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1-8. sorularda cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere 4. You can see many - - - - and original paintings of
uygun düşen sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz. 16th century in the exhibition if you visit it until the
end of this month. It will be worth your time.
A) unbiased B) factitious

1. Psychologists must have good communication C) ordinary D) updated

skills and crisis - - - - to be able to help their E) splendid
clients.
A) alteration B) management
C) aversion D) compensation
E) protection

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5. In a - - - - populated country like Britain, finding

2. As a preventive measure against COVID-19 at somewhere to walk alone is never straightforward.
workplaces, crowded business meetings should
be postponed and if the activities are compulsory, A) meagre B) lettered
they - - - - primarily by using audio and video C) declaredly D) singularly
communication facilities.
E) densely
A) should have carried out
B) must have carried out
C) would carry out
D) should be carried out
E) would be carried out

3. Upon seeing the black fumes coming out of the 6. Scientists all over the world - - - - to be the first to
chimney and noticing something was wrong with find a cure for the illness for a long time when two
the wooden hut, the family did their best to leave Turkish scientists - - - - it.
the area - - - -.
A) had been racing / achieved
A) awkwardly B) abruptly B) have been racing / will achieve
C) adversely D) accurately C) raced / achieve

E) approximately D) will have been raced / will achieve

E) race / will achieve

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7. According to the research report, parental - - - - 10. - - - - wearing helmets, protective gloves should be
in children’s education from an early age has a in - - - - with the standard in construction business.
significant effect on educational achievement. A) In addition to / compliance
A) development B) attainment B) Besides / competence
C) involvement D) agreement C) Likewise / accordance

E) confinement D) As well as / complication

E) Instead of / association

11. I have great difficulty - - - - understanding some

8. With multiple lines of evidence that tyrannosaurs
biased people’s attitude - - - - the refugees from
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sometimes lived alongside each other, researchers
war-stricken countries.
- - - - to look at the relatives of the dinosaurs to
form hypotheses about what the dinosaurs - - - - A) about / with B) with / on
together. C) in / towards D) on / for
A) started / could do E) of / in
B) will start / did
C) start / had done
D) have started / may have been doing
E) had started / would have done

12. When a flood disaster hit Pakistan - - - - 2010,

thousands of spiders set their homes - - - - to the
trees.
A) at / up B) in / at C) on / over
D) on / at E) in / up

9-15. sorularda cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere

uygun düşen sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.

9. Mr. Coral has conducted a research - - - -

participants have been selected randomly, an
implication that the analyses could be parametric.
A) in which B) when 13. When I try to - - - - eating to lose weight, I don’t
want to go anywhere with friends as they force me
C) of which D) whom to eat something.
E) after which A) cut down on B) cut up C) cut across
D) cut in E) cut out

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14. Our parents would sit - - - - watching TV or just 17.
talking after we had gone to sleep.
A) translating B) translates
A) by B) through
C) would translate D) translated
C) about D) up
E) may translate
E) in

15. - - - - scientists warn us about effects of climate

change on the environment, people are not trying
enough to fight against it.
A) Although B) Until 18.

C) If D) Whether A) barren B) clarifying

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E) In that C) relieving D) vague
E) sufficient

16-20. sorularda aşağıdaki parçada

numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.

A survey held by ICAO including data from 91 countries

found out that airlines face an (16) - - - - of 34 bird
strikes in a day. The damage, if (17) - - - - to money, 19.
amounts to more than $1 billion annually. However, a A) In addition to this B) Accordingly
(18) - - - - fact is that almost 92 percent of the airstrikes
are without any damage. Most of modern engines are C) Even though D) Meanwhile
required to be capable of ingesting birds that weigh E) Whereas
about 1.8 kilo while running at full power. They are
required to do it within the initial climb speed without
catching fire or making the engine impossible to shut
down. (19) - - - -, it is also required to operate at least
50 percent power for up to 14 minutes after the strike.
This means that even if both the engines are hit by
large birds, they (20) - - - - a combined thrust output
of at least one engine which is more than enough to
return to the airport.

20.
A) might provide B) should have provided
16.
C) must be provided D) had better provide
A) average B) adequate
E) can provide
C) entire D) inevitable
E) excessive

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 21-28. sorularda verilen cümleyi uygun şekilde 24. Starting with Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the
tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz. Caribbean in 1492, - - - -.

A) other unsuccessful North American colonies get

little attention
21. Even after people recover from long-term malice,
B) all colonies, successful and unsuccessful, faced
- - - -.
similar challenges
A) they usually go on living carefully C) Spain established colonies in the Caribbean,
B) children forget those days eventually Mexico, and South America
C) financial problems will recover in a long time D) sailing north, the party landed near Winyah Bay in
D) new cures will be produced in advanced technology what is now South Carolina

E) they might have a hard time finding jobs E) one group of survivors left to exploit Indians in a
nearby village

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22. - - - -, it may be true.

