1 Aralik 2019

T.C.
Ölçme, Seçme ve Yerleştirme Merkezi
YABANCI DİL BİLGİSİ

SEVİYE TESPİT SINAVI
(YDS/3)
İNGİLİZCE
1 ARALIK 2019
Bu testlerin her hakkı saklıdır. Hangi amaçla olursa olsun, testlerin tamamının veya bir kısmının Merkezimizin yazılı izni olmadan kopya edilmesi,
fotoğrafının çekilmesi, herhangi bir yolla çoğaltılması, yayımlanması ya da kullanılması yasaktır. Bu yasağa uymayanlar gerekli cezai sorumluluğu ve
testlerin hazırlanmasındaki mali külfeti peşinen kabullenmiş sayılır.
OSYM001
OSYM001
OSYM001
2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH TEST OF ENGLISH
This test consists of 80 questions.
1-6: For these questions, choose the best word or

4. The most sophistic e Cook Islands handicrafts
expression to fill the space.
are considered to b iva e: brightly coloured, ----
embroidered ceremo al clo , which require a
great mber of month to ma
1. Within our solar system, the planet Mars almost
certainly had a surface ocean in the past and may A) te sly B) intri tely
still have ---- of it underground.
C) persiste ) incidentally
A) remnants B) attractions
objectively
C) adjustments D) precautions
E) illustrations
5. rting in 1640, Evliya Çelebi began a career of

travel into the far reaches of the Ottoman Empire,
which at that time ---- from Hungary in the north to
2. The fact is that, right now e Sumatran tiger faces Egypt and Sudan in the south.
a number of very seriou hreats, which are putting
their very survival in -- A) wandered B) escalated
A) extension B) re ence C) stretched D) emigrated
C) jeopardy D) distinction E) circulated
E) corruption
6. Assimilation is a voluntary or involuntary process by

which individuals or groups completely ---- the traits
3. T umbers in Chinese design of another culture, leaving their original cultural and
stem -- influence of the harmonious linguistic identities behind.
principles of ying and yang, repeatedly seen in
architectural designs. A) break into B) put away
A) pervasive B) restraining C) make out D) take on
C) insignificant D) disruptive E) bring about
E) dampening
1 Go on to the next page

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
7-16: For these questions, choose the best

9. One of the greatest breakthroughs of the 17th
word(s) or expression(s) to fill the space(s).
century was to understand how and why things
move and stop ----, and the key to the problem was
that they slow dow and stop only when something
7. Summer ice ---- a series of record low levels in forces them ---- s
recent years as the Arctic ---- twice as fast as the
mid-latitudes. A) to be moved / ha ng e
A) hit / was warming B) being moved / do
B) has hit / has been warming C) m ng / do
C) hits / had been warming D) having ved / to h ne

D) will hit / warms E) to move / do
E) had hit / had warmed
10. e Common European Framework of Reference for

Languages (CEFR) is intended to overcome the
8. Burials ---- an important role in e beliefs of the barriers to communication ---- professionals
Lycians, for they cut hund s of t mbs into the cliff working in the field of modern languages arising ----
faces and crags that ---- roughout the area. the different educational systems in Europe.
A) should have held / w e seen
A) between / to B) through / into
B) were able to hold / shou een
C) with / upon D) among / from
C) had to hold / might be seen
E) about / against
) used to hold / have to be seen
can be seen
11. People in some countries are brainwashed ---- an

early age to love junk food and fast food ----
advertising on television and many other
mechanisms.
A) by / about B) from / through
C) in / to D) on / for
E) with / over

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
12. Among the drawbacks of aging is a creeping 15. The management of farms in the future will be
tendency to put on weight, ---- our resting influenced ---- by climate ---- by global demand and
metabolism slows down – by roughly 1 to 2 percent agricultural practices, so the winners will be farmers
every decade. who modernise th r methods and diversify their
fields.
A) but B) since
A) neither / nor B) as / as
C) as if D) if only
C) not only / but also D ther / than
E) even if
E) so / th
13. Feminism made an important difference to British

culture throughout the 20th century ---- the struggle 16. ---- connecting distant empires into an integrated
to change unequal gender relations took place web of commerce, the Silk Road carried infectious
range of contexts. diseases that severely affected immunity-free
A) provided that B) unless victims.
In case of B) Apart from
C) D) in case
C) In terms of D) On behalf of
E) as long
E) For the purpose of
14. Su ennis in the 19th century, croquet is

creational activity than
- intense competition has not
n croquet clubs.
B) even though
D) so that
E) as long as

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

word or expression to fill the spaces in the 19.
passage.
A) while B) until
Old blood may damage organs and contribute to ageing. C) when D)

Researchers are trying to reveal the restorative powers
of young blood, (17)---- brains from ageing. In fact, the E) a er
effects of blood on ageing were first discovered in
experiments that stitched young and old mice together
so that they shared circulating blood. Older mice
seemed to (18)---- such an arrangement, developing
healthier organs and becoming protected from age
related disease. But younger mice aged prematurely.
Such experiments suggest that (19)---- young blood can
be restorative, there is something in old blood that is
actively harmful. Hanadie Yousef at Stanford University 20.
in California seems to have identified a protein that is A) contrary to B) compared to
causing some of the damage, and has developed a
compound to block it. She has observed that (20)---- this C) similar to D) regardless of
antibody, mice were protected from the harmful effects
of the old blood. However, we do not yet know
E) thanks to
about young blood that keeps animals youthful. That
has not stopped people (21)---- starting trials to see if
blood transfusions can treat age-related diseases.
21.
17. A) by B) for
A) to be prevented B) prevent
C) in D) from
) to have prevented D) p
E) with
) having prevented
18.
A) dispense with B) relate to
C) compensate for D) put off
E) benefit from

