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ELS - Practice Exam 34
ELS - Practice Exam 34
in existence for 36
years before oil ........ within its borders.
A) fortunately B) equally
C) continually D) punctually·
E) timely
9. Melissa accuses her poet husband ..... .
5. Stephanie was ........ for the night in the being more dedicated ...... his art than
hotel's dining ro9m, as they didn't have their marriage.
any spare rooms left.
A) of/ to B) on/ with
A) put up B) put aside . C) by/ in D) for/ frqm
C) turned off D) turned up
E) at/ up
E) called off
10 . ...... terms of their personalities, the 16-20. sorularda,-a§ag1dakl parc;acla
twins are quite different ...... one numaralanm,, yerlere uygun du§en
another. sozcuk va da ifadeY.i bulunuz.
14. ...... you agree to play nicely this time A) whom B) that
will you be allowed back out on the C) what D) where
playground. E) which
A) Jdon't think J'll be able to finish the A) It used to be hard to pick wild
thesis before the deadline blackberries
B) our manager told us we could leave B) Everyone in my family is very fond of
our work until tomorrow mushrooms
C) everyone would prefer to go home C) We always eat artichokes cooked with
early and start fresh tomorrow olive oil
D) the boss said we had to stay until we'd D) In the Aegean region, pekmez is made
finished the project from grapes · ·
E) there doesn't seem to be much for us E) The cauliflower is not liked much by
to do anyway many people .
31. In his works, Jens Peter Jacobsen
shows how individuals are prey to their
biological and psychological needs,
regardless of society's standards.
29. The 19th-century Transcendentalists
believed that civilization was shallow A) Jens Peter Jacobsen eserlerinde, toplu-
and materialistic, so they wanted to mun standartlarm, dikkate almaks1zm
lead a solitary, but more meaningful,
biyolojik ve psikolojik ihtiyac;lannm
spiritual life.
kurbanr olan bireyleri anlatir.
A) 19. yi.izy1I Transandantalistleri, uygarhgin B) Jens Peter Jacobsen eserlerinde, toplu-
s1g ve materyalist olduguna inanryor- mun standartlan dikkate almmad1gmda,
lard1, bu yuzden, munzevi ancak daha bireylerin nas1I biyolojik ve psikolojik ihti-
anlamll bir ruhani ya~am surdurmek yac;larmm kurbanr oldugunu i~lemi~tir.
istiyorlardt. C) Jens Peter.Jacobsen'm eserleri, toplu-
B) 19. yuzy11da ya~ayan Transandanta- mun standartlarmr dikkate almay1p,
listler, uygarhg1 c;ok materyalist ve s,g biyoloji~ ve psikolojik ihtiyac;larmm kur-
bulduklar,~iyin, rnunzevi bir ruhani banr olmu~ bireyler Ozerine yogunla~1r.
y~~m surmenin daha; anlamh oldugunu
D) Jens Peter Jacobsen, toplumun stan-
ileri sullT)u~lerdir.
C) 19. yuzyll Transandantalistlerinin dartlan nas1I olursa olsun, bireylerin
in~u,1~1; uygarl1g·m·s1g ve materyalist biyolojik ve psikolojik ihtiyac;lanmn
oldl.iguna, 'bu yuzden de, munzevi . kurbanr oldugunu gosteren birc;ok eser
ancak daha anlamh bir ruharir ya~am yazm_1§trr.
surmek gerektigine dayaniy6rdu 0
: E) Jens Peter Jacobsen eserlerinde, toplu-
D) ·19. 9uzyflda 1yaiayan ifransandanta- mun stan.dartlan ne olursa· olsun, birey-
listlerin, daf,a. anlam1r oldugLinu,du~un- ·1erin nas,I biyolojik ve psikolojik ihtiyac;-
dukleri mCmzevi bir ruhani ya~am larmm kurbaru oldugunu gostermektedir.
sOrmek isternelerinin nedeni, uygarl1g1
~k·matecyalist ve•s,,'g bulmalanyd,.
E) 19. yOzy,lda ya~ayan Transandanta-
listlere gore, uygarhk c;ok materyalist 32. ott,:er than ··g enetic makeup, there are
· ve s"1gd1, ba.yuzden daha anlaml, many factors, such as culture and family
oldugunu du~Ondukleri .munzevi bir · life in early childhood, that influence the
ruhani ya~am surmek gerekiyordu. · formation of an individual's personality.
A) Alman filozof Schopenhauer'a gore, ac1 35. Taze meyve olarak yendiginde,
cekenlerle ac1 vektirenler arasmda ahududu ve bogurtlen, olduk~a zengln
bir C vitamini ve demir kaynag1d1r ve
ashnda bir fark yoktur.
ba§ka mineraller de i~erir.
