(I) When we exercise, our body naturally produces heat. (II) Exercising in extreme temperatures therefore provides an added stress on our body to cool down. (III) In fact, our body cools down by redirecting the flow of blood to the skin, so the evaporation of sweat can dissipate heat from the blood. (IV) Unfortunately, individuals who take part in outdoor activities such as tennis, golf, or running are at greater risk of physical injury. (V) However, when the climate is humid, sweat cannot evaporate from the skin, and the body struggles to cool down.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
During World War II, a group of 26 nations gathered together to sign the original Declaration of United Nations, in which each individual nation pledged to continue fighting the Axis powers and refuse to negotiate a separate peace with them. Following the war, a conference was held in San Francisco and representatives from 50 different nations attended. At this conference, the United Nations charter was officially ratified.Peacekeeping is the primary concern of the United Nations. The organization helps negotiate peace treaties and supports the efforts of countries as they move towards democracy. On occasion, the United Nations dispatches soldiers to help with peacekeeping missions. The United Nations also seeks to promote human rights in all countries and strives to prevent the discrimination against and mistreatment of minorities across the globe. Other duties of the United Nations include providing humanitarian aid when necessary, such as organizing the drop-off of food and basic supplies in countries devastated by war and natural disasters.
3. It can be understood from the passage, after the war ended..........
A) the conference was intended chiefly to discuss the re-establishment
B) they brought up the Standardization of Geographical Names issue
C) a conference was held in USA with 50 distinctive nations presented
D) a number of deadlines were set for the signing of international agreements
E) the world’s poorer countries did not participated in the Conference effectively
This legislation was a ____ of the President's feud with Congress.
A) cash
B) cattle
C) case
D) casualty
E) catastrophe
Although gorillas are known to be powerful and wild by people, they are also gentle and affectionate creatures.
A) Goriller her ne kadar insanlar tarafından güçlü ve vahşi olarak bilinse de, onlar aynı zamanda nazik ve sıcakkanlı yaratıklardır.
B) İnsanlar tarafından güçlü ve vahşi yaratıklar olarak tanınan goriller aynı zamanda nazik ve sıcakkanlı da olabilirler.
C) Goriller insanlar tarafından hem güçlü ve vahşi hem de nazik ve sıcakkanlı yaratıklar olarak tanınırlar.
D) İnsanlar tarafından güçlü ve vahşi yaratıklar olarak nitelendirilmelerine rağmen, gorillerin aslında nazik ve sıcakkanlı yaratıklar olduğu bilinmektedir.
E) İnsanlar onları güçlü ve vahşi yaratıklar olarak tanısa da, goriller aslında nazik ve sıcakkanlı hayvanlardır.
Industrialization was _____ after 1973 following the fourfold increase, in oil prices.
A) booked
B) boosted
C) backed
D) advanced
E) baffled
BM Güvenlik Konseyi, kitle imha silahlarına sahip olmayı, bunları üretmeyi ve bunların kaçakçılığını yapmayı suç saymaları için ülkelere çağrıda bulunan bir kararı oybirliğiyle almıştır.
A) The possession, manufacture and trafficking of weapons of destruction have been banned in all countries following a resolution to this effect unanimously passed by the UN Security Council.
B) Presumably, the UN Security Council will unanimously pass a resolution to demand that all countries criminalize the possession, manufacture and trafficking of weapons of mass destruction.
C) The possession, manufacture and trafficking of weapons of mass destruction have been criminalized in some countries following the passing of a unanimous resolution by the UN Security Council.
D) In line with a resolution of the UN Security Council, countries have all made the possession, manufacture and trafficking of weapons of mass destruction illegal.
E) The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling upon countries to criminalize the possession, manufacture and trafficking of weapons of mass destruction.
It is implied in the passage that superstitions ----.
A) form the basis of physics
B) actually result from man’s inability to explain things
C) were first adopted by Western Europeans
D) descended from some animals
E) were ended by European Celts
Pasta was developed independently in a number of places around the globe. In (17) ---- of these places, locally available grain was the primary starch source in the diet. Before the invention of pasta, grains (18) ---- as a gruel or grain paste, or (19) ---- into flour and eaten as bread. Pasta noodles can be created even (20) ---- there is no oven, or not enough fuel to support an oven. (21) ----, bread requires a great investment in time and effort to accomplish.
20.
A) whether
B) where
C) which
D) that
E) due to
Any voluntary information we request is collected ____ we can continue to improve the products and services offered to you through your Reseller.
A) in order that
B) in case
C) moreover
D) provided that
E) so as to
A) collide
B) detriment
C) deprivation
D) advent
A) fatality
Each family of bees makes up one ___ or group, and each group dwells in a hive.
