27. — where farmers benefit from legal opium cultivation for the production of painkillers.
A) Turkey is one of several countries
B) The UN's drugcontrol agency admits that cropsubstitution projects are inadequate
Ç) Total opium elimination in these countries is hardlyfeasible
D) Until recently, only the trafficking of opium was prohibited in Laos, not the cultivation of it
E) Opium is one of the oldest painkillers known

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28. —, when Eveready introduced the alkallne battery.
A) Their technological success is stili being guestioned
B) Many new materials have been adapted for battery use
C) Mercury, too, has recently been eliminated from batteries on account of its toxicity
D) The lifespans of these batteries are expected to improve
5) The first major advance in flashlight batteries came in 1959

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29. — that New York City is being badly run and desperately needs to be reorganized.
A) None of them had admitted
B) Everybody acknovwledges
C) Many Americans were asking the authorities
D) Letters of protest had been written to the Mayor's Office
E) Many journallsts would recommend

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30. Because scientists believe that comets in the distant past deposited water and organic compounds on both Earth and its moon
A) in the 1990s, two probes that orbited the moon raised new guestions about Earth's airless satellite
B) it is the largest impact crater in the entire solar system
C) the exploration agenda would have been changed
D) wellpreserved ice at the lunar poles could yield clues to the origins of life
E) those lunar missions had been supported by very few scientists

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31. —there's a lot of truth in the saying that an orchestra is only as good as its conductor.
A) Though there are exceptions
B) If the orchestra were in better shape
C) Since his abilities as an orchestra builder are very impressive
D) Once they had gained intemational recognition
E) Since music critics are involved in a serious controversy

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32. in good hands, the harpsichord will always have things to offer
A) that its value has never been doubted
B) which other musical Instruments cannot
C) if yet another challenge had to be faced
D) even when the performances were not quite flawless
E) since a substantial amount of his earty period has been recorded

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33. Many of Europe's museums and cultural institutions are in financial trouble,
A) even though most of America's cultural institutions get little cash from the federal government
B) since plans by the Itallan government to privatize parts of the country's cultural heritage have fallen through
C) as governments find themselves forced to cut subsidies
D) because the Itallan government has come up with a bold plan to ease the cash crisis facing the museums
E) if France's new culture minister has come out in favour of a plan for more independence for national museums

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34. Well before 11 September, peopie began to fear
A) if they had achieved their political ends
B) that terrorists would start to use chemical, biological and nuclear weapons
C) so that Americans can confront the worst threats before they emerge
D) in case America will have to consider creating a domesttc intelligence agency
E) when the United States toppled the regime that gave alQaeda its Afghan sanctuary

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35. in the 20th century, most of the large military powers developed biological weapons,
A) but moral repugnance kept these countries from using them against each other
B) although bioweapons have a fearful potential that has long been understood
C) while as many as 17 countries are stili thought to have kept some to use in an emergency
D) so long as none of the regimes is supporting a terrorist group
E) just as nonlethal weapons merit particular attention

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36. 40. sorularda, verilen ingilizce cümleye anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi bulunuz.

36. lraq is making efforts to rebuild its shattered financial system by granting three foreign banks permission to operate in the country.
A) Yok olmus mall sistemini yeniden kurabilmek için çalışmalara başlamış olan Irak, sadece üç yabancı bankanın ülkede faallyet göstermesine izin veriyor.
B) Irak, yıkılmış olan mall sistemini yeniden yapılandırmak amacıyla çalışmalara başlamış ve üç yabancı bankanın ülkede faallyete geçmesine izin vermistir.
C) Dağılmıs olan mall sistemini yeniden düzenlemek için gayret içine giren Irak, ülkede üç yabancı bankanın faallyet göstermesine onay vermistir.
D) Irak'ın yabancı bankalardan üçünün ülkede faaliyete geçmesine onay vermesi, yıkılan mall sistemini yeniden kurmaya çalıştığının göster gesidir.
E) Irak, ülkede faaliyet göstermeleri için üç yabancı bankaya izin vererek, paramparça olmuş mall S sistemini yeniden kurmaya çaba gösteriyor.