B) Alman filozof Schopenhauer, ac1
cekenler ile ac1ya sebep olanlar A) Both raspberries and blackberries are
arasmda bir fark olmad1gm1 soylemi~tir. eaten as fresh fruits and are a relatively
C) Ac1 cekenlerle ac1ya neden olanlar good source of vitamin C and iron,
arasmda bir fark .olmad1gm1 dile getiren besides containing some other minerals.
Alman filozof Schopenhauer'd1r. B) Eaten as fresh fruits, both raspberries
D) Alman filozof Schopenhauer, ac1 and .blackberries are a fairly good
cekenlerin ac1ya sebep olanlardan source of vitamin C and iron, a.nd also
farkh olmad1gma inamyordu. contain some other minerals.
C) A quite good source of vitamin C and
E) Alman filozoflardan Schopenhauer'm
iron, as well as some other minerals,
dedigi gibi, ac1 cekenlerle ac1-ya neden raspberries and blackberries are both
olanlar birbirinden farkh degildir. eaten as fresh fruit.
D) Quite a· let of vitamin C and iron, and
also some other minerals, can be
found in both fresh raspberries and
34. Th~ term "brainwashing" is not wid~ly . blackberries. .
. USE!d in psychology·and other sciences E) AJairly good soµrce of vitamin C and
because of its vague meaning and its iron, and some oth~r minerals as well,
in
history of being used -pre>paganda.
I·
is raspberries and blackberries, both of
which are eaten as fresh fruits.
A) Psikoloji ve diger bilimler, "beyih:.y,kama"
terimini pek yaygm olarak kullanmazlar, : 36. Yazar omrUnUn _son on iki yihnda
cOnkO anlam1 belirsiz olan bu terirn.. vereri'ile ·mucadele etti-, -ancak bu sure
ge.cmi~te propaganda amac1yli:i . · J i~erisinde c;ok say1da eser i:iretrheyi de
kullamlni'1~t1r. . ., . . ba§ard1.
B) "Beyin _y1kama" teriminin anlam1
belirsizdir, ve gecmi~te p_ropaganda A) While fighting against tuberculosis for
amac1yla kullan1lm1~ oldug1,1 i9in, psikoloji the last 12 years of her life, the writer
ve diger bilimler bu terimi yaygm olarak somehow managed to produce a large
kullanmaz. · , number of works. , .
C) Anlam1 belirsiz ola'n ''beyin .yikama"• EU The writer managed to produce a large
' number of works during the final 12
terimi, gecmi~te propaganda amac1yla
years of her life, when she was fighting
kullamld1g1 icin, psikoloji ve diger against tuberculosis.
biJ.imler tarafmdao pek yaygm olarak C) The·writer fought against tuberculosis
kullamlmaz. the last 12 years of her life, yet during
D) Belirsiz anlam1 ve propaganda this time, she managed to produce a
amac1yla kullamlm1~ olan gecmi~i large number of works.
nedeniyle "beyin y1kama" terimi, D) It took the writer 12 year.s to die from
psikoloji ve diger bilimlerde yaygm tuberculosis, but during that .time she
olarak kullamlmamaktad1r. managed to produce a large number of
E) Psikoloji ve diger bilimler, belirsiz works.
E) For the last 12 years of her life the
anlam1 ve propaganda amac1yla
writer fought against tuberculosis, but
kullamlm1~ olan ge~mi~i yOzOnden
this didn't stop her from producing a
"beyin y1kama" teriminin yaygm olarak large number of works during that
kullarnlmasm1 istemez. time.
39. Bestecl Richard Wagner'ln, 1878'da,
37. 20. yOzy1lm lklncl yar1smdan bu yana, uluslararasI i.in kazand1ktan sonra blr
arkeolojide, ozellikle kulturlerln neden opera bin~s• a~1g1 Bayreuth, Bavyera'mn
degh;tigi konusuyla ilgili, teori uzerine kuzeyinde onemli blr muzik merkezldir.
bir vurgu vardir.
A) In the famed northern Bavarian music
. A) The question of why cultures change centre of Bayreuth in 1876, Richard
has been emphasi?'.ed in the theory of Wagner, having won international
archaeology, particularly since the fame, opened an opera house.
second half of the 20th c;:entury. B) After winning international fame in
B) In archaeology in the second half of 1876, the composer Richard Wagner
the 20th century,.the emphasis was on opened an opera house in Bayreuth, a
theory, dealing especially with the famed music centre in northern
question of why cultures changed. Bavaria.