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

word or expression to fill the spaces in the 24.
passage.
A) To sum up B) In other words
How do you evacuate passengers from a long tunnel C) On the contrary D) However
through a mountain? The Gotthard Base Tunnel, a
railway tunnel through the heart of the Alps in E) I ad n
Switzerland, has an emergency evacuation plan. If a fire
were to (22)---- 2,000 metres beneath the Alps, the
flames would spread so rapidly that the tunnel would
transform into a fiery hell. The nearest exit might still be
many kilometres away. The solution is that, (23)---- a
fire, two emergency stations will allow trains to cross
over from one tunnel to the other. (24)----, there are
escape routes to a connecting corridor every 325
metres. Ventilation equipment will suck smoke out of the 25.
main tunnel and spread fresh air (25)---- corridors A) through B) with
running alongside the tunnel. Passengers will exit the
train and escape using these corridors, to which the
C) against D) during
doors can be tightly sealed – a slight overpressure will
prevent smoke ingress. The doors are strong o
stop fire, yet are simple to open – even a child can do it. E) about
There they will have to wait until a rescue train (26)----.
22. 26.
A) fade away reak out A) is arriving B) arrived
C) fall behind D) go off C) arrives D) will arrive
E) run out E) was arriving
23.
A) instead of B) by means of
C) apart from D) in case of
E) as well as

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

29. Owing to the increasing numbers of individuals and
option to complete the given sentence.
families who could no longer afford to purchase
housing, ----.
A) the American n n’s supply of low-cost rental
27. While being physically attractive seems to be a
housing was sh
basic requirement for Internet celebrities, ----.
A) they closely monitor the trends in youth culture that B) an ample boom w ob ved in the investment of
place special emphasis on beauty housing constructio
B) their popularity will decline if they cannot create fresh C) mid-1970s, t poor b me more numerous
ideas and engage in successful projects an ey g oorer
C) they are chased by investors hoping to expand their D) homele ess beca visible in the early 1980s in
business by associating their products with famous the US
people
E) there was a lac f federal commitment to the
D) they are often characterised as having the ideal production of pub c housing
beauty standards
E) they earn huge amounts of money thanks to their

collaboration with famous brands
30. ---- unless it is integrated into a meaningful

curricular and instructional framework.
A) Technology is regarded to have the potential to
28. Although Egypt was s ect to outs nces, improve education
----.
B) Technology should be viewed as one tool among
A) the Egyptians settled on the fertile strip of lan created many
by the Nile in the North African desert
C) The use of technology requires teachers to confront
the role played by the pharaoh, ink between their beliefs about learning
men gods, decreased with the disintegration of
D) It is believed that technology has little influence on
education
cteristics of its culture remained
hout the course of its long history E) Technology provides an excellent platform for learning
environments
uilt to testify to the pronounced
er of the Egyptian society
E) undertook extensive social and

admi ve reforms, was forced to defend it against
fierce attacks

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
31. Even though the new methods of Samuel Christian 33. People do not have a problem with obsessive
Hahnemann– the creator and developer of the compulsive disorder ----.
treatment called homeopathy– were initially met with A) as compulsions are undesired actions that people find
ridicule, ----. themselves forc into doing over and over to reduce
A) the system was based on the idea that substances anxiety
producing symptoms of sickness in healthy people
B) when the disorde au considerable emotional
would have a curative effect
discomfort and a h h lev f anxiety
B) homeopathic remedies used in holistic treatments
were often a fraction of the cost of conventional drugs C) e approach fo reating quite similar to the
tr men r anxiety, ar, and i tense anger
C) by the time of his death, they were accepted over the
world as a result of the great success he had with his D) unless ir repetiti h ghts and actions begin to
new cure seriously m their rela nships or their sense of
freedom
D) he was disturbed by the medical system of his time,
believing that its cures were crude and some of its E) because it could very severe and require them to
strong drugs did more harm than good to patients act in collaboration with a therapist or counsellor
E) with the formation of the American Medical

Association, which restricted alternative pra
homeopathy declined for half a century
34. ----, Alsace's long history of political insecurity and

the devastation caused by the two world wars have
impoverishe the region.
32. A 2003 study of car-cra victims nd that ose A) Even though its heavy industry is not fully competitive
with more fat were less l suffer abdom al with their more highly developed counterparts in other
injuries, ----. countries
A) so you are more likely to experience som nd of B) While the region became the focus of territorial
trauma even months after the a e ppened dispute between France and Germany in the
mid-to-late 1800s
B) what protective measures you may
e a possible accident, it may still C) Although its lands are fertile, and the region's iron
and coal mines have long constituted a source of
wealth
elation between total weight of
isk of getting injured D) Unless the region's general population participated
heavily in the resistance to Germany’s invasion and
g principle may not actually be so conquests
e people might think it must be
E) As the new movements seek to gain greater control
E) although one’s body fat can, in fact, act as some over economic and social development and to
sort of shock absorber in violent collisions establish the preservation of Alsatian culture

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
37-42: For these questions, choose the most

35. Some Roman baths might have been functioning, at accurate Turkish translation of the sentences in
least partially, into the fifth century, ----. English, and the most accurate English translation
of the sentences in Turkish.
A) so that it was the inability of later ancient
administrations to maintain the vast and complicated
water systems 37. Accurate measur ts in scientific investigations
gained more impo an in the 17th century, when
B) but after many repairs, the Thermae of Agrippa was scientists became are at only with reliable
still open as a luxury establishment in the fifth century measurements could hey port their theories.
C) while after the seventh and eighth centuries, there are A) B nsanlarının 17. üzyılda rilerini sadece
signs of bath building greatly slowing g nil çümlerle de ekleyeb eklerinin farkına
var sıyla b sel ara rmalardaki doğru ölçümler
D) because as the great baths themselves disappeared, daha f a önem and
their memory lingered on in the public minds as myths
B) Bilimsel ar rmalardaki doğru ölçümler, 17. yüzyılda
and legends
bilim insanlar orilerinin sadece güvenilir ölçümlerle
E) thus, many of these baths could be described as desteklenebilec nin farkına varınca çok daha önemli
charity baths, because they served the clergy as well hâle geldi.
as the poor
C) 17. yüzyılda bilim insanlarının sadece güvenilir
ölçümler sayesinde teorilerini destekleyebileceklerinin
farkına varması, bilimsel araştırmalardaki doğru
ölçümlere daha fazla önem kazandırdı.
Bilimsel araştırmalardaki doğru ölçümler, bilim

