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CONTENTS
Sentence Completion .......................................... 5
Paraphrased Sentences ...................................... 45
Translation............................................................ 65
Dialogue Completion............................................ 109
Cloze Test ............................................................ 131
Paragraph Completion.......................................... 173
Irrelevant Sentence .............................................. 201
Answer Key........................................................... 214

SENTENCE COMPLETION
( CÜMLE TAMAMLAMA )
Question Bank
4. Peter has always been sensitive about

1. - 225. sorularda, verilen cümleyi his appearance ----.
uygun şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi
bulunuz. A) as soon as he has started to gain
weight
B) but now he is even more so because he
1. ----, he presented it to the client. is getting bald
C) so he likes going out in public a lot
A) When Brian has completed the project D) yet nothing had been more important
B) Shortly after finishing the outlines of his than that
proposals E) but still children of this age often feel
C) As Jackson was so comfortable with his anxious about getting hurt
words
D) Before Ted went into the conference hall
E) After the architect finished the design of
the new house
5. ---- when their parents are out of town.

2. ----, it was not badly damaged.
A) My friends used to give parties
A) When they had overcooked the B) The child has an opportunity to play and
vegetables learn by playing
B) I bought some books online, and when I C) The teenagers next-door make a lot of
got them delivered noise
C) As I have crashed into another vehicle D) The police were able to see which kids
D) Although the motorcycle hit the tree were there
E) As soon as those chairs were broken E) Their children were able to play freely at
into pieces home
3. Because the students did poorly on the 6. ---- so I tried to write as much of it down
exam last week, ----. as I possibly could.
A) so he failed and had to take the course A) When I went to the library, I came across
once again lots of good books
B) they had to take a make-up exam B) The speaker wasn’t very influential at
C) none of them got a mark lower than the yesterday’s meeting
passing grade C) As I wasn’t interested in the subject
D) one has to study more in order to be D) The lecture covered a lot of recent
more successful information
E) his parents got really upset and forced E) None of the words the spokesman said
him to concentrate on his exams seemed interesting to us
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7. ----, he is not very well known, or even 10. ---- and its bite has proved dangerous to
heard of, today. hikers and joggers.
A) Though there are many writers who A) The copperhead is a venomous snake
couldn’t become famous during their found as far north as the Blue Hills
lifetime B) Newly hatched, young venomous snakes
B) Although William Dean Howells was a can see and crawl
famous author in the late nineteenth C) Even though there are myths and
century legends about these creatures
C) Everyone must have heard of Agatha D) Black widows, which can be either black
Christie, an English crime novelist or brown
D) As each author should be open to E) When a dog is infected with rabies
criticism and improve himself incessantly
E) Ever since the writer’s first novel was
released
11. ----, you would find it hard to believe how

8. ---- they will never take it again.
polluted it was just a few years ago.
A) When students fail their final exams
A) There are only a few places left that
B) Many students who have failed their
haven’t been polluted
maths class say that
B) As some people had actually become so
C) As we weren’t expecting such a low
used to the filthy water
grade
C) There was no easy way to test levels of
D) When students hadn’t studied enough
heavy metals in the ocean
for their exams
D) Since the swimming pool looked so dirty
E) Although some of my friends have
E) Seeing Boston Harbour now, with its
already handed in their exam papers
dolphins and seals
12. While some argue that higher cigarette

9. Unless its sales take off soon, ----.
taxes encourage smokers to quit, ----.
A) their rivals fail to keep up with their
advancement A) they were mistaken as they had been so
B) our firm had gone bankrupt and closed addicted to it
down all its overseas branches B) not many people have started smoking
C) the company’s research and again
development centre had to be closed C) the government is determined to carry
down out its policy
D) nothing could have been done to D) others say it is not so simple to make
improve it addicts quit
E) this branch of the store chain will be E) some people believe that they should be
closed down much higher
Dilko Yayınları 7 Sentence Completion

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13. ---- ever since we added vitamin 16. Now that the problem has been
supplements to its diet. identified, ----.
A) Our cat has been much livelier A) the launch of the project had been
B) It is important to feed your pet regularly delayed
C) There may be something wrong with the B) many warnings were given to avoid
dog’s stomach unwanted conditions
D) We don’t give any additional food to our C) though nothing can be done to prevent it
cat D) consequently, nobody has been
E) The dogs in our street have got really wounded
healthy E) appropriate action can be taken to solve
it
14. ---- before the calculator was invented. 17. After India gained independence from
British rule in 1947, ----.

A) People used to be better at mental
arithmetic A) owing to the immigration of people from
B) Everything will be so different across the country
C) Ancient people used various tools while B) New Delhi has been the eighth largest
hunting city in the world by population
D) Mathematics and tables are age-old C) New Delhi was declared its capital and
companions seat of government
E) Tables make computing easier and D) it had emerged as a major political,
faster cultural, and commercial center
E) it has been continuously inhabited since
at least the 6th century BC
15. ---- and my car was damaged beyond 18. Mining can have adverse effects on
repair. surrounding surface and ground water
----.
A) When another car crashed into mine
B) If I had the chance, I might buy a new A) only when mining practices aim to lessen
one environmental impacts from mining
C) I had an accident at the weekend B) but the result can be high concentrations
D) It was not a serious accident of some chemicals over a wide area
E) The suspect escaped from the scene of C) even though some mining methods have
crime devastating environmental effects
D) as long as protective measures are not
taken
E) the mining sector is often dominated by
multinational companies
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19. Sage, native to the Mediterranean region, 22. The Galapagos Islands are noted for
is grown for its leaves, ----. their animal life, ----.
A) that is considered to have a slight A) some of which rise more than a

peppery flavour thousand meters above sea level
B) that it has been recommended for the B) which were uninhabited at the time of
treatment of various illnesses their exploration by Spaniards in 1535
C) the majority of these are cultivated for C) which includes numerous species found
their herbal properties only there
D) using it with onion for poultry stuffing and D) so thousands of curious visitors used to
also in sauces go there every year
E) which can be used in stuffing meats, E) where the mountains are volcanic
poultry, and sausage
23. Copernicus, whose book is often

20. Coffee was first consumed in the 9th regarded as the starting point of modern
century, ----. astronomy, ----.
A) when it becomes the most popular A) which is the scientific study of celestial
beverage objects
B) why it has played an important role in B) having contributed to many important
many societies discoveries
C) whose studies have examined the C) although the two fields share a common
relationship between the two origin
D) which is a widely-consumed stimulant D) was the first to propose that the Earth
beverage prepared from coffee beans revolves around the Sun
E) when it was discovered in the high E) best known for his astronomical theory
elevations of Ethiopia
24. If you go on doing such strenuous

21. UNESCO is a specialized agency of the exercises, ----.
United Nations ----.
A) you may soon injure your leg muscles
A) encouraged collaboration among nations B) they would strengthen the muscles
B) if it preserved human rights C) it was possible for you to lose your
C) established on November 16, 1945 strength
D) the fact that its purpose is to contribute D) it is often used to strengthen muscles
to peace E) but these could do more harm than good
E) the reason why it was established in
Paris
Dilko Yayınları 9 Sentence Completion

PARAPHRASED SENTENCES
( ANLAMCA EN YAKIN CÜMLE )
Question Bank
3. I had the goods delivered before the

1.- 75. sorularda verilen cümleye
deadline so as to please the new
anlamca en yakın olan cümleyi customer.
bulunuz.
A) My sending the goods before the
1. It’s tempting to wonder how far the deadline made the new customer
administrative negligence at this school appalled.
could stretch. B) The new customer looked rather irritable,
so I myself took the goods right on time.
A) One can’t help wondering the extent C) Considering the new orders I might get
to which the indifference of the school from the new customer, I would rather
administration could go. send the merchandise early.
B) The school is deprived of the means D) Thinking that it would make the
to exploit the wonderful opportunity in new customer delighted, I got the
hand. merchandise delivered early.
C) It’s incredible that the school E) As the deadline appeared to be too late,
administration is still determined to the new customer asked me to send the
eliminate the obstacles. goods earlier.
D) The school administration seemed to
have a start from scratch so as to cope
with the opposition.

