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Two different ____ of shampoo may vary only in scent and colour.
A) breakages
B) breaths
C) brands
D) bribes
E) braces
The doctor brought up the question with some of his ___ at the seminar.
A) cohesions
B) coaches
C) colleagues
D) combinations
E) coalitions
The officials have admitted that the spread of a dangerous new superbug through hospitals ............. by the Government's reporting scheme.
A) is being hugely underestimated
B) have been hugely underestimated
C) would be hugely underestimated
D) are hugely underestimated
E) had hugely underestimated
Before he took over the running of BBC4, Roly Keating ----.
A) was involved in commercial TV enterprises
B) was criticized because his programmes were too intellectual and too serious
C) was a severe critic of the BBC1 channel
D) had taken a firm stand against the trend to let ratings dictate programming
E) was arts director at the BBC
Sleeplessness (17) _____ out to be a significant cause of distraction among primary school children. Research has shown that about 20 percent of primary school children suffer from sleeplessness. (18) _____, the exact causes are not certain. There are a few possibilities doctors support. The feeling of sleep decreases children (19) _____ those ages (20) _____ because of biological reasons such as hormonal activity or excessive bodily energy which the child wants to spend playing and exercising. Whatever is the (21) _____, this problem is quite likely to affect children’s school life badly.
20.
A) even
B) either
C) each
D) both
E) not only
Mary : Have you ever seen a coloured diamond?
Susan : Only in advertisement designed to attract the attention of the ultra rich.
Mary : -----
Susan : No, I didn't. But that's a good reason for not wanting one!
A) Australia's most prolific diamond mine is the Argyll one.
B) Did you know that blue ones are rare than pink?
C) Did you realize that of the diamonds mined only a very small percent are of jewellery grade?
D) Did you know that colour in a diamond is due to a slight fault occurring in the development?
E) Prices have risen by over 25%over the past year.
In our solar system today there are over 30 000 asteroids flying around in all directions colliding with other asteroids and planets not caring about the destruction they might convey. Our planet Earth is caught right in the middle of all of this action and is liable to entire extinction of any life forms on the planet if a large enough asteroid crosses its path. Any one single asteroid has the possibility to erase thousands of years of history and wipe out the human race as we know it. Asteroids are large or small chunks of rock and metal flying around space up to speeds of
44. The writer informs us in the passage that_____
A) some meteors and interplanetary dust may also come from comets
B) it is talked about different information related to the formations of asteroids
C) the Sun was also found to be encircled by rings of interplanetary dust
D) despite their differences, the members of the solar system probably form a common family
E) the dimensions of the solar system are specified in terms of the mean distance from Earth to the Sun
Morocco ____ attractions for almost every category of tourist, from long sandy beaches and sunny weather to historical sites.
A) bounds
B) booms
C) baffle
D) boasts
E) books
Publishers of commercial newspapers strive for higher____.
A) charity
B) cheat
C) choice
D) circulation
E) charm
In the passage it is explained that ----.
A) potatoes are always grown in large quantities
B) the nutritional content of potatoes contributed to the potato famine
C) potatoes actually originated in South America, not in Ireland, as it is often assumed
D) only poor people ate potatoes in Ireland
E) people always prefer wheat to potatoes, despite how nutritious potatoes are
The Mississippi is one of the world’s great continental rivers, like the Amazon in South America, the Congo in Africa, or the Volga in Europe. Its waters are gathered from two-thirds of the US and, together with the Missouri, which is its chief western branch, the Mississippi flows some
It is pointed out in the passage that, although in its lower course the Mississippi looks quiet and
harmless, ----.
A) most people believe that it may one day overflow
its banks
B) the people living along it are not aware of this
C) actually it has caused much devastation
D) people have always been indifferent to the
threats it poses
E) in its upper course it is extremely violent and
destructive
The 1990s have seen a general ______ in aid to poor countries, largely because of fiscal pressures in many rich countries.
A) consumption
B) contingency
C) expenditure
D) conviction
E) decline
He has so many facts that he cannot sort them out and ____ up the total.
A) abase
B) add
C) admit
D) adjust
E) adopt
Most cultures have their own foundation myths to explain -----.
A) how long the world had been in existence
B) why society is as it is
C) so as to satisfy their curiosity concerning how the world began
D) what has been happening in still earlier times
E) unless there was no trace of any former inhabitants
If you don’t have a purpose, you will ____ nothing.
A) die for
B) die out
C) die down
D) die of
E) die in
From the report released today, it appears that oil tankers suffer their major ---- on their return journeys.
