EŞ ANLAM / TEST 1 (40 ADET SORU)
TEST 1
1. As regards its textile industry, Turkey has
recently come to a remarkable point in the
world market.
A) The only industry that Turkey is
noticeable for in the world market
is the textile industry.
B) Turkey's achievements in the
textile industry is likely to make
her gain a significant place in the
world market.
C) The demand for better products in
the world market recently has
stimulated quality products in
Turkish textile industry.
D) The point in the world market
which the Turkish textile industry
has reached recently is due to its
quality products.
E) In the world market recently the
Turkish textile industry has
attained a noticeable position.
2. Such a major operation as this has proved
completely successful in very few cases.
A) Such an important operation has
never proved to be entirely
successful so far.
B) Tills case is the first one in which
an important operation has been
successfully accomplished.
C) In addition to this one, they have
been significantly successful in a
few operations before.
D) They have performed very successful
operations on several occasions in
cases similar to this.
E) There aren't many cases in which
an important operation like this
has been fully successful.
3. I'm likely to leave the office before he turns
up.
A) I'd like to leave the office after he
has come.
B) I may well have left the office by the
time he arrives.
C) I don't have to wait here in the office
until he returns.
D) I want to leave the office before he
arrives.
E) He won't be able to find me in the
office when he comes back.
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4. We haven't heard from her for at least
two months.
A) The last time we received some news
from her was more than two months
ago.
B) After she left here, we didn't receive
any news from her for about two
months.
C) It had been almost two months by
the time we heard from her again.
D) We last saw her exactly two months
ago.
E) We hope to have heard from her in
two months' time.
5. I turned down his offer, having always
found him more of a hindrance than a
help.
A) Thinking that it might hinder me, I
rejected his offer.
B) I didn't accept his offer, though I
knew that he was trying to help me.
C) He has always been a nuisance for
me rather than being useful, so I
declined his offer.
D) Instead of rejecting his offer directly,
I implied that it didn't seem
a suitable one in my case.
E) It would have hindered me if I hadn't
declined his offer.
6. It's the symptoms of an illness that
indicate to doctors what a patient is
suffering from.
A) Doctors can't ignore the symptoms
in diagnosing a patient's illness.
B) Diagnosis and treatment of an
illness depends entirely on the
doctor's ability.
C) It's only doctors that can diagnose
an illness by considering its
symptoms.
D) Doctors diagnose a patient's illness
through its symptoms.
E) A patient should explain the symptoms
very well so that the doctor can
diagnose his illness precisely.
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7. It is entirely a matter of opinion to find 10. A lasting peace will be established in

television beneficial or harmful,
A) Whether television is useful or not
depends completely on people's
points of view.
B) Many people totally disagree with
those who believe that television is
useful,
C) It's largely believed that the use of
television is outweighed by its
harm.
D) It has always been a matter of
discussion whether television is
useful or harmful.
E) Considering its vast benefit, it is
impossible to say that television is
harmful.
8. The weather forecaster says the outlook for
the whole week is for more snow.
11. It was not until I spoke to him that I
A) More snow is predicted by the
weather forecaster for the rest of
the week.
B) The outlook for the week is that
snow will continue, though less
heavily.
C) According to the weather report,
more snow is predicted during the
week.
D) Considering the weather forecast,
we can look forward to snow
throughout the week.
E) As more snow is expected till the
end of the week, the weather
forecaster warns people to look out.
9. It says on the packet that two tablets will
bring relief from pain in a few minutes.
the area only if both sides accept the
agreement.
A) If both sides agree on this treaty,
there will be a hope for long-term
peace in the area.
B) A durable peace in the area cannot
be achieved just through the
agreement of both sides.
C) The only way to establish a
long-term peace in the area is to
persuade all sides to sign the
treaty.
D) There won't be durable peace in the
area unless both sides agree on the
treaty.
E) If only both sides were to accept the
agreement, they'd be able to
establish the peace very soon.
realised how serious the case was.
A) I was already aware that the case
was really serious when 1 talked to
him.
B) I wasn't aware, before I spoke to
him, that the case was so serious.
C) After 1 talked to him, I was convinced
that the case was as serious as
he thought.
D) As soon as he told me about the
case, I realized that he was in
serious trouble.
E) The case was so serious that I
couldn't talk to him until he
himself mentioned it to me.