E) No one is really curious about what is
going to happen to the school due to the
vital mistakes it has recently made.
2. The government has recommended 4. I would rather you had called me before
taking immediate measures, but the you looked in.
finance sector continues to drag its feet.
A) You should have come here after you
A) The recommendations made by the informed me through the phone.
government are always considered B) Phoning me just before your visit was
important by the finance sector. not enough for me to get ready.
B) The finance sector has been advised to C) Why didn’t you look through your notes
put off their decision and that’s exactly before you paid a visit?
what they’re doing now. D) You’d better phone me before you start
C) The finance sector has not taken the looking into the case.
urgent precautions advised by the E) If I were you, I would not disturb others
government yet. by looking directly in their eyes.
D) It is quite probable that the finance
sector will refuse to act immediately,
which is quite typical of them.
E) Though not ready to get into any trouble
with the government, the finance
sector has initiated a war against some
government agencies.
Paraphrased Sentences 46 Dilko Yayınları

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5. Not being able to stand the degrading 7. But for the support you are giving, I
attitude of the boss any more, the would feel hopeless.
experienced webmaster is determined to
resign. A) I don’t feel hopeless thanks to the
support that you’re giving.
A) The boss kept looking down on the B) I’m still feeling hopeless despite the
experienced webmaster, which led him support you’re giving.
to decide to quit. C) Friends like you hesitate to support the
B) When the experienced webmaster others as they fear the likely results.
saw the boss standing by the door, he D) Hope is not something you can easily
decided not to quit. obtain just because you are supported
C) Though the boss was quite nice to him, by a friend.
the experienced webmaster did not E) It’s true that you’re supporting me, but I
change his mind and he gave up work. doubt your reasons.
D) The experienced webmaster’s decision
to resign was changed by the boss’s
extremely kind attitude.
E) The boss was rather impolite to the
experienced webmaster, but he was not
ready to make a radical change in his
life.
8. Not having received the promotion he

6. In Britain, money for secret information had been expecting for a long while, he
in an investigation is considered felt resentful.
legal provided that the source of the
information is unconnected to the crime A) He was hoping for a promotion, and
itself. when he finally got it, he was extremely
happy.
A) The British legal system encourages the B) As he had to wait for the promotion for
use of bribe in order to uncover the plots a long time, he was feeling heartbroken
within the cabinet. when he finally got it.
B) If the source of information in a crime C) He was upset because he was not able
research is reliable, he or she can ask to get the promotion he thought he
the British government to provide a deserved.
certain amount of money. D) Only after he was eventually promoted
C) Anybody who has not been involved in did he manage to feel happy.
any sort of crime is entitled to meet the E) Not even once had he imagined being
expenses needed for a secret mission. promoted until his director was fired.
D) The only country where the sponsors
of research are required to pay for the
expenses made by their allies is Britain.
E) According to the British Law, paying
money to sources of information is
acceptable as long as the source is not
involved in the crime being investigated.
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Question Bank
9. Whether you will succeed or not 11. Had I been there, I would have told him
depends on how much effort you will put what was wrong.
A) The stronger the effort you make, the A) I was there and I told him what was
less likely you are to fail. wrong.
B) Whether you fail or not has nothing to do B) I was there, but I didn’t tell him anything
with the effort you make. because there was nothing wrong.
C) No matter how hard you try, you will C) I was there and I told him nothing was
never be able to change the result. wrong.
D) How much independence you will get will D) I was not there, so I didn’t tell him what
be determined by your level of success. was wrong.
E) Don’t give up your efforts even after you E) Although I was not there, I was able to
realize you have failed. tell him what was wrong.
10. Not many people I know tend to have a 12. Unfortunately, she is always telling me
winter holiday. lies about where she goes after work.
A) Most of the people I happen to know A) If only she wouldn’t tell me lies about
cannot afford to go on a winter holiday. where she goes after work.
B) I do not know many people here, so I B) Only if she tells me the truth can she go
cannot go on a winter holiday. wherever she wants after work.
C) Not even the people I closely know C) She goes somewhere after work, but I
would like to join me during winter. don’t exactly know how she goes.
D) Winter holidays are too expensive for D) Actually she doesn’t want to go
most people I know. anywhere, but I have to make her go.
E) The majority of the people I know would E) I don’t care where she goes after work
rather not have a winter holiday. as long as she does her work properly.
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13. Scholars point out the link between 15. It was not until she invited him to her
Puritanism and capitalism, both of which party that he realized she was interested
rest on ambition, hard work, and an in him.
intense striving for success.
A) He knew she was interested in him long
A) Puritan and capitalist scholars both before she invited her to her birthday
believe that ambition and hard work do party.
not necessarily bring about success. B) She was not interested in him, so she
B) It has long been said that not only didn’t invite him to her birthday party.
Puritans but also capitalists recommend C) She was not interested in him, but still
diligence and patience in the face of she invited him to her birthday party.
poverty. D) She didn’t invite him to her birthday party
C) According to scholars, Puritanism and until she was sure he was interested in
capitalism are similar in that they are her.
both based on ambition, hard work, and E) He didn’t know she was interested in him
a strong desire for success. until she invited him to her birthday party.
D) Puritans, who focus on ambition and
hard work, differ a lot from capitalists,
who highlight selfishness for success.
E) Many scholars are of the opinion
that Puritanism and capitalism are both

against putting too much emphasis on
material wealth.
16. Just as we don’t know how our

14. Tired as she was, she went on telephones work, we really have only
interviewing me. the vaguest idea of where our food and
medicine come from.
A) She was not tired, so she went on
interviewing me. A) We have no idea about the working
B) She was as tired as me, but she still principles of our phones, nor do we know
complained that I was not interviewing much about where our foodstuff and
her. medicine come from.
C) I was even more tired than she was, but B) The fact that we do not know how our
I still wanted to answer her questions. telephones work is the reason why we
D) She went on interviewing me, though have no idea about the source of our
she was tired. food and medicine.
E) Neither she nor I was ready for the C) If a person does not know how his
interview. telephone works, he is likely to have
no idea of the difficulties faced while
producing the food that we eat and the
medicine that we use.
D) If only we knew how our phones work,
then we would speculate on the sources
of our foodstuff and medicines.
E) As we haven’t got the slightest idea
of where our foodstuff and medicines
come from, we cannot know how our
telephones work.
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TRANSLATION
( ÇEVİRİ )
Question Bank
3. The two obstacles researchers have

1.-37. sorularda, verilen İngilizce traditionally faced are terribly expensive
cümlenin Türkçesini bulunuz. parts and difficulty in attracting funding.
A) Araştırmacılar geleneksel olarak iki
1. Many people are unaware of the engelle karşılaşırlar fakat son derece
beneficial role that massage can play in pahalı parçalar ve zor fonların çekiciliği
both strength and flexibility. daha ağır basar.
B) Araştırmacıların geleneksel olarak
A) Çoğu insan masajın öneminden habersiz karşılaştıkları engel, son derece pahalı
oldukları için güç ve esneklik gerektiren parçalardır ve bu durumda fon bulmak
oyunlardan çekinirler. zorlaşır.
B) Pek çok kişinin bilgisi olmadığı bir konu C) Araştırmacıların geleneksel olarak
olan masaj, güç ve esneklikte son karşılaştıkları iki engel, son derece
derece önemlidir. pahalı parçalar ve fon bulma zorluğudur.
C) Masaj hem güç hem de esneklikte son D) İki engel araştırmacıları geleneksel
derece önemlidir fakat çoğu kişi bundan olarak zorlamaktadır ki bunları aşmanın
habersizdir. yolu son derece pahalı parçalar için fon
D) Çokları için son derece önemli bir role bulmaktır.
sahip olan masaj, hem güç hem de E) İki engel araştırmacıları geleneksel
esneklikte faydalı olabilir. olarak zorlasa da bunları son derece
E) Pek çok insan masajın hem güç hem de pahalı parçalar için fon bularak
esneklikteki faydalı rolünden habersizdir. aşmışlardır.
4. By analyzing plant remains in the

1970s, British archaeologist and
botanist Gordon Hillman proved that the
inhabitants of this village were among
the earliest people to cultivate land.
A) 1970’lerde bitki kalıntılarını inceleyerek,
bu köyde yaşayanların toprağı ilk işleyen
2. The basic instrument has not changed insanlardan olduklarını kanıtlayan kişi,
substantially since the Baroque era, İngiliz arkeolog ve botanikçi Gordon
although the methods of using it have. Hillman’dır.
B) 1970’lerde bitki kalıntılarını inceleyen
A) Kullanma metotları değişmiş olsa da İngiliz arkeolog ve botanikçi Gordon
ana enstrüman, Barok döneminden beri Hillman, bu köyde yaşayanların toprağı
önemli bir değişikliğe uğramamıştır. ilk işleyen insanlardan olduklarını
B) Ana enstrüman, Barok döneminden kanıtlamıştır.
beri önemli bir değişikliğe uğramamıştır C) Bu köyde yaşayanların toprağı ilk işleyen
çünkü Barok döneminin metotları insanlardan olduklarını kanıtlayan İngiliz
değişmiştir. arkeolog ve botanikçi Gordon Hillman,
C) Barok döneminden beri önemli bir 1970’lerde bitki kalıntılarını incelemiştir.
değişikliğe uğramamış olan ana D) İngiliz arkeolog ve botanikçi Gordon
enstrüman, kullanma metotlarını Hillman, bitki kalıntılarını incelemiş
değiştirmiştir. ve bu sayede bu köyde yaşayanların
D) Kullanma metotları değişmiş olabilir fakat toprağı ilk işleyen insanlardan olduklarını
ana enstrüman, Barok döneminden beri kanıtlayabilmiştir.
önemli bir değişikliğe uğramamıştır. E) İngiliz arkeolog ve botanikçi Gordon
E) Barok döneminden beri temel bir Hillman, 1970’lerde bitki kalıntılarını
işlevi olan enstrüman, metotlardaki inceleyerek, bu köyde yaşayanların
değişikliklerden etkilenmemiştir. toprağı ilk işleyen insanlardan olduklarını
kanıtlamıştır.
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5. An allergy is a disorder in which the 7. From 1850 onwards, there appears to

