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6. Saudi Arabia ........

in existence for 36
years before oil ........ within its borders.

A) had been / was discovered


1. There are ........ on the use of mobile B) is / is being discovered
phones in hospitals, as they can C) has been / had discovered
interfere with the machines. D) was / has been discovered
E) would be / discovered
A) restrictions ,B) situations
C) sol.utions D) elements
E) connections

7. By·the time the match ........ , we ....... .


2. Despite being a rich country, Japan under this burning sun for three hours.
has to ........ many of its raw materials
from abroad. A) will start / will wait
B) will have started / are waiting
A) reflect B) discover C) starts / will have been waiting-
C) determine D) produee D) is starting / will be waiting
E) import · E) is going to start / wait

3. It is .·....... that the Chinese discovered


the Americas before Columbus, despite '
Menzies'·theory claiming that- they . . :.
did. 8. Dr. Kelly ........ he·r lunch break when
·-:1 she ........ to c:leal with an em~rgency.
A) curious . B) unlikely
C) imperfect D) unusual A) will nave taken I was calling
E) infamous B) was taking / was called
C) has taken I would be called
D) was taken I has been called
4. While many have been extinguished,
E) has been taken I had called
some of the holy fires of the ·
Zoroastrians have ·been burning ....... .
for 2000 years.

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.

A) From / upon B) By / to The Sundarbans is a watery labyrinth of islands


C) In / from D) At / with that stick up from the muddy swamps at the
E) For/ against mouth of the River Ganga, on the Bay of Bengal
in modern-day India and Bangladesh. It is a
place full (16) ...... the violence of wild nature,
11. The committee is trying to decide ..... . (17) ...... by crocodiles and tigers hunting their
the candidate that will be most capable prey in the heavy shadow of mangrove trees.
...... doing the job. Moreover, it is a place of legend, (18) ...... the
great god Shiva caught the mighty waters of the
A) about I from B) on / of River Ganga in his hair to prevent it from
C) at / through D) over / to sweeping away the earth . It remains a holy
E) with/ for place to this day, and the Sundarban islanders
believe that, if (19) ...... with an unclean heart
12. Considering the amount of money.we enters the swamps, he or she (25) ...... .
had, our holiday couldn't have been
spent ........ better. ·
16.
A) any B) some
C) more D) plenty of . A) for . B) from
E) such C) around D) through
E) of

13. It doesn't seem that your visa application


will have been processed ........ you are
ready to leave for your trip.
A) irihab-ited B} inhabiting
A) since B) instead C) to inhabit D} inhabit
C) by the time D) as though · E) having inhabited
E) unlike
18.

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) Despite B) Ever since 19.


C) As soon as D) Because
E) Only if A) no one B) the other
C) anyone D) everyone
E) other
15. ........ its neighbour Spain, Portugal set 20.
about creating a global seaborne
empire in the 15th and 16th centuries.
A) has died
B) died
A) Like B) As
C) was dying
C) Yet D) Until
D) would die
E) Once
E) will die
25 . ...... if you are considering visiting Tibet.

A) I've heard something of the Dalai Lama


21 . ......, it may also be about a fictional B) There were still a lot of Japanese
character. agents
C) You should buy that book we were
A) Modern memoirs are often based on
talking about
old diaries and letters
D) I don't think you've ever met a
B) It is common to include photographs in
wandering Zen Buddhist
one's autobiography
E) Lhasa is the traditional capital of Tibet
C) While a biography is usually about a
real person
D) As a document produced today would
26 . ...... in order to transmit their traditions
be a valuable historical document in
from one generation to another.
the future
E) Since a family historical document
does· not need to be elaborate
A) The oral epic tradition continued until
the invention of writing
22. Before .the first people, dis~overed the B) One factor that distinguishes the epic
miracle of fire, ...... . from other forms of narrative poetry is
scale
A) the use of eleetricity be.came C) The .hero in. ao epic poem tends to
wi~espread much la!er . ,. follow -a pr:edictable·cycle of events
B) they. have been watch,iog ,L9rdf:Of The D) Jri Jhe Jorro of epic poem, po_pulaJ
. Darice . .
. .. metres and .ve.rse patterns are usually
C) they must ~ave e_aten everything .. . ·.aypided •.- . . .
·uncooked ··
E),,'f:p,ic::po.etry h~s b.een used by peoples
D) we wouid never have ·peen able to fly i_
n ·au parts of the wqrld
fo the m·oon · · ·· ·, · ·
: E) it's been gradually getting cold, · ,·
especially at night · 21:·1t was..nGt until sbe'd, been gGn~ {or
w,ell.- Qver a mOnth-~ -~·"•'!• . ;.
23 . ...... , but_otherwise, everything wc1s .
perfectly prepare~. . ,.,~- .\.•