insanlarının sadece güvenilir ölçümlerle teorilerini
destekleyebileceklerinin farkına vardıkları 17. yüzyılda
36. Throughout the Tanzimat a, Ottoman statesmen daha fazla önem kazandı.
believed that as long a he European powers
respected their countr sovereignt E) Bilimsel ar ştırmalardaki doğru ölçümler, 17. yüzyılda
bilim insanları teorilerini sadece güvenilir ölçümlerle
A) Ottoman citizens coul ot tol e much of t trouble destekleyebileceklerinin farkına vardıkları için daha
caused by dysfunctional i itutions çok önem kazandı.
B) they prevented the acquisition of immova properties

within the borders of the state e ns of
neighbouring countries
sible to ensure the welfare and

man citizens who dispersed across
danger in allowing Europeans

to their country’s economy
E) ing aid from a foreign power would

me e nothing more than years of exile in
distant lands

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
38. Recent studies have shown that chocolate can slow 39. Dolly, the first mammal cloned from the DNA of an
down the signs of skin ageing because cocoa adult animal, was regarded as a monumental
extract is packed with antioxidants that neutralise scientific breakthrough when her birth was
free radical damage, which can harm collagen announced in earl 1997.
production.
A) Dolly, yetişkin b anın DNA’sından klonlanan ilk
A) Kakao özütünün kolajen üretimine zarar veren serbest memeli olduğund n 1 7’nin başında doğumu
radikal hasarını ortadan kaldıran antioksidanlarla dolu duyurulduğunda ç bü bir bilimsel gelişme olarak
olduğu ve bu nedenle çikolatanın cilt yaşlanmasının kabul edildi.
belirtilerini yavaşlattığı yeni yapılan çalışmalarla ortaya
konmuştur. B) 1997’nin baş da duy duğu zaman çok
bü bir sel geliş e olarak kabul edilen Dolly,
B) Yeni yapılan araştırmalar, çikolatanın cilt yetiş bir hay n DN sından klonlanan ilk
yaşlanmasının belirtilerini yavaşlatabildiğini memeli
göstermektedir çünkü kakao özütü, kolajen üretimine
C) Yetişkin bir h vanın DNA’sından klonlanan ilk memeli
zarar verebilen serbest radikal hasarını ortadan
olan Dolly, çok yük bir bilimsel gelişme olarak kabul
kaldıran antioksidanlarla doludur.
edildi ve doğumu 997’nin başında duyuruldu.
C) Çikolata, cilt yaşlanmasının belirtilerini D) Yetişkin bir hayvanın DNA’sından klonlanan ilk memeli
yavaşlatabilmektedir çünkü son yapılan araştırmalar, olan Dolly, 1997’nin başında doğumu duyurulduğunda
kolajen üretimine zarar veren serbest radik ı çok büyük bir bilimsel gelişme olarak kabul edildi.
ortadan kaldıran kakao özütünün antioksidanlarla dolu
olduğunu göstermektedir. E) Dolly, yetişkin bir hayvanın DNA’sından klonlanan ilk
memeliydi ve 1997’nin başında doğumunun
D) Son yapılan araştırmalar, kakao özütü kolajen duyurulmasıyla çok büyük bir bilimsel gelişme olarak
üretimine zarar verebilen serbest radikal hasarını kabul edildi.
ortadan kaldıran antioksida lu olduğu için cilt
yaşlanmasının belirtileri çikolata sayesinde
yavaşlatılabileceğini g termektedir.
E) Çikolatanın cilt yaşla asının b erini ya lattığı,

kolajen üretimine zarar rbest radikal sarını
ortadan kaldıran kakao özütünün antioksida rla dolu
olduğunu gösteren son çalışmalarla ortaya nmuştur.
40. İnsanlar et kelimesini ilk kullandıklarında sadece
içeceğin karşıtı olarak yiyeceği kastettiler, ve et
kelimesi ancak 1300’lerde hayvan eti anlamına
karşılık gelmeye başladı.
A) When people first referred to food as opposed to drink
they used the word meat, and it was not until the
1300s that they began to use it for animal flesh.
B) The first use of the word meat by people simply meant
food, which was the opposite of drink, and it was only
in the 1300s when it started referring to animal flesh.
C) Until the 1300s, the word meat simply meant food for
people, as opposed to drink, and only then it started to
refer to animal flesh.
D) When people first used the word meat, they simply

meant food, as opposed to drink, and it was not until
the 1300s that it began to refer to animal flesh.
E) When people first used the word meat, it basically

meant food, the opposite of drink, and it hardly started
to refer to animal flesh in the 1300s.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
41. Çok fazla tuz tüketmek kalp damar hastalıklarını 42. Her davranış hakkında düşünmek ya da her kararı
tetikler, ancak çok az tuzun da eşit derecede zararlı ölçüp biçmek zorunda olsaydık, hareket edemezdik;
etkisi olabilir, bu yüzden yüksek tansiyonu olan bu yüzden insan zihni hayatı daha baş edilebilir hâle
kişilerin tuz alımlarını azaltması gerekirken, nüfusun getiren zihinsel ke irme yollar ile donatılmıştır.
geri kalanının tuzu azaltmaya teşvik edilmesine
A) If we were to th ut every action or weigh up
gerek yoktur. every decision, w w be paralysed, so thanks to
A) Consumption of too much salt leads to cardiovascular the human brain w ich been endowed with mental
disease, but too little salt may have an equally harmful shortcuts, life is mo man able.
effect as well; hence, people suffering from high blood
pressure must be encouraged to reduce their salt B) e have to thi about ry action or weigh
intake, but the rest of the population need not to cut up ery d ion we m ke, we will be paralysed, but
back on salt. the h an brai s be endowed with mental
shortcu hat make l ier to be managed.
B) Too much salt results in cardiovascular disease and
too little salt may also have an equally destructive C) If the human ain were not endowed with mental
effect, so salt intake should be reduced by people with shortcuts that e life more manageable, we would
high blood pressure, though for the rest of the be paralysed as we would have to think about every
population there is no need to cut back on salt. action or weigh up every decision.
C) Consuming too much salt promotes cardiov lar D) We do not have to think about every action or weigh
disease, but too little salt may have an equally up every decision, which would make us paralysed, as
detrimental effect as well; therefore, while people with the human brain has been endowed with mental
high blood pressure should reduce their salt intake, shortcuts that make life more easily managed.
the rest of the population do not need to be
encouraged to cut back on salt. E) If we had to think about every action or weigh up every
decision, we would be paralysed; therefore, the human
D) Consuming too much sal hich p omotes brain has been endowed with mental shortcuts that
cardiovascular disease as an equally detrimental make life more manageable.
effect as consuming t little salt; hence, people with
high blood pressure uld consu ess ,
whereas the rest of th opula do not ne to cut
back on salt.
E) People with high blood pressure should re ce their

