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1 – 15. sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen 8. In the ancient Greece, women were considered to
sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz be ---- species, with an IQ lower than the children.

A) suppressing B) ultimate
1. During the Second World War the allies adopted
C) inferior D) obscure
the Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom
of assembly, freedom from fear and freedom from E) ingenious
want, ----- their basic war aims.
9. China is a vast country encompassing a
A) as B) whether geographic expanse of the equivalent of five time
zones, ---- it maintains only one time zone.
C) in that D) at last
A) as well B) for
E) most of all
C) hence D) much in
E) yet
2. Corruption has not been a big diplomatic issue
between governments and companies ----
transparency international and accountability 10. The British monarch is still one of the most
came along. recognizable world figures and ---- most
A) regarding B) for all Americans think of a king or queen, they think
about the British monarch.
C) as long as D) once
A) while B) when
E) since
C) so that D) so long as
E) providing
3. Oligarchy is a unique form of government ---- a
few wealthy and powerful people run the nation.
A) on which B) of which 11. Together the G7 form a very powerful and
influential group of nations. -----, they are
C) for which D) in which
accounting for almost 80% of the votes at the IMF
E) with which and World Bank.

4. Within the history of ideas, some figures have A) For example B) Even so
become controversial due to their ---- with systems
C) In that D) Otherwise
of thought or political movements that are now
thought to be outdated or morally wrong. E) As for
A) corruptions B) alterations
C) associations D) withdrawals 12. Third world debt has impeded sustainable human
development, security ---- political or economic
E) contributions
stability.
A) so as to B) rather than
5. Germans are not the only ones ---- from damaged
C) much as D) as well as
reputations on account of Nazism since there are
many other adherents of the military movement E) in the event that
form other nationalities.
13. The stock markets in Europe remain extremely
A) to suffer B) suffering volatile throughout this time, ---- food and energy
prices continue to rise.
C) suffered D) having suffered
A) while B) whereas
E) being suffered
C) in that D) since
E) unless
6. ----- there are numerous systems adopted by
countries today to run their economies, none are
as debated, compared and discussed as 14. ---- as the "London Array, the construction of the
socialism and capitalism. largest ever offshore wind farm is underway off the
southeastern coast of England.
A) Hence B) Otherwise
A) Knowing B) To be known
C) Although D) So that
C) Having known D) To have been known
E) Now that
E) Known

7. The status of women has largely varied from a

society to ---- through time and geographic 15. In an age where we talk about equal rights for men
location. and women, there are ----- instances of people being
discriminated against because of their gender.
A) others B) the others
C) many D) another A) only B) still
E) few C) thus D) as
E) so

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16 – 20. sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen 21 – 25. sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen
sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.
(16) ---- you have ever been to Greenland, you know To truly understand what is socialism and capitalism, the
that it does not live up to its name. (17) ---- being a difference between the two have to be (21) ---- understood.
beautiful, green island Greenland is icy and cold. The capitalists suggest that there (22) ---- a complete non-
There have been many theories about how the island, interference by the government in the economy. They
along (18)----nearby Iceland came to be named what believed that an economy can run efficiently (23) ---- its
they were. The secret lies with the Vikings who (19) --- own through the natural mechanism of demand and
-- in Iceland and in many different areas of Northern supply. Capitalism is a political theory that (24) ----
Europe. (20)----they are commonly portrayed as competition - between the sellers to supply a particular
bloodthirsty warriors who pillaged, raided and raped good or service, and between the buyers to get the service
their way through much of Europe, they actually had or goods. The sellers compete among each other (25) ----
a thriving culture. they can make the maximum profit, buyers compete
among themselves to get the best deal while purchasing
the goods. Capitalists strive for a free market economy
and also advocate "private ownership" of means of
16. production.
A) If B) Because
C) Unless D) So that
E) Hence 21.
A) literally B) exactly
C) abruptly D) virtually
17.
E) completely
A) More than B) As for
C) Instead of D) In that
E) Since 22.
A) may be B) had better be
C) would be D) should be
18.
E) must have been
A) for B) to
C) out D) from
E) with 23.
A) in B) on
C) at D) for
19.
E) with
A) faded B) settled
C) raided D) diverted
E) challenged 24.
A) denies B) declines
C) reverts D) advocates
20.
E) resembles
A) Since B) While
C) Although D) Otherwise
E) Even so 25.
A) in case B) as long as
C) so that D) whether
E) whereas