body overreacts to harmless substances have been a cooling trend until the
which in normal circumstances should beginning of the 20th Century.
not produce any reaction at all.
A) 1850’den itibaren, 20.yüzyılın başlarına
A) Vücudun normal şartlar altında reaksiyon kadar bir soğuma eğilimi olmuş gibi
vermeyeceği zararsız maddelere karşı görünüyor.
oluşan aşırı tepkiye alerji denir. B) 1850’den 20.yüzyılın başlarına kadar
B) Alerji, vücudun normal şartlar altında devam eden bir soğuma eğilimi olduğu
hiçbir reaksiyona yol açmayan zararsız açıkça görülmektedir.
maddelere karşı aşırı tepki gösterdiği bir C) 20.yüzyılın başlarına kadar devam eden
rahatsızlıktır. soğuma eğiliminin 1850’de başladığı
C) Alerji, vücudun zararsız maddelere karşı görülmektedir.
aşırı tepki gösterdiği bir rahatsızlık olarak D) Görünen şudur ki 1850’den 20.yüzyılın
tanımlanabilir. başlarına kadar devam eden bir soğuma
D) Alerji, vücudun zararsız maddelere karşı eğilimi olmuştur.
aşırı tepki gösterdiği bir rahatsızlıktır. E) Görünüşe göre,1850’den 20.yüzyılın
E) Alerji, bazı maddelere karşı vücudun başlarına kadar devam eden soğuma
aşırı tepki gösterdiği ancak tedavisi çok eğilimi çok etkili olmuştur.
zor olmayan bir rahatsızlıktır.
6. If you’re thinking about taking a second 8. Once inside the body, the caffeine
job, be realistic about whether you can stimulates the burning process of fat,
physically meet the demands of both. and the effects are noticeable within a
short period of time.
A) Eğer ikinci bir iş edinmeyi
düşünüyorsanız, gerçekçi olun ve her iki A) Bir keresinde, vücuda giren kafein, yağın
işin gereklerini yerine getirebilmek için yakılması sürecini harekete geçirdi ve
gerekenleri yapın. doğal olarak etkileri çok kısa bir süre
B) İkinci bir iş edinmeyi düşünüyorsanız, içinde fark edilebildi.
fiziksel olarak, her iki işin gereklerini B) Kafein vücuda girince, yağın yakılması
yerine getirip getiremeyeceğiniz sürecini harekete geçirir ve etkileri
konusunda gerçekçi olun. çok kısa bir süre içinde fark edilebilir.
C) Eğer her iki işin gereklerini yerine getirip C) Vücuda giren kafein, yağın yakılması
getiremeyeceğiniz konusunda gerçekçi sürecini harekete geçirir ve kısa bir sure
olabiliyorsanız, ikinci bir iş yapmayı içinde siz de etkilerini fark edebilirsiniz.
düşünün. D) Etkileri çok kısa bir süre içinde fark
D) İkinci bir işi kabul ettiğinize göre, edilebilen kafein, vücuda girdikten kısa
her iki işin fiziksel gereklerini yerine bir süre sonra yağın yakılması sürecini
getirebileceğinizi düşünüyor olmalısınız. harekete geçirir.
E) İkinci bir iş seçeneğini düşünüyorsanız, E) Yağın yakılması sürecini harekete
gerçekçi olun ve fiziksel isteklerinizin geçiren kafein, vücuda girdikten sonra
karşılanabilirliğini değerlendirin. kısa bir süre içinde fark edilebilir.
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9. Research has shown that active 11. Experiments conducted at the

flexibility is more related to the level University of Pennsylvania showed that
of sports achievement than is passive consumption of chocolate had no effect
flexibility. on the incidence of acne.
A) Spordaki başarı düzeylerini ele alan A) Sivilcelerin ortaya çıkmasında hiç bir
çalışma, aktif esnekliğe pasif esneklikten etkisi olmadığı bilinen çikolata tüketimi,
çok daha fazla önem vermiştir. Pennsylvania Üniversitesi’ndeki
B) Araştırmalar yapılmış ve görülmüştür ki çalışmalara da konu olmuştur.
spordaki başarı düzeyinin, aktif ve pasif B) Pennsylvania Üniversitesi’nde yürütülen
esneklik ile ilişkisi çok fazladır. çalışmalar ortaya koymuştur ki çikolata
C) Yapılan araştırmaların ardından varılan tüketimi ile sivilcelerin oluşumu arasında
sonuca göre, aktif esnekliğin, spordaki herhangi bir bağlantı yoktur.
başarı düzeyiyle ilişkisi, pasif esnekliğe C) Pennsylvania Üniversitesi’nde yapılan
göre daha fazladır. deneyler, çikolata tüketiminin sivilce
D) Araştırmalar, aktif esnekliğin, spordaki oluşumu üzerinde hiç bir etkisi
başarı düzeyiyle ilişkisinin, pasif olmadığını gösterdi.
esnekliğe göre daha fazla olduğunu D) Pennsylvania Üniversitesi’nde bazı
göstermiştir. deneyler yapıldı ve çikolata tüketiminin
E) Bu araştırma, spordaki başarı düzeyinin sivilce oluşumu üzerinde hiç bir etkisi
hem aktif hem de pasif esneklikle olmadığı ortaya çıktı.

yakından ilgili olduğunu göstermiştir. E) Çikolata tüketiminin sivilce oluşumu
üzerinde hiç bir etkisi olmadığı gerçeği,
Pennsylvania Üniversitesinde yapılan
deneylerle de doğrulandı.
10. Antarctica also has one active volcano, 12. A wind that blows as fast as the fastest
which emits steam and gives out ash man can run is only a strong breeze on
even though it is in a snowy region. the Beaufort Scale.
A) Antarktika’daki aktif volkan, karlı bir A) En hızlı insanın koşabildiği kadar hızlı
bölgede olmasına rağmen, buhar yayar esen rüzgarlar da vardır ve bunlar
ve kül püskürtür. Beufort Ölçeğine dahil edilmiştir.
B) Antarktika’da yalnızca bir aktif volkan B) Beufort Ölçeğine göre güçlü esinti kabul
vardır ve bu volkan, buhar yayar ve kül edilen rüzgar, en hızlı insanın hızına
püskürtme özelliğine sahiptir. rahatlıkla erişebilir.
C) Karlı bir bölgede bulunmasına rağmen, C) Beufort Ölçeği, rüzgârın hızı ile insanın
Antarktika buhar ve kül yayan volkanlara hızını karşılaştıran güçlü bir bilimsel
sahiptir. araçtır.
D) Karlarla kaplı bir bölge olmasına rağmen D) Koşan bir insan kadar hızlı esebilen bir
Antarktika, hem buhar yayan hem de kül rüzgâr, ancak Beufort Ölçeği’ne göre
püskürten bir volkana sahiptir. değerlendirilebilir.
E) Antarktika karlı bir bölgede olmasına E) En hızlı insan kadar hızlı esen bir rüzgâr,
rağmen buhar yayan ve kül püskürten Beufort Ölçeği’nde yalnızca güçlü bir
aktif bir volkana da sahiptir. esintidir.
Translation 68 Dilko Yayınları

Question Bank
13. The study conducted in 2004 showed 15. A middle-aged female is more likely to
computer use neither sped up nor be overweight than is a male in the same
slowed down writing. age category.
A) 2004’de bir araştırma yapıldı ve anlaşıldı A) Orta yaşlı bir kadının şişmanlığı, aynı
ki bilgisayar kullanımı, yazma yeteneğini yaş grubundaki bir erkeğe göre daha
ne hızlandırır ne de yavaşlatır. istenmeyen bir görüntüdür.
B) 2004’de yapılan araştırmaya göre, B) Orta yaşlı bir kadın şişmanladığı zaman,
bilgisayar kullanımı, yazma yeteneğini aynı yaş grubundaki bir erkeğe göre
hızlandırmaz da yavaşlatmaz da. daha istenmeyen bir görüntü oluşturur.
C) 2004’de yapılan araştırma, bilgisayar C) Bir kadın orta yaşa geldiği zaman aynı
kullanımının, yazma yeteneğini ne yaş grubundaki şişman erkeklerden
hızlandırdığını ne de yavaşlattığını hoşlanır.
gösterdi. D) Orta yaşlı bir kadının şişman olma
D) 2004’de yapılan araştırmalar içinde en olasılığı, aynı yaş grubundaki bir erkeğe
önemli olanı, bilgisayar kullanımının, göre daha yüksektir.
yazma yeteneğini ne hızlandırdığını ne E) Orta yaşlı bir kadın istese de istemese
de yavaşlattığını gösteren araştırmaydı. de aynı yaştaki bir erkekten daha şişman
E) 2004’de yapılan araştırmalar, bilgisayar olacaktır.
kullanımının, yazma yeteneği üzerinde
hiç bir etkisi olmadığını ortaya koymayı

