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The Maya were a diverse people ----.
A) whose culture has developed through the centuries
B) so artisans sculpted strikingly lifelike clay figurines
C) but they tied boards around their babies' heads, making the skulls grow flat or elongated
D) when they were several disparate groups with their own languages
E) where their jewellery and artifacts have been photographed with care
Ukrainian President has said that he is _____ that the United States will send weapons to his country to help it fight.
A) partial
B) limited
C) confident
D) boundless
E) specific
The first test-sample size is minimal but it can ___ a film's fate.
A) devastate
B) detain
C) deteriorate
D) determine
E) destroy
After eight years of marriage, the couple decided to divorce.
A) They always wanted to divorce during their eight years of marriage
B) They were married for eight years when they decided to live separately
C) Deciding to separation took their eight years
D) When the couple decided to end up their marriage, they had been married for eight years
E) Before they planned to divorce, they waited for eight years as a married couple
We still await some other court decisions that could ____ who can and cannot vote
this November.
A) acquire
B) affect
C) abort
D) affirm
E) absorb
A) he opposed the view that economic liberty had
been under attack
B) he had already decided to minimize these risks
in a short term
C) he had tried to avoid populist gestures
D) his ultimate aim has been to regulate
financial system
E) he did so because he thought the state would
run them beter
(I) While there is a general tendency for children to conform to the values and attitudes of other members of the peer group, there are wide variations in the strength of this tendency. (II) Girls are more likely to conform to the peer group suggestions than boys, and low status group members are more likely to conform than leaders. (Ill) The child's contact with his peers also expands greatly during the school years. (IV) Furthermore, individual personality factors may play a role. (V) Dependent and anxious children are more conforming than non-dependent, non-anxious peers.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
What can we do to ____ him that the project is sure to succeed?
A) convene
B) convince
C) contact
D) contribute
E) convert
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803- 1882 ) was a sage, not a scientist, but he was more keenly interested in the scientific advances of his day than is commonly realized. One of his early aspirations was to be 'a naturalist', and he started his career (22) ----- a lecturer- essayist by giving talks on natural science, (23) ----- one focused on the chemical composition of water. (24) -----Emerson went on to make his mark primarily in the areas of literature, religion, philosophy and social reform, he remained an eager lifelong student of both traditional and contemporary natural and social science. To date, however, this side of Emerson's thought and life (25) -----. only a handful of significant scholarly discussions. Emerson's life in science is the best of books (26) -----this aspect of Emerson that have marked the bicentennial of his birth, and it is one that will endure.
25. A) should attract
B) is attracting
C) will attract
D) has attracted
E) had attracted
25.
A) so
B) too
C) therefore
D) however
E) unless
23.
A) which B)that C)what
D)how E)if
A) often spring from animal behaviour
B) suggest that most children adopt the prejudices of their parents
C) have finally established that it is innate
D) aim to discover how they can be overcome
E) have usually concentrated on the more destructive expressions of it
In some schools sport facilities are _____ limited due to lack of financial resources.
A) conclusively
B) concurrently
C) concisely
D) comparatively
E) commonly
Alison: How was the exhibition?
Roger: _____
Alison: Let me know when that will be and I'll try to join you.
Roger: Yes, do. You'll enjoy it.
A) Not bad at all. But it's been quite severely criticized in some quarters.
B) Well worth a visit. In fact I want to go back and look around again at leisure.
C) Excellent. In fact I even bought two pictures.
D) Rather disappointing. I'd been warned, but didn't take those warnings seriously.
E) There's some good work on view. Pat's going again tomorrow.
Jean Chretien -----after more than ten years as Canada's prime minister.
A) steps down
B) makes out
C) runs out
D) holds up
E) points out
If only the tax return over the year had been as high as had been predicted, ______.
A) this can easily be accounted for
B) they have underestimated their economic
commitments
C) some people regard accounting as an art, not a science
D) companies are no longer the unified, self- contained organizations that they used to be
E) such increased government outlays on public services would have been feasible
People who (16)___in malaria-infested areas or who travel to them can take certain (17)___. They can use long-lasting insecticide sprays in homes and outbuildings, place screens (18)___doors and windows, use mosquito netting over their beds, and apply mosquito repellents on their skin. They can (19)___wear enough clothing, (20)___after sundown, to protect as much of the skin as possible against mosquito bites.
20.
A) similarly B) extraordinarily
C) commonly D) fairly
E) particularly
At the interview from the manner he gave answers to the questions, it soon became obvious that the young man is really interested in words and not in figures.
A) At the interview the young man answered the questions in such a way that it was soon obvious that he ought to work with words, not with figures.
B) From the way he answered the questions at the interview, it soon became clear that the young man’s real bent lay in words and not in figures.
C) The young man showed at the interview that his real bent lay not in figures but in words.
D) At the interview we soon saw, as he dealt with the questions, that the young man has a gift for words but not for figures.
E) The interview made it quite clear that the young man had mastered the art of using words as figures.
Uzay mekiği Columbia’nın patlaması ve astronotlarının ölümü konusunda herkesin cevaplanmasını istediği soru çok basit: neden?
A) The question everyone wants answered as regards the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and the deaths of its astronauts is very simple: why?
B) Following the explosion of the space shuttle, Columbia, and the deaths of its astronauts, the simple question everyone is asking is: why?
C) After the explosion of the space shuttle
Columbia and the deaths of its astronauts, the problem that worried everyone, was: why.