A) However, I will never believe him

B) If she would deny the murder
C) Even though I find it very unlikely
D) Although it looked so terrifying 25. Although the word tragedy is often used loosely to
describe any sort of disaster or misfortune, - - - -.
E) Because of the recent facts
A) the Greeks of Attica, the ancient state whose chief
city was Athens, was divided into municipalities from
the reform of Cleisthenes in 508/7 BC
B) there were altars to the gods, with priests in
attendance, and the subjects of the tragedies were
the misfortunes of the heroes of legend, religious
myth, and history
C) most of the material was derived from the works of
Homer and was common knowledge in the Greek
23. Renewable sources of energy are the ones that can
communities
never be exhausted - - - -.
D) it more precisely refers to a work of art that probes
A) as some air pollution is produced with high seriousness questions concerning the role
B) this form of energy is not suitable for every area of man in the universe
C) that they do little or no harm to the environment E) they were attended by the entire community, a small
D) for example; solar, hydro, wind, biomass admission fee being provided by the state for those
E) as they are provided limitlessly by nature who could not afford it themselves

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26. Nigeria is home to great novelists; Wole Soyinka, 29-31. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
Africa’s first black African playwright to win the cevaplayınız.
Nobel Prize in Literature, and Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie, - - - -.
Living life means sometimes encountering dirt, illness,
A) with the song One Dance alongside Drake was the
first Afrobeats artist to headline a sold-out show at or bacteria, but for some individuals, fear of coming
London’s Royal Albert Hall into contact with germs significantly interferes with their
lives. People with mysophobia struggle to evaluate
B) whose novel Half of a Yellow Sun was recently
which situations are dangerous, as they feel worried
voted the best book to have won the Women’s Prize
or panicked when encountering daily scenarios which
for Fiction in the last 25 years
involve germs. They will take extensive measures to
C) while this internal drive to succeed and get ahead
avoid contamination or decontaminate themselves and
may not seem evident to outsiders, there are
the spaces they inhabit. Some people may develop
countless opportunities for writers in Nigeria
mysophobia after experiencing a traumatic event,
D) a glittering example of Nigerian success can be whereas others may start focusing on germs as a result
seen in the literary world, international music charts, of their anxiety. Some experts assert that the increased
and throughout the diaspora use of hygiene items, like toilet seat covers and hand
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E) has been voted the best inventor to have won the sanitizers, have contributed to the rise of mysophobia
Women’s Prize for Chemistry in its 25-year history in the United States. People with obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD) are at higher risk of developing
mysophobia because they may experience obsessive
thoughts about germs and compulsively clean or
27. Fibre-rich foods tend to be heavier and require sanitize their house or workspace.
longer to chew, - - - -.

A) which increases satiety and possibly lowers the risk

of obesity
B) but most of the medicines have also side effects
C) all over the world, the population increases fast
29. It can be inferred from the passage that - - - -.
D) that skipping breakfast likely does not lead to weight
gain A) in some cases, living life implies experiencing
E) like body weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood microscopic organisms
sugar, and inflammation B) mysophobia is different than regular fears because
they cause distress
C) most people don’t seek treatment for phobias, so
28. - - - -, called playmakers, targeting girls aged five to cases go unreported
eight in line with the ruling body of the European D) mysophobia also varies based on cultural
game’s aim to double participation in women’s and experiences, gender, and age
girls’ football across the continent by 2024. E) most people do not report unusual fears to their
doctors for treatment
A) FIFA has announced an aid organization for the
unprivileged
B) UEFA has today launched a radical European-wide
grassroots initiative
C) The whole team worked hard not just to get a
strategic plan
D) With the FA having admitted that they have paused
the tournament
E) This project is about female empowerment in
women’s and girls’ football

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30. According to the passage, people with OCD - - - -. 33. It can be inferred from the passage that - - - -.

A) may be afraid of cleaning their hands A) refugees have the right to migrate from one city to
B) can keep calm when they experience germs another

C) may interact with others to avoid illness B) passports or visas were necessary before the 19th
century
D) may develop obsessive thoughts about germs
C) fixed and closed frontiers originated the refugee
E) can easily notice which conditions are safe
problem
D) refugees have to move between places in great
numbers
31. We can understand from the passage that - - - -. E) passing a frontier is possible only if you are
homeless
A) early experiences always make a person likely to
develop a phobia
B) increased use of hygiene products has led to the
decrease of mysophobia
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D) people with mysophobia rarely avoid a wide range
of social situations
E) mysophobia can be successfully treated with
therapy and medication

34. “The right to asylum” in the passage refers to - - - -.

32-34. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız. A) being a refugee
B) having a passport
C) protection of the former government
A refugee is a homeless, involuntary migrant who
D) applying for a visa
crosses a frontier and no longer possesses the
E) emergence of state frontiers
protection of his or her former government. Prior to
the 19th century, the movement from one country
to another did not require passports and visas; the
right to asylum was commonly recognized and
honoured. Although there have been numerous waves
of refugees throughout history, there was no refugee
problem until the emergence of fixed and closed state
frontiers in the late 19th century.

