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SECTION 1 - VOCABULARY

Questions 1 - 10: Choose the best answer to make meaningful sentences.

1. Some parents ______________ art and music lessons to be unnecessary in elementary schools.
They believe the curriculum should focus on math and science.
a) consult b) intend c) consider d) diminish

2. In her election campaign, the politician promised to ___________ against using children in
advertising.
a) legislate b) improve c) appreciate d) detect

3. The government will ___________ people in need with food and blankets as soon as the storm
passes.
a) struggle b) substitute c) imply d) supply

4. We were able to get a good interest rate on our home loan because we have an excellent
___________.
a) verdict b) truancy c) reputation d) workload

5. She ___________ her wealthy uncle’s art collection upon his death.
a) rewarded b) acquired c) underwent d) cited

6. Whether or not Turkey should join the European Union is a ___________ issue. There are many
points to take into consideration.
a) depressing b) specific c) controversial d) dominant

7. We do not know how much the repair will cost until the auto shop _______ _ the damage.
a) estimates b) exceeds c) expands d) singles out

8. In the end, the judge did not allow the evidence to be admitted in court as it was not ___________
with the case.
a) consequent b) intensive c) convicted d) connected

9. Students have to ___________ great academic success if they want to be considered for any future
scholarships or other financial aid.
a) treat b) achieve c) constrain d) fluctuate

10. A number of ___________ buyers have expressed interest in the company.

a) endangered b) potential c) available d) appropriate

SECTION 2 – USE OF ENGLISH

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Questions 11 - 20: Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

You 11) ________ associate music festivals with muddy fields and heaving crowds, but Mali's "Le Festival
au Désert" is a world away from all that. Based a few kilometers outside the historic town of Timbuktu, on
the fringes of the Sahara Desert, the festival 12) ________ by the traditional gatherings of the region's
Tuareg nomads. It's been running since 2001, bringing together musicians from the region, and beyond.

It's perhaps the only festival in the world where you can watch camel racing while 13) ________ to amped-
up desert blues, where hawkers sell headscarves rather than burgers and where you can camp in a Tuareg
tent among miles of empty sand dunes.

This year's festival, 14) ________ in January, was in doubt after the kidnap of three tourists and the killing of
another in Timbuktu, in November last year. The festival did go ahead, with an increased security presence,
but security fears and travel warnings 15) ________ many tourists away.

Those 16) ________ did make it to the three-day event saw performers including soulful Sudanese singer
Amira Kheir, Nigerien group Koudede, and an all-star tribute to the music of legendary Malian guitarist Ali
Farka Toure.

Such European musical groups as Robert Plant, Manu Chao and Damon Albarn 17) ________ at the
festival so far. This year, U2 singer Bono made a cameo appearance, 18) ________ onstage with local
favorites -- and now international stars – Tinariwen.

It's the authentic homegrown stars that really represent the festival. Among them is local Tuareg group
Tartit, 19) ________ in 1995 by a group of women who met in a refugee camp. Their song "Democracy,"
featured on the video above, is their take on the fate of the Tuareg in modern Mali, and perfectly 20)
________ the spirit of the festival, and the Sahara.

11. a) might be b) might c) might have d) can’t

12. a) has inspired b) inspired c) is inspired d) will be inspired
13. a) listen b) listening c) having listened d) had listened
14. a) that is held b) which is being held c) was held d) which was held
15. a) may have kept b) could have kept c) might keep d) should have kept
16. a) where b) which c) who d) -
17. a) perform b) have performed c) were performing d) has been performed
18. a) singing b) to sing c) sang d) had sung
19. a) was formed b) who was formed c) that was formed d) which was formed
20. a) was embodying b) embodies c) will embody d) embodied

Questions 21 - 25: Choose the option which best rewrites each sentence

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21. Much to our astonishment, he soon proved himself to be a very talented organizer.
a) The speed with which he developed his administrative potential didn't surprise us all.
b) The astonishing thing was that such a talented man should take on the organization.
c) It wasn’t long before his administrative gifts became apparent, which surprised us greatly.
d) His organizing abilities were surprisingly not recognized enough until too late.

22. Setting up one’s own business requires a good many factors to be considered.
a) A person has to bear in mind plenty of factors before starting his work.
b) When you set up your own business, you realize how many factors need attention.
c) One must weigh up lots of factors when running your own business.
d) There are too many legal requirements to meet in establishing one’s own business.

