by 17%. (IV) Twelve out of every 1,000 source would have burned out long ago. (V) In
people have been victims of violent crime. (V) the 1930s, it became apparent that the only form
The rate of teenage pregnancies is among the of energy that could keep the Sun burning for
highest in the nation. billions of years had to be nuclear energy, and
science now holds that this is the case.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

77. (I) Because it is a living structure, bone is

80. (I) The excellent visibility qualities of the colour
susceptible to many diseases. (II) Physical
red in extreme darkness have led to the use of
activity keeps bones strong and healthy. (III)
red for stop signs, danger signals and break
When a person is inactive for long periods of
lights. (II) It is also used to designate fire
time, the weight and density of bone is gradually
equipment. (III) Strangely enough, black is
lost. (IV) On the other hand, bone is capable of
considered more visible at sea. (IV) Its
considerably increased development when
stimulating effect has led to its use for features
needed, as in the ballet dancer's big toe. (V)
in advertising. (V) Red may cause restlessness
Unusual mechanical demands make it grow to a
and insomnia if used in bedrooms, but it is
size bigger than normal.
considered appropriate for exercise and play
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V rooms.

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

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