amaçlıyordu.
16. The word salmonella, referring to

14. The survival of the bee through the cold bacteria that enter a person’s digestive
months of winter is dependent upon the tract in contaminated food and causing
kind of over 1,000 species to which it food poisoning, has nothing to do with
belongs. fish.
A) Arının, soğuk kış aylarında hayatta A) İnsan vücuduna bozuk yiyeceklerle
kalması, 1000’den fazla türden hangisine girdikten sonra gıda zehirlenmesine
ait olduğuna bağlıdır. yol açabilen bakterilerden biri olan
B) Soğuk kış aylarında hayatta kalmak arı salmonella, balıklar için hiç önemli
için çok zorlu bir mücadeledir ve her gün değildir.
binlercesi telef olur. B) Bozuk yiyeceklerle insan vücuduna
C) Soğuk kış ayları arı için çok zordur ve giren ve gıda zehirlenmesine yol açan
her türden ancak 1000’ er tanesi hayatta bakteriler, salmonella balıklarıyla etkisiz
kalabilir. hale gelirler.
D) Arılar soğuk kış aylarında hayatta C) İnsan vücuduna bozuk yiyeceklerle girip
kalabilmek için kendi türlerinden biner gıda zehirlenmesine yol açan bakterilere
arılık gruplar halinde yaşarlar. karşılık gelen salmonella kelimesinin
E) Soğuk kış aylarında hayatta kalabilmeyi balıklarla hiç bir ilgisi yoktur.
başaran arılar, 1000’er arılık yeni gruplar D) Balıklarla hiç bir ilgisi olmayan
oluştururlar. salmonella, insan vücuduna bozuk
yiyeceklerle girip gıda zehirlenmesine yol
açan bir bakteri türüdür.
E) Balıklar tarafından hiç sevilmeyen
salmonella, insan vücuduna
bozuk yiyeceklerle girer ve besin
zehirlenmesine yol açar.
Dilko Yayınları 69 Translation

DIALOGUE COMPLETION
( KARŞILIKLI KONUŞMA )
Question Bank
3. Sally:
1.- 75. sorularda karşılıklı konuşmanın
- ----
boş bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek Jack:
ifadeyi bulunuz. - Why? I’ve started to learn from my
1. Sue: mistakes.
- Though I have finished all the Sally:
research, I don’t think I will be able - That’s a big change. I’ve never heard
to present my findings at the annual you say things like this before.
conference in July. Jack:
Alan: - Well, people change as they get older,
- But that’s one month away. You’ve still and I’m not young anymore.
got lots of time.
Sue: A) They will probably not tell us about the
- ---- problems in their lives.
Alan: B) The two students admitted to cheating
- Not if I help you with it. throughout the semester.
C) She makes such stupid mistakes that I
A) But it will probably take me more than sometimes doubt she’s got a brain.
that to organize my notes. D) Although she’s over forty, my mother still
B) I haven’t finished the research yet and I feels like a teenager.
am not ready for the conference. E) I don’t believe that you are a more
C) I hope I’ll be ready to return to work responsible person than before.
soon.
D) You know it is very important for my
career.
E) I’ve been so busy lately that I didn’t have
time to see you.
4. Zed:
- ----
Nora:
- Don’t be prejudiced. Maybe they don’t
use price tags because they want to
imply that the prices are negotiable.
2. Vince: Zed:
- ---- - Come on. Don’t be naïve. They do this
Kelly: simply because they have got very
- I didn’t. I’m fed up with your blaming high prices.
me all the time. Nora:
Vince: - Okay, Zed. You’re right. This is not
- Come on, Kelly. You can’t fool me. I the only store in the world. Let’s walk
know you are using it without asking ahead and find a better place.
me.
Kelly: A) The prices in the catalogue are different
- I’m not going to waste my time trying from those on the tags. I don’t trust these
to convince you. people.
B) They’ve opened a lovely clothes shop
A) Did you inform the technical service just round the corner. Let’s pop in and do
about the power failure? some shopping.
B) Didn’t I tell you millions of times to ask C) Have you any idea how much that
for my permission? fabulous dress in the shop window is? I
C) How did you manage to recover the think I’m going to buy it.
bugged files on your computer? D) Where I lived before I moved to this
D) Why did you use my laptop without neighbourhood, things were much
permission? cheaper than those here.
E) Did you know the computer prices fell by E) I don’t like this store. There are no price
forty percent last year? tags attached to the items in the window.
Dialogue Completion 108 Dilko Yayınları

Question Bank
5. Andrew: 7. David:
- Do you think the problem of global - Can you recommend me a book on the
warming will soon be solved? theory of multiple intelligence?
Pam: Walter:
- ---- - ----
Andrew: David:
- Well, actually I’m not. I’ve got a - So do you mean that I should go to
homework assignment on the future the library and look for one instead of
of global warming, and I’m trying asking you?
to collect data by asking people’s Walter:
opinions. - Don’t be so touchy. You know I always
Pam: try to do my best whenever you need
- I guess I’m not a good source of my help.
information on this issue.
A) How am I supposed to know anything
A) No, I don’t. And I’m not willing to write about a subject like multiple intelligence?
another essay on air pollution. B) He went to the library yesterday and
B) Are you aware of the fact that the world looked for a book on quantum physics.
will run out of oil reserves in fifty years? C) I would love to be there but you know I’m
C) I have no idea. I didn’t know you were not going to be around for a few weeks.
interested in environmental issues. D) There are lots of books on this subject,

D) If you haven’t got a lot of homework for so you won’t have difficulty finding one.
tomorrow, we can go out tonight. E) Thanks to the Internet, we do not need
E) As far as I know, you were not in the to buy hard copy books anymore.
environment club when it was started.
6. Larry: 8. Mum:
- There’s hardly any sugar left so I’ll go - ----
to the supermarket and buy some. Boy:
Kim: - You’re not going to complain all day,
- ---- are you?
Larry: Mum:
- Oh, God. I totally forgot that. But it’s - You see? This is another example of
quite normal for a person who hasn’t lack of respect to elders.
had a holiday for the last three years, Boy:
isn’t it? - I understand. You’re not in the
Kim: right mood to talk about anything.
- You don’t remember that, not because
you had your last holiday a long time A) I’m going to quit this job. I work too hard
ago, but because you’re an absent- but get too little money.
minded person. B) I can’t believe it. This jacket was two
hundred dollars last week and now it’s
A) You don’t need to. We’re going on fifty.
holiday soon. Remember? C) If I were you, I would learn to keep
B) Can you also buy some flour and eggs? quiet so that other people would have a
I want to make a cake. chance to talk.
C) Do you mind if I join you? I’m bored to D) When I was young, we had respect for
death. our elders. Now look at you.
D) Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it. You know E) Enough is enough. I can’t stand hearing
I’ve got to do some shopping. your complaints about me.
E) You can’t do that now because you’ve
got more important things to do.
Dilko Yayınları 109 Dialogue Completion

Question Bank
9. Greg: 11. Jack:

- ---- - ----
Pete: Walter:
- I’m not surprised. It was certain that - Did you wake him up and say he was
the tension between the two teams disturbing you?
would eventually cause a lot of Jack:
trouble. - I did but he just didn’t care and went
Greg: back to sleep. Then I poured some
- It’s a pity that a sport event leads to tea on his trousers and he was wide
such violence. awake.
Pete: Walter:
- Sure it is. And that’s why I never go - I can’t believe you did that. You’re
to the stadium. I prefer to watch the crazy.
matches on television.
A) My father arrived home very late and his
A) Have you any idea why football is so noise woke all the family up.
popular all around the world? B) Our upstairs neighbour had a noisy
B) Was the new player able to show his birthday party last night.
so-called unique skills in yesterday’s C) The man sitting next to me on the bus
match? was snoring loudly.
C) Did you hear that nearly one hundred D) Do you mind if I lie down on the couch
football fans were arrested yesterday? and sleep for a while?
D) I’m afraid I won’t be able to go to the E) We had a terrible night last night. The
match tomorrow. Do you want my ticket? baby kept crying until the morning.
E) There are so many sports programs
on TV, but almost all of them focus on
football.
12. Gary:
10. Sally: - Look at the dog. It is running in circles
- You promised to call me back last and barking furiously.
night but you didn’t. Have you got an Betsy:
explanation? - It must have seen a stranger around
Patrick: the gate.
- ---- Gary:
Sally: - ----
- You’re talking like on old man, Patrick. Betsy:
You’re only 25. - No. It’s not a police dog, Gary. You
Patrick: shouldn’t take its barks so seriously.
- Age is not the only factor that affects
memory. You know there are other A) Don’t you think we should check if there
things like exercise, nutrition, and is something wrong?
stress. B) Do you mean your dog is almost as
clever as a police dog?
A) I know but promise to forgive me when I C) Would an intruder alarm be a better
explain why. option than our poor dog?
B) I had a terrible backache. I couldn’t even D) They probably did. Why don’t you call
stand upright. the police instead of complaining?
C) The tablets that the doctor prescribed E) You didn’t feed it, did you? I knew I
were no good. shouldn’t trust you.
D) People who smoke a lot have a weaker
memory than those who don’t.
E) My memory is not as good as it used to
be.
Dialogue Completion 110 Dilko Yayınları

