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Kuze y Akademi Dene Me
DENEME SINAVI
1. Bu testte 80 soru vardır.
2. Cevaplarınızı, cevap kâğıdının YDS DENEME TESTİ için ayrılan kısmına işaretleyiniz.
A) detainment B) collaboration
C) approval D) toleration
E) insurance
2. Geothermal energy, compared to other sources of this week with an exciting blend of closely fought
energy, does not involve the burning of fossil fuels duels and clear victories.
and therefore makes a ___________ contribution to
global warming.
A) added up to B) broke into
C) checked out D) took place
A) negligible B) immense
E) passed up
C) drastic D) noteworthy
E) versatile
3. When the crew captain realized that the ship was 6. The Russian Police blew up the plane with the
making water, all the passengers were asked to hijackers and the hostages in it to show the world
leave the ship __________without caring about that they would never ___________ to the terrorism.
their belongings.
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10. The Members of the Parliament made an objection
7.- 16. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere
_____ the new railway system proposal when they
uygun düşen sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
learnt it would cost _______ $ 2 billion.
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14. During the International Film Festival next week, 17.- 21. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada numara-
all the events will commence at 8:00 pm _________ landırılmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük veya
otherwise stated. ifadeyi bulunuz.
17. A) to use
B) using
C) to have used
D) to be used
E) use
B) similarly
A) Given that B) In spite of C) as a result
C) In the event that D) According to D) otherwise
E) As well as
E) moreover
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19. A) even though 22. A) call off
B) since B) make up
C) furthermore C) get rid of
D) whereas D) run out of
E) conversely
E) bring about
20. A) such as
B) so that
23. A) famine
C) for
B) flooding
D) but
E) otherwise C) rainfall
D) hurricanes
E) thunders
21. A) ignored
B) simplified
C) demonstrated
D) implied
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24. A) to be pointed
E) lessened
B) pointing
C) having pointed
D) to point
22.- 26. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada numara-
E) being pointed
landırılmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük veya
ifadeyi bulunuz.
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30. The Red Cross has declared that they are
27.- 36. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun şekil-
ready to send food allowance to Afghanistan
de tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
__________________.
_________________________________.
A) When all the tax percentages are set
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C) NASA is planning to send two probes to Mars to C) the best ambiance to motivate pupils in the
learn more about its atmosphere classroom will exist
D) the Hubble Telescope must be strengthened by D) the achievement of the program depends on this
installing two more lenses much more than anything else
E) we know much more about the space than we did E) the assessment of the program will require the
even five years ago cooperation of the parents
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33. Without the great contributions of UNESCO in 36. There are some deputies within the Labor Party
2011, _________________________________. who would wish to change the British constitution
_____________.
B) so that these elections are generally put off D) Bu gezegende ikamet eden insanların sayısındaki
ciddi artış, hepimizi etkileyen en büyük dünya
C) in case of a possible loss in the elections
sorunlarından biri, hatta çok önemli bir tanesini
D) despite violent protests that have left a police officer oluşturmaktadır.
dead and nearly 100 people injured
E) Çok ciddi bir dünya sorunu, en ciddi dünya sorunu
E) for example, the other southeastern countries değilse de bu gezegende yaşayan insan sayısındaki
refused this decision artıştır ve şu anda bizi etkilemektedir.
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38. The expansion of sport mega-events, including 40. Hem “ırk” kavramının anlamı hakkında yok
the Olympic Games and World Cup Football denecek kadar az görüş birliği olduğu için, hem
Tournaments, into globalized media spectacles de neyin ayrımcılık oluşturup neyin oluşturmadığı
has dramatically increased their economic konusunda büyük görüş farkı olduğu için, ırkçılığın
significance. tam tanımı çelişkilidir.
A) Dev spor olaylarının yaygınlaşması, Olimpiyat A) The exact definition of racism is controversial
Oyunları ve Dünya Kupası Futbol Turnuvaları both because there is little agreement about the
dahil, onların ekonomik önemini küresel yayınlarla meaning of the concept “race”, and because there
görüntülenmelerini sağlayacak kadar arttırmıştır.
is a big disagreement about what does and does not
B) Olimpiyat Oyunları ve Dünya Kupası Futbol constitute discrimination.