A) For quick relief from pain, it says

on the packet, that you should take
at least two tablets.
B) It's impossible to deaden this pain
in a few -minutes if you don't take
two of these tablets.
C) Such strong pain can only be
numbed by taking two of these
tablets at a time, according to the
information, on the packet.
D) As it is said "on the packet, you
should be feeling alright in a few
minutes after you've taken two of
these tablets.
E) The information on the packet says
pain will be eased a few minutes
after two tablets have been taken.

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12. My son bears a strong resemblance to me 15. She won't change her mind even if you
as a child, but he is not as naughty as I speak to her.
was.
A) Unless she revises her opinion, you
shouldn't talk to her.
A) Although my son takes after me in
B) If you speak to her, then she definitely
many ways, his behavior is
won't do anything different.
different from mine.
C) It won't make any difference if you
B) Apart from my being more
talk to her because she'll still do as
mischievous, my son reminds me
she likes.
very much of myself in childhood.
D) She has made her mind up, so
C) I'm glad that my son looks so much
don't bother trying to persuade her
like me and that he isn't so
to change it.
mischievous as I used to be.
E) Talking to her may be the only way
D) When I was a child I was very
to get her to think again.
badly-behaved, and now I can see
this reflected in my own son.
16. As she attempted to settle the argument
E) The similarities between myself as
between her parents, they grew more
a child and my son are very
and more offensive.
marked, especially considering our
naughtiness.
A) The harder she tried to stop her
parents from quarrelling, the more
13. The value of Turkish currency has fallen
insulting they became.
noticeably over the recent months.
B) By the time she decided to
intervene in their quarrel, her
A) During the past few months
parents had already become rude to
Turkish currency seems to have
each other.
lost its value.
C) Her parents attacked each other
B) It is significant that the value of
just as she was trying to settle the
Turkish Lira has dropped so much
argument.
in the previous months.
D) She attempted more than the
C) Over the last few months there has
others to stop the argument
been a visible change in the value
between her parents.
of Turkish currency.
E) As she grew older, she played a
D) The most apparent difference to be
great role in keeping her parents
seen from recent months is the fall
from arguing.
in value of Turkish currency.
E) There has been a dramatic
17. It seems to me that his real identity will
decrease in the value of Turkish
always remain a secret.
Lira in the last few months.
A) The truth about him should never
14. Thinking that city life was beyond their
be told to anyone.
endurance, they resorted to their home
B) I think that he kept his genuine
town.
identity hidden from me.
C) I don't think anyone will ever know
A) City life was so attractive for them
who he actually was.
that they abandoned their home town
D) He has kept quiet about himself
to live in the city.
and will never reveal anything to
B) Unable to stand living in the city
me.
any longer, they decided that their
E) have never believed that he is the
home town might have more to
person he claims to be.
offer.
C) They tried living in the city for a
while but their strong feelings for
their home town drove them back.
D) They returned to their home town
as they found the conditions in the
city unbearable.
E) They have no option but to move to
their home town, city life becoming
unaffordable with each day.