23. Usually people treat you in accordance with how you treat them.
a) If a person behaves in certain way to you, you ought to react accordingly.
b) It’s rare for people to behave in accordance with how you behave towards them.
c) Your attitude towards people generally determines their attitude towards you.
d) Your handling of people is usually reflected in their opinion of you.

24. Although the cost of living goes up steeply, people can still afford what they need, since the
salaries rise too.
a) The more the cost of living rises, the less people can afford to buy what they need.
b) People don’t seem to suffer much from the sharp increase in prices because salaries rise accordingly.
c) Because of the rapid increase in prices, it’s becoming more and more difficult to keep pace with them.
d) Prices are going up very fast, so people should try to increase their salaries to keep up with them.

25. He was advised to confirm the booking but failed to do so.

a) He won’t confirm the booking although he is advised to do so.
b) It is always advisable to confirm a booking but he never does so.
c) The booking could have been confirmed but he forgot to do so.
d) They told him it was best to confirm the booking but he didn’t listen to them.

SECTION 3 - READING

Questions 26 - 45: Choose the best answer according to the passages below.
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TEXT I

1 Many of us have read the story of the twin brothers, Romulus and Remus, who were raised by a
wolf. The story mainly focuses on how these brothers built the city of Rome but have you ever imagined the
culture shock they experienced when they went back to the world of human beings after being raised by a
wolf. Similarly, Tarzan's culture shock came when he discovered that he was not a "white ape" but a human
being. Emily Carr, Canadian artist and writer preferred the culture of the First Nations people, which did not
include school or even business activity, people spent most of their time in nature or around the fire of their
home talking, telling stories and making the things they needed to survive.
2 Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they
enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock, is the way our brain
and our personality reacts to the strange new things we encounter when we move from one culture to
another. If our culture involves bowing when we greet someone, we may feel very uncomfortable in a culture
that does not involve bowing. If the language we use when talking to someone in our own culture is
influenced by levels of formality based on the other person's age and status, it may be difficult for us to feel
comfortable communicating with people in the new culture.
3 Culture begins with the "honeymoon stage". This is the period of time when we first arrive in which
everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We may be suffering from "jet lag" but we are
thrilled to be in the new environment, seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language, eating new
kinds of food. This can last for quite a long time because we feel we are involved in some kind of great
adventure.
4 Unfortunately, the second stage of culture shock can be more difficult. After we have settled down
into our new life, working or studying, buying groceries, doing laundry, or living with a home-stay family, we
can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, girlfriend/boyfriend, pets. All the little
problems that everybody in life has seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face them in a
foreign culture. This period of cultural adjustment can be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or
pulling away from the new culture. This "rejection stage" can be quite dangerous because the visitor may
develop unhealthy habits (smoking and drinking too much, being too concerned over food or contact with
people from the new culture). This can, unfortunately lead to the person getting sick or developing skin
infections or rashes which then make the person feel even more scared and confused and helpless. This
stage is considered a crisis in the process of cultural adjustment and many people choose to go back to
their homeland or spend all their time with people from their own culture speaking their native language.
5 The third stage of culture shock is called the "adjustment stage". This is when you begin to realize
that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humor usually becomes stronger and you
realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are still
difficult, but you are now a survivor!
6 The fourth stage can be called "at ease at last". Now you feel quite comfortable in your new
surroundings. You can cope with most problems that occur. You may still have problems with the language,
but you know you are strong enough to deal with them. If you meet someone from your country who has just
arrived, you can be the expert on life in the new culture and help them to deal with their culture shock.
7 There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don't know about. This is called "reverse
culture shock". Surprisingly, this occurs when you go back to your native culture and find that you have
changed and that things there have changed while you have been away. Now you feel a little uncomfortable
back home. Life is a struggle!

26. What does “this process” in paragraph 2 refer to?

a) the way our brain reacts to strange new things
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b) feeling uncomfortable in a new culture

c) entering and living in a new culture
d) communicating with people.