salt intake, but the rest of the p lati o not need
to cut back on salt because consuming too much salt
y harmful effect as consuming too little
omote cardiovascular disease.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
43-46: Answer these questions according to the

passage below. 44. According to Edward Wasserman, ----.
A) pigeons can pick out the pharmaceutical capsules
which have differences in shape
A recent study suggests that pigeons may not be so
bird-brained after all. A team at the University of B) pigeons are un remember images when there
California has trained the birds to pick out cancerous are over 1,800 o he
breast tissue on mammograms. After two weeks of
training, using food as motivation, the pigeons were able C) letters help pigeon dent he difference between
to correctly identify cancerous tissue 85 per cent of the Monet and Picasso inting
time. This is a level of accuracy similar to that of human
radiologists. "Research over the past 50 years has D) pi ns quite goo t imitatin emotional
shown that pigeons can distinguish identities and expr ions d ayed o human faces
emotional expressions on human faces, letters of the
alphabet, misshapen pharmaceutical capsules and even E) the capac of pigeons' ual memory is equal to
paintings by Monet vs Picasso," said co-author Edward human visu emory
Wasserman. "Their visual memory is equally impressive
with a proven recall of more than 1,800 images." Even
after years of training, physicians can sometimes
struggle to correctly interpret mammograms. The
process is also time-consuming, labour-intens
expensive. "Pigeons' sensitivity to diagnostically salient
features in medical images suggests that they can 5. It is clearly stated in the passage that the
provide reliable feedback on many variables at play in interpretation of mammograms ----.
the production, manipulation, and viewing of these provides unreliable feedback unless pigeons are
diagnostically crucial tools, and can assist researchers involved
and engineers as they continu ovate," says the
lead reseacher Prof Richar evenson. B) considers visual memory as the most critical aspect of
interpreting images
C) comes at a high cost both physically and

economically
43. It is understood from the passage that pige s ----. D) requires a more extended training programme to
improve validity
) were able to identify cancerous ue
mammograms even before the training E) now commonly uses pigeons to assist with the results
y food in the research as they were
rained
hich resembled the cancerous

ms
centage of accuracy in identifying 46. It can be inferred from the passage that pigeons ----.
after being trained A) can be regarded as the most intelligent bird
species considering their success rate
E) were better than human radiologists in terms of
identifying cancerous tissue B) can accurately spot cancer on medical images,
so they are trained for many years
C) could be used in diagnosis of some diseases in the

future to reach correct interpretations
D) should be trained using food for motivation to achieve

a high accuracy level in tests
E) will definitely play a significant part in the future

training of physicians and radiologists

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

passage below. 48. In which of the following does the age or period
correctly match the corresponding skill?
A) Pre-school children – almost no autonomy in caring
During the preschool period, hand-eye coordination oneself
progresses to the point of near independence at
self-care activities. A four-year-old is learning to handle B) Four-year olds – o le use of a spoon to eat
eating cutlery well and fasten even small buttons. independently
Four-year olds can also handle a pencil competently,
copy geometric shapes and letters, and use scissors. By C) Five-year olds – low mode e competency in
the age of five, a child’s hand-eye coordination appears e coordinatio
quite advanced, although it will still continue to be
fine-tuned for several more years. He approaches, D) Six y olds – cerni pause in the improvement
grasps, and releases objects with precision and in visua ientation
accuracy. He may use the same toys as pre-schoolers,
but he manipulates them with greater skill and purpose E) Children bey d six years of age – lack of preciseness
and can complete a familiar jigsaw puzzle with lightning in hand-eye co ination
speed. An important milestone at this stage in learning
hand-eye coordination is the child’s ability to tie his own
shoelaces. At the age of six, a child’s visual orientation
changes somewhat. Children of this age and ift
their gaze more frequently than younger children. They
also have a tendency to follow the progress of an object
rather than looking directly at it, a fact that has been 4 According to the passage, what does tying
linked to the practice of some six-year-olds using their oelaces signify?
fingers to mark their places when they are reading. Even A) It shows that the child has obtained total
when absorbed in tasks, they l y frequently, independence in self-care.
although their hands remai ctive.
B) It is a major breakthrough in the process of acquiring
hand-eye coordination.
C) It is the ultimate achievement that the child can reach

in terms of hand-eye coordination.
47. The author clearly states that hand-eye coo nation
----. D) By doing it, the child is able to demonstrate a clear
reaches its final level well before th child reaches the change in his/her visual orientation.
E) It represents the high speed at which pre-school

in kids that are in the pre-school children could do some manual tasks.
when the child becomes much
D) r-year olds as they can use some

equ ll
E) is said to have been completed when the child does a

puzzle very fast

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
50. Which of the following is the passage mainly

concerned with?
A) Phases of development in the acquisition of hand-eye
coordination as a key skill
B) Differences and similarities between motor

development of pre-school and school-age children
C) What kind of challenges different developmental

periods in childhood lead to
D) How pre-school children use their hands and fingers to