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37. The Celts, who were later called "Gauls" by the Romans, migrated from the Rhine valley into the region that is now France.
A) Geçmiste Romalıların "Salyalılar" dediği Keltier, Ren vadisinden göç ederek bugünkü Fransa'ya yerlesmislerdir.
B) Romalıların "Salyalılar" olarak adlandırdığı Keltier, bugünkü Fransa'nın yakınlarına, Ren vadisinden göç ederek gelmislerdir.
C) Bugün Fransa olan bölgeye Ren vadisinden göç etmis olan Keltlere, Romalılar "Salyalılar" adını vermisti.
D) Daha sonra Romalılar tarafından "Salyalılar" olarak adlandırılan Keltier, bugün Fransa olan bölgeye, Ren vadisinden göç etmislerdir.
E) Romalılarca uzun yıllar boyunca "Salyalılar" olarak adlandırılan Keltier, Ren vadisinden göç edip bugünkü Fransa'ya yerlesmislerdir.

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38. The German government and the opposition are expeçted to agree on a new law to make it easier for güallfıed foreigners to sertle in Genmany.
A) Alman hükümeti ve muhalefetjff üzerinde uzlastığı yeni yasanın nitelikli yabancıların Almanya'ya yerlesmelerini kolaylastırması bekleniyor.
B) Alman hükümeti nitelikli yabancıların Almanya'ya yerlesmelerini kolaylastıran yeni bir yasa üzerinde muhalefetle anlasmayı umuyor.
C) Alman hükümeti ile muhalefetin, nitelikli yabancıların Almanya'ya yertesmelerini kolaylastırmak için yeni bir yasa üzerinde anlasmaya varmaları bekleniyor.
D) Alman muhalefetinin nitelikli yabancılann Almanya'ya daha kolay yerteseöilmelerini sağlayacak yeni bir yasa üzerinde hükümetle anlastığı belirtiliyor.
E) Alman hükümeti ve muhalefetinin uzlasarak, nitelikli yabancıların Altrfanya'da çalısmalarını kolaylastıracak yeni yasayı yakında çıkarmaları bekleniyor.

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39. When the Mongol invasion started, the Uygurs, reallzing that resistance was futile, submitted willingly to Gengis Khan.
A) Moğol istilası yaygınlasınca, direnisin ise yaramayacağını anlayan Uygurlar, Cengiz Han'a gönüllü teslim oldular.
B) Moğol istilası baslayınca, direnisin bosuna olduğunu anlayan Uygurlar, Cengiz Han'a isteyerek teslim oldular.
C) Direnisin bosuna olduğuna inanan Uygurlar, Moğol istilası baslar tiaslamaz Cengiz Han'a teslim oldular.
D) Moğolların istilası baslayınca direnmenin bosuna olduğunu fark eden Uygurlar, Cengiz Han'ın isteklerini kabul ettiler.
E) Moğol istilası, Uygurların direnisin bosuna olduğuna inanmalarına yol açtı ve Uygurlar, Cengiz Han'a isteyerek teslim oldular.

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40.
According to the UN observers in ihe region, Rwandan troops have reentered Congo in violation of the peace treaty signed between the two countries last year.
A) Bölgedeki BM gözlemcilerine göre, Ruanda askerleri, geçen yıl iki ülke arasında imzalanan barıs antlasmasına aykırı olarak, yeniden Kongo'ya girmistir. ,
B) Bölgedeki BM görevlilerine göre, geçen yıl iki ülke arasında yapılan barıs antlasmasını çiğneyen Ruanda askerleri, Kongo'ya tekrar girmistir.
C) Bölgede bulunan BM görelilerine göre, Ruanda askerleri Kongo'ya tekrar'girerek geçen yıl yapın barıs antlasmasını bozmustur.
D) Bölgede görev yapan BM sorumlularına göre, Ruanda askerleri Kongo'ya yeniden girmis ve böylelikle geçen yıl iki ülke arasında imzalanmıs olan barıs antlasmasını ihlal etmistir.
E) Bölgede bulunan BM gözlemcilerine göre, geçen yıl iki ülke arasında imzalanan barıs antlasmasına rağmen, Ruanda askerlerinin çoğu Kongo'ya bir kez daha girmistir.