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26. – 33. sorularda verilen cümleyi tamamlayabilecek 29. The age of discovery is characterized as a time --
seçeneği bulunuz. A) as some explorers set sail to simply learn more
26. Cognition is an abstract property that is linked with about the world
the thinking abilities of organisms; -----. B) though the desire to simply explore the
A) because social cognition is the study of how unknown and discover new knowledge is a
people process social information typical human trait

B) therefore, it is studied as a direct property of the C) as long as many nations were looking for
brain or of an abstract mind of them goods such as silver and gold

C) that advanced cognitive researchers have been

especially focused on the capacities of D) and exploration significantly helped in the
abstraction advancement of geographic knowledge

D) though thought or thinking is a mental process E) when Europeans began exploring the world by
which allows beings to model the world sea in search of new goods, and new trade
routes
E) while psychologists are quite aware of what is
actually going during the process of thinking

27. Some of the arms sold go to regimes where human 30. By the time the world reaches a point of
rights violations will occur ------ unsustainable population growth, -----.

A) since their sales often require conflictions at any A) such growth has already been a burden
level form minor to major particularly to the most impoverished

B) provided that the funding and supply of these B) the availability of food will inevitably become
arms could be eliminated for the area one of the most daunting challenges

C) but the UN has been taking any measure to C) there isn't much land left on the planet that can
establish stability in underfunded regions be converted into new food-producing areas

D) provided that corruption accompanies arms D) hunger is already a stark and painful reality for
sales due to the large sums of money involved. more than 850 million people, including 300
million children
E) so that a few nations such as the US would
retain high level spending E) shifting from a global food production system to
local food for local people would go a long way

28. Americans have been regularly regaled with

predictions of another major terrorist attack -----. 31. The prospect of billions of dollars in physical and
economic damages from a single storm is enough
A) but there has been neither a successful strike to make one wonder ------.
nor a close call in the United States since 9/11

B) now that the US government have devoted all A) whether hurricanes could be used as a means of
means to fight against any attack renewable energy source

C) despite the belief that the US has become B) how destructive the storm Irene was when it hit
vulnerable to the coasts of Manhattan

D) so it may well have become more difficult for C) that a million people are at risk of flooding, and
terrorists to get into the country total economic exposure is $3 trillion

E) unless the Americans are informed and pre- D) if we should stop building on the coasts
educated against an imminent attack altogether
E) since many governments have also to deal with
the rising population in coastal areas