A) that anyone notic.ed that Baler seemed


A) Arda always did his Englishliorilework to be.missing ·
enthusiastically B) eve~ if.the police_were.notified about
B) Nothing that Ate~ tries to cook ever her disappearance
· seen1s to come put correctly C) when in fact Dai has already been
C) We have been e~pecting a rhul;>arb iart dead for a month
with whipped eream D} despite having filed a missing persons
D) The pudding they gave us in the ·report yesterday
restaurant tasted a bit bad E) even though she told us that she would
E) .Nobody has ever managed to prepare be leaving
a Baked Alaska so well
28 . ......, and we like them however they are
24. Instead of making us stay late at the cooked. ·
office, ..- .....

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) G~netik yapmm d1§mda, kultur ve


30. Mc\nY countries regulate drinking ages, · c;ocukruk donemi aile ya§am, gibi,
times, and selling· conditi.o ns through bireyin ki§iliginin olu§umunu etkileyen
laws. pek co.k faktor vard1r.
B) Bireyin· ki§illginin olu~umunu sadece
A) Baz, OJkelerde, ic;ki ic;me ya~inr, · genetik yap1s1 .degil, kulti.ir ve <;ocukluk
zamamrn ve satr§ ko§ullarmr donemi aile ya§am1 gibi birc;ok faktor
duzenleyen yasalar vardrr. belirler.
B) Birc;ok Olkede, ic;ki ic;me ya~,. zamam
ve s~tl§ ko§ullan, yasalarla C) Bireyin ki§iliginin olu~umunda, genetik
denetlenmektedir. · yapmm oldugu kadar, kultur ve
C) lc;ki ic;me ya§1, zamanr ve sat,§ · c;ocukluk donemi aile ya~am, gibi
ko§ullat,, baz, Olkelerde yasalarla faktorlerin de etkisi vardrr.
belirlenmi§tir. D) Bireyin ki§iliginin olu§umu, genetik
D) lc;ki ic;me ya§mm, zamanmm ve satr§ yap,, ki.iltur ve <;ocukluk donemi aile
ko§ullarmm yasalarla belirlendigi birc;ok ya~am, gibi, pek <;ok faktorden etkilenir.
Olke vard rr. E) Genetik yap1dan ba§ka bireyin
E) Birc;ok Olke, ic;ki ic;me ya§mr, zamanm,
ki§iliginin olu~umunu etkileyen faktorler
ve satr§ ko§ullanrn, yasalarla
duzenlemektedir. a~asm.da, kulti.ir ve i;ocukluk donemi
aile Y8 §am1 da vard1r.
33. The German philosopher Schopenhauer
said that there Is no difference between
those in pain and those who cause pain.

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.

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
Qf;Je~tihua~a~.~-····
....... . . -
.
the house....... · _ .• .••·

A) V;1as constructed by the Tofonacs


A) only .contained a total of two rooms B) was probably inhabited by several
B) belonged to the. captain and his family
, ethnic grQups·.
,C) was not located in the wealthiest part
C) w~s the._biggest pre-European
of the town
Anieri'can city ·
D) had previously been P?rt of a farm
E) was 1n a wors~ condition than D) was later conquered by the ~tees
Alyosha's own house E) was abandoned during the 5th century