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41. 45. sorularda, verilen Türkçe cümleye anlamca en yakın ingilizce cümleyi bulunuz.

41. Nicholas Gane'in yeni yayımlanan kitabı Toplum Kuramının Geleceği, dünyanın önde gelen toplum kuramcıları ile yapılan bir dizi mülakatı bir araya getirmektedir.

A) The newlypublished book, The Future of Social Theory by Nicholas Gene, draws heavily on a series of interviews conducted by the world's leading social theorists.
B) Nicholas Gane's newjypublished book The Future of Social Theory brings together a series of interviews held with the world's leading social theorists.
C) A series of interviews with the world's leading social theorists was the starting point for Nicholas Gane's newlypublished The Future of Social Theory.
D) Nicholas Gane interviewed some of the world's leading social theorists before writing The Future of Social Theory which has repently been published.
E) Nicholas Gane's newlypublished book The Future of Sodal Theorymakes extensive use of interviews between the writer and the world's leading social theorists.

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42. 1 Mayıs 2004'te on yeni ülkenin Avrupa Birliği'ne girisi. Demir Perde ile zorla bölünmüs bir kıtanın bir araya gelisini simgelemektedir.
A) The entrance, on1 May 2004, of ten new countries to the European Union symbolizes the comingtogether of a continent forced apart by the Iron Curtain.
B) Ten new countries joined European Union on 1 May 2004 symbolizing the reunion of a continent forced apart by the Iron Curtain.
C) On 1 May 2004, when ten new countries entered the European Union, the forced division of a continent by the Iron Curtain symbolically came to an end.
D) The entrance of ten new countries to the European Union on 1 May 2004 can also be regarded as symbolizing the reunion of a continent forced apaft by the Iron Curtain.
E) With the entrance of ten new countries to the European Union on 1 May2004, the symbolic division of a continent by the Iron Curtain was finally broken.

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43. BM Güvenlîk Konseyi kitle imhasilahlarına sahip olmayı, bunlan. üretmeyi ve.bunlann kaçakçılığını yapmayı suç saymaları için ülkelere çağrıda bulunan bir kararı oybirliğiyle almıstır.
A) The possession, manufacture and traffıcking of weapons of mass destruction have been banned in all countries following a resolution to this effect unanimously passed by the UN Security Council.
B) Presumably, therUN Security Council will unanimously pass a resolution to demand that all countries criminallze the possession, manufactupfe and traffıcking of weapons of mass destruction.
C) The possession, manufacture and traffıcking of weapons of mass desioıction have been criminallzed in some countries following the passing of a unanımous resolution by the UN Security Council.
D) in line with a resolotion of the UN Security Council, countries have all made the possession, manufacture smd traffıcking of weapons of mass destrucion illegal. "
E) The UN Sgcurity Council has unanimously passed resolution calling upon countries to criminallze the possession, manufacture and traffıcking of weapons of mass destruction.

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44. Edebiyat elestirisi üzerine yeni bir kitap yazmıs olan Mary williams, günümüzün en etkili ve özgün edebiyat elestirmenlerinden ve feminist düsünürlerinden biridir.
A) Mary Williams, a feminist thiinker, has brought out a new book whichjs about the most influential and originalliterary critics of our time.
B) Mary Williams, who is oneof the most successful and original critics of our time, has written a new book on literary criticism and feminist thinking.
C) Mary Williams, who has written a new book on literary criticism, is one of the most influential and original literary critics and feminist thinkers of our time.
D) One of the most impressive and innovative literary critics of our age is Mary Williams, a feminist thinker, who has brought out a new book on literary criticism.
E) The new book on literary criticism written by Mary Williams establishes her as one of the most influential and stimulating of the feminist critics of our age.