32. According to the passage, refugees - - - - .

A) don’t need any passports or visas to travel

B) are recognized and honoured by their governments
C) are protected by their former governments
D) involuntarily move from one country to another
E) have always been a problem throughout history

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 35-37. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre 37. According to the passage, tapu - - - -.
cevaplayınız. A) involves reciprocal labor
B) enables socialization

Tapu is essentially a self-care principle based C) evokes a sense of purpose

on respect for the norms of nature, with spiritual D) detribalises ancient principles
restrictions and shared prohibitions at its core. Things E) limits the social contact
that are tapu are to be left alone and may not be
approached, interfered with, or, in some cases, even
discussed out loud. After successfully using it as a
form of quarantine in the early days of the pandemic 38-40. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
by restricting the movement of islanders to prohibit cevaplayınız.
social contact, the government has now revived The butterflies and moths develop through a process
another ancient principle, umanga, or reciprocal labour called metamorphosis. This is a Greek word that
among the neighbours, to give islanders a shared means transformation or change in shape. The young
sense of purpose. Thanks to both tapu and umanga, are very different from the adults. They also usually
Easter Island has not only successfully warded off the eat different types of food. There are four stages in
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coronavirus; it’s also revived past practices in order to the metamorphosis: egg, larva (or called caterpillar),
plot a more sustainable future. pupa, and adult. Eggs are laid on plants by the adult
female butterfly. These plants will then become the
food for the hatching caterpillars. Eggs can be laid in
spring, summer, or fall. This depends on the species
35. What is the passage mainly about? of butterfly. The next stage is the larva. The job of the
caterpillar is to eat and eat and eat. As the caterpillar
A) The success of restrictions and prohibitions against
grows, it splits its skin and sheds it about 4 or 5 times.
coronavirus.
Caterpillars can grow up to 100 times their original size
B) Main principles of Easter Island.
during this stage. When the caterpillar is fully grown
C) The success of ancient practices against and stops eating, it becomes a pupa. The pupa of
coronavirus in Easter Island. butterflies is also called a chrysalis. This stage can last
D) Restricting the movement of people is the key to a a few weeks, a month, or even longer. Some species
more sustainable future. have a pupal stage that lasts for two years. The adult
E) Governments have to revive the ancient principles stage is what most people think of when they think
of societies to fight against all illnesses. of butterflies. They look very different from the larva.
The caterpillar has a few tiny eyes, stubby legs, and
very short antennae. The adults have long legs, long
antennae, and compound eyes. They can also fly by
using their large and colourful wings. The one thing
they can’t do is grow. The caterpillar’s job was to eat.
36. Which of the following statements is true according The adult’s job is to mate and lay eggs. Some species
to the passage? of adult butterflies get energy by feeding on nectar from
flowers but many species don’t feed at all.
A) Tapu is a mutual division of labor to make things
easier on the island.
B) Umanga is all about restrictions and prohibitions at 38. According to the passage, - - - - changes
its core. depending on the types of butterflies.
C) Islanders use tapu and umanga as prohibitions of
A) the order of development stages
social contact during the quarantine.
B) the main duty of the caterpillars
D) Easter Island’s success against the coronavirus is
based on its ancient principles. C) the duration of different stages
E) Coronavirus is an obstacle for Easter Island to plot D) how different the young and adults look
a sustainable future. E) how much the larva eats

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39. We can infer from the passage that - - - -. 41-43. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
A) butterflies never feed during the mating seasons cevaplayınız.
B) the more caterpillar eats, the longer the chrysalis
stage lasts
Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on
C) the larva and the butterfly always look very different
October 31. The tradition originated with the ancient
D) the pupa sheds its skin a few times
Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light
E) eggs can be laid in any seasons bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. The
Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago, mostly in the area
that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern
France, celebrated their new year on November 1.
This day marked the end of summer and the harvest
and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of
year that was often associated with human death.
Celts believed that on the night before the new year,
the boundary between the worlds of the living and the
dead became blurred. On the night of October 31,
MEB 2021 - 2022 ● Ölçme, Değerlendirme ve Sınav Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that
the ghosts of the dead returned to Earth. In the eighth
century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1
as a time to honour all saints. Soon, All Saints Day
incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The
evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and
later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a
day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving
jack-o’-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes,
and eating treats.

40. What can be said about the metamorphosis of the

butterflies?

A) It is always a short and direct process. 41. What can be said about Halloween according to the
passage?
B) They are the only animals going through it.
C) Every stage is longer than the one before. A) It dates back to the eighth century.
D) Shedding skin and chrysalis stages are painful. B) The name has come unchanged since Pope
E) The animal’s form is different in every stage. Gregory III.
C) The Celts from Ireland adopted it from the French.
D) It originated from a combination of different cultures.
E) It was first designed to honour all saints.

42. According to the passage, Samhain - - - -.

A) was believed to be a time when the dead visited

Earth
B) was forgotten by the time All Saints Day designed
C) marked the beginning of the new year
D) involved activities like carving jack-o-lanterns to
ward off evil
E) was replaced by All Saints Day

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43. One of the similarities between Samhain and 45. Carl : Did you know that archaeologists discovered 27
Halloween is - - - -. coffins inside a sacred site in Saqqara?

A) their religious significance Terry : Really?