49. It is implied in the passage ·that


Alyosha ...... .
52. We can conc,ude from the p~ssage
that the civilization of Teotihuacan ..... •
A) was aware that the .two women were A) had· the biggest population among the
unable to hear cities 9t the ·time
B) was a friend of Katerina lvanovna
B) was the only non-European one in
C) was expecting the room to sound
Mexico
, occupied
D) thought that the captain could also be C) was destroyed by Europeans
· deaf D) was possibly an illiterate one
E) believed that Katerina lvanovna had E) had close trade relationships with the
been wrong about the captain Aztecs
Iceland has the biggest desert in Europe. Almost
a third of·the country is an official desert. These 56. It turned out that Greek wasn't any
parts have sand and no vegetation, and yet they easier than Arabic to learn.
are in the sub-Arctic. The only difference with
A) It was thought that Arabic was a better
the Sahara is that the sand is black. Iceland language to study than Greek, as it
wasn't like that befote the human settlement was easier.
started. De-spite the.name of the country, it was B) It was frustrating that we had to study
green when Vikings came to settle. There were Greek, as Arabic was the easier of the
no native people and no grazing animals. But two.
the Vikings, aside from chopping. down trees for C) It became understood that learning
their own needs, also introduc;ed sheep, which Greek was just as difficult as learning
ate anything that was greeh'. As a result,. there Arabic.
has been incredible soil erosion that started D) We already knew that there was no
centuries ago. Iceland is, a-clear example of what difference between Arabic and Greek
will happen to the rest of the world if people in in terms of difficulty.
E) It-became clear that both Greek and
other countries continue cutting down trees and Arabic are very difficult languages to
overusing the lafld at the r~tE:3 they are doing now. study.
53. It is understood from the passage that · 57. Since we don't want to work over the
the Vikings ...... . · · · weekend, we must finish this order
today.
A) were the first people to live on Iceland
B) destroyed mo.re greenery than their A) We have to complete the order today
animals _ or we'll have to work on the weekend,
C) gave the name of Iceland io the which we don't wish to do.
country B) Should the order not be completed in a
D) found no edible animals on Iceland day, we'll be obliged to get it done on
the weekend.
E) caused the worst environmental C) If the order hasn't been finished today,
destruction in Europe _w~'II be able to get it done on the
·: weekend·: ·
54. It is clear from the passage th·at in · · ·,,D) As we'll complete this order today,
Europe ...... . there will be·no need for us to.work
over the· weekend.
A)' trees' are still being ·cut ·dowif at
rapida E) We wouldn't have had to Work-over the
weekend if we had been able to. get
rate · ·
er deserts are made up of black saAd
the order done· today. · ·
C) sheep .are the mosf common grazing
58. Though Cairo is a fascinating city, it
animals ~,-
can be difficult to visit in the middle of
D) there are desert-like places other than the summer. . .
Iceland
E) the lands were empty until the Vikings A). Cairo ..is really interesting, but the city is
arrived · sometimes not easy to tour when
summer is at its peak.
55. !he author of the passage seems to B) In spite of Cairo ~eing amazi~g. it is
imply that we would expect ...... . : hard to get flights there in the middle of
the summer.
C) During the middle of the summer Cairo
A) the Vikings to have destroyed less is its most interesting as there are few
greenery tourists there then.
B) the sands of the Sahara to .be black D) Although we couldn't visit in the middle
C) Iceland to be covered in ice of the summer, we still found Cairo to
D) to find deserts not far from the North · be an amazing city.
Pole E) If you visit Cairo in the summer, be
E) Iceland to have remained green prepared to put up with the high
despite the Vikings temperatures.
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provided that nothing else comes up.
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A) I'll take out the rubbish this week,


unless you want me to do something 61. When producer Andre Morgan proposed
else. a movie musical in 2003, independent
B) I'll put the trash out this week to make filmmaker Peter Chan was not very
sure that there aren't any more enthusiastic about making it. ....... It is
problems. a good thing that he did, because the end
C.) There's nothing for me \o do this week, ·result, Perhaps Love, is a wonderful film.
so I'll definitely be able to take the
rubbish out. A) But Morgan was certain that Chan was
D) As long as nothing happens the only man he wanted for the project
unexpectedly, I'll put the rubbish out · B) This is because Chan had become
this week. famous through his seri_ o us realistic
E) If there is nothing else.for me to do at dramas
that time, I'll put the trash out once,a -C) However, the chance to film in China
week. was so attractive that Chan got
involved
D) ·ch~n-:felt that the only successful
Chinese films were either·art films or
~-, -martial-arts films
E)Asa-result, ·Chan was signed up to be
- the _director of this big-budget movie

