KPDS 2000 Kasım Ayı Soru ve Cevapları

1-24 sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen kelime veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
1. David Dickson's new play is a fairy-tale romance, ____ a pregnant woman searches for the father of her child during a torrential rainstorm.
a) who b) by whom c) that d) in which e) whose

2. The true ecologist need not be a specialist at all, ____ his views should reflect the practical wisdom of ordinary people.
a) for b) where c) whether
d) in case e) that

3. Infectious diseases are those which are caused ____ an invasion of the body ____ organisms from outside.
a) through / with b) by / by c) over / through
d) in / without e) upon / within

4. I did manage to keep my temper but I couldn't refrain ____ pointing ____ that what he had done was wrong.
a) in / at b) at / to c) by/away
d) for / off e) from/out

5. ____ half of the budget of the US National Institute on Ageing is spent on research into AIzheimer's disease.
a) As much as b) More of c) Rather than
d) Other e) The most

6. Great natural disasters cause ____ widespread death ____ massive social disruption and outbreaks of epidemic disease.
a) much / as b) so much / that c) not only / but also
d) as / as e) no sooner / than

7. Though they had ____ government backing ____ a potential home market, the company poured billions of dollars into the project and lost everything.
a) with / less b) neither / nor c) some / any
d) no / without e) few / more

8. More importantly, Dobson's book is a reminder of ____ powerful and radical green thinking can be.
a) ever so b) how far c) wherever
d) much more e) just how

9. it ____ a mistake to think that all bacteria are harmful, for, without some species, we ____ for long.
a) is / had not survived
b) would be / could not survive
c) will be / have not survived
d) has been / would not have survived
e) had been / did not survive

10. Over the last few years, consumer interest in organic agriculture ____ up dramatically, and demand ____ currently ahead of supply.
a) has shot / is
b) shot / was
c) had shot / had been
d) is shooting / has been
e) was shooting / would be

11. Orwell ____ at that moment that when the white man ____ tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.
a) perceived / would turn
b) has perceived / turned
c) had perceived / has turned
d) would perceive / will turn
e) perceived / turns

12. Thesiger's passionate belief that traditional societies around the world ____ against the modern onslaught ____ fierce criticism.
a) were protected / will attract
b) have been protected / had attracted
c) are being protected / was attracting
d) ought to be protected / has attracted
e) would have been protected / would attract

13. You didn't have to invite all those people out for lunch, so why ____?
a) didn't you b) did you c) have you
d) haven't you e) don't you

14. This poem is generally supposed ____ in the fifteenth century, but some people date it even earlier.
a) being composed b) to be composed
c) having been composed d) to have composed
e) to have been composed

15. All the reports ____ handed in last week, but some of them still ____ me.
a) should have been / haven't reached
b) were / didn't reach
c) have been / won't reach
d) had been / didn't reach
e) would have been / don't reach

16. The failure so far to produce evidence of life on any planet but ____ has given continued strength to the belief in the uniqueness of Earth.
a) us b) their c) ours d) our e) them

17. I wasn't at all impressed by the ____ he gave me.
a) distribution b) explanation c) determination
d) complication e) negotiation

18. The problem of how to ____ the vast quantities of waste we produce, requires our urgent attention.
a) bring up b) win over c) find out
d) put off e) deal with

19. Once the children have grown up I shall start travelling again, and I'm really ____ that.
a) passing on to
b) waiting up for
c) looking forward to
d) making up for
e) going along with

20. If you want that post you'd better apply quickly; the last day for ____ applications is Friday.
a) reversing b) withholding c) enforcing
d) submitting e) committing

21. In this paper I should like to report some of the results of an ____ study of two hundred London families.
a) extreme b) intrinsic c) intensive
d) emphatic e) apparent

22. Recent studies have shown that smokers are more ____ to common colds and flu than non-smokers.
a) feasible b) susceptible c) applicable
d) reliable e) responsible

23. For the present, the party is expected to put its differences aside and campaign ____ for a victory at the forthcoming elections.
a) vigorously b) awkwardly c) precisely
d) distinctly e) reluctantly

24. Industry has developed rapidly in certain countries as raw materials are ____ available there.
a) repeatedly b) scarcely c) consequently
d) abundantly e) indefinitely

25-34. sorularda, İngilizce cümlenin Türkçe dengini bulunuz.

25. The proceedings in the English Parliament during the past decade confirm the opinion that scientific issues are becoming more important in political decision making.
a) Bilimsel konuların, siyasi karar alma sürecini giderek daha fazla etkilediği gerçeği İngiliz Parlamentosu'nun geçen on yıllık tutanaklarından anlaşılmaktadır.
b) İngiliz Parlamentosu'nun geçen on yıllık süreye ilişkin tutanakları, siyasi kararlarda bilimsel konuların her zaman için önemli olduğu gerçeğini ortaya koymaktadır.
c) İngiliz Parlamentosu'ndaki son on yıllık süreye ilişkin tutanaklar, bilimsel konuların siyasi karar almada giderek daha çok önem kazanmakta olduğu görüşünü teyit etmektedir.
d) Siyasi kararlarda bilimsel konuların daha önemli olmaya başladığı, İngiliz Parlamentosu'ndaki geçen on yıllık tutanakların incelenmesiyIe ortaya çıkmıştır.
e) Son on yılda bilimsel konuların, İngiliz Parlamentosu'nda alınan siyasi kararlarda önemli bir yer tutmaya başIadığı gerçeği, tutanaklardan anlaşılmaktadır.