Question Bank
13. Philip: 15. Bill:

- The temperature is higher than usual - I wish I were as lucky as you are
for this time of the year. and had a job that involves a lot of
Dora: travelling.
- ---- Susan:
Philip: - ----
- Don’t be so harsh to me, Dora. We met Bill:
only an hour ago and we don’t know - Really? What is it that you don’t like
much about each other. I’m just trying about visiting all the cities in the
to break the ice. country?
Dora: Susan:
- I don’t want to talk about the weather, - I do not travel to those cities as a
though. Why don’t we talk about our tourist. I have meetings with the
hobbies and interests? customers all the time and it’s no fun.
A) We should have something more A) I’m a born voyager and I chose a job that
interesting than the weather to talk would make me happy.
about. B) A well-paid job isn’t necessarily a good
B) Yes, it is. Let’s go home, take our job for a person like me.
swimming stuff and go to the seaside. C) You can always give up your current job
C) I always listen to the weather forecast and join me.

before I leave home, although they are D) Travelling all the time is as enjoyable as
not always accurate. you think.
D) We had better stay in until the sun starts E) I’m not in the right mood to listen to your
to go down. I don’t want to get sunburnt never-ending complaints about life.
again.
E) I don’t think so. I’ve lived here for a long
time and I’ve seen much hotter days.
14. James: 16. Carol:

- I need you to help with the new - I’m going to buy a new laptop
specialist we are going to hire. computer.
Michael: Ashley:
- ---- - ----
James: Carol:
- I have interviewed more than twenty - Not any more. I gave up smoking and
candidates but none of them is good drinking alcohol. I will buy anything I
enough. want with the money I will save.
Michael: Ashley:
- Why don’t you put an ad in the - Great. You seem to have made the
newspaper instead of referring to wisest decision of your life.
previously collected CVs?
A) Has he won the lottery? He didn’t have
A) I don’t think he will be able to spare any money to buy lunch yesterday.
time for interviews. B) Are you kidding? I thought you were on a
B) We certainly need a new specialist but tight budget.
we cannot afford one at the moment. C) And you want me to go to the techno
C) Is it? I’ll be glad if I can be of help in any shop with you now. Is that right?
way. D) You don’t need to buy brand-new ones.
D) I thought you talked to some candidates You can buy second hand ones.
and chose one. E) I’ll be happy to give you some tips about
E) We do not need a new specialist. What each one of them.
we need is better software.
Dilko Yayınları 111 Dialogue Completion

CLOZE TEST
Question Bank
CLOZE TEST 2
1.-80. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada
numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen Setting up an online store (1) ---- be quite a
sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. difficult job. Not only did you have to build a
dedicated website from scratch, you (2) ---- had
CLOZE TEST 1 to develop your own merchant system that could
securely process credit card details. These days,
The leopard is the champion athlete of the cat however, (3) ---- can set up an online store in
world. (1) ---- big cats can pull with five times as (2) minutes. Websites like PayPal make it possible
---- force as the same weight of human athletes. (4) ---- a store very quickly and, since they have
The leopard can pull seven times as hard. It built-in credit card processing features, (5) ----
would take three Olympic class weightlifters (3) transactions couldn’t be simpler.
---- a draw with a 100- pound leopard. This (4)
---- strength is demonstrated when a successful 1.
hunter runs up the side of a tree with a full grown A) ought to B) had better
antelope in its jaws to eat (5) ---- peace.
C) would rather D) used to
1. E) should
A) The most B) Most of
C) Most D) The more

E) More of 2.
A) also B) never
C) barely D) slightly
2. E) seldom
A) a little B) much
C) few D) many
E) any
3.
A) no one B) anyone
C) something D) everything
3.
E) nowhere
A) achieve B) to achieve
C) achieved D) to be achieved
E) having achieved
4.
A) build B) to build
4.
C) building D) built
A) astounding B) horizontal
E) having built
C) rusty D) steep
E) literate
5.
5. A) denying B) abducting
A) in B) on C) handling D) diverting
C) at D) for E) deducting
E) to
Cloze Test 130 Dilko Yayınları

Question Bank
CLOZE TEST 3 CLOZE TEST 4
It is important not to stereotype minorities. (1) ---- The benefits of the earth’s resources (1) ----
average, many minorities do less well socially and fresh water, air, soil, and trees can be reduced by
economically than white Americans. (2) ----, there using them wastefully (2) ---- by destroying them
are considerable differences between and within deliberately or inadvertently. The atmosphere and
all the minorities. At one time, the only (3) ---- the oceans have a limited capacity to absorb (3)
African Americans were sports stars, musicians or ---- and recycle materials naturally. Cleaning up
entertainers. More recently, there has been a(n) (4) polluted air, water, and soil, or (4) ---- forests and
---- in the number of successful African Americans fishing grounds can be very difficult and (5) ----.
and (5) ---- minorities in professional jobs.
1.
1. A) as of B) as to
A) At B) For C) as D) such as
C) On D) With E) as for
E) In
2.
2. A) yet B) but
A) Despite B) Owing to C) or D) for
C) Inasmuch as D) Nevertheless E) so
E) Much as
3.
3. A) wasting B) wastes
A) prominent B) disgusted C) wasted D) to waste
C) abusive D) inconvenient E) to be wasting
E) miserable
4. 4.
A) restored depleted
A) collapse B) deterioration
B) restored depleting
C) apprehension D) alienation C) restoring depleted
E) expansion D) restoring depleting
E) restored to deplete
5.
5.
A) the others B) others
A) costly B) expensively
C) other D) another
C) inexpensively D) economically
E) the other’s
E) uneconomically
Dilko Yayınları 131 Cloze Test

Question Bank
New medical techniques, efficient health care Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of
delivery systems, improved (1) ----, and a fuller dementia. This (1) ----, degenerative and terminal
understanding of (2) ---- nature of disease give disease (2) ---- by German psychiatrist Alois
today’s human beings a better chance of staying Alzheimer in 1901. Generally it is diagnosed
healthy (3) ---- their forebears had. Conditions in people over 65 years of age, (3) ---- the
now are very different from the conditions (4) ---- less-prevalent early-onset Alzheimer’s can occur
the species evolved. But some of the differences (4) ---- earlier. A(n) (5) ---- 26.6 million people
(5) ---- good for human health. worldwide were afflicted by Alzheimer’s in 2006;
this number may quadruple by 2050.
1.
1.
A) election B) corrosion
A) unwilling
C) sanitation D) contamination B) satisfactory
E) concession C) incurable
D) unenthusiastic
E) disgusted
2. 2.
A) some B) the A) described
B) was described
C) a D) our
C) has been describing
E) its D) had described
E) was going to describe
3.
A) instead B) further 3.
C) rather than D) compared with A) once B) unless
E) than C) in spite of D) despite
E) although
4.
4.
A) which B) that
A) least B) very
C) what D) in that
C) lots of D) a few
E) in which
E) much
5.
5.
A) must have been
A) estimate
B) may not be
B) estimated
C) could be C) estimating
D) would rather be D) having estimated
E) should have been E) being estimated
Cloze Test 132 Dilko Yayınları

Question Bank
In the US there is (1) ---- effective national health Eula Dore spent most of her adult life on Avery
service. This means (2) ---- only a proportion of Island, (1) ---- as the home of one of the world’s
healthcare is covered for those on welfare. Nearly most famous hot sauces, Tabasco. She worked for
a third of ethnic minority families in the US do the McIlhenny Company, which (2) ---- Tabasco for
not have health insurance, (3) ---- results in more many years. She worked in the general store of
health problems than in other groups in society. the company as a seller and (3) ---- cooked for
Life expectancy is lower and infant (4) ---- is its workers. Her sandwiches became (4) ---- in the
higher than average. Illegal immigrants cannot area. The food she made was (5) ---- good that the
claim welfare benefits and are easily (5) ---- by McIlhenny family soon asked her to cook for them.
dishonest employers.
1.
1. A) know B) knowing
A) no B) none C) known D) having
C) much D) too known
E) such
www.dilkoyayincilik.com E) to be known
2. 2.
A) that B) which A) had been making
C) what D) where B) had been made
C) was making
E) of which
D) was being made
E) would be making
3.
3.
A) whose B) when
A) already B) hardly
C) whom D) whether
C) also D) never
E) which
E) almost
4.
A) aviation B) obedience 4.
C) remnant D) A) delicious B) tasteless
perseverance C) coarse D) degrading
E) mortality E) legendary
5. 5.
A) flattered B) derived A) such B) very
C) exploited D) patted C) such a D) so
E) scraped E) too
Dilko Yayınları 133 Cloze Test

PARAGRAPH COMPLETION
( PARAGRAF TAMAMLAMA )
Question Bank
3. People all over the world know the