60. The Philippines· is named after Kang


Philip II qf Spain, who was _ruling when
it was .colonized by the Spanish.
62. Ion Luca Caragiale was a Romanian
A) The first people to colonize the
playwright of great satirical ability. . : .... .
Philippines were the Spanish, who
His.Qomedies e_>,cpose the results of this
then named it after their king, Philip II
of Spain. revolutionary time on the urban society
B) The people of the Philippines, before of Romania.
they were colonized by the Spanish,
took the name of Philip II of Spain for A) He currently appears on the 100 lei
their country. banknote of Romania
C) Philip II of Spain, the Spanish king, B) In the end, he left Romania and moved
took control of the Philippines and then with his family to Berlin
named it after himself. C) He was interested in current affairs
D) King Philip II of Spain sent some and wrote articles for Romanian
Spaniards off to colonize the journals
Philippines and name it after him. D) During his life, Romania underwent
E) The Philippines takes its name from
enormous political and social change
the Spanish king, Philip II, who during
E) He was a member of J~minea, a
its Spanish colonization period was in
movement in Romanian literature
power.
63, According to John Sutherland, to 65. Mattia Baseggio runs a guesthouse In
Increase the enjoyment of reading Venice . ....... Those were hardly the
fiction, readers must develop their own
only ones in the city to be left empty,
individual standards for choosing a
novel. They should base these on their though. Many of the families who have
own personal preferences . ....... He lived in.Venice for generations are
,compared selecting a book this way to moving out now, as the cost of living in
being a cow that runs unthinkingly in the city has become unaffordable for
the same direction as others in ·the herd. most of its native inhabitants.

A) He strongly recommends The Sea,


A) But if it ~ere empty, he could sell it for
.which won the Man Booker Prize in
2005 around €1. million '
B) Of course, you have to discover what B) Only about .half of Baseggio's friends
you .prefer first still live in lhe dty •
C) He was worried that people bought C) He worries about what he will do if he
The Da-Vinci Code just because it was can't fill Hwith touri~ts -
popular ,- ""'-~ _
. D)° Due to' Venice's "Yater l evel, many of
-D) ·This·is w.hy he -haswritten:the book
--· . · tbe city'sJower floors..are _µninhabitable
How to Read ,a ·NoveL ,
·E) · W.hen ,he was young, ;fir.iding a.good "'E) He and his wife h_ave created it out of
book was a bitm9rerdiffieolt than it is -~o ab'a.ndoned.fa~ily apart~ents
now

64. In th~ developed world, the increase in


new users of mobile phones·•is slowing.
- 66. The metro has just aFrived. Whe,n the
In response, the ·main aini of
phone·
dopr opens, the people next to you try
manufacturers there is beginning to
and push their way in while tl'.le pea.pie
change . ....... This can be done,· for
instance, by making the latest phones
6h it try to push their way out. Thinking
that politeness would make getting
more attractive. Adding features like
ontQ the metrQ easier for you all,_you
mobile TVs or improving the quality of
C

say to .the people next to you:


cameras should help in this process.
· A) If we let the people get off the metro,
A) They are mainly, of course, afraid of
then we won't have any problems
losing their p·rofits
getting on.
B) New mobile phones are now much
B) Get out of my way. If you think you're
slimmer than they were before
going to beat me to a seat, you're very
C) The developi.ng world is still an
important potential ...market for mobiles wrong.
D) They hope to persuade existing users ~) Would you mind letting me on the
to keep upQrading to new models metro first, please?"
E) Nokia Corporation is currently the D) I don't know why you people don't let
world's largest manufacturer of mobile us onto the metro before you try to -get
off.
telephones
E) It's a pity the metro is always so
crowded at thi~ time _of day,_or we all
wouldn't have to be so rude.
67. You have just been brought the lunch 70. Your neighbour's cat has escaped from
that you have ordered at a restaurant. their house, got outside, and run up a
As part of your lunch you wanted a tree. Panicking, they come to you for
salad, but when you start to eat it, you help, but the tree is too tall to climb.
notice that the tomatoes have gone off. The cat is also too scared to move,
Unable to touch it, but still wanting to
whatever you do. Knowing of nothing
eat this kind of salad, you say:
else to suggest and convinced that it is
A) I -wal")ted a green_s~lad, not one which not possible to bring the cat down
has tomatoes in it. without special equipment, you say
B) The tomato-es aren'rtoo bad, but the helpfully:
rest of this salad is really disgusting.
C) Bring me another salad, and this time
put fresh ingredients in it. A) If we put some food at the bottom of
D) I'm going to eat this salad, but there's the tree, the cat will see it and come
no way I'm going to pay for i_ t. down.
E) I'll never eat in your restaurant again if B) I think you have no choice but to call
you only serve stale food. the fire brigade.
68. You have been given an -assignment on C) I don't know why you have a cat
the Mayan civilization b_y your teacher. anyway-dogs never climb trees.
He has asked you to do it on a computer D) -We could throw large stones at it and
.and: bring him a printed copy~As there try and knock it down .
. is .no· computer in your house and as •E)· You could just leave the cat up there-
you know he isri't too strict, you _
a sk
him: '. . it's: no.t harming anybody.