C) Since the second half of the 20th century, C) An opera house was opened in 1876 in
there has been ~n emphasis on theory Bayreuth, a noted music centre in the
in archaeology, particuJarly dea'ling with north of Bavaria, by the composer
the questio~ of why cultures change. Richard Wagner, who had just won
D) The emphasis of archaeology since the international fame.
second half of the 20th' ~entury
' has D) The composer Richard Wagner won
been pn theory an~ on u,e question of international fame in 1876 and
in,mediately opened an opera house in
why cultures change. .,
the noted north Bavarian music centre
E) Archaeological theory,since the second
half of the 20th century has focused ,of l3fiyreuth.- ,
E) .Bayre_uth, where the composer Richard
· particularly-on the question of why it is
Wagner opened an opera house in
that cultures·change. ·1a16 after he won international fame,
is a noted music centre in the north of
Bavaria.
38. Japonlar, bi,: erkegin ya§,~hga_. ge~i§ini,
~9. ve 60. _dogumgijnleri arasmda·
y~pllan Qzel bir torenle vurg1:.ll~rl~r~ - · 40. J3i.r dagcmm hatas1 biitiin tak1m1
, tehlil<eye att1g1 i~in, ciagc1hkta tedbir ve
A) When a man enters into old age i§birligi h~yati d~rec~de 6nemlidir.
between his 59th and 60th birthdays,
the Japanese mark the occasi•on with a A) <?ne'~limber'~. lapse 'in IJlOUntaineering
ca_
._ • 1 n end~nger the entire team, so
specia:l·ceremony.
.. caution and ·cooperation are important.
B) A special ceremony to mark a man's
B) In n:t~untaineering, the whole team is
entry into old age 1s held between His
·endan_g_?r~·a ~y a lapse·on 't tie part of
59th' a11d 60th birthdays among.the
one climber, and thus caution and
Japanese.
c~operation are n ecessary.
C) .Between ~.,Japanese man's 59th and C) S~nce a lapse on- the part of one
~0th bi,U,days,, a special ceremony
climber endangers the whole team
oc_curs ,in which his entry into .Qld age
caution and cooperation are vital i~.
is marked. ·. · mo1,mtaineering.
D) The Japanese mark a man's entry into D) What endanr:1ers an entire
old alfe with a special ceremony which mountaineering team is a -lapse on the
occurs between his 59th and 60th part _of one climber, and as a re.suit,
birthdays. cauti?n and cooperation are vital.
E) There is a special ceremony held E) ~aution and cooperation are so
among the Japanese that marks a import~nt in, mountaineering because
man's entry into old age between his one climber's lapse can endanger the
59th and 60th birthdays. whole team.
Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of In 1958 Christopher Lee played the murderous
Britain was written around 1136. It describes the vampire Dracula in Dracula. Lee would continue
lives of British kings for two thousand years up to play Dracula right up until 1974. He stopped
to the Anglo-Saxon takeover in the 7th century. then because the character Dracula had
Of the many rulers mentioned, the most notable
are the exiled Trojan, Brutus of Britain, who become no more than a simplistic killing
according to the book founded the colony of machine. In 1965 he played the Chinese crime
Britain, n~ming the island after himself, and King lord in The Face Of Fu Manchu. He followed this
Arthur - the most famous of all legendary kings. with one of his finest roles, as the villainous
Geoffrey's history became extremely popular Russian monk, Rasputin. Later, in The Man with
during the High Middle ~es, despite some the Golden Gun, he was Francisco
criticism. For many centuries, it was widely Scaramanga, a paid assassin and terrorist. In
accepted as being true, and much of its material 2002 Christopher Lee starred in two of the
was used in Holinshed's Chronicles. Modern biggest cinema productions ever - Attack Of
historians.regard the history as a work of fiction The Clones and The Fellowship Of The Ring. In
with a little truth mixed in, whereas John Morris the former, he has turned to evil and is engaged
goes as far as to Cqll it a deliberate joke.
in a sly assassination plot. In the latter, he
41. Jt is understood from the passage that played Saruman, who engages in magical
Geoffrey of Monmouth's history ...... . combat with the good wizard Gandalf, who he
beats and insults.
A) ·has been largely ignored:since the
High Middle Ages - -- ·: 44. It is clear from the passage that
B) was intentionally written as a piece of Christopher Lee ......._
fun . . _
C) is mostly about Brutus of Britain and
. King Arthur . . , . • . ._ A) has played the role of a hired killer
D) is stfll regarded by some as being B) acted for the first time in the film
largely true . _ ,- Dracula
E) was never universally accepted as . C.) didn't act during the 1980s and 1990s
· being accurate ·
D) is originally from Russia
42. It is clear from the passage that E) is not a particularly nice person
Holinshed'.s. Chronicles"•;··~··-.