Turnuvaları dahil dev spor olaylarının küresel yayında
B) Both because the exact definition of racism
görüntülenmelerinin yaygınlaşması, izleyicilerin
is controversial and because there is a big
verdiği önemin dramatik olarak artmasına sebep
olmuştur. disagreement about what does and does not
constitute discrimination, there is little agreement
C) Olimpiyat Oyunları ve Dünya Kupası Futbol
about the meaning of the concept “race”.
Turnuvaları gibi dev spor olaylarının küresel yayında
görüntülenmelerinin yaygınlaşması insanların C) Because there is little agreement about the
televizyon karşısında dramatik anlar yaşamalarına meaning of the concept “race”, both there is a
yol açmıştır. big disagreement about what does and does not
D) Dev spor olaylarının yaygınlaşması ile, Olimpiyat constitute discrimination and the exact definition of
Oyunları ve Dünya Kupası Futbol Turnuvaları racism is controversial.
dahil dev spor olaylarının küresel yayında D) Both because there is little agreement about the
görüntülenmelerini ekonomik bir zorunluluk haline meaning of the concept “race”, and because there
gelmiştir. is a big disagreement about what does and does not
E) Olimpiyat Oyunları ve Dünya Kupası Futbol constitute discrimination, the exact definition of the
Turnuvaları dahil dev spor olaylarının küresel concept “race” remains unclear.
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42. Televizyon izlemek, çocuğunuzun hayatının ilk 43. The writer of the passage states that -----------
iki yılı boyunca oyun, keşif ve konuşma yoluyla
gelişen dil, yaratıcılık ve sosyal beceri gibi önemli
yetenekleri geliştirmek için ihtiyacı olan zamanı alır A) the studies carried out up to now have given us
götürür. enough knowledge to conquer the influenza virus.
B) there is no correlation between the alcohol usage
A) Television viewing takes away the time that and influenza virus infection.
your child needs to develop important skills like C) influenza virus has caused one third of the total
language, creativity, and social skills, so hinders the
population of the world to suffer from the infection.
development in the kids’ first two years through play,
exploration, and conversation. D) genes do not play a significant role in the infection
B) Television viewing and developing important skills of influenza virus.
like language, creativity, and social skills which are E) we need more studies, especially on the groups of
developed in the kids’ first two years through play, people to find ways to heal infected people.
exploration, and conversation takes time.
C) Television viewing takes away the time that your
child needs to develop important skills like language,
creativity, and social skills which are developed in
the kids’ first two years through play, exploration,
and conversation.
D) Your child needs to develop important skills like
language, creativity, and social skills which television
viewing takes away, so the first two years of life lacks
44. According to the passage, in spite of many surveys
play, exploration, and conversation.
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E) Social skills which are developed in the kids’ first two
years through play, exploration, and conversation
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46. According to the passage, influenza virus infection 47. According to the passage, Ronald Reagan -----------
is a global threat because -------------. ---------------------
A) its susceptibility still remain poorly defined. A) will always be remembered for his success at the
B) it causes significant morbidity and mortality when it Fireside Chats.
breaks out. B) started to speak over the radio in 1982 for the first
C) people are everywhere exposed to cigarette smoke. time in his life.
D) researches have been carried out only on mice so C) was the only President to address the nation over
far. the radio.
E) there are many environmental factors that change D) was elected the President in 1981.
the susceptibility of influenza virus. E) spoke to the nation over the radio nine times in total.
47. -50. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya gore cevap- 48. It is stated in the passage that ----------------------------
layınız.