A) drills
B) repairs
C) crews
D) spills
E) costs
This part of Africa is growing greener again ---that families who fled to wetter coastal regions are starting to go home.
A) so far
B) to such an extent
C) even so
D) as a result
E) even more
It is so inconsiderate of you to ____ all these remembrances of my troubles to me.
A) bring up
B) break up
C) drop out
D) give up
E) turn into
According to the passage, the dwarf galaxies ----.
A) happen to be the furthest ones to the Milky Way
B) which are satellites of the companions of the Milky Way
C) seem to be the biggest of the ones that are close to our galaxy
D) are smaller than the Milky Way but bigger than the Andromeda
E) can’t be observed from the Earth
----. It was the result of many fundamental, interrelated changes that transformed agricultural economies into industrial ones. The most immediate changes were in the nature of production. Goods that had traditionally been made in the home or in small workshops began to be manufactured in the factory.
A) Much of humankind has yet to experience the changes typical of the Industrial Revolution
B) The changes brought by the Industrial Revolution overturned not only traditional economies, but also whole societies
C) In the 20th century industrialization on a widescale extended to parts of Asia and the Pacific Rim
D) Industrial Revolution is the widespread replacement of manual labour by machines that began in Britain in the 18th century
E) Over the course of human history, there has been only one other group of changes as significant as the Industrial Revolution
It is just possible that there is ______ reason behind his refusal of this award.
A) other B) another
C) the others D) any
E) rather
This project aims at providing a new look for Fener through improving the living standards of the inhabitants and the rehabilitation of housing and infrastructure.
A) Fener’e yeni bir görünüm kazandırılabilmesi için, orada yaşayanların yaşam standartlarının yükseltilmesi ve binalar ile altyapının düzeltilmesi gerekmektedir.
B) Bu projenin amaçlarından biri olan Fener’e yeni bir görünüm kazandırma, orada yaşayanların yaşam standartlarını yükselterek ve binalar ile alt yapıyı düzelterek gerçekleştirilecektir.
C) Bu proje, bölge sakinlerinin yaşam standartlarını yükselterek ve konutlar ile altyapıyı düzelterek, Fener’e yeni bir görünüm kazandırmayı amaçlamaktadır.
D) Bu proje, Fener’e yeni bir görünüm kazandırmak için, bölge sakinlerinin yaşam standartlarını yükseltmeyi ve konutlar ile altyapıyı düzeltmeyi amaçlamaktadır.
E) Fener’e yeni bir görünüm kazandırma projesinin hayata geçmesi için, bölge sakinlerinin yaşam standartlarının yükseltilmesi ile birlikte, konutlar ile altyapının düzeltilmesi gerekmektedir.
Okuru öykünüzden soğutmanın en iyi yolu karakterler hakkında bir anda çok fazla konu dışı bilgi vermektir.
A) The best way to alienate the reader from your narration is to provide too much irrelevant information about the characters at once.
B) A reader is best alienated from a narration when every detail of the characters is presented in a rush and in excessive amounts.
C) Reader’s get alienated from the narration very quickly if they are given all the details of the characters in a hasty way.
D) To cause the reader to dislike your Narration in the quickest way, you could try giving all the details at once.
E) A hasty presentation of the characters in a narration is sure to bore the reader in the best way.
(I) In Britain, mass broadcasting has been subject to some state control from its early days. (II) One agreed purpose has been to ensure that news, comment and discussion should be balanced and impartial. (III) To this end, first radio and then TV were on trusted to the BBC. (IV) The obvious solution to this financial pressure, was of course, to allow advertisements. (V) In 1954, however, the BBC’s monopoly came to an end and commercial TV companies were granted licenses.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
As the famous actor had taken to drink, he started to give ---- performances ---- before.
A) many worse / as
B) such better / than
C) so much better / as
D) much worse / than
E) the best / of
Actors, models, and others wear them for appearance, and athletes use them for safety and ____.
A) contamination
B) convenience
C) consumption
D) conformity
E) constraint
A survey of ten schools in the area will be ____ out next year.
A) carried
B) categorized
C) cast
D) caught
E) ceased
But it has become increasingly hard to sustain the idea that we inhabit a museum culture in a society.
A) Ancak, bir topluma müze kültürünü yerleştirme görüşünü sürdürmek giderek zorlaşmıştır.
B) Malesef, bir topluma müze kültürünü yerleştirebilme görüşü gittikçe anlamını kaybetmiştir.
C) Fakat bir topluma müze kültürünü yerleştirme görüşü düşüncesi, bugün daha da anlamını yitirmiştir.