fulfil certain tasks
E) Hand-eye coordination as one of the easily acquired

skills for school-age children

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

passage below. 52. According to the passage, ‘lucid dreaming’ ----.
A) is a type of dream in which dreamers recognise that
they are dreaming
Dreams defy the laws of physics, the principles of logic,
and personal morality, and may reflect fears, B) is apparently th common type of dream that
frustrations, and personal desires. Often occurring in people have
story form with the dreamer as participant or observer,
dreams usually involve several characters, motion, and C) is a kind of dream i which eamers are fully awake
may include sensations of taste, smell, hearing, or pain.
The content of dreams clearly reflects daytime activities, D) r l ore subcons ous tho ts than common
even though these may be distorted to various degrees. dre s do
‘Lucid dreaming’, in which the sleeper is actually aware
of dreaming while the dream is taking place, is not E) is relate ith whethe dreamer is having a
uncommon. Although research has indicated that disturbing am or not
everyone dreams during every night of normal sleep,
many people do not remember their dreams or they
recall only the last dream prior to awakening. However,
anything remembered might be useful as some
scientists, some of whom are dream analysts, maintain
that dreams contain the dreamer’s thoughts o gs
not yet expressed or made conscious. On the other 53. Which of the following describes the scientific
hand, some others have attempted to discount the world’s perspective of dreams?
significance of dreams entirely. For example, one
hypothesis holds that dreaming is a simple and Scientists claim that dreams are important in exploring
unimportant by-product of random stimulation of brain human psychology even if they are simple
cells activated during REM sle ther dream theory by-products.
suggests that we dream to our brains of useless or B) Some scientists devalue dreams because people are
redundant information. unable to ecollect what they have in their dreams.
C) Scientists are far from reaching a prevailing

consensus over the value of dreams in human life.
D) More scientists than analysts consider dreams as

51. Which of the following is a characteristic something that can be used to understand people.
eams?
A) y express everyday activities in a E) A good majority of scientists consider dreams as a
r. means for freeing our minds from undesirable content.
rticipants in their dreams most of
the general rules of physics, but

values.
54. Which could be the best title for the passage?
D) Fea sappointments may be a result of bad
dreams. A) The Incomprehensible World of Dreams
E) It is possible for dreamers to have some sensory B) The Use of Dreams in Psychoanalysis
experience while dreaming.
C) Common Forms of Dreams
D) The Effects of Dreaming in Daily Life
E) Intellectual Benefits of Having Dreams

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

passage below. 56. According to the passage, the most commonly used
material in dairy processing equipment ----.
A) can help manufacturers of dairy foods produce tastier
Various equipment is used in the production and products
processing of milk and milk products, including milking
machines, cream separators, pasteurisers, B) is corrosion-proo ev n cases of prolonged contact
homogenisers, butter-making equipment, and related with corrosive age s
items of equipment. The equipment must be easy to
clean and designed to prevent contamination of the milk C) is mixture of two di rent m ls to increase
or milk products from dirt, oil, soluble metals, insects,
and other foreign materials. Stainless steel, an alloy of
chromium and steel, is widely used and is highly D) would ll be hig resi nt to corrosion if the oxide
satisfactory for direct contact with milk and other food layer we removed
products. If properly used, stainless steel does not affect
the flavour and is corrosion-resistant to food products. E) includes a pr ctive layer that gets hardened when in
However, corrosion of stainless steel may be caused by contact with chl e
prolonged contact with food or by removal of the
protective oxide layer, which must be maintained to
provide corrosion resistance. The layer is removed by
prolonged contact with chlorine. Stainless ste ces
must be cleaned regularly after use with detergent
solutions, and should be sanitised before use so that
excessive chlorine contact will be avoided. Most modern 5 Why is dairy processing equipment designed with
dairy equipment is designed to be cleaned in place, ooth surfaces?
without disassembly, by pumping detergents and
A) To make sure that all surface of the equipment is in
cleaning solutions through the ystem. Equipment
contact with chlorine
is specially designed to avo pockets, to provide
smooth surfaces to avoid ild-up of the product on
B) To speed p the processing of milk and to produce
food-contact surfaces.
higher quality dairy products
C) To facilitate the process of disassembling the

equipment for further cleaning
D) To prevent the accumulation of dairy products on the

55. hich of the following is one mai ure of surface of the equipment
dair ng equipment?
E) To improve safety and to enable manufacturers to
roducts from impurities
clean the equipment without removing the parts
solutions from changing the aste
contact of the equipment with milk
D) Ea intanence of the equipment 58. Which could be the best title for the passage?
E) Focusing on the production rather than the products A) How to Promote Manufactured Dairy Products
B) Cleanliness as the Main Criteria for Milking
C) Mass Production of Milk and Dairy Products
D) Common Causes of Contamination in Dairy Products
E) Main Features of the Equipment for Dairy Production

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

passage below. 60. It can be understood from the passage that DNA
analysis of old bones ----.
A) provides a valuable insight only if the findings
Genetic testing of a 90,000-year-old sliver of bone from are compared t her sequenced genomes
a 13-year-old girl has provided clear evidence of
interbreeding between two distinct groups of early B) reveals a strong se lance between the DNA of
humans, something reseachers had long suspected. Neanderthals and eni ans
Earlier analysis of the girl’s mitochondrial DNA had
shown that her mother was of Neanderthal ancestry. In C) often includes mista s and -ups
addition to the studies carried out before, the new
research, this time led by paleogeneticists at the Max D) ha een e previou y by other researchers
Planck Institute, examined her entire genome. They
then compared it to previously sequenced E) had nev been attem at the Max Planck Institute
paleogenomes, including those of other ancient
humans. The results were unambiguous – the girl’s DNA
matched Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes to an
equal degree. She had a Neanderthal mother and a
Denisovan father. “When I first saw this combined
ancestry, I got worried that I had made a mistake in the
lab, and that this was somehow a mix-up of tw ent 61. The initial attitude of Slon’s colleagues towards her
bones,” says Max Planck’s Viviane Slon. “It was only findings can be best described as ----.
after repeating the experiments several times, and
consistently seeing the same result, that I convinced A) neutral B) supportive
myself – and my colleagues – that the girl’s mixed
ancestry was real.” The team’s finding of a direct C) sceptical D) envious
offspring of a Neanderthal and ovan implies that
individuals from the two gro s mixed when they had E) indifferent
the opportunity to meet. “ ken together with evidence
that Neanderthals and D isovans also with
ancient modern humans says Slon s sugg ts that
different groups of human av ays mixed en
encountering each other.”
62. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn

based on the results indicated in the passage?
A) Interbreeding among different ethnic groups is not a
59. ing is true of the genetic testing modern concept.
oned in the passage?
B) It was previously inconceivable that early humans
DNA testing was performed on an could interbreed.
terbreeding.
C) More research is needed to conclusively identify the
one on which mitochondrial testing extent of early interbreeding.
D) Irregularities in genetic purity in different ethnic groups

