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51. How common are
other civilizations in the universe? This question
has fascinated humanity for centuries, but so far no
definitive answer has been found. ----. Chief among
these is the confirmation, after a long wait and
several false starts, that planets exist outside our
solar system.
A) Most surprising of all is the
speed with which life was established on this planet
B) A number of recent
developments have brought the question once again to
the fore
C) So far, astronomers have found
no Earth-like planets, but we can be fairly
confident that they will do so
D) In spite of all this activity,
researchers have made no positive detections of
extraterrestrial signals
E) The lack of success to
date cannot be used to infer that Earth is the only
planet with life
52. – 57. sorularda, verilen durumda söylenmiş
olabilecek sözü bulunuz.
52. A colleague is going to check someone out on the
Internet for you. It’s his life that you are
interested in, not his works, so you say:
A) He’s rather an obscure person.
I’m not surprised you couldn’t find out anything
about him.
B) Get me something about
his life and check who has written his biography.
C) I believe he’s written an
autobiography; can you check if that’s so? But it’s
other publications that I’m really interested in.
D) He’s rather a controversial
figure, and that interests me.
E) I know so little about him; I can’t tell you what
to look for.
53. You are planning to retire at the end of the
month. This means closing your office which means
that the secretary will be unemployed. You’d like to
know that this secretary has a good job to go to as
she has given you good service. So when you run into
a friend you say:
A) It’s not easy to get a good
secretary these days. How did you find yours?
B) I’ve had my secretary for
10 years now and I’ll be sorry to see her go.
C) She’s quite the best secretary
I’ve ever had; so she won’t be out-of-work for long.
D) Some secretaries are too
efficient for my liking. They make you feel they’re
the boss! E) I’m job-hunting for my secretary! Do
you happen to need a really reliable one?
54. A friend hates to say “no” when asked to do
something. As a result she often agrees to help or
join in, even when she knows she probably won’t be
able to do so. This morning she has announced that
she won’t be able to help at the afternoon’s
fund-raising tea, though last week she said she
would. You are very angry and say:
A) Can’t you change your mind? It
will be difficult to find someone to take your
place.
B) You’re always letting us
down like this. Learn to say “no” from the start!
C) Why didn’t you say so before?
Can you find someone to take your place?
D) Can’t you come even for a short
time?
E) We counted on you. You’re
always so reliable.
55. You are being interviewed by a rather aggressive
reporter, who seems intent on stirring up trouble.
You are determined to be as non-committal as
possible in your answers. So, when asked for your
opinion of a highly controversial law that has
recently been enforced, you say:
A) It’s sure to be revoked before
long.
B) I refuse to answer your
question.
C) Don’t misunderstand me; but I’m
all in favour of it. You’ll see. It will work out
fine.
D) Circumstances being as they are
it was probably necessary.
E) It’s too early to say.
There’s a lot to be said on both sides. Let’s just
wait a while.
56. A friend has been having a really tough time
for several weeks. Everything has been going wrong
for her and she’s really very depressed. There’s
nothing anyone can do to help except offer a little
understanding and sympathy. You say:
A) Try to keep smiling. It’ll
pass. We all have to go through these hard times.
B) Stop worrying and stop
complaining.
C) We’re all here to help you.
Just let us know what you want us to do.
D) It’s time to forget all about
it and make a new start.
E) Take a firm stand and
don’t let things upset you like this.
57. A colleague has just had an article accepted for
publication. You are as pleased as he is about this
as it has been unfairly turned down by several
editors. You congratulate him very warmly and say:
A) Good for you! It’s not too good
a magazine, but at least it’s getting published.
B) I told you to keep on
trying. In the end one usually finds a publisher!
C) Now get on with the next
article and, mind you, don’t make the same mistakes!
D) That’s great news!
Congratulations. I’m so pleased someone has finally
recognized its worth.
E) I suppose the subject of
the article isn’t a very popular one.
58. – 63. sorularda, cümleler sırasıyla okunduğunda
parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü bozan cümleyi bulunuz.