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32. ----, but it actually domesticated animals which made
their travel form one place to another easy.
A) Transporting goods is an area where efficiency
and timing are of primary importance
B) Early human were usually composed of bands of
wanderers desperately in search for food
C) The earliest form of alternate transportation for
early humans wasn’t the wheel after all
D) Long distance walking tracks developed as trade
routes in Paleolithic times
E) The first earth tracks were created by humans
carrying goods and often followed game trails
33. According to most geologists, even if all the building
precautions had been taken prior to the Van
earthquake of 2011, -----
A) the scale of the destruction that followed would
have remained almost the same
B) many people could have been saved from the
collapse of the buildings
C) the following tremors should not be taken into
consideration after all
D) neighboring regions may also become prone to
another quake soon
E) their predictions concerning the disaster will
make no scientific appeal at all
34. – 37. sorularda verilen cümleye anlamca en yakın
olanı bulunuz.
34. In accordance with a recent statistic, the US is a
significant contributor of foreign exchange to the
Venezuelan economy.
A) It may be hard to believe that the US has
contributed to the Venezuelan economy by
buying up foreign exchange from the country.
B) A recent argument has proven that the US and
Venezuela have been cooperating in
exchanging foreign currency
C) As we learn from a sophisticated statistic, the
US is in the lead to contribute Venezuela’
deficit of foreign exchange
D) As far as new statistics point out, in terms of
foreign exchange, the Venezuelan economy is
substantially supported by the US
E) As one can easily learn from a recent statistic,
the Venezuelan economy has contributed the
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35. Americans are committing fewer crimes, though
nobody seems to know quite why.
A) American are committing crimes without know
why and no one seems to care about it
B) The crime rate in America has fallen, but
nobody seems to have found out the actual
reason for that.
C) The fewer crimes that the Americans commit,
the less aware of its reason they know.
D) Whether the Americans are committing fewer
crimes seems not to interest anybody in the
country.
E) Nobody is aware of the fact that Americans
have become familiar with fewer crimes.
36. The 1956 Suez Crisis is one of the most important
and controversial events in British history since the
Second World War.
A) Despite the fact that the 1956 Suez Crisis was
extremely important, it remains as a disputable
event in British history even today.
B) Along with the 1956 Suez Crisis, the British history
is full of controversial events that occurred during
the Second World War.
C) The British history has become disputable only
after the 1956 Suez Crisis, which still remains
unresolved.
D) The Second World War is the most and sole
reason why the 1956 Suez Crisis became a
prominent event in the British history.
E) After the Second World War, the British history
had never experienced such a controversial and
crucial event more than the crisis of Sues in 1956.
37. Of all the leading manufacturing countries, the
one that is growing the fastest economically is
China.
A) Because China is economically dominant in the
world, it hardly surprising that she leads the
manufacturing.
B) If China were compared to other countries, her
economy would represent a good example for
how a leading manufacturing country should be.
C) China’s overall economy is growing fast, one that
resembles many other foremost manufacturing
countries in the world.
D) When compared to the other top manufacturing
countries, China stands as the fastest growing in
economic terms.
E) With its ever-growing economy China is surely
one of the forefront manufacturing countries in the
world
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38. – 39. sorularda paragrafta verilen boşluğa anlam 40. – 41. sorularda paragrafta verilen boşluğa anlam
bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek cümleyi bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek cümleyi
bulunuz bulunuz

38. Globalization, trade and the free markets are the
talks of today. Many envision or talk about a
future where people of different nationalities and
cultures will be able to share and trade resources
across boundaries in a manner that will benefit all
of humanity. But, how free is the free market?
Why do the poor get poorer and the rich get
richer? A lot of overbearing regulations can give
too much power to a few, and potentially corrupt
ruling regime and prevent innovative ideas from
flourishing. -----.
A) However, the term is also commonly used for
markets in which economic intervention and
regulation by the state is limited to tax
collection
B) The theory holds that within an ideal free
market, property rights are voluntarily
exchanged at a price arranged solely by the
mutual consent of sellers and buyers
C) Supply and demand are always equal as they
are the two sides of the same set of
transactions.
D) What actually a free market offers usually
overwhelms its possible risks accordingly
E) It can perhaps be an obstacle for a foreign
nation to invest in a country due to those
conditions and regulations which increase
costs
40. (I) The Mayans were an ancient people that lived
thousands of years ago, in what is now Central
America. (II)They are noted for having the only
fully-developed written language of the pre-
Columbian Americas – as well as its art,
architecture, mathematical and astronomical
systems. (III) As part of their culture, the Mayans
used a Long Count calendar. (IV) This identified a
particular date by counting the number of days from
a starting date. (V)The Mayans were familiar with
tactical warfare throughout their 2,000 year history,
though unlike most ancient civilizations.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
41. (I) A any medial operation relies on a bunch of
gadgets with extreme sensitivity. (II) The size of
ultrasound scanners has been falling. (III) Some
machines complete with the screens on which the
images are shown, are now no bigger than a mobile
phone. (IV) Probes are already applied from inside
the body, too, like those inserted in the body to
examine abnormal growths or to get a clearer
image of the heart. (V) But these probes are clunky
and need a wide tract to move through.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