C) Previous genetic testing on it contradicted the one started in Neanderthal times.
done at the Max Planck Institute.
E) Researchers do not need to compare the entire
D) The findings of the recent research on it have genome to identify the extent of interbreeding.
confirmed a long-standing theory.
E) The research done at the Max Planck Institute was the

first one to involve paleogeneticists in a study to prove
interbreeding.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

64. Adam:
option to complete the dialogue.
 So anyway, I heard that the registration deadline
for summer school is fast approaching. You’d
better hurry up d register if you want to take
63. Daisy: that physics cl ou’ve been going on and on
 Thank you for your presentation about the about.
differences between the flu and cold, but I missed
the part about how their symptoms differ. Lara:
 ----
Presenter:
 Well, when you have a cold, the symptoms show Adam
up primarily above your neck, but if it is the flu,  Wow at sou like fantastic holiday,
you have the symptoms both above and below someth I can onl m of.
your neck.
Lara:
Daisy:  Well, if you kee p your good grades like you
 ---- always have, I’m sure you’ll land a good job after
graduation and be able to travel wherever you
Presenter: want someday.
 Yes! When you have a cold, things get w
slowly, but the flu hits you like a high-speed train A) Thanks for keeping me on track, but I wish I could go
on holiday instead of going to summer school.
A) I see. Then, the best thing to do is to rest up when you
have a cold. Yeah, I will. Speaking of summer, did I tell you that
after summer school I’ve got a trip to China booked?
B) Alright, and you also mentione some facts about their I’m finally going to climb The Great Wall.
severity.
C) Sure thing. I’m ready to get this physics class out of
C) So, we can say that t flu and cold have similar the way. By the way, did I mention my summer holiday
impacts. plans?
D) I need to get on that soon since I’ve wanted to take

D) I believe you also said th en we have the u, we
this class for ages. So I will have some time to go on
have a terrible headache.
holiday this summer.
E) It’s not hard to imagine why so ny le confuse E) Yep, it’s on my to-do list, but there are always so many
cold and the flu. things keeping me busy that I feel it’s high time for a
bit of rest and relaxation.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
65. Rob: 66. Kim:

 How lucky that they’ve found over 80 fossilised  Hey! Look at what I’ve just read. Did you know
dinosaur footprints that have survived for over that the game darts evolved in the 20th century
100 million years in England! from military tra ing?
Sherry: Hailey:
 ----  Well, I don’t thin hat orrect. Darts were in use
as early as the Mi le A . Archers used these
Rob: heavily weighted h d arro in close combat.
 Well, the animal has to step in a sediment that is
pliable enough to record their footprint, but not so Kim:
pliable that it gets washed away before being  How uld yo ssibl know so much about
protected by another layer of fresh sediment. darts? I dn’t know ere a fan!
Sherry: Hailey:
 Is that so? Seems like a lot of luck is involved  ----
then.
Kim:
A) Yes, that’s an incredibly rare find!
 Oh, now I know where that interest comes from.
B) What’s luck got to do with fossilisation? A) Everyone in England knows how darts became a big
pub sport about a hundred years ago.
C) What’s the significance of these footprints though?
I was reading a book about Anne Boleyn which has a
D) Wow! I wish I were lucky enough to discover them. long part explaining the origins of darts.
E) I didn’t know England ha he type of sediment C) The traditional setting of darts are pubs and bars and
required for fossilisatio this has created several misconceptions about it,
concealing ts origins in military training.
D) You need to read more history so you can know how

almost everything we modern people do already
existed in this or that form thousands of years ago.
E) The National Darts Association is planning to start a

campaign to educate the public about darts.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

67. Mr. Jackson:
rephrased form of the given sentence.
 The price of the innocent mistakes allowed by our
current software-based security is simply too
high.
68. Genuine laughte ers the release of
Mrs. Swanson: mood-boosting en or ins, which leads to a higher
 ---- tolerance for pain.
A) Mood-enhancing e orphi are released only when
Mr. Jackson: pe ple laugh heartily nd thu ey can tolerate pain
 Exactly. That’s why our networked world needs r
better approaches to cybersecurity.
B) Peop can tol e mor pain if their mood is
Mrs. Swanson: enhanc by endor hich cause hearty laughter.
 Yeah. Just patching the software after a
cyberattack, and hoping for the best is not good C) If people wa o enhance their mood, they should
enough. laugh heartily a tolerate pain better, which helps
them release end rphins.
A) Right. This sort of restructuring is likely to be a
sensible solution to our cybersecurity problems. D) To be able to laugh heartily by releasing endorphins
that enhance their mood, people have to tolerate pain
B) I couldn’t agree more. As critical infrastruct better.
becomes more and more interconnected, we create
more points of vulnerability that can be exploited. E) When people laugh heartily, their bodies release
endorphins that enhance their mood, and they can
C) Data fraud and cyberattacks, however, are listed in its tolerate pain better.
top five most likely global risks by the World Economic
Forum.
D) To be honest, softwar rogrammers who have many

effective ways of prot ting a network iety are
the best way of deali with this lem.
E) Fortunately, the risk of exposing sensitive pe nal

data has dramatically decreased recently th ks to
software innovations. 69. Some aspects of juvenile animal behaviour are
precursors to adult animal behaviour, while others
are vital for the survival of the young animal.
A) Because certain features of juvenile animal behaviour
are essential to the survival of the young animal, adult
animal behaviour is presupposed by others.
B) Though some sides of juvenile animal behaviour are

crucial to the survival of a young animal, other aspects
predetermine adult animal behaviour.
C) Even though some characteristics of juvenile animal

behaviour give an example of adult animal behaviour,
others are vital to the young animals that survive.
D) While a few aspects of juvenile animal behaviour give

us a preview of adult animal behaviour, others show
us which young animals will survive.
E) Although certain features of juvenile animal

