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Jennifer : You know l took a course in finance, but I really cannot follow these arguments that are going on concerning the stock markets.
Colin : That's because in finance text books, markets are perfect and stock prices reflect all available financial information.
Jennifer : -----
Colin : Exactly
A) Can't they do something to ensure that individual stocks are more accurately valued?
B) But how are investors reacting?
C) Are genuine earnings actually appreciably lower than investors have been led to believe?
D) l suppose you're actually saying that in the real world this is not the case; is that it?
E) Actually, l reckon the buying and selling of stocks is basically a form of gambling; what do you think?
19.
A) commonly B) relentlessly C) dramatically
D) endlessly E) deliberately
The members of the special commission on crime, some of --- were appointed by the mayor, still meet on a regular basis.
A) that B) who
C) whom D) whose
E) which
They've been waging a long ____ to change the law.
A) cabinet
B) campaign
C) cabbage
D) cafeteria
E) council
Due to his congenital speech defect, he's always felt ___ when he is with people other than his family.
A) visible
B) convertible
C) credible
D) capable
E) uncomfortable
A busker is a street performer. They owe their origins to the jesters and travelling minstrels who entertained Egyptian Pharaohs, and Middle Age Lords. Literally defined as a person who entertains in public places for money, a busker has no set skills he must have. He can juggle, eat fire, play music, or ride a unicycle among many other things. As appreciation for a busker's performance, spectators are supposed to put coins in the performer- provided hat. You can find buskers performing around the world in places like England, Canada, Italy, and New Zealand, but not all areas welcome these street performers. Laws tend to lump buskers together as either panhandlers or vendors. Panhandlers cannot be taxed, and are illegal, so buskers face prosecution if caught. Vendors sell goods, which is what a busker's performance is termed, and need a permit for tax purposes. This method has its drawbacks as buskers seldom make large profits in the first place. Often they must be invited to perform at a location to avoid legal hassles.
48. It seems that the author of the passage mentions panhandlers and vendors in order to ----.
A) emphasize their poverty
B) show the wrong treatment buskers have to face
C) explain the fact that buskers are actually vendors
D) demonstrate how fortunate buskers are
E) prove that they both have to go to prison for tax evasion
In the early part of the twentieth century, the experiments carried out by Ernest Rutherford and his colleagues led to the idea that at the centre of an atom there is a tiny but massive nucleus. At the same time that the quantum theory was being developed and that scientists were attempting to understand the structure of the atom and its electrons, investigations into the nucleus itself had also begun. An important question to physicists was whether the nucleus had a
structure, and what that structure might be. In fact, it has so far turned out that the nucleus is a complicated entity, and even today, it is not fully understood. However, by the early 1930s, a model of the nucleus had been developed that is still useful. According to this model, a nucleus is considered as an aggregate of two types of particles: protons and neutrons. A proton is the nucleus of the simplest atom which is hydrogen. The neutron, whose existence was ascertained only in 1932 by the English physicist James Chadwick, is electrically neutral as its name implies. These two constituents of a nucleus, neutrons and protons, are referred to
collectively as “nucleons.”
It is clear from the passage that the presence of a nucleus in an atom ----.
A) had always been a controversial issue among physicists until the early 1930s
B) was understood as a result of the experiments undertaken by Rutherford and his colleagues
C) had been known for a long time before Rutherford and his colleagues clearly defined its
structure
D) was revealed only after Chadwick discovered and defined the neutron
E) is still a major question for physicists since the nature of the nucleons needs to be fully described
Genetically modified foods are any types of foods whose genes have been modified by scientists. Most often, crops such as corn, wheat and beans are genetically modified to resist pests and disease. Genetically modified foods may also be modified to resist drought and to increase the crop's yield. The United States produces the highest amount of genetically modified crops in the world, and it has been estimated that approximately 60 to 70 percent of the foods that Americans eat contain at least one genetically modified ingredient. The United States government claims that genetically modified foods are safe. However, many other countries, including the entire European Union, have banned genetically modified foods due to safety concerns.
4. One important point made in this passage is that Genetic Engineered Foods are _____.
A) not secure enough to use up by most Americans
B) raised on modern farms involves various health hazards
C) mostly produced to resist pests and disease
D) included harsh environmental regulations
E) considered one of the world's healthiest foods
In their discussions concerning the proposed defence strategies, NATO diplomats found they could not agree ______ what the alliance was ______ , what weapons it would threaten to use and in what circumstances.
