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1.- 5. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

6.-10. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

The term soil generally refers to the loose

surface of the Earth, as (1) ---- from solid rock.
To the farmer, soil is the natural medium for
growth of all land plants; civil engineers
consider soil a/an (2) ---- disaggregated earth
material that supports (3) ---- constructed
works and (4) ---- which embankments and
other earth structures (5) ---- .

Brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, is a/an

(6) ----metal that (7) ---- to make fireplace and
irons, candlesticks, and other useful objects.
(8) ---- have become (9) ---- sought-after
antiques. Copper, like brass, is a soft metal
that is easy to form and has good colour. It is
also an efficient conductor of heat, so it was
often used to fashion cooking pots. The insides
of the pots were coated with tin (10) ---- food
would not come into contact with the copper.

1.

6.

A) devaluated
B) interrupted
C) distinguished
D) transported
E) alternated

A) hectic
B) permanent
C) zealous
D) attractive
E) enthusiastic

2.

7.

A) steadily
B) evenly
C) slowly
D) easily
E) chiefly

A) to have used
B) had used
C) would use
D) having used
E) was used

3.

8.
A) little
B) most
C) a lot
D) even
E) rather

A) Too
B) Much
C) Many
D) A few of
E) Plenty of

4.

9.

A) against
B) by
C) from
D) for
E) out

A) lovely
B) swiftly
C) highly
D) hastily
E) finely
10.

5.

A) so that
B) in case
C) unless
D) otherwise
E) therefore

A) were to build
B) were building
C) have built
D) had been built
E) are built

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11.- 15. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

16.- 20. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

(11) ---- ceramics can hold liquid and resist

extreme temperatures, they make excellent
dinnerware. Porcelain, (12) ---- is very hard
and translucent, is the finest dinnerware. It is
often called china, after the country that first
(13) ---- it. Stoneware is another popular kind
of dinnerware. It is strong and very (14) ---- to
heat and cold. And because clay can be
shaped (15) ---- many forms, ceramics are
often used in figurines and decorative objects.

Tea plants are usually grown from seeds or

cuttings taken from other tea plants. The tea
seedlings, or young plants, (16) ---- in welldrained, fertile soil and are shaded from the
fierce heat of the sun. The plants can grow as
tall as 9 meters high. (17) ---- , on tea
plantations the plants are (18) ---- cut back to
produce low bushes, usually no more than 1
meter high (19) ---- it easier for workers to (20)
---- the leaves.
16.

11.

A) could be placing
B) had placed
C) were placing
D) would be placed
E) are placed

A) As a result of
B) Due to
C) No matter
D) Hence
E) Because

17.

12.

A) Despite
B) Therefore
C) By the way
D) On account of
E) However

A) when
B) what
C) which
D) where
E) that

18.

13.

A) furiously
B) awfully
C) constantly
D) suitably
E) relatively

A) produced
B) producing
C) to produce
D) having produced
E) was produced

19.

14.

A) to make
B) to be made
C) having made
D) to be making
E) be made

A) deterrent
B) reluctant
C) hesitant
D) resistant
E) ambitious

20.

15.

A) resolve
B) pluck
C) comprehend
D) follow
E) scope

A) for
B) on
C) into
D) by
E) through

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21.- 25. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

26.- 30. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

Oxygen (21) ---- about 1772 by a Swedish

chemist, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, (22) ---obtained it by heating potassium nitrate,
mercury oxide, and (23) ---- other substances.
An English chemist, Joseph Priestley, (24) ---discovered oxygen in 1774 by the thermal
decomposition of mercury oxide and published
his findings the same year, three years (25) ---Scheele published. A French chemist, Antoine
Lavoisier, first recognized the gas as an
element, coined its name, and explained
combustion as a union of oxygen with the
burning material.

There is 50 times more water buried in the

ground than there is in all the streams, rivers,
and lakes on the surface of the earth. This
groundwater (26) ---- in layers of very loose
soil, gravel, or rocks. We call these layers
aquifers. This is the water we find when we
(27) ---- wells into the earth. In the United
States, about half of all the people get their
drinking water from wells. This includes people
who have (28) ---- wells and (29) ---- who live
in communities that (30) ---- their water from
deep in the earth.
26.