A) Can I do the project on a different


American civilization-for example, the
Incas?
B) Where sho~!d I start toJ9ok for
information on the Mayan civilization?
C) Are you going to be to9 bo.thered if I
copy and paste this assignment from 71. Caleb: · ..
the Internet? .
- Do you kn.ow what
.
the national
language of Brazil is?
D) Is it OK if ·1write it in pen, because I
_,won't be able to do it on a cornputer?
E) As I won't be able to write it on the Oqvid:
computer at the moment, can I give it
- Isn't it Brazilian?
to you later?

69. You have had a long day at work and Caleb:


you are very tired. Your friend is
feeling the same, but you are both
hungry. Not wanting to tire yourselves
David:
any more, you suggest to her:
- Well, I thought there was.
A) Why don't we phone for some pides
and get them to deliver them to us
here? ·
B) Let's cook up some dolmas; I'll deal A) How can ·it be when there's no such
with the peppers, you do the filling.
language?
C) I know it's quite a long bus ride, but we
could go to the city centre and eat in a B) No,· in fact it is Portuguese.
restaurant. C) You didn't know that their language
D) I don't have anything in the fridge. Is it originated in Europe, did you?
you or me who's going to go to the D) Brazilian is only an adjective used to
supermarket?
E) How about if we look through some describe the people.
cookbooks to come up with some E) More than 200 million speak this
ideas for food? language worldwide.
72. Jacob: 74. Gizem:
- Why don't you buy your own copy of - Would you mind passing the salt,
Sickness unto Denth instead of always please?
borrowing it from the library?
Ted:
Luke: - You do know that it's unhealthy to put
-........ too much on your meal, don't you?
Jacob: Gizem:
- I saw one in the second-hand
bookshop the other day - it was only
$1. Ted:
- There's no need to be so rude.
Luke:
- Well, in that case I think I might. ·
A) You're right. I should be careful.
B) Just pass the salt and spare me the
A) l'rnjust about to finish it - I won't need lecture.
it again. ·
C) It increases the risk of heart disease,
B) I like using the library for my books. doesn't it?
C) · This isn't the library's - it's mine. D) I know I shouldn't, but I can't do
D) I don't have enough money for a new without it.
one.
E) They extract a lot of it from the sea,
E) I haven't any space left for any more you know.
books. · ·

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) They should do something about the


A) I'm afraid that's off the menu today. pollution.
~) Certainly; anything to drink with that? B) You go first then, and I'll follow.
) Are you sure you want to eat chicken? C) I'm really busy this afternoon, though.
~) ~ow did you know it was Circassian? D) It didn't use to be like this years ago.
) Its our chefs specialty, and it tastes E) I know. Why don't we go to the islands
great. to swim?
40. sorularda, ci.imfelel" s,t-s-.yla 79. (I) Ralf Rangnick is the manager of the
regional German football team TSG
okilndugunda par~amn anlam
Hoffenheim. (II) TSG Hoffenheim was
Sfttunlu unu bozan cumle i bulunuz. __.
formed in 1945 from the merger of two
different clubs. (Ill) While he was coaching
a recent match, he shouted at one player
76. (I) Tessa Hadley is a relatively new writer,
to move himself. (IV) It turned out that the
but her prose has an amazing effect. (II)
person he was angry with was actually the
When reading it, you feel as if you have
referee. (V) The mistake came from his
known her work for a very long time. (Ill)
colour blindness, as he has difficulty
The reason for this is that she tells you
the important things about ordinary life. distinguishing red from green.
(IV) Even so, many people read in order
to escape from their own dull lives. (V) A) I B) II C) Ill D) IV E) V
That is why her latest work, Sunstroke
and Other Stories, is such a great book.

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

78. (I) In the early 1990s, no one could have


imagined the impact that one building
would have on the city of Bilbao. (II)
Nonetheless, the Guggenheim Museum
there has completely transformed the
city's image. (Ill) Since it opened in 1997
general tourism has been on the increas~.
(IV) As a result, Bilbao has now started
promoting itself as a great destination for
short ~ity-breaks. (V) The Nervi6n River,
alongside of which the Guggenheim
~useum is built, runs through the city of
Bilbao to the Bay of Biscay.

A) I B) II C) Ill D) IV E) V

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