1.- 100. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere
importance of giving blood to help
parçada anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak
people who have lost blood because of
için getirilebilecek cümleyi bulunuz.
an accident or operation. ----. They are
1. As humans, we have great abilities cells in the blood that help stop bleeding
to perceive things. ----. For example, by permitting the blood to become thick,
eagles can see much, much better than or clot. Taking platelets from a person’s
humans. When we are presented with blood is done in a process called
some information that is just below our aphaeresis.
conscious awareness but still reaches
our brains, it is called subliminal. The A) This process takes about two hours
information is getting into our systems B) A person must be older than seventeen
and to our brains without us truly being years of age and weigh at least fifty
aware of it. kilograms
C) However, some people with medical
A) We will still respond to that message conditions should not donate platelets
B) However, we also have limitations D) Strong government controls have also
C) But we didn’t realize we saw it limited the supply
D) In other words, you may be familiar with E) There is also a need for the part of the
the idea blood called platelets
E) It contains the message the advertiser

wants us to get
2. Christmas has many traditions. ----. One 4. ----. The new president quickly gained the
of the most popular is the evergreen tree. trust of most Americans by investigating
It is usually a pine or a fir, which remains the crimes of Harding’s top officials. And
green during the cold, dark months of his conservative economic polices won
winter in the northern part of the world. wide support.
A) They put it in their house and hang A) Ford was one of history’s greatest
small lights and colorful objects on its inventors and manufacturers
branches B) Calvin Coolidge moved to the White
B) There are several herbs used in House in 1923, following the death of
Christmas foods, drinks and decorations President Harding
C) Sweet-smelling rosemary plants are C) The former president hated labour
hung on doors or cut to look like little unions, the stock market, dancing,
Christmas trees smoking, and drinking alcohol
D) Some special trees and plants, for D) Speaker after speaker appealed to the
example, are part of the Christmas delegates for votes
tradition E) LaFollette campaigned for increased
E) They say the milky liquid in the plant’s taxes on the rich and public ownership of
stem can cause a person’s skin to water power
become red
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5. There is a song millions of Americans 7. Nine of the ten warmest years ever
will hear this New Year’s Eve. ----. It is the recorded have been since 1990. Average
traditional music played during the New temperatures this year are more than
Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an four-tenths of a degree higher than
old Scottish poem. It tells about the need the average temperature from 1961 to
to remember old friends. 1990. There are higher than average
temperatures in Australia, Japan and
A) No one knew who had written the poem North America. ----. Denmark and Germany
B) It is called “Auld Lang Syne” also set records for the warmest October
C) I would like to wish a very happy new in more than one-hundred years.
year
D) However, a version by Scottish poet A) October was the hottest month in
Robert Burns was published the England in more than three-hundred
following year years
E) But the version you often hear is by the B) For example, temperatures in Siberia
Washington Saxophone Quartet dropped to sixty degrees below zero
Celsius
C) El Nino caused climate changes that
affected Pacific Ocean waters
D) Unseasonably cold weather was also
reported in Bolivia and northern India

E) However, some areas reported colder
than normal temperatures this year
6. ----. The former president had resigned 8. The condition of the various organs of a
following violent street protests child’s body determines the quality of his
over the way the government dealt life. ----. Not only is such a child unable
with the economic crisis. More than to see the world as it really is, but the
twenty-five people had been killed during eyestrain resulting from poor vision has
the protests. serious effects on the child, producing all
sorts of disorders.
A) Argentina’s new president announced
measures to ease the crisis in the A) If a child cannot hear well or is entirely
country deaf, many serious consequences follow
B) The new government has established a B) The influence of a parent may determine
new kind of money, called the argentino the interest of a child and affect his
C) Argentina is in recession and is in whole life
danger of not being able to pay its debts C) The child is affected by every influence
D) Some money will be used to pay wages which acts upon him
or to help the country’ s poorest people D) If a child’s eyes are in any way defective,
E) Many Argentines blame dishonest it tremendously influences his life
historians for the country’s problems E) In fact, every condition of a child that
is in any way abnormal leads to other
conditions
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9. Albert Einstein was not able to speak until 11. About fifty percent of colds are caused
he was four years old. ----. His teachers by a group of viruses known as
did not consider him to have a bright picornaviruses. These small particles
future ahead of him. He was considered spread from person to person through
mentally handicapped by the people the air. The virus first infects the tissues
around him. But he became a scientist in the nose and throat. Signs of a cold
who won the Nobel Prize for Physics for include sore throat, discharge of fluids
his well known Theory of Relativity. from the nose, sneezing, coughing and
difficulty breathing. ----. This can lead
A) An experimental vaccine prevented his to serious conditions like bronchitis or
death pneumonia.
B) He decided that it was left underwater
much longer A) Americans suffer as many as
C) He did not read until he reached seven one-thousand-million colds every year
years old B) The sinuses, ears and lungs may also
D) But since he started to speak, he has become infected
never stopped. C) They reported the results at a
E) Actual lights, from candles to electric conference in Chicago on infectious
bulbs, were used disease
D) The drug made people feel better
sooner when the cold was caused by a

picornavirus
E) The others who took the inactive
substance suffered for seven days
10. One day after Christmas in 1966, a small 12. On November the first, 2000, an American
group of African-Americans in Los astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts
Angeles began a seven-day celebration. took their places as the first crew of the
The celebration was not religious. Its International Space Station. ----. The other
purpose was to honour black culture, members were Russian Cosmonauts
especially the importance of the family. Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev.
----. Today, millions of African-Americans The three were launched on a Russian
celebrate it during the month of December. Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur
Cosmodome in Kazakhstan.
A) The word is Swahili
B) The main celebration will be held for A) Now, the fourth crew of the International
seven days after Christmas Space Station is in orbit
C) They are unity, personal independence, B) The International Space Station is a
creativity and faith cooperative effort by sixteen nations
D) The celebration was called Kwanzaa C) Last year, the space station’s ability to
E) Each day, the family discusses one of perform useful work was expanded
the goals D) The commander of the first crew was Bill
Shepherd
E) They were added to the space station to
gather energy from the Sun
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13. For many years, scientists have warned 15. About four-thousand plants are growing
that smoking tobacco is bad for your in the Botanic Garden. ----. Each has
health. Yet people around the world different environmental needs for the
continue to smoke. More than four million plants growing in it. Light from the
people die each year from the effects of glass covering high above fills all the
smoking. That number is increasing. ----. areas. Modern equipment controls the
Seven in ten of those will be in developing temperature, water and other needs of
countries. each plant group.
A) Tobacco use is the leading preventable A) The thin green leaves of fern plants
cause of death seem to reach out to welcome visitors
B) Smoking has also been linked to heart B) They walk on a stonework floor past two
disease, stroke and many kinds of narrow pools that shoot water into the air
cancer C) Experts have placed the plants in
C) More than forty chemicals in tobacco different areas to meet their special
smoke cause cancer in humans and requirements
animals D) Colourful orchid flowers grow directly
D) Women using tobacco during pregnancy from the rocks and trees in this area
will have babies with health problems E) Relatives of this plant provided the
E) 150 million people will die from tobacco material for a drug effective in treating
use in the next twenty years breast cancer
14. The female fruit fly can produce as many 16. The early years of the twentieth century
as one-thousand eggs in her lifetime. was a time of movement for many black
It usually leaves its eggs in fruit that is Americans. ----. But in the 1920s, many
still on the tree. It makes holes in the skin blacks moved to cities in the North.
of the fruit and leaves two to six eggs in Black Americans moved because living
each hole. ----. They later dig holes in the conditions were so poor in the rural
ground. When they come out, they are areas of the Southeast. But many of them
adult med flies. discovered that life was also hard in the
colder Northern cities.
A) American officials also banned sales of
Spanish clementines in seventeen states A) Traditionally, most blacks lived in the
B) Clementine oranges have become Southeastern states
increasingly popular in recent years B) The years just before and after 1920
C) The larvae eat their way through the were difficult for blacks
fruit, causing it to drop to the ground C) And they sometimes beat and murdered
D) They are the world’s most destructive blacks
threats to agriculture D) A black boy sailing a small boat entered
E) Another method involves the use of male a part of the beach used by white
med flies coming from eggs treated by swimmers
radiation E) Blacks have to take firm actions to
protest murders and other illegal actions
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IRRELEVANT SENTENCE
( ANLAMI BOZAN CÜMLE )
Question Bank
4. (I) Sea mammals have no fixed home in the