behaviour predict adult animal behaviour, others
determine the likelihood of a young animal surviving.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
70. According to a study, 74% of photos we snap on our 71. Although there are no known side effects
mobile phones are never looked at again, with associated with recommended dosages of saffron
selfies being the most easily forgotten shots. preparations in healthy individuals, people with
A) Research suggests that it is easy to forget that we chronic medical c ditions should consult with
have taken a selfie and 74% of such photos are taken their healthcare sional before taking the herb.
with our mobile phones. A) If saffron prepara ns e consumed in sufficient
amounts by health indi als and provide only
B) A study suggests that 74% of photos we take using
benefits, then, it go witho saying that patients with
our mobile phones consist of selfies that are not
ch ic medical cond ons ca afely take them after
viewed again, which makes us forget them easily.
c ult their health re spec st.
C) It was revealed by a research study that we easily
forget to take a look again at 74% of photos we take B) It is a able for ivid ls with chronic medical
with our mobile phones and selfies are some of them. condition o see their hcare specialist prior to
taking saffr treatments despite there being no side
D) A study finding pointed out that selfies are among 74% effects in hea people when taking the herb in
of photos we take which we easily forget to look at suggested amou .
again on our mobile phones.
C) While little is known about the dangers for healthy
E) A study revealed that 74% of photos taken with our individuals taking saffron preparations, it is certain that
mobile phones are not viewed again, inclu es, people with chronic medical conditions should
which are the shots that we forget the most easily. approach their healthcare professional before
consuming the herb.
Since healthy individuals can freely take saffron

preparations, patients with chronic medical illnesses
can, after seeing their healthcare professional, take
the herb in recommended dosages.
E) Regardless of how much saffron an individual with a

chronic medical condition can take after consulting
their healthcare specialist, a healthy person has to
take only the recommended amounts of the herb to
avoid any side effects.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH

option to complete the missing part of the 73. Thousands of individual parts make up the modern
passage. automobile. Much like the human body, these parts
are arranged into several semi-independent
systems, each wit a different function. ---- The
72. The decline of England’s wild bees has been linked automobile cont imilar circulatory systems to
for the first time to the use of neonicotinoid cool the engine us g id (mostly water) and to
pesticides on oilseed rape farms. ---- But recently, circulate oil and fu wit the system. The engine
Ben Woodcock at the Centre for Ecology and ─ the ‘heart’ of the a omo ─ is comprised of
Hydrology in Wallingford, UK, and his colleagues pisto s, cylinders, tub s to d er fuel to the
have studied data on 62 bee species from 31,800 cyl nd other co ponent ach system is
surveys across more than 4,000 square kilometres nece ry fo aking th automobile run and
of land. They have found that populations across all reducin oise an ollu n.
species declined by average of 7 percent after 2002,
A) For exam , our circul y system comprises the
when farmers started widely using neonicotinoids heart, blood ssels, and blood.
on oilseed rape, and species that feed on rapeseed
were hit three times as hard as those that do not. B) The major syste of an automobile include the
A) Researchers have concluded that many other factors engine, fuel system, transmission, and electrical
affect bee-to-bee communication, such as climate system.
change and disease.
C) When an automobile is designed, the arrangement
B) These pesticides do not only contribute to the decline and type of components depend on various factors.
in the number of wild bee species, but they also hurt
their ability to reproduce. ) Furthermore, the dependence on petroleum fuel of
automobiles leads to power struggles and thus
C) The effects such pesticides have on bees have been influences global politics.
documented before, but the no strong evidence
focusing particularly on nicotinoid pesticides. E) Automobiles have given great freedom of movement
as well as comfort to their owners.
D) Studies done on wild es that eat plan with
neonicotinoid pesticid have not ed r ble
results, so researcher ow lo or different asons
for bee decline.
E) In February 2018, the European Union ap ved the

ban on neonicotinoid pesticide an rt to protect
bees and other valuable pollinator insects.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
74. As elephants walk through the forest or savanna, 75. Cities are dense with impermeable sidewalks and
they leave big footprints behind them. These marks streets, so the concrete jungle does not exactly
then fill with water, creating microhabitats for other absorb excess water during storms. The result:
forms of life. Researchers at Germany’s University destructive flash f ods. To help, a Danish
of Koblenz-Landau analysed the contents of 30 architectural firm developed a tile-based
footprints in Uganda. They found at least 61 different modular paving sy e hat collects and distributes
micro-invertebrate species, including mites. ---- rainwater. ---- The s ste aptures water from roofs,
Nevertheless, the study adds to a body of research streets, and parking ts, a delivers it to nearby
suggesting that elephants play vital roles in their perm able landscape – such garden boxes or
ecosystems. par s – where it an be a rbed. The firm
A) Researchers also think that this study serves as one has a ady g n a few openhagen sidewalks a
more reminder of what we could lose if the illegal face-lift s year t st o the tiles. But even
hunting crisis in Africa continues. before tha periment ished, Toronto and
several other ies have put in requests for the
B) Because elephants weigh upward of 6,000 kilograms, rain-draining m rial.
they make quite an impression with their giant A) Since permable p vements come in different
footprints. forms, urban planners in other countries prefer to
C) Thanks to this study, researchers have proven use a type of porous asphalt to absorb storm run-off.
without doubt that elephant footprints teem e. B) Plants could be considered a necessity since they
offer many perks to cities including shade, beauty, and
D) This work is in its early stage and more needs to be
habitat for wildlife.
done to understand how heavily the tiny species rely
on these footprint worlds. These tiles resemble a normal paved surface but have
small holes in them that funnel storm run-off into
E) The most common species f in these footprints horizontally connected channels.
were mayflies, backswim rs, leeches and
gastropods. D) Roads, sidewalks, and terraces connect people but
are often also impermeable to rain or flood waters.
E) One concern environmentalists have is preventing

storm run-off from mixing with everyday pollutants like
fertiliser and sewage.