B) people wearing costumes Carl : Yes, they were found inside a newly-discovered
C) that they signal the new year well. The experts said it is one of the largest of
D) people eating treats and carving pumpkins its kind and excavation work is continuing at
the site as experts attempt to establish more
E) where they are celebrated
details on the origins of the coffins.
Terry : - - - -?
Carl : Saqqara was an active burial ground for
more than 3,000 years and because of its
importance, there have always been routine
excavations.
Terry : I suppose there will be more discoveries on
that site in the future.

MEB 2021 - 2022 ● Ölçme, Değerlendirme ve Sınav Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü A) Isn’t that a bit risky to work in a well
B) That’s amazing. How did they find them
C) Where is Saqqara located
D) Do you think there’ll be more mummies
E) You are interested in Egypt, aren’t you

44-48. sorularda karşılıklı konuşmanın boş

bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi
bulunuz.

44. Jason : How long have you been living in this flat? 46. Alice : Do you think it’s a good idea to get abroad for
improving your language skills?
Jeremy : - - - -.
Ann : - - - -.
Jason : Oh, good. It is so nice to know you are
happy in your house. Alice : Oh, why do you think so?
Jeremy : I totally agree with you. Ann : Because you need to fulfil some formal
requirements and also need to save up some
A) It has been so long and I got bored with it
money in advance.
B) Well, not so long, but I really have got used to being
here A) I don’t think so, because you can improve your
language skills here, too
C) You know I always prefer living in a flat rather than a
detached one B) Yeah, I think so and it is something very easy to do
so
D) Oh, not so long but I’m thinking of moving to
another flat C) Yeah, my sister once has been abroad for this, and
she is better now
E) Oh, it has been more than five years and I’m really
tired of it D) Sure, and I have always visited a new country every
summer, too
E) Yeah, I think so, but it is not so easy to do this

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47. Eric : - - - -? 49-53. sorularda verilen cümleye anlamca en
Ron : Yes, I watched it. But it was a disappointment. yakın cümleyi bulunuz.

Eric : Our team played really awfully.

Ron : The referee also ruined the match. 49. The founder of Panasonic, Konosuke Matsushita,
established a management philosophy stating that
Eric : Yes, I can’t agree more.
a company is a public entity of society, and put into
A) What did you watch last night practice his belief that a company must contribute
B) Did you watch the sports highlights last week to society through its business operations.
C) What do you think about last night’s game A) The idea of a company that must help its
D) Did you watch our national team’s match yesterday society with business operations lead Konosuke
Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic to set aside a
E) What about watching the national team’s match
management philosophy about being a public entity
of society as a company.
B) Konosuke Matsushita who is the founder of
Panasonic Company was thought that a company’s
business operations can contribute to society and
MEB 2021 - 2022 ● Ölçme, Değerlendirme ve Sınav Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü it was possible to set up a management philosophy
about a company being a public entity of society.
C) The founder of Panasonic, Konosuke Matsushita’s
48. Professor : There are approximately a couple million
belief was that a company has to contribute to
uninhabited islands around the world.
society with its business activities, and he made it
Jason : Really? I wouldn’t guess it to be that real by setting up a management philosophy saying
much. that a company is a public entity of society.
Professor : Well, of course, this is just an estimated D) The founder of Panasonic, Konosuke Matsushita,
number. believed that a society helps its companies via
business operations, so he set up a management
Jason : - - - -.
philosophy saying a company is a public entity of
Professor : Sweden, for instance, counts 221,831 society.
islands within its borders, and only 1,145 E) According to Konosuke Matsushita, the founder
have people living on them. of Panasonic, a company must help society with
A) It still seems a bit too many, though its business operations, so he established a
management philosophy to donate his company as
B) That certainly sounds exciting
a public entity of its people.
C) I think I have read it somewhere
D) It must be true if you say so
E) That should be the official number 50. A secret buyer is understood to have paid $1
million for the three pictures.

A) It is estimated that a secret buyer paid $1 million for

three pictures.
B) It is known that a secret buyer will pay $1 million for
three pictures.
C) It is realised that a secret buyer paid $1 million for
the three pictures.
D) The secret was that $1 million were paid for three
pictures.
E) It is worth paying pictures $1 million for three as a
secret buyer said.

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51. Lots of people who don’t consider climate change 53. She did her best in European Days of Language,
a major problem relative to themselves do take it but she thinks that her contribution to that project
seriously when they realize it’s a health concern. was underestimated.

A) For many people to see climate change as a big A) She had done a mediocre job in European Days
problem, it is essential that they understand that it of Language. Thus, she thinks that her part in that
can become a health problem. project was undervalued.
B) While some don’t see climate change as a big B) She showed splendid performance in European
problem, others understand that it is a health Days of Language, that’s why her help to that
concern and take it seriously. project was taken for granted.
C) Taking climate change as a big deal for them and C) She had done her best in European Days of
taking it seriously makes people rarely have health Language, but she claims that her work in that
problems. project was overpriced.
D) Few people who see climate change as a big D) Although she claims to have done everything she
problem for themselves take it seriously because could in European Days of Language, she thinks
they understand it is a health concern. that her work for that project was appreciated.
E) Once they realize it’s a health problem, many E) Despite having done her best in European Days of
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people who don’t see climate change as a big Language, she thinks that her part in that project
problem for themselves take it seriously. was undervalued.