1.-75. sorularda, cümleler sırasıyla
water but some have special sleeping habits.
okunduğunda parçanın anlam (II) Accordingly, they would rather live away
bütünlüğünü bozan cümleyi bulunuz. from congested settlements. (III) Florida
1. (I) The north-eastern New England colonies manatees, for instance, sleep on the sea
had generally thin, stony soil, relatively bed. (IV) They come to the surface every ten
little level land, and long winters. (II) In minutes or so to breathe. (V) Sea otters, which
Massachusetts, the cod industry alone sleep floating on the surface, are another
quickly furnished a basis for prosperity. (III) example.
Therefore, it was difficult to make a living
from farming. (IV) Turning to other pursuits, A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
the New Englanders harnessed waterpower
and established grain mills and sawmills.
(V) And good stands of timber encouraged
shipbuilding.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
2. (I) Cats are native to all continents but 5. (I) Man has not always been a skilful hunter.
Australia and Antarctica. (II) Lions are a (II) In 1700, there were some 60 million
major symbol of wild Africa. (III) They have buffaloes in North America. (III) Millions were
been worshipped by African tribes for their killed for their meat and because their grazing
strength and beauty. (IV) They are the only land was needed for farming. (IV) By 1880,
big cats that live in large groups. (V) Also, they there were only a few hundred left. (V) Today,
have the loudest roar of any cat, which can be the buffaloes are making a slow comeback,
heard from up to five miles. and there are now about 10,000 in the wild.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
3. (I) Beauty is only skin deep. (II) The skin 6. (I) The passenger pigeon made the most
is only about as deep as the tip of a ball- rapid disappearance ever known. (II) In the
point pen. (III) First-degree burns affect 1800s, it was so common in the USA that
only the very top layers of the skin. (IV) flocks of over 2,000 million were estimated.
Second-degree burns affect midway through (III) By 1900, there were none left in the wild.
the skin’s thickness. (V) Third-degree burns (IV) And the last one died in a zoo in 1914. (V)
penetrate and damage the entire thickness of As a result, passenger planes replaced the so
the skin. called primitive vehicle.
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7. (I) Baby birds have an “egg tooth” to help 10. (I) To measure sunshine, weathermen use
them break out of the shell. (II) They use it to a Campbell Stokes sunshine recorder. (II)
carve masses of clay underneath the surface However, it is not thought to be the best
soil. (III) This is a tiny knob at the tip of the method. (III) This is a glass ball which
beak. (IV) Most chicks take about 30 minutes concentrates sunshine onto a thick piece
to an hour to hatch out. (V) But chicks of large of card. (IV) The sunshine burns a mark on
albatrosses may need six days to get out of the card. (V) It shows the number of hours of
their tough eggshell. sunshine in the day.
8. (I) Ice made of salt water does not contain any 11. (I) If a dog approaches you, stay calm and let
salt. (II) That is the biggest relief for people it sniff you. (II) Do not make eye contact. (III)
like the Eskimos, who live in icy regions and Wait until the dog leaves or slowly back away.
are surrounded by ice all year long. (III) At (IV) A friend of mine who took this piece of
first sight, the life of an Eskimo might seem advice got into trouble. (V) If you are knocked
odd to most of us. (IV) All they have to do is to to the ground, roll into a ball and protect your
melt the ice. (V) And their fresh drinking water head and neck with your hands.
is ready.
9. (I) The fastest growing tree in the world is 12. (I) About 25 percent of all children have one or
the Eucalyptus. (II) Its fragrance is admired more nourishment disorders between the ages
throughout the world. (III) One tree in New of 7 and 12. (II) Many children occasionally
Guinea grew 10.5 m in one year. (IV) This walk in their sleep. (III) Sleepwalking is an
is almost 3 cm a day. (V) In contrast, a Sika ordinary phase in the growing-up process.
Spruce inside the Arctic Circle takes some 98 (IV) Parts of the child’s brain are immature.
years to grow 28cm. (V) So dreams can be stimulating enough to
cause a youngster to take a nocturnal stroll.
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13. (I) Saliva is the first of the digestive fluids. (II) 16. (I) Much of missile defence is predicated on
When food is introduced into the stomach, the ability to intercept an incoming missile. (II)
the peristaltic contractions roll it about. (III) It And that itself is a fairly technical domain. (III)
is secreted in the glands of the mouth. (IV) Many countries are trying to acquire different
It is a viscid, alkaline liquid, with a specific degrees of proficiency. (IV) The test is carried
gravity of about 1005. (V) Examinations with out to judge the effectiveness of the new
the microscope show it to be composed of chopping appliance. (V) Therefore, the tests
minute, granular cells and oil globules. carried out by India can be characterized as
an important step at a technological level.
14. (I) A liquid boils when its vapour pressure 17. (I) One tenth of Earth’s surface is always
reaches atmospheric pressure. (II) The other under the cover of ice. (II) Almost 90 per cent
liquids boil at a lower temperature. (III) A of that ice is to be found in the continent of
liquid will also evaporate at temperatures Antarctica. (III) The only creatures that live
below the boiling temperature. (IV) But that on Antarctica throughout the year are insects.
evaporation only occurs from the surface of (IV) The remaining 10 per cent is found on
the liquid. (V) That’s because atmospheric the mountains in the form of glaciers. (V) The
pressure crushes any bubbles that try to form ice sheet that covers Antarctica is almost
within the body of the liquid. one-and-a-half times the size of America.
15. (I) We talk a lot about the automobile industry. 18. (I) Desert sand is carried by winds across
(II) But the fact is that millions and millions great distances. (II) The soft sand that we sink
of people don’t buy cars at all. (III) They buy into on the beach is actually rock. (III) Sand
small trucks, especially “pickups”. (IV) Today’s is what a rock becomes after years of being
pickups come with fancy features, and they worn down by rivers. (IV) Years of sea waves
earn the auto companies a lot of money. (V) crashing against huge rocks and cliffs make
Others who are sent back organize protests, rocks break into small particles. (V) Ultimately,
holding up signs with misspelled words. they end up as sand.
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19. (I) Humans can detect over 10,000 different 22. (I) Bird-watching has been a popular pastime
smells. (II) The nose is a huge cavity built to in many countries recently. (II) Many birds that
smell, moisten, and filter the air you breathe. feed on plants swallow stones and grit to help
(III) When you breathe in, the air passes their bodies grind down the plant material. (III)
through the nasal cavity and through a thick Birds in captivity may swallow other things
layer of mucous to the olfactory bulb. (IV) The if they cannot find stones. (IV) An ostrich in
smells are recognized here because each London Zoo was found on its death to have
smell molecule fits into a nerve cell like a swallowed an incredible variety of things. (V)
puzzle piece. (V) The cells then send signals These included an alarm clock, 91 cm of rope,
to the brain via the olfactory nerve. and a selection of coins.
20. (I) A recent study has used a special 23. (I) Many parent birds use other birds without
technique that helps to judge the quality of young ones to help feed their chicks. (II) The
certain genes. (II) A thousand dollars can buy helper may be unrelated but is often a brother
a lot of things. (III) Researchers hope to soon or sister of the parent or older offspring of the
add an individual’s genetic sequence to that pair. (III) About 75 per cent of all wild birds
list. (IV) Full-genome DNA decoding could die before they are six months old. (IV) This
soon be done for about 1.1 million dollars. (V) gives the young 80 per cent more chance of
It will continue to drop in price as new ways to being reared. (V) If helpers nest the next year,
conquer the task emerge. they may in turn be helped by the young they
looked after.
21. (I) The knee is the most easily injured of all 24. (I) The sperm whale has the heaviest mammal
the joints in the body. (II) It’s also the most brain. (II) Its brain weighs up to 9 kg, six times
frequently treated area by orthopaedic heavier than a human brain. (III) Surely it
surgeons. (III) More than 6 million people visit doesn’t mean it’s more intelligent than a
an orthopaedic surgeon each year for a knee human. (IV) It also has a very large head,
problem. (IV) However, most of them failed about a third of its body length. (V) Therefore,
to receive a proper treatment. (V) Hospital there is plenty of room for its big brain.
emergency rooms log 1.4 million visits per
year for knee problems. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
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ANSWER KEY
SENTENCE COMPLETION
1E 2D 3B 4B 5C 6D 7B 8B 9E 10A 11E 12D 13A 14A 15C 16E 17C 18D 19E 20E 21C 22C 23D
24A 25D 26E 27C 28D 29B 30E 31B 32D 33A 34C 35E 36A 37E 38B 39C 40C 41D 42E 43C 44E
45C 46C 47E 48B 49C 50B 51D 52B 53E 54E 55B 56B 57E 58D 59A 60D 61B 62B 63E 64E 65E
66D 67C 68B 69C 70A 71A 72B 73E 74D 75E 76D 77E 78B 79B 80C 81C 82A 83E 84A 85E 86D
87B 88D 89A 90E 91C 92C 93D 94D 95A 96B 97C 98E 99C 100D 101E 102C 103C 104C 105E
106A 107D 108A 109A 110A 111C 112A 113E 114E 115B 116B 117C 118E 119C 120E 121D
122D 123D 124C 125B 126C 127A 128C 129A 130E 131D 132E 133C 134C 135A 136D 137B
138E 139A 140E 141C 142B 143A 144A 145B 146E 147C 148A 149D 150D 151D 152E 153A
154D 155E 156C 157C 158D 159A 160B 161E 162B 163A 164A 165C 166C 167D 168C 169A
1700E 171A 172B 173B 174C 175B 176E 177A 178A 179C 180D 181C 182C 183E 184A 185A
186A 187D 188C 189B 190D 191B 192A 193A 194C 195D 196C 197E 198E 199A 200C 201B
202B 203A 204E 205C 206B 207E 208C 209E 210E 211B 212D 213A 214C 215D 216C 217E
218A 219D 220B 221D 222A 223A 224C 225E
PARAPHRASED SENTENCES
1A 2C 3D 4A 5A 6E 7A 8C 9A 10E 11D 12A 13C 14D 15E 16A 17D 18C 19A 20E 21B 22B 23D
24D 25A 26B 27C 28B 29A 30E 31E 32B 33A 34D 35A 36C 37E 38E 39E 40C 41A 42C 43E 44A
45B 46D 47D 48C 49C 50A 51A 52D 53E 54D 55A 56E 57D 58C 59A 60E 61D 62D 63E 64A 65D
66D 67C 68E 69E 70C 71A 72B 73D 74E 75E
TRANSLATION
1E 2A 3C 4E 5B 6B 7A 8B 9D 10E 11C 12E 13C 14A 15D 16C 17E 18D 19C 20D 21A 22E 23A
24C 25A 26D 27A 28C 29A 30B 31E 32E 33D 34B 35C 36A 37C 38D 39A 40B 41B 42B 43E 44D
45B 46E 47A 48D 49B 50B 51C 52C 53E 54A 55E 56A 57A 58A 59D 60D 61E 62C 63E 64C 65B
66D 67B 68E 69A 70D 71E 72B 73D 74A 75D
SITUATIONS
1B2E 3E 4C 5B 6B 7E 8C 9D 10A 11A 12E 13C 14C 15C 16B 17D 18D 19B 20D 21E 22C 23D
24C 25E 26A 27C 28C 29C 30A 31A 32B 33C 34C 35E 36D 37E 38C 39B 40D 41E 42C 43B 44B
45A 46B 47C 48C 49D 50B 51B 52B 53E 54E 55B 56D 57A 58E 59C 60B 61A 62A 63B 64D 65B
66D 67B 68A 69C 70D 71E 72A 73B 74C 75D
DIALOGUE COMPLETION
1A 2D 3E 4E 5C 6A 7A 8D 9C 10E 11C 12A 13A 14D 15D 16B 17A 18D 19B 20E 21A 22C 23E
24C 25D 26B 27E 28C 29D 30D 31C 32B 33A 34D 35B 36A 37A 38E 39E 40A 41C 42C 43B 44B
45D 46B 47B 48D 49A 50C 51E 52A 53E 54B 55E 56C 57E 58E 59E 60B 61D 62E 63D 64B 65A
66E 67C 68A 69E 70B 71E 72A 73B 74E 75A
CLOZE TESTS
Cloze Test 1 Cloze Test 21 Cloze Test 41 Cloze Test 61