58. (I) It used to be argued that, once there were
just two major companies involved in civil-aircraft
manufacturing, aircraft prices would rise. (II)
There are few engineering tricks left that could
give one or other a technological edge. (III) That
theory has been thoroughly discredited. (IV) The
best indicator of new-aircraft prices – the average
price per seat on flights – has been declining for
several years. (V) This is due, of course, to the
brutal competition between the two rivals.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
E) V
59. (I) The most popular talk show on Arab TV is The
Opposite Direction. (II) The show is hosted by
Faisal al-Kasim, a forty-two-year-old with glasses.
(III) The chance to take part in the region’s first
experiment with free journalism was one that could
not be missed. (IV) Al-Kasim moderates while two
guests debate a topic of his choosing; viewers join
in by telephone, fax and e-mail. (V) No other Arab
television personality is as controversial, as
despised or as revered as al-Kasim.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
E) V
60. (I) In the past century US life-expectancy
climbed from forty-seven to seventy-seven. (II)
Similar rises happened in almost every country.
(III) And this process shows no sign of stopping.
(IV) Such a pill could give us an extra twenty years
of life. (V) According to the United Nations, by
2050 global life expectancy will have increased by
another ten years.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
E) V
61. (I) Beginning about age 5, the child develops a
sense of obligation to follow rules. (II) Indeed,
young children change the rules frequently and
arbitrarily. (III) He treats them as absolute moral
imperatives handed down by some powerful authority.
(IV) For him, rules are permanent, sacred and not
subject to modification. (V) Obeying them to the
letter is more important than any human reason for
changing them.
A) I
B) II
C) III D)
IV
E) V
62. (I) The eruption of Nevada del Ruiz in Columbia
in 1985 illustrates how a lack of monitoring and
poor evacuation can lead to loss of life. (II) The
eruption itself was a small one and didn’t kill
anyone. (III) Disaster came later when molten rock
melted the ice cap. (IV) This caused mudflows which
wiped out 230,000 people. (V) Sometimes there are
early signs that an eruption is imminent.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV E) V
63. (I) Teachers naturally welcome information about
their students that might help them to teach more
effectively. (II) For many, results from
standardized assessment tests, such as IQ and
academic achievement measures, are one useful source
of information. (III) Teachers, however, often
interpret a child’s quick responses as rude
interruptions. (IV) Normally, of course, such tests
are designed to be as accurate as possible. (V)
There is one famous one, however, that was built
around deliberately inaccurate information.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
E) V
64. – 69. sorularda, verilen cümleye anlamca en
yakın olan cümleyi bulunuz.
64. I find the way he habitually orders people
about quite objectionable.
A) If he persists in giving orders
in this manner, I will be forced to show my
resentment.
B) If he ordered me about like that, I’d certainly
object on every occasion.
B) I’m always on the
offensive when he starts giving orders to everyone.
C) He persistently orders people
around which I find really offensive.
E) I always get upset when he starts giving orders
to the people around him.
65. At first glance, Chinese students appear as
eager as ever to study in the US.
A) On the surface it seems that there is no decline
in the desire of Chinese students to get educated in
the US.
B) Apparently, Chinese students are increasingly
keen to continue their studies in the US.
C) To all outward appearances, Chinese students are no less eager than
they used to be to go to the US.
D) Apparently, as long as Chinese students are eager
to study in the US, they’ll do so.
E) It seems as if Chinese students are still equally
keen to study in the US.
66. Getting a law passed is one thing but getting it
enforced is quite another thing.
A) The law has already been
passed, but I suspect it won’t be easy to implement
it.
B) Once the law has been
passed, it will be easy enough to put it into
effect.
C) If the law has been passed, it
will soon come into effect.
D) The law has been passed and
will soon be enforced.
E) The passing of a law and
the implementing of it are two very different
things.
67. An enduring illusion of the Americans is that
every social imperfection can be corrected simply by
passing a law.
A) Americans can still be deluded into thinking that
social problems can be effectively overcome by
passing laws.
B) A continuing
misconception of the Americans is that all it takes
to rectify a social shortcoming is the passing of a
law.
C) Among the recurring delusions
of Americans is the idea that, by passing laws, a
remedy can be found for all social grievances.
D) Americans can easily be tricked
into believing that all social wrongs can be righted
by the passing of laws.
E) The erroneous belief that
social defects can easily be overcome by the passing
of laws still persists among the people of America.
68. Great or notorious leaders seem to have unusual
and distinctive capabilities that mark them off from
the rest of us.