27. What does “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?

a) culture
b) honeymoon stage
c) seeing new sites and hearing new sounds
d) getting involved in adventure

28. What does the word “encounter” in paragraph 2 mean?

a) retreat
b) resist
c) yield
d) come across

29. What does the word “adjustment” in paragraph 4 mean?

a) adaptation
b) disagreement
c) negotiation
d) confrontation

30. The writer gives Romulus & Remus, and Tarzan as examples because ____.
a) they were all important individuals in the cultural life of the societies they lived in
b) they exemplify how people may experience culture shock when they are introduced into a new culture
c) they rejected the new culture to which they were forced to adapt
d) they are good examples to people who could easily adapt themselves to the new culture they were
introduced to

31. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the second stage of culture shock?
a) People who can not adapt themselves to the new culture experience various problems.
b) People who can not adapt themselves to the new culture may have psychological problems.
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c) People who can not adjust themselves to the new culture may experience physical problems.
d) Facing difficulties in adapting themselves to a new culture, people have the urge to put more effort.

32. How do you feel during the fourth stage of culture shock?
a) Tense but positive
b) Relaxed
c) Negative and stressed
d) Afraid

33. Why might reverse culture shock be a problem?

a) It hardly ever happens.
b) It is extremely stressful.
c) Most people do not expect it.
d) It only happens to young people.

34. Which of the following is a good example to "reverse culture shock" explained in paragraph 7?
a) Many Turkish families living abroad have difficulty in adapting themselves to Turkey when they come back.
b) Many families who migrate to Istanbul from small cities find it difficult to adapt themselves to life in Istanbul.
c) Many Turkish families who move abroad have difficulties in adapting themselves to the culture of these
countries.
d) Many Turkish families who move abroad become indifferent to what is going on in their home country.

35. We can infer from the passage that _____.

a) the most difficult stage of cultural adaptation is when one is first introduced into a new culture, a new
environment
b) the longer one lives in a new culture, the more they feel exhausted and despaired
c) the time you spend in a new culture and how much you feel integrated in this new environment are
directly proportional
d) reverse culture shock is more difficult to cope with

TEXT II

(1) A major cause of computerphobia – the fear of using computers- is the anxiety that computers will make
human skills obsolete. Some people fear that they will lose their jobs if computers are programmed to work more

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quickly, efficiently, and less expensively than human workers are capable of doing. For many this fear is not
merely a figment of the imagination: In the past decade especially, we have seen or heard about manufacturing
jobs taken over by programmable robots. As human beings, teachers are not immune to this anxiety and often
have mixed feelings about computers in the classroom. On the one hand, teachers are excited about any
technology that promises to help them provide better education for their students. On the other hand, they may
be afraid that the computer can perform their job as well as they can. However, a computer cannot do many of
the most important acts that a human teacher performs everyday. Although computers can present material in a
methodical and patient way, they cannot provide an encouraging smile or congratulatory pat on the shoulder at
just the right moment. They cannot listen to students’ problems or facilitate cooperation among groups of
students. And they cannot know and understand students as individuals with different goals, hopes, and dreams.
Simply put, computers cannot be human. The human factor that teachers bring to education cannot be
mechanized by even the most gifted computer programmer.

36. Which of the following is the main purpose of the passage?

a) To remind that computers will make human skills unnecessary
b) To compare teachers and the computers
c) To inform readers about what the computerphobia is
d) To show that human factor cannot be mechanized and there is no reason we should fear computers

37. An appropriate title for this passage would be ____.

a) Computerphobia and Teaching
b) Mechanization of Learning
c) Computers as Future Teachers
d) Fear of Teachers

38. Computers can do many of the things as a teacher can except ____.
a) motivating students
b) facilitating material in an orderly way
c) being patient
d) never getting tired

39. According to the passage, it is logical to assume that ____.

a) computers will replace all the teachers in future
b) many of the jobs will be done more efficiently by computers in the future

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c) the manufacturing jobs cannot be easily computerized

d) no part of teaching can be mechanized

40. We needn’t worry about the computers because ____.

a) they have not taken over any jobs yet
b) human beings can do all the jobs as well as they can do
c) we are capable of doing things that they cannot do
d) children will be soon taught by efficient, and patient robot teachers

41. What does the word figment in the passage most probably mean?
a) danger
b) something imagined
c) blessing
d) development

TEXT III

Research suggests that failure doesn’t always come from a lack of ability: sometimes stereo types can
cause poor performance in a person. For instance, a woman who has always been told that women do
worse than men in math will tend to perform less well on tests as a result. Interestingly; Asian women in
Britain performed better on math tests if they thought of themselves as “Asian” rather than as “woman”. One
researcher has pointed out that stereotypes are not always necessarily harmful, and can even aid progress.
This is because they can be altered. He noted that people who have changed stereotypes, such as Steve
Biko and Emmeline Pankhurst, helped to achieve equality for the groups which they fought for.