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18. We haven't had any reason for complaint
until this occasion.
A) Only recently has it become necessary for
us to complain.
B) This is the first time that we've fell
the need to complain.
C) We hadn't complained about,
anything for a long time.
D) Except for this occasion, we haven't
ever complained without a concrete
cause.
E) We've been reasonably satisfied
with everything so far.
19. When choosing your career, it is important
to match your skills with your interests and
your personality.
A) It is necessary to have hobbies and
character, as well as talents, if you
wish to follow your ambitions.
B) Your talents reflect your interests
and character and this is of
significance when deciding on a job.
C) A person should think about personal
points and not just skills when selecting an
interesting job.
D) You ought to decide on a profession
in which your skills coincide with
your personality and interests.
E) You cannot decide upon your future
until you have assessed how well
your skills go with your ambition.
20. She is not exactly keen on cooking, but
prefers it to washing up.
A) Even though she doesn't like
cookery much, she'd rather do it
than wash up.
B) It is preferable to do the cooking
rather than tin: washing up.
C) She really enjoys cookery but
always neglects the washing up.
D) Cookery isn't one of her interests
and neither is washing up.
E) Although she isn't at all good at
cooking, she's taken on that
responsibility in order to avoid
washing up.
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21. She would have died if the operation
had been just a bit delayed.
A) As they were late with the operation
she came very close to death.
B) They were only just in time to save
her life when they operated.
C) The operation was only performed
when they realized that she was
about to die.
D) They were late doing the operation
but luckily she didn't die.
E) It was decided that delaying the
operation further would endanger
her life.
22. Even if you haven't been involved in an
accident so far, you may still have one
any moment in the future.
A) Your not having had an accident so
far can give us an idea about your
future performance.
B) It doesn't mean that you won't have
any accidents in the future just
because you haven't had one up to
now.
C) Instead of blaming yourself for the
accidents you've had up to now, try
to be more careful in the future not
to have one.
D) A driver may not be involved in any
accident in his life, but he must
still be careful in order not to have
one in the future.
E) Because you haven't had an accident
so far, we can at least assume that
the possibility of your having one in
the future is slight.
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23. It was not until 1962 that the first
communications satellite could be sent up.
A) Man failed in his first attempt to
send a communications satellite
up in 1962.
B) A number of communications
satellites have been sent up since
the first one in 1962.
C) It was only in 1962 that man was
able to send a communications
satellite up for the first time.
D) It was a remarkable point in
humans' history when the first
communication satellite was sent
up in 1962
E) After the first communications
satellite had been sent up in 1962,
several others followed it.
24. There are few students who occasionally
find it very boring to listen to his lectures.
A) For most of the students, his
lectures are usually quite
interesting.
B) Sometimes students think that his
lectures are rather boring.
C) Only a few of the students think that
his lectures are very boring.
D) There are always a few students
who don't find his lectures very
interesting.
E) He can sometimes give lectures
which are found interesting by
most of the students
25. It was not the painting itself but its frame
that attracted everybody's
interest, except for mine.
A) I was the only person who was interested
in the painting itself rather than its frame.
B) The frame was so attractive that
everybody was interested in it more than
they were in the painting itself.
C) Despite what everybody said, I liked both
the frame and the
painting itself.
D) For me, the frame looked more attractive,
but everybody else was
interested in the painting itself.
E) It was the others but not me who were
attracted more by the painting
itself than by its frame
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26. We hadn't expected that we'd have so
much difficulty finding a flat near our
work.
A) We found a flat near our work
much more easily than we'd
expected.
B) To find a flat close to our work was
much more difficult than we'd
expected.
C) We'd already expected that it'd be
rather difficult to find a flat close to
our work.
D) It was certain that we'd have great
difficulty finding a flat near our
work.
E) Because the flat was not close to
our work, it was even more difficult
to commute than we'd expected
27. The plays of Shakespeare are
regarded as without any parallel in the
literary world.
A) Although Shakespeare is known to
be the best of all the playwrights
his other works have no literary
value.
B) In the literary world, Shakespeare
is thought to be unique as a
playwright.
C) No one in the literary world has
been able to write as well as
Shakespeare did.
D) Everyone who has read a play by
Shakespeare thinks that he is
better than all the other
playwrights.
E) Shakespeare is the only playwright
who is loved by everybody who has
read his works.
28. During the next public holiday, all
shops and services will remain open,
except for banks.
A) Even the banks will be closed over
the next public holiday.
B) All shops and services will not close
despite the public holiday, including
banks.
C) Because of the public holiday,
the shops and services, as well as
the banks, won't be open.
D) No shops and services, apart from
banks, will be open on the .next
public holiday.
E) It is only the banks that won't be
open over the next public holiday
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29. No one can possibly fail to realise, upon
seeing their house, that it has been
tastefully furnished.
A) The first thing you'll notice upon
entering their house is that they
have been really tasteful in their
choice of furniture.
B) It is impossible 'for anyone to
appreciate their choice of furniture
when seeing how .tastelessly it has
been chosen.
C) Everyone seeing their house is
certain to get the impression that it
has been furnished in a manner
showing good taste.
D) One can easily understand how