A) on/for B) about/into
C) with/over D) by/about
E) before/through
(I) Devaluation of the Jamaican dollar made
Jamaican products more competitive on the world
market, and the country achieved record growth in
tourism and agriculture. (II)
Arawak Indians when
and named it St. Iago. (III) It remained under Spanish
rule until 1655, when it became a British possession.
(IV) In the following decades disease decimated the
Arawaks. (V) As a result, slaves were brought from
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
______ because each type behaves differently and has a different effect on human health.
A) On a global scale, most particulates come from natural sources
B) Solid particulates include grit from building sites and soot from industrial chimneys
C) Fortunately larger particles do not pose a health risk
D) Flied experiments on wind-borne sand and dust had already been carried out
E) The study of particulates is an arduous one
The fire ---- unless we ---- enough wood on it.
A) would go out / will put
B) would have gone /put
C) went out / would put
D) had gone out / would have put
E) will go out / put
Ever since the Internet entered the popular culture, futurists and technophiles have been telling the world that the new medium would transform homes into information- rich hubs of activity. ----. The family room would double as a videoconferencing theatre.The toaster and the microwave would engage in endless Socratic debate. Three or four years on, none of this has happened, and some of it may never happen. Yet the underlying technology has undergone its own quiet revolution.
A) Refrigerators, they predicted, would someday monitor the expiration dates on milk cartons
B) Nothing has influenced the communication as much as internet has done in the last decade
C) So you can find anything you want with the help of search engines
D) It is the easiest way of making friends
E) Modern houses of the century include many options that make our lives easier
Surely he behaved in a more ____ manner so as to gain the cooperation of the other side.
A) unconscious
B) conservative
C) inconsistent
D) considerate
E) conditional
Farklı konumdaki bireylerin farklı özellikleri olduğundan, kaynak ve ödüllerin nasıl dağıtılacağına ilişkin görüşlerinde de doğal olarak farklılıklar vardır
A) Since individuals in different positions have different interests and attributes, they naturally have differences in opinion about how resources and rewards should be distributed.
B) It is only natural that there should be differences in opinion about how resources and rewards should be distributed, as people in different positions have different interests and attributes.
C) Obviously, among individuals in different positions with different interests and attributes, there will be differences in opinion about how resources and rewards should be distributed.
D) Since individuals in different positions have different interests and attributes, it is only natural that they should disagree about how resources and rewards can be distributed.
E) Individuals in different positions, with different interests and attributes, will obviously disagree about what is the fair distribution of resources and rewards.
An alternative method would be ____ nearby buildings and create a fire stop.
A) depart
B) demolish
C) denounce
D) denote
E) deliver
Numerous international organizations have been invited to ___ generously to the fund set up to fight famine in Africa.
A) convert
B) contribute
C) convene
D) convict
E) convey
The term 'vegetable' generally refers to the ___ part of a plant.
A) ecological
B) editorial
C) edible
D) educational
E) effective
New DNA evidence hints that 'African Eve', the 150,000-year-old female ancestor of every person on Earth, ------ in Tanzania or Ethiopia.
A) has lived
B) is used to living
C) may have lived
D) would live
E) would be living
The once radical notion that birds ---from dinosaurs ---stronger and stronger since palaeontologists first started taking it seriously a couple of decades ago.
A) are descending / was growing
B) had descended / had grown
C) descended / is growing
D) descended / has grown
E) have descended / grew
Nowadays even basic mobile phones ___ text messages, which ___ them vulnerable to attack by viruses.
A) received / was making
B) were receiving / made
C) are receiving / would make
D) receive / makes
E) will receive / will make
As Egypt ------ its biggest irrigation project, the Pharaohs' dream of spreading their kingdoms into the desert is coming true.
A) puts off B) embarks on
C) breaks up D) tries on
E) shows up
In Japan, the brighter economic picture of the first 6 months of 2002 failed to carry over into the second half of the year. —. This was no doubt influenced by rising unemployment, which is now at a record high.