39. While many countries have signed the United

Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
freedom of expression, opinion and information
are essential ingredients of a democracy. ----. Yet
developed and developing countries alike are
plagued with various problems in the media in
numerous ways. International news coverage is
declining which is an increasing concern at a time
when the world is attempting to globalize.

A) In many countries, journalists face threats of

censorship and even death for reporting issues
B) A free and impartial media is also a key pillar
to a functioning democracy to help spread
informed views and opinions
C) The mainstream media of the developed and
freer, nations pose an often unmentioned or
poorly analyzed problem
D) Probably every conflict is fought on at least
two grounds: the battlefield and the minds of
the people via propaganda
E) The Declaration arose directly from the
experience of the Second World War and
represents the first global expression of rights.

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China is launching its very own space station. Countries 44. We learn from the passage that in the space
have achieved such a feat only twice before -Russia's program China, ----
Salyut, in 1971, and the United States' Skylab, in 1973.
After successful manned space flights and a robotic
lunar mission, a space station would be a potent political A) has overcome several difficulties except for
symbol in an era when the U.S. has no means to get being able extend the living period in space
astronauts into space other than paying the Russians.
Because its space program is a subsidiary of the B) has already spent a fortune, which even
People's Liberation Army, some have concluded that Russia could not manage today
China's designs on space are military, but thoughtful
C) will have to achieve public acceptance and
observers disagree. The future of China's space
political back up to be entirely successful
program is not about weapons, it's about putting a
Chinese man on the moon. Human space exploration D) faced with demonstrations at an unimaginable
requires mastery of a succession of tasks: getting a level
human home from space safely, spacewalks, docking in
orbit and living in space for extended periods. The E) is expected to rival the US both militarily and
Chinese space program has accomplished all of these scientifically
goals except the last. The space station will complete
the country's maturation as the world's current leading
space power. The step beyond this program would be
the most public and visible demonstration imaginable of
the country's ascendancy: it would mean reproducing
the United States' most singular moment of scientific
and military triumph, a boot-print on lunar soil.

42. We learn from the passage that ------.

45. We learn from the passage that when humans

A) China’s primary aim in building a space
station is overwhelmingly linked with military
objectives
B) on account of the costs China has not yet
initiated her space program literally
are involved in space exploration -----
A) the US is the only country yet to have sent
people in space successfully

C) The US and China has corporate in the B) military personnel gains precedence over
initiation of the new space program of China scientists or civilians

D) despite all the technology available, China’s
major lack is proper human resources in the
field
E) a space station would bring China political
prestige in the world
C) there are several essential steps to be
accomplished that need full success
D) the Chinese would certainly make up better
astronauts than all the others
E) it still not a certain guess if China may safely
land them on the moon

43. We learn from the passage that the US ------.

A) have ceased to remain her dominant position

in the space exploration race
B) and Russia have long rivaled one another but
it was the US who won the bet
C) has been not been sending anymore
astronauts but hiring Russians instead
D) will probably use all means so as to avoid
China from sending her own space station
E) does not yet regards China as a serious
opponent in the space race, but in time it has
to

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CEVAP ANAHTARI

1. A 16. A 31. D

2. E 17.C 32. C

3. D 18. E 33. A

4. C 19. B 34. D

5. A 20. C 35. B

6. C 21. E 36. E

7. D 22. D 37. D

8. C 23. B 38. E

9. E 24. D 39. B

10. B 25. C 40. E

11. A 26. B 41. A

12. D 27. A 42. E

13. A 28. A 43. C

14. E 29. E 44.A

15. B 30.B 45.C

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