D) Ne var ki bir topluma müze kültürünü yerleştirmek gerektiği görüşünü gerçekleştirmek mümkün değildir.
E) Ama bir topluma müze kültürünü yerleştirme savı, gittikçe daha güçlü destek bulmaktadır.
Ultrasound has medical as well as industrial applications. Medical ultrasonography can (17) ---- inner organs, and it is commonly used during pregnancy. (18) ---- these scanners typically operate in the frequency range (19) ---- 2 to 13 Mhz, higher frequencies may be used (20) ---- local heating with applications in physical therapy and treatments of cancerous tissues. Focused ultrasound (21) ---- for breaking up kidney stones or for treating cataracts.
21.
A) can be used
B) have to be used
C) would rather use
D) can use
E) needn’t have used
An acorn, left itself becomes an oak, and a geneticist _____ its DNA to make it grow into an elm may justly be said _____ with its natural course.
A) altering/to have interfered
B) having altered/to interfere
C) to alter/having interfered
D) being altered/interfered
E) to have altered/to be interfering
---- in that a proportion of the profits that was supposed to go towards various charities and cultural institutions seems to be gone.
A) The newly signed agreement between three major oil companies was celebrated
B) Demographers have worked out what happened to population of modern industrial nation
C) Hence a distinctive economic arrangement may have been procrastinated
D) Alternatively such a decline in fertility before industrialization might be well encouraged
E) The National Lottery has come in for a lot of criticism since its introduction in 1995
Providing the right conditions ---- long enough, cyclones ---- violent winds and incredible waves.
A) will persist / produce
B) persisted / would have been produced
C) had persisted / will produce
D) are persisting / would produce
E) persist / can produce
______ because each type behaves differently and has a different effect on human health.
A) On a global scale, most particulates come from natural sources
B) Solid particulates include grit from building sites and soot from industrial chimneys
C) Fortunately larger particles do not pose a health risk
D) Flied experiments on wind-borne sand and dust had already been carried out
E) The study of particulates is an arduous one
. Houses in this area are expected to go up in value once the new road is finished.
A) As the new road nears completion there is an increase in the demand for property in the region.
B) If ever they finish the road, the price of houses in the neighbourhood will be affected.
C) The new road, when it's finished, could bring house prices in the neighbourhood done.
D) The new road is nearing completion and this is already being reflected in the price of property in the area.
E) When they open the new road, house prices in the area will almost certainly rise.
According to the passage, elephants can be a serious problem ................
A) if you want to capture their photographs
B) when the new law has been passed to stop hunting
C) when they are put in the same reserve with rhinoceroses
D) unless they are brought up in a proper family environment
E) if they are not treated as human being infants when they are born
Dilbilimi, son zamanlarda hemen tüm alanlarda muazzam bir genişleme sağlayan, genç bir sosyal bilimdir.
A) Linguistics, which is, in a sense, a young social science, has expanded in every area in recent times.
B) Linguistics is a young social science, which has recently had a massive expansion in almost all areas.
C) As a young social science, linguistics has expanded enormously in all areas in recent years.
D) Although linguistics is in fact a somewhat young social science, its recent expansion in almost all fields has been remarkable.
E) Linguistics, which has expanded rapidly in all areas in recent years, is in fact a young social science.
Edward:- Recently I’ve been reading
about the Gaia hypothesis. Although some scientists are reluctant to accept it, I am for it.
Tina: - Yes, I know there has been much debate recently on this hypothesis. But what is the hypothesis about exactly?
Edward: ---- -
Tina: - I see. Surely, planet Earth is alive in the sense that it is capable of self-maintenance.
A) As far as I am concerned, the hypothesis is not based on verifiable scientific evidence.
B) I am afraid I can’t explain it to you in detail, but it is something to do with the earth.
C) You should know about it better than I do because you have written a lot about it.
D) I can see you are one of the scientists who are strongly opposed to it.
E) Well, according to the Gaia hypothesis, Earth can be viewed as a single living organism.
A) As the crowds in the streets were too furious, the security forces had a hard time,
getting them under control.
B) Getting the outraged crowds in the street under control was a harder task than the
security had imagined at first.
C) The crowd in the street was too furious for the security forces to do anything.
D) The outraged people in the street caused big trouble for the police when they took to the streets.
E) The big efforts of the security forces to put the outraged crowds in the streets
under control weren’t successful.
Since 1900, new scientific theories have begun to alter philosophical views about the nature of reality and the limits of our ability to observe it ----.
A) fatally
B) awfully
C) horribly
D) vastly
E) accurately