A) collector
B) colleague
C) colony
D) coincidence
E) coach
We learn from the passage that, in Shakespeare's London, theatres ------.
A) competed with each other to get Alleyn or Burbage in their troupe
B) were normally open to the public six afternoons a week
C) provided actors with a comfortable and profitable way of life
D) were rather like drama schools and they trained actors
E) all had their own leading players
Everyone seems to be on edge these days, but with the elections so near that is hardly surprising.
A) The approaching elections seem to have caused
a higher than average amount of friction between
people.
B) As elections are drawing near, we can expect
such displays of bad-temper.
C) The approach of the elections is no excuse for
such displays of bad-temper.
D) Nowadays tempers everywhere are frayed,
which, I suppose, is only natural, with election
day so close.
E) With elections so close it’s essential that
everyone makes an effort to stay calm.
Local authorities have always given ______ importance to the improvement recreational facilities.
A) any B) enough
C) too D) such
E) many
A preliminary investigation is a process that takes place immediately after a crime has been ______.
A) fixed
B) executed
C) committed
D) performed
E) prepared
The things you have done so far are so ____ for the future of our natural sources.
A) careful
B) cardinal
C) capable
D) carnivore
E) careless
Yıllardır bilim adamları pek çok farklı deneyler yapmışlardır ve hepsi atomların yapısı hakkında aynı fikre sahiptiler.
A) Many scientists have done a great deal of experiments for many years and they have the same idea about the structure of atoms.
B) The scientists who did different types of experiments in the past had the same idea about the structure of atoms.
C) Many different kinds of experiments have been done by the scientists who had the same idea about the structure of atoms.
D) For many years scientists did many different kinds of experiments and all had the same idea about the structure of atoms.
E) When many scientists did many different kinds of experiments, they all agreed on the idea about the structure of atoms.
Nearly fifteen years after South Africa’s democratic overthrow of apartheid, the country is facing growing (17) ---- over the rise of “economic apartheid” and the way it (18) ---- millions of South Africans in the same,if not a worsening economic position than they endured prior to 1994. (19) ---- South African government statistics, the average black household has become 15% poorer over the last fourteen years, while an average white household has seen its wealth grow (20) ---- some 19%. There has been a 20% decrease in the income of the poorest 50% of South Africans, and black South Africans have lost (21) ---- two million jobs over the same period.
17.
A) interest B) demand
C) encouragement D) criticism
E) threat
----, a quite considerable number of them still survive in northern part of the city.
A) While a great many of eighteenth and nineteenth century houses have
disappeared
B) When the new building styles were slowly introduced to the country with the arrival of Christianity
C) Although the houses are invariably well built and the living conditions of the inhabitants have been improved immensely
D) Because many of the new theories of modern town planning and housing development had been experimented
E) Knowing all the conditions in these poor cottages
Losing weight is not only ---- anticipating swimsuit season or squeezing into skinny jeans, but it also means fighting a serious illness ---- the obese.
A) by / against B) in / within C) about / for
D) beyond / upon E) at / towards
Blood vessel ___ will be especially serious among people who have, or are at risk of, heart disease.
A) consistency
B) constriction
C) conflict
D) conformity
E) conjunction
It is stated in the passage that ................
A) ocean currents usually disrupt the balance of the climate
B) the Gulf Stream leads to the formation of fog in various countries such as
C) the
D) warm water currents increase the temperatures in British Isles and north-western
E) only warm waters are carried by oceans to various parts of the world
I had my doubts about her when I took her on, but now I’m pleased to say that she has ______ to be a talented executive.
A) taken up
B) run over
C) turned out
D) made out
E) carried on
Any child left to its own devices far too long is likely to ______ on some dangerous enterprise.
A) assert B) entice
C) embark D) reproach
E) reduce
John : - By the way, can you tell me what the expression
“the scramble for Africa” means?
Harry : - Oh, I thought you knew it, since you are
seriously interested in the history of Africa.
John :- ----
Harry :- Well, it is about the colonization of Africa. It indicates the scope and speed with which the
major European powers, excited by stories of rubber forests and rich diamond mines,
conquered and colonized Africa in the 19th century.
A) For instance, I know that in
attended by the representatives of the European
colonial powers, was held in Berlin to settle the
matter of control over the Congo River basin.
B) It has been pointed out that by the 1830s the
French had created a general government of
their possessions in Algeria.
C) I am afraid I don’t. I came across it in an article I
was reading yesterday. There was no
explanation given.
D) Actually, the colonial powers’ partition of Africa in
the 19th century was the most striking instance of
European imperialism.
E) According to some eyewitness reports, in the
colonies, Africans worked in appalling conditions,
with no medicine or sanitation and too little food.
It can be inferred from the passage that —.