21.
A) is contained
B) had contained
C) would be containing
D) must be contained
E) will be contained

A) could be discovered
B) is discovered
C) would be discovered
D) was discovered
E) should have discovered

27.

22.
A) train
B) hold
C) pierce
D) drill
E) stab

A) for whom
B) whom
C) whose
D) that
E) who

28.

23.
A) they
B) themselves
C) theirs
D) them
E) their own

A) many
B) some of
C) little
D) plenty
E) almost

29.

24.
A) ones
B) these
C) them
D) those
E) other

A) sincerely
B) cunningly
C) considerately
D) reverently
E) independently

30.

25.
A) depict
B) represent
C) draw
D) retire
E) depart

A) ago
B) when
C) while
D) before
E) since

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31.- 35. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

36.- 40. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

A computer virus (31) ---- a set of instructions

that attaches itself to other computer
programs, usually in the computer's operating
system, and becomes part of them. In most
cases, the corrupted programs continue
(32) ---- their intended functions but (33) ---execute the virus's instructions (34) ---- . A
virus is usually designed to execute (35) ---- it
is loaded into a computer's memory.

The work of oceanographers is very important.

Humans (36) ---- the oceans for fish and other
food. (37) ---- the land has become
overcrowded and polluted, the oceans (38) ---more polluted and overfished. Oceanographers
try to understand (39) ---- controls the size of
fish stocks and help governments decide how
many fish (40) ---- each year.

31.

A) compose of
B) depend on
C) deter from
D) accuse of
E) make up

36.

A) participates in
B) insists on
C) dwells upon
D) regards as
E) consists of

37.

32.

A) Just as
B) Whereas
C) Due to
D) Even
E) No matter

A) being performed
B) to be performing
C) to have performed
D) to perform
E) having performed

38.

33.

A) may have become

B) had become
C) would become
D) became
E) have become

A) surreptitiously
B) clearly
C) lovely
D) awfully
E) legally

39.

34.

A) whom
B) which
C) where
D) what
E) whose

A) as if
B) besides
C) either
D) hardly
E) as well

40.

35.

A) will be catching
B) can be caught
C) had been caught
D) has been caught
E) would have caught

A) when
B) where
C) before
D) until
E) barely

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41.- 45. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

46.- 50. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

Most science fairs require (41) ---- students

enter their projects in one of the (42) ---specific categories. (43) ----, these categories
(44) ---- to actual divisions in the fields of
science and technology. Projects within each
category compete against each other (45) ---the scrutiny of judges who have expertise in
the field.

At one time, most research scientists worked

for universities or government-sponsored
research institutions. Today, just as many
(46) ---- in private industry, (47) ---- they help
produce the newest medicines and develop
commercial and industrial products. Scientists
also work for world-health and wildlife
conservation organizations, (48) ---- they lend
their scientific expertise to the (49) ---- of
humankind and the natural world on which it
(50) ---- .

41.

46.

A) where
B) that
C) in that
D) which
E) whether

A) would be employed
B) were employed
C) had employed
D) are employed
E) should be employing

42.

47.

A) a large amount
B) plenty
C) several
D) some of
E) mostly

A) where
B) which
C) that
D) at which
E) on whom

43.

48.

A) Extremely
B) Necessarily
C) Pointlessly
D) Unjustly
E) Typically

A) what
B) that
C) the fact that
D) for which
E) on whose

44.
49.

A) distribute
B) deliver
C) eradicate
D) correspond
E) manifest

A) gratification
B) adjustment
C) betterment
D) disapproval
E) annoyance

45.

50.

A) over
B) under
C) into
D) from
E) for

A) depends
B) realizes
C) contends
D) evokes
E) alludes

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51.- 55. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

56.- 60. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

In most bat species, females gather together to

produce young communally. The extreme
example of (51) ---- behaviour among the
microbats is (52) ---- of the Mexican free-tailed
bat, Tadarida brasiliensis, whose vast
congregations in some caves during the 1960s
were estimated (53) ---- as many as 50 million
individualsthe largest known gatherings of
any mammal. The bats emerge at sunset in a
continuous stream, looking like smoke
emerging (54) ---- the cave entrance. This
stream stretches out to the far horizon, and
(55) ---- more emerge well into the night. In the
morning, returning bats can also create an
unforgettable spectacle as they arrive high and
suddenly plunge down at breakneck speed
back into their roost.