A) External demand supported Japan's exporters to some degree, but the domestic market was at a low ebb
B) The year 2003 will doubtless be another difficult year for the Japanese economy
C) Recovery looks like being slow
D) This uncertainty gave rise to a cut in interest tales
E) Once global investor confidence returns, equity markets will, in all likelihood, start to perform well again
Bazen dağıtım adı verilen pazarlama, malların ve hizmetin üreticiden tüketiciye taşınması ile ilgili tüm iş faaliyetlerini içerir.
A) All the business activities connected with the movement of the goods and services from producers to consumers are known as marketing or distribution.
B) Distribution, which is sometimes called marketing, consists of all the business activities connected with the movement of the goods and services from producers to consumers.
C) All the business activities which are connected with marketing, which is sometimes called distribution, include activities connected with the movement of the goods and services from producers to consumers.
D) Marketing, which is sometimes called distribution, includes all the business activities connected with the movement of the goods and services from producers to consumers.
E) Marketing, which is connected with all the business activities like the movement of the goods and services from producers to consumers, is sometimes called distribution.
We shouldn't judge her, because her ____ are so different from ours.
A) cooperation
B) circumstances
C) civilization
D) choice
E) compensation
Su ve binaları ısıtmak ve elektrik üretmek için kullanılabilen güneş enerjisi, tükenmez bir kaynaktır ve fosil yakıtlarından daha az çevre sorunlarına neden olur.
A) Compared with fossil fuels, solar energy causes a few environmental problems, but it is an inexhaustible source that can be used for the heating of water and buildings and also to generate electricity.
B) As an inexhaustible source, solar energy, which can be used for the generation of electricity and also for the heating of water as well as buildings, has fewer environmental problems than do fosil fuels.
C) Solar energy, which can be used to heat water and buildings and generate electricity, is an inexhaustible source and causes fewer environmental problems than do fosil fuels.
D) Although solar energy has much fewer environmental problems than do fosil fuels, it is
indeed an inexhaustible source that can be used to heat water and buildings and generate electricity.
E) Solar energy is so inexhaustible a source that, since it causes fewer environmental problems than do fosil fuels, it can be used to heat water and buildings and generate plenty of electricity.
The basic shape and ____ of a typical bicycle has hardly changed for years.
A) design
B) desert
C) description
D) depiction
E) deposition
People living in Pompeii had witnessed small earthquakes several years before the famous (22) ---- of Mt. Vesuvius, which had already caused serious structural damage (23) ---- the houses, and in August 79, all the wells of the town dried up; but these warnings (24) ----. On the day of the catastrophe, the date was, (25) ---- coincidentally, (26) ---- of the festival of the Roman god of fire.
24.
A) had ignored
B) ignored
C) were ignored
D) had been ignoring
E) have been ignored
As a result of the continuing economic recession, a huge ______ in the budget seems inevitable.
A) deficit
B) distinction
C) profit
D) redundancy
E) improvement
Yaklaşık olarak M.Ö. 8. yüzyılda Homer tarafından kaleme alınan Truva Savaşı hakkındaki destanlar, birkaç yüzyıl boyunca sözlü olarak korunmuş olabilir.
A) Homer’s epics about the Trojan War were written down, probably in the 8th century B.C., but may
have been around for centuries in oral form.
B) Homer apparently wrote down the epics of the Trojan War sometime in the 8th century B.C., but
they had already existed in oral form for centuries.
C) The Trojan War epics had probably existed for centuries in oral form before they were finally
transcribed by Homer sometime in the 8th century B.C.
D) The epics about the Trojan War written down by Homer in about the 8th century B.C. may have
been preserved orally for several centuries.
E) Homer transcribed the Trojan War epics sometime during the 8th century B.C., but their
The age at which puberty begins seems to be influenced by a child’s general health and
nutrition ---- by socioeconomic and hereditary factors.
A) also B) so long as C) as well as
D) both E) either
One understands from the passage that the Mississippi ----.
A) has far more branches for the gathering of its
waters than the Congo in Africa and the Volga in
Europe
B) differs from the Amazon in South America and
the other continental rivers in the world largely
because its waters are much shallower
C) is far more navigable than the other continental
rivers in the world and, therefore, becomes a
commercially profitable waterway in the US
D) flows so fast throughout its course that, despite
the long distance, it does not take long for its
waters to get to the Gulf of Mexico
E) cuts across the US from the Rocky Mountains in
the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south
It is clear from the passage that Hollywood regards its films as-----.