A) Leaders, whether they are
remarkable for good or evil, are different from the
rest of the world on account of their rare
potential.
B) It is the distinctive
quality of uniqueness that marks the great and the
notorious leaders alike, and that sets them off from
the rest of us.
C) Leaders, both illustrious and
infamous ones, are apparently endowed with rare and
remarkable capacities that distinguish them from
other people.
D) Both the eminent and the
notorious leaders of the world are set apart from
the rest of mankind on account of their rare
abilities.
E) It is on account of their
remarkable capabilities that the great and the
disreputable leaders alike, are so different from
the rest of mankind.
69. Of all the decisions a free people must face,
the question of war or peace is the most crucial.
A) A free people is never
confronted by a more momentous choice than that of
war or peace.
B) The choice of war or
peace is a critical one, but all free people do, on
occasion, have to face it.
C) The issue of war or peace is a
vital one but free people sometimes have to come up
against it.
D) When confronted with the choice
of war or peace free people realize it is the most
momentous of all issues.
E) The most critical choice
that a free people is ever called upon to make
concerns the issue of war or peace.
70. – 75. sorularda, karşılıklı konuşmanın boş
bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi bulunuz.
70. Helen : - How long have the TV’s nature
documentaries been going?
Beth : - For at least 40
years, I should think. ----
Helen : - Indeed they
have. In one of the latest they actually show a
penguin chick developing inside its egg!
A) The series explores the limits
of animal endurance in hostile environments.
B) And over that time
they’ve been transformed beyond recognition.
C) Moreover, the films grow even
more spectacular and sophisticated.
D) Some of the world’s leading
wildlife camera teams are with the BBC’s national
history unit.
E) Some remarkable footage
has been shot.
71. Brian : - The aim of this article, apparently,
is to show that Shakespeare isn’t as special as he’s
made out to be!
Fred : - ---- Brian : - Well; it
points out that Shakespeare’s King Lear and
Cervantes’ Don Quixote were written in the same
year, and then asks which is the best?
Fred : - Yes.
A tricky question. Thought-provoking, too.
A) I don’t want to hear any more!
B) I shan’t bother to read
it!
C) How does it manage to do that?
D) That’s the fashionable approach
at the moment
F) Didn’t Marlowe write his
plays?
72. Reg : - Have you put your house up for sale yet?
Dave : - Oh, yes. And I’ve had several offers. The
estate agent is urging me to accept the last one.
Reg : - ----
Dave : - I’ve noticed that. Mine
actually wanted me to accept the initial offer, and
that was really low.
A) That’s typical. They like to
get the sale over as soon as possible.
B) Why is that?
C) And why is that? Are they
really offering a very good price?
D) It’s not a buyer’s market at
the moment.
E) Don’t let him push you
into a sale.
73. Matthew : - I’ve been looking at this map of
the world’s oil.
George : - Yes. I took a look at
that, too. What surprised you most?
Matthew : - ----
George : - Yes. I hadn’t realized that either.
A) I don’t think anything did.
B) I don’t know. But
production costs for North Sea Oil are going up.
C) The newly discovered oil
reserves in West Africa could have proved useful.
D) Nothing really.
E) The fact that central and South America come
second, after the Middle East, for oil reserves.
74. Sam : - Don’t forget, “clean coal” means
different things to different people.
Charles : - I
know it does. But at least people are beginning to
realize that coal can be cleaned and, indeed, should
be.
Sam : - ----
Charles : - It used to be. But
there are now new systems that are far more
efficient and far less expensive.
A)What’s the big problem, sulpher dioxide?
B)Clean coal technologies fall into three
categories.
C)But isn’t the cleaning of coal an extremely
expensive process?
D) Coal that has been “aged” gives
out more heat and fewer gases.
E) Is it really possible to
“clean” coal?
75. Sue : - Is your computer reasonably modern?
Wendy : - ----
Sue : - Then it’s terribly out of
date! With computers there are new things happening
all the time.
Wendy : - That may be. But I’m
comfortable with mine and have no intention of
changing it.
A) I suppose so. I’ve never really
thought about it.
B) Are you trying to sell me
a new one?
C) Probably not. It’s a bit slow,
though, and that can be annoying.
D) Oh, yes. I’ve had it about six
years, that’s all.
E) I don’t know. But it’s
been giving me a lot of trouble lately.
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