Air and water are two important natural

resourcespeople need air and water to live.
Land is a natural resource (56) ---- people can
use it to grow crops for food. Stone is a natural
resource. It was (57) ---- useful for making
tools that the first known period of human
culture (58) ---- the Stone Age. Stone, (59) ---sand and gravel, continues to be very useful
not for making tools but for construction of
buildings and roads and for (60) --- purposes.
56.
A) what if
B) unless
C) if
D) in case
E) just because

51.

57.

A) like
B) these
C) such
D) just as
E) as

A) already
B) how much
C) as if
D) only when
E) so

52.
A) those
B) some
C) that
D) all
E) few

58.
A) called
B) was called
C) to be called
D) would have called
E) used to call

53.
A) to contain
B) to be containing
C) contained
D) containing
E) had contained

59.
A) without
B) along with
C) additionally
D) as long as
E) so far

54.
A) at
B) from
C) into
D) by
E) with

60.
A) a few others
B) another
C) many other
D) one another
E) every other

55.
A) many
B) a far
C) quite
D) less
E) others
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61.- 65. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

66.- 70. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

(61) ---- the many beautiful birds are the

peacock, the quetzal, and the birds of
paradise. They are dressed in feathers of
(62) ---- colours. The peacock wears a long
train of feathers (63) ---- grow on his back just
above the tail. With the tail he can lift the train
and spread it out to an enormous fan. The
quetzal's golden-green train is (64) ---- three
feet long. One of the birds of paradise has long
tufts of feathers beneath its wings. When it
raises its wings, the feathers fall over its body
in a crimson shower. (65) ---- creatures live in
jungle forests.

There is no doubt that carbon dioxide

(66) ---- several other gases (67) ---- methane
and the man-made CFCsenhances the
atmosphere's greenhouse effect. Because its
level (68) ---- ever since people (69) ---burning wood, coal and other natural resources
in industrial quantities, the amount of heat
being trapped by it must be increasing. This
greenhouse effect is not controversial. Neither
is it synonymous with global warming.
Evidence from the ice ages shows that the
carbon-dioxide greenhouse has always played
a crucial role in shaping the climate, but only
as one part of a symphony of effects which few
people (70) ---- attention to.

61.

66.

A) Among
B) Almost
C) From
D) Above
E) Outside

A) however
B) even so
C) by contrast
D) in addition
E) as well as

62.

67.

A) miserly
B) outrageous
C) skillful
D) splendid
E) amazed

A) to have included
B) included
C) being included
D) including
E) to have included

63.

68.

A) whose
B) that
C) in which
D) of which
E) whatever

A) has been rising

B) should be rising
C) will rise
D) have risen
E) must be rising

64.

69.

A) less and less

B) so many
C) as much as
D) more than
E) at the latest

A) brought out
B) cut across
C) took to
D) came across
E) gave up

65.

70.

A) Like
B) Just as
C) Such as
D) The fact that
E) These

A) omit
B) give
C) bring
D) pay
E) make

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71.- 75. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

76.- 80. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

Camels were domesticated (71) ---- 3,000

years ago, and to this day, humans depend on
them for transport across arid environments.
They can easily carry an extra 90 kilograms
(72) ---- walking 32 kilometres a day in the
harsh desert. They can travel (73) ---- horses
but can also endure (74) ---- periods of time
without food or water. Humans have used
camels for their wool, milk, meat, leather, and
even dung (75) ---- can be used for fuel.

The savana, which means treeless plain, is

home to large herds of grazing animals and the
predators that follow (76) ---- . It is a carefully
balanced ecosystem that can easily be
disturbed by changes in climate, an imbalance
in the number and type of animal (77) ---- , and
human influences (78) ---- farming and cattle
herding. Fire also has an important role
(79) ---- the savanna, burning out old grass
growth and new tree saplings, (80) ---- the new
grasses that herbivores like gazelles depend
upon.

71.

76.
A) as many as
B) much as
C) so much as
D) about which
E) alike

A) their
B) themselves
C) theirs
D) their own
E) them

72.