52. However hard I had tried to mend the leaking tap,

I noticed that there was nothing to do but call a
54-58. sorularda verilen durumda söylenmiş
plumber to solve the problem.
olabilecek sözü bulunuz.
A) I knew that there was nothing to do but call a
plumber as I didn’t know anything about the leaking
tap. 54. Your friend has failed his driving license exam for
B) No matter I could have tried to mend the leaking the second time, so you want to comfort him and
tap, I noticed that the easiest way was to call a you say: - - - -
plumber.
A) It must be very pathetic for you to fail this exam
C) Although I had done everything to mend the leaking
again.
tap, I recognized that I had to call a plumber to
solve the problem. B) You should have studied more to pass this exam.
D) Instead of trying to mend the leaking tap, I C) Don’t care about it! You don’t need to pass it
recognized that the best way was to call a plumber. anyway.
E) Though I knew that I had needed a plumber, I still D) Try not to be upset. I believe you will pass it next
tried hard to mend the leaking tap myself. time.
E) I’m disappointed with you. I thought you would pass
this time.

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55. You have attended an online course about teaching 57. A friend of yours has been having trouble with his
remotely. It’s important to have digital literacy and neighbour upstairs. His neighbour has crowded
improve your own remote learning. You are not parties, and they make too much noise for him to
very sure about your technical capabilities, so you sleep at night. He does not want to argue with her,
ask the educator for his advice on this subject, and but he also wants to warn her kindly, and he says:
he assures you by saying: - - - - ----

A) Teaching remotely is not so important, so you don’t A) Well, when will you give up this mess?
have to do something special. Just be yourself and B) What on earth are you trying to do?
continue teaching, you’ll be OK.
C) How can I explain that you bother me a lot?
B) First, you need training in how to use technology, so
D) Could you please be more silent during late hours?
you must learn about it. Otherwise, all you do will be
a wasted effort. E) Do you fancy having parties together?

C) You may have some problems like connecting to the

Internet or selecting the right tools at first but with
practice, you will improve in no time.
D) You don’t have to reinvent yourself to teach online,

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if you are good at using a computer and have
access to the Internet, you’ll be fine.
E) Teaching online is not different from teaching
at school. Connect to the Internet and continue
teaching as you did in your classroom.

56. You are too tired to play, but your son has missed 58. Your friend has an important presentation at
you and doesn’t leave you alone. You want to make school. Since she has been studying the subject
him happy and spend time together too, so you for days, she looks exhausted and reluctant. You
suggest: - - - - want to encourage her, so you say: - - - -

A) Why don’t you understand that I am too tired? A) I’d rather you had prepared that presentation
B) Please go to your room, you have many toys to play before. It will be an epic fail!
with. B) I’m not sure you are mentally ready for it. You
C) What about meeting some of your friends? should give it up right now!

D) We can do something together later. C) It wouldn’t be a surprise if you couldn’t answer the
questions at the end of the presentation.
E) Let’s watch an animation, so we can lie down
together. D) Why don’t you sleep for a few hours? Then you can
decide what to do.
E) Pull yourself together! Just take a few minutes and
relax. Everything will be alright.

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 59-63. sorularda boş bırakılan yere, parçada 61. The seasons on Earth change because the planet
anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek is slightly tilted on its axis as it travels around the
cümleyi bulunuz. Sun. - - - - If Earth were not tilted, the Sun would
always appear to be directly above the Equator, the
amount of light a given location receives would be
59. Now scientists are delivering new answers to the fixed, and there would be no seasons. There also
question of who Europeans really are and where would be no need to mark equinoxes or solstices.
they came from. - - - - Europeans living today, in
A) Long ago, people believed that it was the Sun
whatever country, are a varying mix of ancient travelling around the Earth.
bloodlines hailing from Africa, the Middle East, and
B) This means different points on Earth receive more
the Russian steppe.
or less sunlight at different times of year.
A) During the past decade, it has become possible to C) The Moon revolves around the Earth about once
sequence the entire genome of humans who lived every 28 days, and is visible by day.
tens of millennia ago.
D) One cycle around the Sun marks one year past and
B) The first modern Europeans lived as hunters and also gives us seasons.
gatherers in small, nomadic bands.
E) In about 40,000 years, the tilt of the axis varies
C) Immigrants brought art and music, farming and
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between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees.
cities, domesticated horses, and the wheel.
D) Their findings suggest that the continent has been a
melting pot since the Ice Age.
E) As Europe was gripped by the Ice Age, the modern
humans hung on in the ice-free south, adapting to
the cold climate.
62. April 28 is celebrated as Superhero Day. The
holiday was created by employees of a comic book
company in 1995, when the comic book industry
was on the brink of collapse. The company put
a lot of thought and effort into it, but it proved to
be futile in the end. - - - - However, their measure
60. We all know that our society and societal structure did not work at the time, today superheroes are
have been evolving and changing with time. The a multibillion-dollar business; caped crusaders
concept of family is also changing and so is the and masked avengers represent some of the most
meaning of family bonding. - - - - Each family was lucrative franchises in the entertainment industry.
kind of a community in itself, where people had
A) Soon other companies began to take notice,
close bonds with one another.
creating their own versions of what were then called
A) However, family bonding is very important and “long-underwear heroes”.
needs to be there in every home. B) They declared bankruptcy the following year,
B) A child that grows up amidst family bonding knows hundreds of comic shops closed, and many
the value of the same and grows up as a happy independent publishers shuttered.
child. C) With new issues released biweekly or monthly,
C) Previously, there would be large joint families with superhero comics were able to include timely
many members living in the same house. references to current events.
D) The essence of family bonding is practically absent D) Despite the economic depression, the superheroes’
in most homes as each one is engrossed in one’s debut was remarkably well.
selfish world. E) As expensive and uplifting reading material,
E) Along with giving safety and security, family bonding superhero comic books were the perfect hobby for
gives much-needed warmth in relations. Great Depression-era readers.