- - • - • 4
-. •
- ' -
A) is a copy of Geoffrey 'of-Monmouth s
~- < >~). ·,· ' I
45. In the films mentioned in the passage,
- earlier..worls. _ . , · ..·,.... - Christopher Lee ...... .
B) de~cdbes theLhistory of .Bri\ain up to
. · the-·600s . A) acts as a Russian monk
C) contains information which is factually B) plays characters who aren't good
incorrect ·
D) is preferred by modern historians to
C) uses an expensive weapon
the History of the Kings of Britain . D) kills a lot of characters
E) was written during the High Middle E) is in the role of a criminal
Ages
43. We can conclude from the passage 46. We can conclude from the passage
that Britain ...... . that Lee's character of Dracula ...... .
A) may not really have been named after A) was originally more complex than •it
a character called Brutus
later became
B) was colonized by Troy in the second
millennium BC B) caused him later to be chosen for the
C) views King Arthur as its greatest ruler role of Saruman
D) produced no serious works of history C) led him to be fired in the mid-1970~
during the High Middle Ages D) is the one that he is most famous for
E) was, according to the History of _the
E) was the one that he enjoyed playing
Kings of Britain, uninhabited until the the most · ,
arrival of King Brutus
Teotihuacan is the largest pre-European
At last he found the house in Lake Street. It was archaeological site in the Americas. The name
a deteriorated little house, sunk on one side, Teotihuacan is also used to refer to the
with three windows looking into the street, and civilization this city dominated, which at its
with a muddy yard, in the middle of which stood greatest extent included much o~ modern
a solitary cow. He crossed the yard and found Mexico. It is not known for certain who the
the door opening into the passage. On the left of people of Teotihu~can were, but t~ere is
the passage lived the old woman of the house archaeological evidence that the city was a
with her old daughter. Both seemed to be deaf. multi-ethnic place. The Totonacs have always
In answer to his repeated Inquiry for the captain_, maintained that they were the ones who built it,
one of them at last understood that he was a story later accepted by the Aztecs.
Construction of the city started around 300 BC.
asking for their lodgers, and pointed to a door It reached its climax around 150-450 AD. At that
across the passage. The captain's lodging time it probably contained over 150,000 people.
turned out to be a simple cottage room. Alyosha No Teotihuacano texts are known to exist, but
had 'his hand on the iron iatch to open the door, the city is occasionally referred_ to on Maya~.
when he was struck by the strange quiet within. monuments, showing that Teot1huacan nob1hty
Yet he knew ftom Kciterina lvanovna's words travelled to and married with the families of local
that the rnan had a famil_y. Mayan i:ulers as far away as Central America.
47. It is clear from the passage that 50. lt:is understood from the passage that
Alyosh,a ...... Central America ...... .
........ - .,., -~· .
A) .was expecting the place t6 be quieter ··" A) was at a great distance from the
B} was going to meet the captain for the .. Mayan civilization · ·
first time · ·. · :: · · · ·· · B)- contajns large earts of modern Mexico
C) was -looking for a place to spend the C) :was ruled over ·by th~ civilization of
night : J~6tih1Jay.a_n _ _. .. ·
D) had never been to the·.house before ·o) has no ·important archaeological sites
E) had been sent to .the· t101JS{fby E) has remains that were left by the Maya
Katerina lvanovna
51. We learn·from the passage that the city
48. It is understoc;>d from the passage that
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75. Ed:
- Oh, it's so hot. I wish I could just
73. Dinah: jump into the sea.
- Could I have the Circassian Chicken,
please? Meltem:
- Me too, but the sea is so polluted
Mecnun: around here.
········ Ed:
Dinah:
- Why is it written down here then?
Meltem:
Mecnun: - Okay, let's go with Feray this
• Usually Aidan, our chef, helps to afternoon.
prepare it, but he isn't here today.
A) I B) II C) Ill D) IV E) V
80. (I) The Slow Food movement supports
traditional ways of producing food. (11) It
also ·t~ie·s to pressure governments into
77. (I) King Gorm the Old of Denmark was offering financial backing to organic farming.
married to Thyra. (If) Many of his ·(111) Due to increasing consumer demand,
nicknames, in fact, are rather unpleasant. the retail market for organic farming in
(Ill) Much of the information about her is developed nations is growing. (IV) Another
uncertain, though. (IV) Following Thyra's of its objectives is to promote environmental
death, Gorm raised a memorial stone, responsibility by consumers. (V) This is an
which calls her the "glory" and "healing" of important goal, as our planet's resources
Denmark. (V) This may be a reference to are being used up faster than they can be
the t1me when she supposedly led an replaced.
army against the Germans. ·
A) I B) II C) Ill D) IV _E) V
A) I B) II C) Ill D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) Ill D) IV E) V