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
76-80: For these questions, choose the irrelevant

78. (I) Some people believe that we are a long way away
sentence in the passage.
from robots or instruments with artificial intelligence
replicating our human intelligence processes and
expanding beyond t em without human support. (II) A
76. (I) Radar and its laser counterpart lidar can detect few years before ath, Stephen Hawking, the noted
out-of-sight objects. (II) But haze, rain, smoke and dust cosmologist and sc n opulariser, warned that
throw these tools off by scattering light and radio waves. artificial intelligence ully veloped, “could spell the
(III) By using statistical analysis and modeling, end of the human rac ” (III) n Musk, a private
researchers reconstruct objects in 3-D. (IV) Now optics investor in space trave has is d similar warnings
researchers at the University of Central Florida have latel What both m were c erned about when
taken advantage of this property to track a moving they re d their idea is the mi ry applications of
object hidden by a simulated fog. (V) By analysing subtle artificia tellige . (V) Al ough, so far, there are not
changes that an object creates in a pattern of scattered high leve f military end g to further advance
light, the researchers can instantly obtain the object’s artificial inte ence, it mig e assumed that the actual
direction and speed. spending coul e obscured due to security concerns.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
79. (I) Nobody knows exactly where music came from

77. (I) Current research indicates that there has been an
because there are no written records. (II) A good guess
increase in references to hea and eight loss in
would be that thousands of years ago, primitive peoples
food advertisements. (II) F d advertisers use a range
used music in much the same way as we use it now: to
of well-known figures wh enjoy widespread recognition
communicate, to pass time while working, to express joy
to act as spokespeople a product a c mend it
or sadness, or to mark a special occasion. (III) Flutes
to the public. (III) Especia after , advertis were
were among the earliest instruments to be found in all
aware of the relationship be n popular cultur dols
parts of the world. (IV) The first instrument was the one
and their audiences. (IV) Such important early f res
every person is born with—the body. (V) We have
included movie stars and popular entertainer V) The
voices to sing and shout with, hands to clap, and feet to
l st was later extended to include t isi ars and
stamp and this is enough to create melody and rhythm,
i dividuals from occupations such as politics, sports, the
the two basic elements of music.
art s.
C) III D) IV E) V

2019-YDS/3/ENGLISH
80. (I) The naming of constellations dates back to ancient

civilisations. (II) In 140 AD the ancient Greek astronomer
Claudius Ptolemy catalogued and named 48
constellations visible from Alexandria, Egypt. (III) All but
one of those 48, Argo Navis (Argonauts’ Ship), which
was subdivided in the 1750s into four separate
constellations, are still included in present-day star
catalogues. (IV) Stars, nebulae, or galaxies in the same
constellation may or may not have anything in common.
(V) Many new constellations were named in later
centuries, mostly in previously uncharted parts of the
sky in the Southern Hemisphere and those with
originally Greek names were later changed with Latin
equivalents by which they are still known today.
END OF THE TEST

24
CHECK YOUR ANSWERS
OSYM001
2019 YABANCI DİL BİLGİSİ SEVİYE TESPİT SINAVI - 3
2019 - YDS/3
01-12-2019
TEST OF ENGLISH TEST OF ENGLISH
1. A 48. B
2. C 49. B
3. A 50. A
4. B 51. E
5. C 52. A
6. D C
7. B 5 A
8. E 55.
9. C 56. C
10. D 57. D
11. B 58. E
12. B 59. D
13. C 60. D
14. B 61. C
15. C 62. A
16. B 63. B
17. D 64. B
18. E 65. B
19. 66. B
0. E 67. B
21. D 68. E
22. B 69. B
D 70. E
24. E 71. B
25. A 72. C
26. C 73. A
27. B 74. D
28. C 75. C
29. D 76. C
30. D 77. A
31. C 78. A
32. D 79. C
33. D 80. D
34. C
35. C
36. D
37. D
38. B
39. D
40. D
41. C
42. E
43. D
44. A
45. C
46. C
47. D

1 Aralik 2019

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

1 Aralik 2019

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

T.C.

Ölçme, Seçme ve Yerleştirme Merkezi

YABANCI DİL BİLGİSİ

This test consists of 80 questions.

1-6: For these questions, choose the best word or

5. rting in 1640, Evliya Çelebi began a career of

A) extension B) re ence C) stretched D) emigrated

C) jeopardy D) distinction E) circulated

6. Assimilation is a voluntary or involuntary process by

A) pervasive B) restraining C) make out D) take on

C) insignificant D) disruptive E) bring about

1 Go on to the next page

7-16: For these questions, choose the best

A) hit / was warming B) being moved / do

B) has hit / has been warming C) m ng / do

C) hits / had been warming D) having ved / to h ne

E) had hit / had warmed

10. e Common European Framework of Reference for

11. People in some countries are brainwashed ---- an

2 Go on to the next page

13. Feminism made an important difference to British

14. Su ennis in the 19th century, croquet is

3 Go on to the next page

17-21: For these questions, choose the best

Old blood may damage organs and contribute to ageing. C) when D)

C) compensate for D) put off

4 Go on to the next page

22-26: For these questions, choose the best

C) fall behind D) go off C) arrives D) will arrive

E) run out E) was arriving

C) apart from D) in case of

5 Go on to the next page

27-36: For these questions, choose the best

E) they earn huge amounts of money thanks to their

30. ---- unless it is integrated into a meaningful

E) undertook extensive social and

6 Go on to the next page

E) with the formation of the American Medical

34. ----, Alsace's long history of political insecurity and

7 Go on to the next page

37-42: For these questions, choose the most

Bilimsel araştırmalardaki doğru ölçümler, bilim

B) they prevented the acquisition of immova properties

sible to ensure the welfare and

danger in allowing Europeans

E) ing aid from a foreign power would

8 Go on to the next page

E) Çikolatanın cilt yaşla asının b erini ya lattığı,

D) When people first used the word meat, they simply

E) When people first used the word meat, it basically

9 Go on to the next page

E) People with high blood pressure should re ce their

10 Go on to the next page

43-46: Answer these questions according to the

C) comes at a high cost both physically and

hich resembled the cancerous

C) could be used in diagnosis of some diseases in the

D) should be trained using food for motivation to achieve

E) will definitely play a significant part in the future

11 Go on to the next page

47-50: Answer these questions according to the

C) It is the ultimate achievement that the child can reach