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63. Being physically active is a ‘must’ to lead a healthy 65. Reading enhances your writing skills as well as
life. A person needs at least 60 minutes of physical making your thinking skills stronger.
activity a day. - - - -. Five or ten-minute sessions
A) Okumak, düşünme becerisini daha güçlü hale
of physical activities throughout the day will be
getirmesine rağmen yazma becerisini az geliştirir.
enough for a person. These may include walking,
jogging, running, and riding a bike. B) Okumak, yazma becerilerinizi geliştirmenin yanı sıra
düşünme becerilerinizi de güçlendirir.
A) However, this does not have to be done at once C) Okumak, yazma becerileri ya da düşünme
B) Regular physical activity reduces your risk of becerilerinden birini güçlendirebilir.
developing diabetes D) Okumak, yazma becerimizi geliştirmekle birlikte,
C) A dietician at any hospital can help you with your düşünme becerimize odaklanır.
diet E) Okumak, yazma ve düşünme becerilerimizi eşit
D) It’s a type of exercise based on yoga and dance şekilde güçlendirir.
E) The benefits of physical activity outweigh the risks
of getting hurt

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64-69. sorularda verilen İngilizce cümleye

anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi bulunuz.

64. One of the most difficult aspects of single

parenting is not having another adult in the house 66. Those who say they are lonely are likelier to be
to offer support and validation. depressed five years later.

A) Tek başına ebeveyn olmanın en zor yönlerinden A) Yalnız yaşayan insanlar beş yıl içinde depresyona
biri, evde yardım ve onaylama sunacak başka bir girmeye daha meyillilerdir.
yetişkinin bulunmaması değildir. B) Beş yıl boyunca kendini yalnız hissedenlerin
B) Tek başına ebeveynliğin en zor yönlerinden depresyona girme olasılığı gittikçe yükselir.
biri, evdeki diğer yetişkinlerin destek ve onay C) Sürekli yalnız hissettiklerini belirtenlerin en fazla beş
sunmamasıdır. yılda depresyona girme şansları çok yüksektir.
C) Tek başına ebeveynliğin en zor yönlerinden biri D) Kendini yalnız hissettiklerini söyleyenlerin beş yıl
evde destek ve onay sunacak başka bir yetişkinin sonra depresyona girme olasılığı daha yüksektir.
olmamasıdır.
E) İnsanlar kendilerini yalnız hissettiğini dile getirdikçe
D) Tek başına ebeveynliğin en zor tarafı, evde başka beş yılda depresyona girme olasılıkları çok artar.
bir yetişkinin desteği ve doğrulaması olmaması
değildir.
E) Tek başına ebeveyn olmanın en zor yönlerinden
birisi de evde yardım ve onay sunacak yeterli
yetişkinin bulunmamasıdır.

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67. The head of the music production, Ilan Eshkeri, 69. The Turkish Coastguard has rescued about 250
was able to direct an orchestra in Iceland while migrants from an overloaded boat that ran into
staying in Britain because Iceland was not under difficulty in the Mediterranean as they tried to
heavy restrictions. reach Europe.

A) Müzik prodüksiyonunu ekibinin başında olan Ilan A) Akdeniz’de Avrupa’ya ulaşmaya çalışırken zora
Eshkeri, İzlanda’da bir orkestrayı yönetirken ağır giren 250 tekne Türk sahil güvenliği tarafından
kısıtlamaları nedeniyle İngiltere’ye dönmek zorunda kurtarıldı.
kaldı. B) Türk sahil güvenliği Akdeniz’de Avrupa’ya ulaşmaya
B) Müzik prodüksiyonunun başkanı olan Ilan Eshkeri, çalışırken güçlükle karşılaşan aşırı yüklü bir
İngiltere’de kalırken İzlanda’da bir orkestra tekneden yaklaşık 250 göçmeni kurtardı.
yönetebildi çünkü İzlanda ağır kısıtlamaları altında C) Türk Sahil güvenliği Akdeniz’in sığ sularında
değildi. zorlukla Avrupa’ya ulaşmaya çalışan yaklaşık 250
C) Ilan Eshkeri müzik prodüksiyon ekibi başkanlığını göçmeni kurtardı.
üstlendi böylece İngiltere ve İzlanda’da ağır D) Türk sahil güvenlik botları Akdeniz’de Avrupa’ya
COVID-19 kısıtlamalarına rağmen orkestrayı ulaşmaya çalışırken kaçan bir teknedeki yaklaşık
yönetebildi. 250 göçmeni tüm zorluklara rağmen kurtardı.