tasteless they arc just by looking at
the furniture in their house.
E) The way people furnish their houses
can give an Idea to the visitors
whether they have good taste or
not.
30. You are playing your music so loudly that I
can't concentrate on my work.
A) Could you possibly turn down your
music so that I can concentrate on
my work?
B) What I need most In order to do my
work is a quiet environment, but
your loud music makes it
impossible.
C) If you could play your music a bit
more quietly, I might not be
distracted.
D) The high volume of the music you
are playing distracts me from my
work.
E) I found it really difficult to do my
work while you were listening' to
music at such a high volume.
31. Besides putting on false hair, he wore dark
glasses, yet he was still recognized.
A) He put false hair on as well as
wearing dark glasses In order not
to be recognised.
B) He might have been recognised if
he hadn't put on false hair and
worn dark glasses.
C) His recognition was inevitable even
if he had put false hair on and
worn dark glasses.
D) In addition to putting on false hair
he wore dark glasses so that no one.
would recognise him!
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E) He couldn't avoid being recognised
despite the false hair and dark
glasses.
32. They only fire an employee when they
feel sure that he is quite useless.
A) They believe that it's worth training
an employee who shows promise
for the future.
B) Their policy is not to dismiss an
employee unless he proves to be
hopeless.
C) Naturally they want to employ only
those who will be useful for them.
D) When they are certain that an
employee is hopeless; they give him
the sack without delay.
E) They believe that useless workers
are not worth keeping in employment
for long.
33. He thought the meal was going to be
virtually a disaster, yet it turned out to
be quite the opposite.
A) Contrary to what he'd expected, the
meal was a real success.
B) Actually, he'd thought the meal
wouldn't be ready when the guests
turned up.
C) Whatever he did, he couldn't help
producing a meal which was almost
catastrophic.
D) Expecting the meal to be splendid,
he was shocked to produce a real
disaster.
E) He was expecting the meal to be.
really catastrophic; however, it
wasn't that bad.
34. The primary influence on a pupil's
career choice is the attitude of home.
A) Parents should direct their children
to make a sensible choice of career.
B) The family plays a significant role
upon the student's choosing a
successful profession.
C) A student is mainly affected by his
family when deciding upon his
profession.
D) When students decide on their
future career, they usually take
their parents' opinions into
account.
E) Parents should avoid trying to
influence the child excessively in
his choice of career.
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35. They should have delayed the quarrel until
after the guests had left.
A) They found it really difficult to keep
themselves from quarrelling before
the guests left,
B) Whenever they had some guests,
they used to start a quarrel in their
presence.
C) Even the guests couldn't stop them
from having 'a big row.
D) Their argument broke out as soon
as the guests had left.
E) It was wrong of them to have a row in front
of their guests.
36. However good our intentions are in
destroying the- insects eating our crops, at
the same time we deprive the birds living
on them of food.
A) We are now able to destroy the
birds that eat our crops as well as
the insects.
B) The insecticides used to combat all
kinds of insects also help us to get
rid of birds feeding on our crops.
C) Birds are useful for us in eating the
insects, but we have to fight them
when they begin to destroy our
crops.
D) Although we don't mean to, we
leave birds without food by using
insecticides on our crops.
E) We all have good intentions to
birds, for they eat insects, which
would otherwise do harm to our
crops.
37. His attitude throughout the interview
showed that he didn't have the least
interest in our offer.
A) We understood from his manner
during the interview that he wasn't at
all impressed by our offer.
B) My Impression from his manner at the
Interview is that he has little interest
in our offer.
C) During the interview, I tried to work
out the extent of his interest in our
offer
D) He implied at the interview that he
didn't find our offer very interesting.
E) During the interview, we couldn't
understand exactly how impressed he
was by our offer.
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38. You could have talked to her less
offensively.
A) I wonder how you managed to keep
yourself from being more offensive at
her remarks.
B) Fortunately, you were able to remain
calm despite her insulting remarks.
C) She wasn't a bit hurt even after your
insulting remarks.
D) Your remarks to her were
unnecessarily insulting.
E) You were more offensive throughout
the speech than she was.
39. I'd recommend you to consult a
professional about the repairs on your
car instead of attempting to do it on
your own.
A) There may be some minor repairs on
your car,
which you yourself can fix without
applying to a professional.
B) I think you should have your car
repaired by a mechanic,
rather than try it by yourself.
C) In my opinion, the trouble with your car
seems to
be a serious one, so you must take it
to a garage.
D) can't see why you don't take your car
to a mechanic, instead of trying to fix
it by yourself.
E) Thinking that you're hopeless at fixing
cars, I advise you to get it done by a
professional.
40. Admittedly, our educational system
can't respond satisfactorily to the
necessities of our time.
A) I admit that we should change our
educational system to make it fit
today's requirements.
B) Unfortunately, our educational system
still lacks lots of things even in this
modern age.
C) Modernization of our educational
system is urgently needed to catch up
with our age.
D) It's undeniable that our educational
system totally lacks the benefits of the
modern age.
E) It's true that our educational system is
far from meeting contemporary needs
to the full.
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CEVAP ANAHTARI

1. E 2. E 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. E 10. D

11. B 12. B 13. E 14. D 15. C 16. A 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A

21. B 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. B 28. E 29. C 30. D

31. E 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. E 36. D 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. E