1C 2B 3B 4A 5A 1D 2E 3D 4C 5A 1A 2E 3D 4B 5A 1B 2A 3A 4D 5E
1D 2A 3B 4B 5C 1B 2A 3D 4C 5A 1D 2E 3C 4A 5A 1A 2A 3C 4C 5C
1C 2D 3A 4E 5C 1C 2C 3E 4E 5D 1E 2A 3A 4B 5C 1B 2D 3A 4C 5C
1D 2C 3B 4C 5A 1A 2E 3B 4C 5B 1B 2B 3D 4A 5D 1D 2B 3C 4D 5A
1C 2B 3E 4E 5B 1C 2E 3A 4D 5E 1C 2E 3C 4A 5B 1B 2B 3E 4D 5C
1C 2B 3E 4E 5B 1C 2A 3E 4E 5A 1B 2D 3A 4A 5C 1E 2A 3C 4C 5C
1A 2A 3E 4E 5C 1A 2C 3B 4A 5C 1D 2C 3C 4B 5B 1E 2B 3C 4D 5A
1C 2A 3C 4E 5D 1A 2C 3A 4A 5E 1D 2B 3A 4C 5A 1B 2D 3C 4C 5B
1D 2A 3D 4B 5E 1B 2A 3E 4B 5C 1D 2C 3A 4A 5D 1C 2E 3E 4B 5A
1A 2C 3C 4A 5D 1A 2D 3A 4B 5C 1C 2D 3A 4B 5D 1B 2A 3E 4C 5D
1D 2C 3D 4A 5A 1C 2B 3C 4A 5D 1D 2D 3C 4A 5A 1D 2D 3B 4D 5A
1D 2E 3E 4E 5B 1D 2E 3A 4B 5A 1A 2B 3B 4D 5A 1C 2D 3B 4D 5D
1E 2E 3B 4C 5D 1C 2A 3E 4E 5B 1B 2E 3B 4A 5A 1A 2E 3D 4A 5B
1A 2B 3E 4E 5D 1D 2E 3C 4B 5A 1A 2D 3D 4A 5B 1C 2A 3C 4B 5A
1A 2A 3D 4C 5C 1D 2C 3B 4C 5C 1B 2B 3C 4A 5B 1A 2E 3B 4A 5A
1D 2A 3C 4A 5A 1C 2C 3D 4E 5A 1A 2E 3D 4D 5C 1D 2B 3E 4A 5C
1C 2A 3B 4B 5C 1A 2B 3C 4D 5E 1B 2C 3D 4C 5A 1D 2E 3A 4B 5A
1A 2B 3A 4C 5E 1D 2D 3C 4C 5B 1D 2A 3E 4C 5C 1B 2C 3A 4B 5E
1A 2B 3C 4A 5B 1A 2C 3C 4D 5E 1B 2E 3B 4C 5C 1E 2C 3B 4A 5C
1E 2D 3E 4A 5B 1E 2A 3C 4C 5D 1B 2C 3B 4E 5E 1B 2A 3E 4C 5D
PARAGRAPH COMPLETION
1B 2D 3E 4B 5B 6A 7A 8D 9C 10D 11B 12D 13E 14C 15C 16A 17C 18C 19D 20E 21D 22E 23A
24C 25B 26A 27B 28A 29C 30E 31D 32B 33C 34B 35C 36A 37C 38B 39D 40D 41E 42C 43B 44E
45C 46D 47B 48D 49A 50E 51D 52D 53B 54E 55B 56A 57D 58E 59B 60B 61E 62A 63E 64E 65A
66C 67E 68C 69B 70B 71C 72E 73C 74D 75E 76A 77E 78B 79D 80D 81D 82D 83B 84E 85B 86B
87A 88A 89E 90A 91A 92B 93B 94D 95A 96B 97C 98A 99B 100D
IRRELEVANT SENTENCE
1B 2A 3A 4B 5A 6E 7B 8C 9B 10B 11D 12A 13B 14B 15E 16D 17C 18A 19A 20A 21D 22A 23C
24C 25D 26C 27A 28C 29D 30C 31B 32C 33B 34E 35B 36E 37B 38C 39B 40B 41E 42A 43B 44E
45B 46A 47B 48C 49D 50D 51A 52A 53C 54D 55B 56D 57B 58E 59C 60C 61E 62D 63B 64B 65E
66C 67B 68B 69B 70B 71C 72B 73E 74D 75B

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Sentence Completion .......................................... 5

Paraphrased Sentences ...................................... 45

Dialogue Completion............................................ 109

Cloze Test ............................................................ 131

Paragraph Completion.......................................... 173

Irrelevant Sentence .............................................. 201

Answer Key........................................................... 214

4. Peter has always been sensitive about

5. ---- when their parents are out of town.

Sentence Completion 6 Dilko Yayınları

11. ----, you would find it hard to believe how

12. While some argue that higher cigarette

Dilko Yayınları 7 Sentence Completion

British rule in 1947, ----.

Sentence Completion 8 Dilko Yayınları

A) that is considered to have a slight A) some of which rise more than a

23. Copernicus, whose book is often

24. If you go on doing such strenuous

Dilko Yayınları 9 Sentence Completion

3. I had the goods delivered before the

with the opposition.

Paraphrased Sentences 46 Dilko Yayınları

8. Not having received the promotion he

Dilko Yayınları 47 Paraphrased Sentences

Paraphrased Sentences 48 Dilko Yayınları

that Puritanism and capitalism are both

16. Just as we don’t know how our

Dilko Yayınları 49 Paraphrased Sentences

3. The two obstacles researchers have

4. By analyzing plant remains in the

Translation 66 Dilko Yayınları

5. An allergy is a disorder in which the 7. From 1850 onwards, there appears to

Dilko Yayınları 67 Translation

9. Research has shown that active 11. Experiments conducted at the

hem aktif hem de pasif esneklikle olmadığı ortaya çıktı.

Translation 68 Dilko Yayınları

hiç bir etkisi olmadığını ortaya koymayı

16. The word salmonella, referring to

Dilko Yayınları 69 Translation

Dialogue Completion 108 Dilko Yayınları

interested in environmental issues. D) There are lots of books on this subject,

Dilko Yayınları 109 Dialogue Completion

9. Greg: 11. Jack:

Dialogue Completion 110 Dilko Yayınları

13. Philip: 15. Bill:

C) I always listen to the weather forecast and join me.

14. James: 16. Carol:

Dilko Yayınları 111 Dialogue Completion

C) Most D) The more

Cloze Test 130 Dilko Yayınları

CLOZE TEST 3 CLOZE TEST 4

Dilko Yayınları 131 Cloze Test

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