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50. It is stated in the passage that both Roosevelt and 51. It is stated in the passage that ----------------------------
Reagan ----------------------------------
Some standards were an outgrowth of man’s desire to A) King Henry I of England was the first man to
harmonize his activities with important changes in the standardize the measurements of length.
environment. Others were created in response to the
B) it was very easy to create a calendar for the
needs of an increasingly complex society. One of the
Sumerians because they were very good at
earliest examples of standardization is the creation of a
astronomy.
calendar. Ancient civilizations relied upon the apparent
motion of the sun, moon and stars through the sky to C) our Ice Age ancestors made us of calendars to
determine the appropriate time to plant and harvest decide when to crop fields.
crops, to celebrate holidays and to record important D) man’s desires to standardization were responses to
events. different necessitates.
Over 20,000 years ago, our Ice Age ancestors in Europe E) the calendar that we use today was created in 1120
made the first rudimentary attempts to keep track of AD.
days by scratching lines in caves and gouging holes
in sticks and bones. Later, as civilizations developed
agriculture and began to farm their lands, they needed
more precise ways to predict seasonal changes.
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54. It is implied from the passage that ----------------------- 55. It is pointed out in the passage that ---------------
-------------
It is argued by those against positive discrimination A) when two people apply for a job, one from the
that not only is it wholly unfair to favor somebody minority group is preferred.
on the basis of their background, but also that the
B) all people are equal on the basis that they are human
whole process leads to more division in society. The
beings.
reasoning for this is that people who have failed to get
jobs as a result of positive discrimination, or even those C) all job opportunities must be distributed equally
that haven’t but assume they have, may resent certain among the society.
parts of society that have been favored, and society as D) has given a lot of fruitful results so far.
a whole suffers as a result. E) has failed to bridge the gap between the two classes
of society.
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58. It can be inferred from the passage that --------------- 59. According to the passage, Nicola Tesla ----------------
-------------------
respect as a scientist.
C) as many other scientists, Nicola Tesla committed
Nikola Tesla was one of the most brilliant inventors himself to science and did not have a family.
of history and was of an unusual intellectual vision. D) Nicola Tesla was ignored by people in the last years
He is affectionately referred to as the “Father of of his life.
Free Energy”. Tesla was a world-renowned Serbian-
E) Nicola Tesla’s work pioneered much of Einstein’s
American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and
researches in physics.
electrical engineer, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire, at
present Croatia. Tesla is regarded as one of the most
important inventors in history. He is also well known
for his contributions to the discipline of electricity and
magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th century. His
patents and theoretical work form the basis of modern
alternating current electric power (AC) systems,
including the poly-phase power distribution systems
and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the
Second Industrial Revolution. 61. It is stated in the passage that ----------------------------
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62. The author describes Tesla as inventor, physicist, 64. Betty:
mechanical engineer and electrical engineer to -----
- According to the recipe, I need to put three eggs
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in the cake mixture. Do you think one egg will be
enough?
A) express where he was born. Mary:
B) point to his incredible wealth.
- I don’t think it is a good idea. This might change the
C) indicate he was a versatile scientist. result.
D) prove he was the inventor of the radio.
Betty: _________________________________
E) show how important his works were.
Mary:
65. Brian:
63. Ann:
- Have you heard the news about the new election
-You look very unhappy. What is wrong with you?
system?
Betty:
James:
-I am sick and tired of doing the same work every day.
- ______________________________
Ann:
Brian:
-___________________________
- We are not going to vote for the candidates
Betty: anymore. The Prime Minister will choose the next
Prime Minister.
-I think I will do so beginning from tomorrow.
James:
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66. Tony: 68. -71. sorularda verilen cümleye anlamca en
- Do you think history can change the future? yakın cümleyi bulunuz.
Henry:
Henry:
A) The misconception is that when you directly and
- History, of course, cannot change the future directly,
centrally import something to your country, you need
but the experience we get through the history can
to pay trade charges.
help us shape the future.
B) To destroy the wrong perception that trade charges
are valid, they decided to involve in importing the
A) It certainly does. products from another company.
- How is my father, doctor? A) Malnutrition means the body lacks the required
The Doctor: vitamins and needed nutrients to grow or resist
against sickness, which makes it different from
- ___________________________ hunger.