A) there were times in the history of America that European settlers noticed and protected the Cahokia Mounds
B) Americans have continually failed to appreciate the American Indians' capacity to build something worthy of praise
C) American presidents as well as newspapers were fearful of a discovery of an American Indian city
D) European settlers and their descendents tended to interpret the past great works of civilization in America as belonging to the Indians
E) Americans generally worked hard, both socially
and politically to protect the history and welfare
of the American Indians
National newspapers are printed in big cities and _____ nationwide.
A) demanded
B) scattered
C) borrowed
D) distributed
E) spilled
From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, the Internet was a communication and research tool used almost exclusively for academic and military purposes.
A) İnternet 1960’ların sonlarından 1990’ların başlarına kadar neredeyse sadece akademik ve askeri amaçlar için kullanılan bir iletişim ve araştırma aracıydı.
B) 1960’ların sonlarından 1990’ların başlarına kadar İnternet, iletişim ve araştırma yapmak amacıyla, akademisyenler ve askerler tarafından kullanıldı.
C) İnternet’in akademik ve askeri amaçlar ile kullanılmasına 1960’lı yıllarda başlanmış ve bu süreç 1990’lara kadar devam etmiştir.
D) 1960’lı yılların sonlarından 1990’lı yılların başlarına kadar akademik ve askeri amaçlarla kullanılan İnternet, bu tarihten sonra iletişim ve araştırma amaçlı olarak kullanılmıştır.
E) Akademik ve askeri bir amaçla geliştirilen İnternet, 1960’lı yılların sonlarından 1990’lı yılların başlarına kadar bir iletişim ve araştırma aracı olarak kullanılmıştır.
Manufacturers must demonstrate that their aircraft are _____ of flying safely in cold, wet conditions.
A) careless
B) careful
C) cardinal
D) capable
E) carnivore
Until science develops ways of predicting natural disasters earlier and more accurately, ______ .
A) prevention, unfortunately, usually eludes us
B) flooding regularly lakes a heavy toll of human life
C) modem technology cannot shield us from the destructive force of a hurricane
D) they will continue to cause untold suffering throughout the world
E) the lethal release of natural cartoon dioxide is entirely preventable
A) Will you come to Antalya with Jane and me if we decide to take the car?
B) How about going to Antalya with Jane and me since we are taking the car?
C) If you and Jane decide to go to Antalya, couldn’t we go by car?
D) Why don’t you want to go to Antalya by car with Jane and me?
E) Haven’t you decided to go to Antalya by car with Jane and me?
(I) While most early European immigrants to America were farmers, many city dwellers came to the new land as well. (II) These new comers were attracted to the bustling urban centres. (III) As a result, American cities expanded enormously. (IV) The history of the United States is filled with accounts of people who came from all over the world to settle here. (V) New York, for example which had a population of only sixty thousand in 1600, grew to a city of more than one million people in 1860.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) In recent years, historians have emphasized more the economic and social forces that have an impact on the lives of lower-class people, but less the stories about upper-class political confrontations.
B) Stories about the upper classes and their political differences have not received much
emphasis from historians in recent years, while more emphasis has been put on the economic
and social developments that have affected the lives of lower-class people.
C) The economic and social factors that shape the lives of lower-class people have often been
emphasized by historians in recent years, since stories about the upper classes and their political
quarrels no longer receive any attention.
D) In recent years, historians have placed less emphasis on stories about the upper classes and
their political conflicts, but more on the economic and social forces that shape the lives of lowerclass people.
E) In recent years, historians’ emphasis on the economic and social developments that have shaped the lives of lower-class people rather
than on the stories of upper-class political conflicts has received much attention.
Surely he behaved in a more ____ manner so as to gain the cooperation of the other side.
A) unconscious
B) conservative
C) inconsistent
D) considerate
E) conditional
Throughout his term in office President Clinton ------ by allegations relating to the Whitewater real estate deal in which he and his wife, Hillary Clinton, ------ prior to the 1992 election.
A) had been dogged / were involved
B) is dogged / are involved
C) has been dogged / have been involved
D) was dogged / had been involved
E) was being dogged / may have been involved
(I) Today the worst problem facing the government of South Africa is unemployment. (II) This now affects a third of the population and is rising rapidly. (III) Actually, the end of South Africa’s isolation from the world meant that companies had cut jobs to be competitive. (IV) Moreover, in order to meet the government’s tight deficit targets, there are no cuts being made in the number of the public-service staff, which makes unemployment even worse. (V) In the economic sector, the situation is even more hopeful, for there has been a wave of reforms and mergers among banks and insurance companies.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
In case of injustice, one needs to act ___ accordance ___ the law unless they want to appear equally guilty.
A) on / with
B) in / to
C) on / of
D) in / with
E) on / to