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45. Osmanlı imparatorluğu doneminde, Selanik sehrinde ilk futbol maçını düzenleyenler, İngiliz tütün ve çamuk tüccarlarıydı.
A) it was during the period of the Ottoman Empire that the fırst football match in the city of Salonika was organized by British tobacco and cotton traders.
B) it was British tobacco and cotton traders who organized the first football match in the city of Salonika during the period of the Ottoman Empire.
C) The first football match to be organized by British tobacco and cotton traders was in the city of Salonika during the period of the Ottoman
Empire.
D) British tobacco and cotton traders held their fırst football match in Salonika during the time of the Ottoman Empire.
E) The fırst football match to be held in Salonika was during the time of the Ottoman Empire and was organized by British tobacco and cotton traders.

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46. 51. sorularda, bos bırakılan yere, parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek cümleyi bulunuz.
46. Most trees produce a ring of new wood each year and these circies of growrth can easilybe seen in a crosssection of the trunk of a felled tree. First, the rings become narrower with the increasing age of the tree. Second, the amount a tree grows each year is affected by fluctuations in climate.
A) A narrow growth ring may be the result of a cold spell in spring
B) in temperate regions, sunlight may be more important than rainfall in affecting a tree's growth
C) Several conditions can contribute to a particularly thick annual ring
D) These rings are not of uniform thickness and vary for two reasons
E) Results have been particularly impressive in the American Southwest for a variety of reasons

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47. If Johannesburg is to live up to its potential, it must overcome its apartheid legacy of division. Contact between the races often remains awkward.......... The hope is tîîat witrî more children mixıng at school, the next generation will coexist more easily.
A) This is very understandable as the idea of equallty is stilli very new
B) One major concem that all races have in common is crime
C) in the worst parts of the city, for example, one in three people was robbed last year
D) The best restaurants of Africa are to be found in Johannesburg as are the best hospitals
E) Indeed, in some suburbs living conditions are good. but in many quarters they remain harsh and often violent

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48. To help users find reliable nutrition Information on the internet, this university maintains an online rating and review guide called the Nutrition Navigator. Each website receives a score from 1 to 25, and links are provided to recommended sites.
A) For instance, many televised nutrition messages are presented by celebrities, food editors and chefs
B) Even so, the Nutrition Navigator remained the best site from which to launch ventures into nutrition cyberspace
C) Many people tüm to their physicians for dietary advice, expecting them to know all about healthrelated matters
D) The ratings reflect the opinions of a panel of nutrition experts on selected websites on the basis of their accuracy and depth
E) The Internet offers no guarantees of the accuracy of the information found there

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49. Poliçe may soon have a new weapon in the fıght against erime: earprints. Earprints are left when criminals press their ears against a door ör window to listen for sounds within.
A) They will also develop a database for ear shapes, scars and creases
B) The Forensic Ear Identification project is expected to come up with a soiution to this problem
C) As with fingerprints, earprints could help detectives to place suspects at the scene of a crime
D)Even so, earprints are already being used as evidence in parts of Europe
E)So it seems unlikely that earprints will ever be used as evidence in courtrooms

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50.Robots could soon be doing their bit for the environment. The results suggest that herbicide use could be reduced by 70% if farmers used these robots to adopt more selective spraying techniques.
A) The longerterm goal is to avoid herbicides altogether
B) Trials are presently underway for a Danish robot that maps the position of weeds growing among crops
C) Naturally it would be better to have the robot pull the weeds out of the ground rather than poisoning them
D) These robots cannot distinguish between plant species and treat anything green as a weed
E) The problem is not one of expense because herbicides are cheap

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