Jane: B) When the body does not have the necessary
vitamins and required nutrients to grow and resist
- So, can we take him home?
against diseases, malnutrition starts and this leads
The Doctor: to hunger.
C) The difference between hunger and malnutrition is
- It is still early. He had better be under detention e
that malnutrition starts when the body doesn’t have
few more days.
vitamins and hunger starts when it lacks necessary
nutrients to grow or fight off disease.
A) I am afraid he is getting worse. D) What makes the body grow or fight off the disease is
not hunger, but malnutrition which means the body
B) I need to see the test results before informing you.
does not have the necessary vitamins and nutrients.
C) It is too early to say anything yet.
E) Even if the body has necessary nutrients to grow
D) He is getting better every day. or combat diseases, the malnutrition can still need
E) He is ready to be discharged. necessary vitamins and eventually a different kind of
hunger starts.
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70. While people may gain celebrity status as a result 72. -75. Sorularda, boş bırakılan yere, parçada
of a successful career in a particular field, in other anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak üzere getirilebi-
cases, people become celebrities due to media lecek cümleyi bulunuz.
attention for their extravagant lifestyle or wealth.
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74. -------------------------------- For example, the earliest 76. -80. sorularda cümleler sırasıyla okundu-
history of human dance is a continuing mystery. ğunda parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü bozan
From the evidence of illustrated ceramic fragments, cümleyi bulunuz.
some archaeologists have speculated that dance
originated some 5,000 to 9,000 years ago in early
agricultural cultures located in a swath running
76. (I)The Solar System is the sun and the objects that
from modern Pakistan to the Danube basin. Others,
orbit the sun. (II) These are a planetary system of
however, have expressed caution regarding the
eight planets and various secondary bodies: dwarf
reconstruction of social behavior from such
planets and other small objects that orbit the sun
sources. Speculation aside, specific knowledge
directly, as well as satellites, or moons that orbit
of prehistoric dances is lacking, and thus many
many planets and smaller objects. (III) The Solar
experts have extrapolated dance history from
System formed 4.6 billion years ago from the
the preserved ritual dances of various preliterate
gravitational collapse of a giant molecular cloud.
societies.
(IV) The vast majority of the system’s mass is in the
sun, with most of the remaining mass contained in
Jupiter. (V) The four smaller inner planets, Mercury,
A) Do you ever start dancing when you overhear a Venus, Earth and Mars, also called the terrestrial
piece of music? planets, are primarily composed of rock and metal.
B) Just as books or music, dance is also a way to
express our feelings.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
C) When we take a look at the history of the dance, it is
not surprising to see it dates back a long time.
D) In every part of the world, there are many different
types of dance and dance music.
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78. (I) When microbes present in the food are irradiated, 80. (I) “America’s Got Talent” is the only talent
the energy from the radiation breaks the bonds competition show open to any age and any talent. (II)
in the DNA molecules, causing defects in the The auditions are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
genetic instructions. (II) Unless this damage can for performers across the country to showcase
be repaired, the organism will die or will be unable their talent in 90 seconds to the series’ producers,
to reproduce. (III) It matters if the food is frozen or in the hopes of being able to take the stage in front
fresh, because it takes larger radiation dose to kill of the “AGT” judges. (III) Every type of performer
microbes in frozen foods. (IV) The effectiveness is welcome: Last season’s competitors included
of the process depends also on the organism’s musicians, dancers, magicians, contortionists,
sensitivity to irradiation, on the rate at which it can comedians, singers, jugglers, animal acts and
repair damaged DNA, and especially on the amount everything in between. (IV) Though it is not always
of DNA in the target organism. (V) The salting can possible to find talented people throughout the
also be used to corrupt the balance of the germs in US, this kind of TV shows help us doing so. (V)
the foodstuff. Currently in its eighth season, “America’s Got
Talent” stars celebrity judges Howie Mandel, Mel B,
Heidi Klum and Howard Stern.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
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A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
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