42. It can be implied from the passage that stereotypes ______.

a) are fixed and can never change
b) always prevent the learning activity
c) in some cases can help people learn better
d) affect men more than women

43. It can be concluded from the passage that Steve Biko and Emmeline Pankhurst ______.
a) worked together to help people perform better on math

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b) were experts on stereotypes

c) improved themselves on math
d) defended the rights of a disadvantaged group

44. Which of the following is TRUE according to the given paragraph?

a) Stereotypes may cause people do worse than they actually can.
b) In addition to ability, success depends on chance.
c) Women are better problem solvers than men.
d) If you don’t have the ability to do something, it’s not possible for you to succeed.

45. The word ‘they’ refers to _____.

a) math tests
b) stereotypes
c) people who have changed stereotypes
d) researchers

SECTION 4 - LISTENING
A. WHILE LISTENING

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You are going to listen to a radio interview about an important scientific discovery. You have TWO
minutes to read the questions, and then choose the correct answer for each question. You will hear
the audio TWICE.

46. Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was _____.

a. a biologist from New Haven, Connecticut
b. a local fisherman
c. a museum curator
d. a scientist to discover a rare fish called “coelacanth”

47. Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer found a strange fish in _____.

a. South Africa
b. London, England
c. New Haven, Connecticut
d. South London

48. What color was the fish that Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer found?
a. Blue
b. Silver
c. Brownish-gold colored
d. An unusual grey

49. How big was the fish that Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer found?
a. About 5 inches long
b. About 5 feet long
c. About 5 centimeters long
d. More than 5 feet

50. What is ichthyology?

a. The study of dinosaurs
b. The study of wildlife in Africa
c. The study of fish
d. The study of rare fish species

51. Who decided that the strange fish was definitely a coelacanth?
a. Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
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b. A local fisherman
c. Dr Smith
d. Scientists

52. Why was this discovery so amazing?

a. Scientists thought that the coelacanth had been dead for millions of years.
b. Scientists thought that the coelacanth was a dinosaur.
c. Scientists thought that dinosaurs killed all coelacanth millions of years ago.
d. Scientists thought that they never lived out of the African coasts.

53. How is the coelacanth different from other fish?

a. It is bigger than most fish.
b. It can kill other living creatures that have “rostral organ”.
c. It has a strange, jelly-filled organ and a very small brain.
d. It has the smallest but the most complicated brain among all sea creatures.

54. In 1998, a young American couple ____.

a. found a coelacanth in a fish market in Indonesia
b. swam with a coelacanth off the coast of Africa
c. offered some money for a coelacanth
d. started a foundation to find and protect coelacanth

B. NOTE – TAKING

You are going to listen to a lecture about staying healthy. Listen to the lecture and take notes.

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Spread of diseases

Immune system

 Definition of immune system

 Adaptive immunity

Allergies

 Definition of allergy

 A serious allergic reaction called ___________________

How to stay healthy?

Answer the following questions using your notes.

55. According to the lecture, one major cause of the spread of disease is _____.
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b. people
traveling overseas more
c. pollution
d. microorganisms

56. The speaker says adaptive immunity means that _____.

a. people develop ability to fight diseases where they live
b. people do not get the diseases due to genetic reasons
c. people have allergic reactions
d. They can’t fight infections or diseases

57. According to the lecture, if a girl gets chicken pox, she _____.
a. will get chicken pox again
b. should expose other children to the disease
c. will develop immunity
d. must get immunized

58. One of the speaker’s main points is that people _____.

a. must have immunity to resist disease
b. should decrease their international travel
c. should not be exposed to microorganisms
d. must be all immunized

59. The speaker says that in an allergic reaction, your immune system _____.
a. is fighting substances that are normally dangerous
b. is exposed to the disease
c. is having an anaphylactic reaction
d. is working too hard

60. The main characteristic of an anaphylactic reaction is _____.

a. sneezing
b. difficulty breathing
c. red itchy eyes
d. affecting the whole body

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