77.

A) unless
B) during
C) once
D) while
E) as if

A) species
B) specimens
C) samples
D) spices
E) spaces

73.

78.

A) the fastest
B) as fast as
C) much faster
D) the faster
E) too fast

A) more than
B) just as
C) such as
D) so much
E) likewise

74.

79.

A) legitimate
B) fabulous
C) amazed
D) potential
E) incredible

A) of
B) in
C) about
D) from
E) below

75.

80.

A) what
B) that
C) how
D) some
E) all

A) making way for

B) taking up with
C) growing out of
D) going in for
E) keeping trace of

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81.- 85. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

86.- 90. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

Acid rain forms (81) ---- certain pollutants,

(82) ---- sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, mix
with tiny droplets of water vapor in the
atmosphere. Power plants are the (82) ---source of pollutants (84) ---- acid rain. Smoke
from factories, exhaust fumes from
automobiles and trucks, and even gases
(85) ---- by chemical fertilizers also put
pollutants into the air.

The atom is (86) ---- of three types of particles:

the proton, the neutron, and the electron. The
protons and the neutrons are heavy particles
(87) --- are located (88) --- the very center of
the atom. They (89) ---- the atomic nucleus.
The electrons are very light particles. They are
spread (90) ---- the outer regions of the atom
and orbit the nucleus.
86.

81.

A) put out
B) made up
C) figured out
D) brought up
E) built up

A) on condition
B) as soon as
C) if only
D) when
E) even though

87.
82.
A) whose
B) of which
C) from whom
D) that
E) for which

A) whatever
B) so many
C) like
D) as if
E) however

88.

83.

A) at
B) on
C) from
D) under
E) over

A) prior
B) main
C) casual
D) abstract
E) internal

89.
84.
A) induce
B) form
C) enforce
D) wonder
E) share

A) being caused
B) having caused
C) to be causing
D) caused
E) causing

90.

85.

A) as well as
B) along with
C) throughout
D) rather than
E) as such

A) picked up
B) given off
C) checked in
D) broken out
E) relied on

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91.- 95. sorularda, aa
daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

96.- 10. sorularda, aa

daki parada
numaralanm
yerlere uygun den szck
ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

The best place (91) ---- to swim is in a pool,

(92) ---- supervision and coaching are easiest.
The first thing a beginner (93) ---- is how to
float and tread water. Floating allows a
swimmer to stay on top of the water with
(94) ---- effort, and it is necessary when
swimming long distances. Treading water is
something (95) ---- walking in deep water.

All narcotics are (96) ---- in their effects on the

body. They act on nearly all the body systems,
but their strongest and most noticeable effects
are (97) ---- the nervous system. Narcotics
reduce the activity of the central nervous
system, (98) ---- is made up of the brain and
spinal cord. The result is that (99) ---- behavior
is reduced, irritability and anxiety are lessened,
and drowsiness and sleep take place. (100) ---low doses of narcotics may cause a person to
slip in and out of awareness.

91.
A) learned
B) learning
C) having learned
D) to be learning
E) to learn

96.
A) such as
B) like
C) alike
D) both
E) as if

92.
A) on which
B) where
C) when
D) for which
E) from which

97.
A) by
B) from
C) into
D) on
E) onto

93.
A) may have learned
B) had learned
C) would be learned
D) should learn
E) could be learning

98.
A) by which
B) ---C) that
D) from which
E) which

94.
A) all of them
B) a good many
C) little or no
D) a couple of
E) large amounts of

99.
A) many
B) all
B) a few
D) half
E) any of

95.
A) like
B) the same
C) similar to
D) as such
E) much more

100.
A) Even
B) How
C) Although
D) Owing
E) So that

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51

76

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52

77

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53

78

29

54

79

30

55

80

31

56

81

32

57

82

33

58

83

34

59

84

10

35

60

85

11

36

61

86

12

37

62

87

13

38

63

88

14

39

64

89

15

40

65

90

16

41

66

91

17

42

67

92

18

43

68

93

19

44

69

94

20

45

70

95

21

46

71

96

22

47

72

97

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48

73

98

24

49

74

99

25

50

75

B 100 A

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