A) commodities to be selectively marketed to suitable audiences
B) artistic creations designed for sophisticated audiences
C) goods to be dynamically marketed
D) the most creative products of capitalism
E) financial investments which are sure to make a profit
Serbian ______ in Bosnia has been strongly condemned by the civilised but little serious action has been taken against it.
A) conduct
B) investment
C) settlement
D) treaty
E) compliment
Sea horses ____ themselves with fins.
A) cancel
B) calculate
C) capture
D) camouflage
E) calibrate
Environmentalists ---- that by the middle of this century, 10 percent of all the bird species ----.
A) expected / will become extinct
B) are expected / to be extinct
C) were expected / to have become extinct
D) are expecting / have become extinct
E) expect / will have become extinct
The most significant political change in eastern
communism in
East and
the most prosperous of the Soviet satellite countries,
stagnation and environmental degradation. Waves of
East Germans registered their discontent with
worsening conditions by massive illegal emigration to
the West. This exodus together with evidence of
widespread official corruption led to the resignation of
Honecker. His successor, Egon Krenz, promised
reforms, but he was nevertheless faced with
continuing protests and continuing mass emigration.
In the end, on 4 November 1989, the government, in
a move that acknowledged its powerlessness to hold
its citizens captive, opened its border with
Germans to travel to the West. In a matter of days,
the Berlin Wall, which had been the embodiment of
the Cold War, the Iron Curtain, and the division of
East from West, was demolished by groups of
ordinary citizens. Jubilant crowds from both sides
walked through the gaping holes that now permitted
men, women, and children to take the few steps that
symbolized the return to freedom and a chance for
national unity.
As pointed out in the passage, in the late 1980s,----.
A) Honecker and Krenz were fully committed to the
ultimate unification of East and
B)
prosperity that the other Soviet satellite states
became envious of its economic success
C) the East German government, already corrupt
and disliked by the people, was no longer able to
prevent mass emigration to the West
D) Honecker introduced extremely austere
economic measures in order to improve
worsening conditions and get rid of corruption
E) East Germany adopted a policy of cooperation
with West Germany so that the effects of the
Cold War could be eliminated
We learn from the passage that ----.
A) the centipede is a mammal
B) all centipedes are born with a full set of
legs
C) the adult centipede does not grow any new
legs
D) the centipede does not change skin
E) centipede eggs are laid in incredibly deep
caves
People living in Pompeii had witnessed small earthquakes several years before the famous (22)
---- of Mt. Vesuvius, which had already caused serious structural damage (23) ---- the houses, and in August 79, all the wells of the town dried up; but these warnings (24) ----. On the day of the catastrophe, the date was, (25) ---- coincidentally, (26) ---- of the festival of the Roman god of fire.
25.
A) a lot
B) hardly
C) quite
D) by far
E) well
Meals at “The round table” are undoubtedly the best in town and prices are reasonable.
A) Considering the prices, the quality of food at “The Round Table” is not satisfactory.
B) At “The Round Table” you get extremely good soup, but you certainly pay for it.
C) Prices have gone up at “The Round Table” but the quality of the food has gone up accordingly.
D) They don’t overcharge you at “The Round Table” and the food there is unrivalled in the town.
E) Considering, how much they charge, the food they serve at “The Round Table” is not as good as it ought to be.
İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi, Avrupa Konseyi’ne üye devletlerin, demokratik bir toplumda herkesin yaşama
hakkının temel bir değer olduğuna inanmalarının en somut ifadesidir.
A) The Treaty of Human Rights is the Council of
Europe’s profound belief that member states and
democratic societies have basic human rights and
principles.
B) The Treaty of Human Rights is the most concrete
expression by the member states of the Council of
Europe of their profound belief that everyone’s right
to life is a basic value in a democratic society.
C) The Council of Europe’s member states profoundly
believe that the Treaty of Human Rights is the most
concrete expression of the basic principle in
democratic societies that everyone has a right to life.
D) The Council of Europe’s member states and the
Treaty of Human Rights state that everyone’s right
to life is a basic principle and a concrete expression
in a democratic society.
E) The Treaty of Human Rights expresses the Council
of Europe’s member states’ profound belief that
concrete expression and everyone’s right to life are
basic principles in a democratic society.