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D) Ilan Esheri bir müzik prodüksiyonunun başkanı E) Akdeniz’den Avrupa’ya kaçmaya çalışan yaklaşık
olmasına rağmen İzlanda’da ağır kısıtlamaları 250 göçmen Türk sahil güvenliği tarafından
olmaması sebebiyle orkestrayı yönetebilmek için kurtarıldı.
İngiltere’den İzlanda’ya geçti.
E) Müzik prodüksiyonunu yöneten Ilan Eshkeri,
İzlanda’da bir orkestra yönetirken İngiltere’de kaldı
çünkü İzlanda’nın kısıtlamaları kendisi için fazla
ağırdı.

68. Pixar holds the record in the Academy Award for

Best Animated Feature with the most nominations
and most wins.

A) Pixar en fazla adaylık ve ödül ile En İyi Animasyon

dalında Akademi Ödülleri rekorunu elinde
bulunduruyor.
B) Pixar Akademi Ödüllerine en çok başvuru ve
madalya ile akademi ödülleri rekorunu kırdı.
C) Akademi ödüllerinde En İyi Animasyon rekoru en
fazla kazanç ile Pixar’a ait.
D) En fazla adaylığa rağmen En İyi Animasyon dalında
Akademi Ödülleri rekoru Pixar’a ait.
E) En İyi Animasyon dalında Akademi Ödülleri
rekoru en fazla adaylığından dolayı Pixar’ın elinde
bulunuyor.

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 70-75. sorularda verilen Türkçe cümleye anlamca 72. Bisiklet, uçak, helikopter ve paraşütün
en yakın İngilizce cümleyi bulunuz. yaratıcılarından sayılan Da Vinci, haritalardan
makine ve silahlara hatta maskeli balo
kostümlerine kadar pek çok şey tasarlamıştı.
70. Birçok hastalık sadece insanlar üzerinde değil
A) Da Vinci, who contributed to the designs of many
hayvanlar üzerinde de olumsuz etkilere sahiptir. things from maps to machines and weapons, and
A) A lot of diseases having an effect on human beings even masquerade costumes, is considered the
also affects many animals. chief creator of bicycles, airplanes, helicopters, and
parachutes.
B) Many diseases have negative effects not only on
B) Da Vinci is the creator of bicycles, airplanes,
humans but also on animals.
helicopters and parachutes, designing everything
C) Not only animals but also human beings are
from maps to machines and weapons, and even
unsettled and affected by diseases.
masquerade costumes.
D) Few diseases has negative effects on neither
C) Da Vinci, considered one of the creators of the
human beings nor animals.
bicycle, airplane, helicopter, and parachute,
E) Humans and animals have negative effects designed many things from maps to machines and
because of all the diseases. weapons, and even masquerade costumes.
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D) Da Vinci is both the creator of the bike, the airplane,
the helicopter, and the parachute, and the designer
of masquerade costumes, maps, machines, and
weapons.
E) Da Vinci is known not only as the creator of
bicycles, airplanes, helicopters, and parachutes but
also as the designer of many technological devices
from maps to machinery and weapons.

71. Frida Kahlo’nun bir otoportresi, New York’taki bir

müzayedede 34.9 milyon dolar ile Latin Amerikalı
bir ressama ait satılan en pahalı eser oldu.

A) A Latin American artist, Frida Kahlo’s most

expensive self-portrait ever sold for almost $34.9
million in an art gallery in New York.
B) New York auction house hosted the famous Latin
American artist, Frida Kahlo’s most expensive
artwork; a self-portrait worth $34.9 million.
C) A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has become the most
expensive work by a Latin American artist ever to
sell at auction, fetching $34.9 million in New York.
D) A self-portrait of Frida Kahlo was sold for over $34.9
million in New York becoming the most expensive
work of the Latin American artist ever.
E) New York art exhibit sold a self-portrait by Frida
Kahlo at a prize of $34.9 million, making it the most
expensive work of a Latin American artist.

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73. Eşsiz renkleriyle meşhur bir sığ su kuşu olan 75. Güneş sistemindeki en büyük gezegen olarak
flamingolar, doğal açık kırmızımsı pigmentlerini bilinen Jüpiter, olabilecek en kötü havaya sahiptir.
tükettikleri tuzlu su karidesi ve yosunlarda bulunan
A) Jupiter, which has the worst climate in our solar
karotenoidlerden elde ederler.
system, is also known as one of the biggest planets
A) The reason that flamingos only eat brine shrimp and in it.
algae is that they want to consume carotenoids and B) Jupiter, the biggest planet in the solar system, is
keep their unique and bright red colours. also the planet with the strangest weather pattern.
B) The famous sea bird flamingos keep their straight C) The biggest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, is
diet of algae and brine shrimp to maintain their more famously known for its terrible weather.
unique colours by consuming light red pigments
D) The climate change in Jupiter is the worst in our
from carotenoids.
whole solar system because it is the biggest planet.
C) Flamingos are famous for their bright colour
E) Jupiter, known as the biggest planet in the solar
because of their natural diet that involves
system, is the planet with the worst possible
consuming the red pigments from algae, brine
weather.
shrimp, and carotenoids.
D) Flamingos, a species of wading bird famous for

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their unique colour, get their natural light reddish
pigments from carotenoids found in brine shrimp
and algae they consume.
E) The famous wading bird, flamingos limit their diet by
consuming algae and brine shrimp to get the bright
red pigments of carotenoids, so they keep their
natural colours.
76-80. sorularda cümleler sırasıyla
okunduğunda parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü
bozan cümleyi bulunuz.

76. (I) Dickens never recovered from the spooky stories his
nurse told him at bedtime, and few of us ever outgrow
Hitchcock. (II) He holds us captive by tweaking our
74. Ağaç dikmek, atmosferdeki karbondioksiti ve
anxieties and using cinematic techniques to delectably
küresel ısınmayı azaltmanın etkili yollarından
torment us. (III) Martin Scorsese has admitted that
biridir.
he screens Hitchcock’s films “repeatedly”. (IV) This
A) Planting trees is one of the most effective ways innovative biography of the director is the most
to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and global successful when tracking his contemporary influence.
warming. (V) Such repetitions always deliver revelations:
B) Atmospheric carbon dioxide and global warming watching the 1934 version of The Man Who Knew
can only be limited effectively by planting enough Too Much again the other day, I noticed that the
trees. anonymous London bobbies caught in a shootout are
granted a line or two of jaunty dialogue just before
C) Planting trees is the perfect way to reduce global
they’re killed.
warming rates as it will limit the carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
D) The most eligible way to reduce the carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere and make sure we limit the
effects of global warming is by planting new trees.
E) Planting trees is the most effective solution to
reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and decrease
global warming.

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77. (I) Asteroids are rocky remnants from the formation of 79. (I) Everywhere you look on Earth, there are big
the solar system. (II) Material streams from comets and problems. (II) Fires out of control on the U.S. West
populates the comet’s orbit. If Earth happens to move Coast and, shockingly, in the Siberian Arctic.
through that stream, those particles fall to Earth as (III) Melting ice in Antarctica and melting glaciers in the
meteor showers. (III) Many asteroids reside in a region Himalayas. (IV) Together the lakes hold more than 20
between Mars and Jupiter where numerous other small percent of the surface freshwater on Earth. (V) But we
rocky worlds orbit the Sun. (IV) Some asteroids belong hear less about what’s happening to the Great Lakes:
to groups that came from larger parent bodies which The irreplaceable, fragile ecosystem of six quadrillion
were shattered in past collisions with other asteroids. gallons of freshwater that our planet needs to survive.
(V) Some are in orbits that cross paths with that of
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
Earth or other planets.

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

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80. (I) Paper is a thin nonwoven material traditionally made

78. (I) Canadian writer Margaret Atwood has won the
from a combination of milled plant and textile fibers.
top honour among the International Dayton Literary
(II) The first papermaking process was documented
Peace Prizes. (II) Officials announced Monday that
in China during the Eastern Han period (25–220 CE)
Atwood would receive the 2020 Richard C. Holbrooke
traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun.
Distinguished Achievement Award. (III) The award
(III) During the 8th century, Chinese papermaking
celebrates the power of literature to create peace,
spread to the Islamic world, where pulp mills and paper
social justice, and understanding around the world.
mills were used for papermaking and money-making.
(IV) Atwood’s work has been in publication since
(IV) By the 11th century, papermaking was brought
the early 1960s. (V) The award is named for the
to Europe. (V) By the 13th century, papermaking was
former American diplomat who led the 1995 peace
refined with paper mills utilizing waterwheels in Spain.
negotiations in Dayton, Ohio that ended the Bosnian
war. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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

TEST BİTTİ.
CEVAPLARINIZI KONTROL EDİNİZ.

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 CEVAP ANAHTARI

İNGİLİZCE TESTİ

1. B 2. D 3. B 4. E 5. E 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. A

11. C 12. E 13. A 14. D 15. A 16. A 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. E

21. A 22. C 23. E 24. C 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. D

31. C 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. E 38. C 39. C 40. E

41. D 42. A 43. B 44. B 45. B 46. E 47. D 48. A 49. C 50. C

51. E 52. C 53. E 54. D 55. C 56. E 57. D 58. E 59. D 60. C

61. B 62. B 63. A 64. C 65. B 66. D 67. B 68. A 69. B 70. B

71. C 72. C 73. D 74. A 75. E 76. D 77. B 78. D 79. D 80. A

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