D) When the space shuttle Columbia exploded and its crew died, the question everyone was asking was quite simply: why?
E) When the space shuttle Columbia, together with all its crew, exploded, everyone asked the same, simple question: why?
The Celts, who were later called 'Gauls' by the Romans, migrated from the Rhine valley into the region that is now France.
A) Geçmişte Romalıların 'Galyalılar' dediği Keltler, Ren vadisinden göç ederek bugünkü Fransa'ya yerleşmişlerdir.
B) Romalıların 'Galyalılar' olarak adlandırdığı Keltler, bugünkü Fransa'nın yakınlarına, Ren vadisinden göç ederek gelmişlerdir.
C) Bugün Fransa olan bölgeye Ren vadisinden göç etmiş olan Keltlere, Romalılar 'Galyalılar' adını vermişti.
D) Daha sonra Romalılar tarafından 'Galyalılar' olarak adlandırılan Keltler, bugün Fransa olan bölgeye, Ren vadisinden göç etmişlerdir.
E) Romalılarca uzun yıllar boyunca 'Galyalılar' olarak adlandırılan Keltler, Ren vadisinden göç edip bugünkü Fransa'ya yerleşmişlerdir.
(I) In the past century US life-expectancy climbed from forty-seven to seventy-seven. (II) Similar rises happened in almost every country. (III) And this process shows no sign of stopping. (IV) Such a pill could give us an extra twenty years of life. (V) According to the United Nations, by 2050 global life expectancy will have increased by another ten years.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
It is suggested in the passage that -----.
A) navigating the Bermuda Triangle during the day is preferable to night
B) the Bermuda Triangle is located close to the shore
C) more accidents occur in the Bermuda Triangle during the winter
D) rescue planes can easily retrieve lost boats
E) most of the accidents in the
Mrs: Martin: I have just been reading an article on cosmetic industry.
Mr. Martin : I don’t want to hear about it. It’s just a waste of money.
Mrs. Martin: _____
Mr. Martin : Perhaps not. But that doesn’t affect my opinion.
A) Ten years from now you may be more interested
B) A lot of people regard it as money well spent
C) Not everyone agrees with you there.
D) Mrs. Sutton certainly looks years younger.
_____ it is hard to find today, many customers still prefer this soap over other all
A) No matter B) As though
C) Though D) In addition
E) In contrast
The legends about Hagia Sophia seem to be ____.
A) endless
B) emotional
C) elliptical
D) elegant
E) eligible
We'd better leave right away as the traffic will be heavy at this hour.
A) The sooner they leave, the better if they don't want to get caught in a traffic jam.
B) We mustn't leave it too late as the roads are likely to be busy for the next hour.
C) Let's wait an hour so as to avoid some of the heavy traffic.
D) If we set off now, we will avoid most of the heavy traffic.
E) The roads are busy at this time of day, so we ought to set off at once.
4 44. Which one of the following is not true according to the passage?
A) Smallpox is only seen in humans
B) Smallpox is a contagious disease
C) Scientists have found a vaccine for smallpox
D) Smallpox is caused by mainly two viruses
E) V. Minor is more dangerous than Variola major
Thermal energy is the energy that a system or object possesses ____.
A) no mass and is the capacity to do work
B) the production of coal had to be reduced
C) caused on Earth by the strong attraction
D) due to the random movement of its particles
E) these methods should obviously be preferred
Charities ____ food and medical supplies to people who are in need.
A) distract
B) distribute
C) diverge
D) distort
E) disrupt
____ who is playing a sport, there is always a chance of getting injured.
A) Because
B) So as to
C) No matter
D) However
E) Besides
The 18,108 islands of Indonesia, about 6,000 (22) ---- are inhabited, are scattered around the equator, which (23) ---- the country a tropical climate. (24) ---- populated islands are Java, where about half of the population lives, Sumatra and New Guinea. Due to its location on the edges of tectonic plates, it’s easy to say that Indonesia (25) ---- by earthquakes and tsunamis quite often. It is also rich in volcanoes. Because of its (26) ---- climatic conditions, flora and fauna differ greatly across the country.
25.
A) having been hit
B) hits
C) being hit
D) is hit
E) hitting
----, infectious disease continued to kill half of all Europeans before they reached the age of twenty.
A) Although famines became less common and less widespread in Europe in the eighteenth century
B) Unless the total number of urban dwellers across Europe as a whole did not change markedly
between 1600 and 1800
C) Because improved sanitation, together with a better diet, may have played some role in the
rise of Europe’s population in the 1820s
D) Since Naples went from a population of 300.000 in 1600 to nearly half a million by the late
eighteenth century
E) Just as many of the million or so men and women employed in the textile trade in northern
France in the seventeenth century lived in cities
It is imperative that climate change ..............
A) will help countries to work towards a long-term solution
B) will have benefits for people in terms of real action
C) be treated as a key element of any economic strategy
D) has been on reducing emissions
E) is unable to prevent the global warming in the future
The loss of such cars saddened enthusiasts, _____ rarely has a vehicle's demise occasioned an actual funeral.
A) since
B) but
C) as
D) moreover
E) even though
Until now, the government has only ____ the ban with regard to American ships.
A) impress B) compel
C) accomplish D) implicate
E) enforce
A) select
B) exchange
C) allocate
D) circulate
E) classify
(I) No country’s history has been more closely bound to immigration than that of the US. (II) During the first 15
years of the 20th century alone, over 13 million immigrants came to the US. (III) From early on,
Americans viewed immigrants as a cheap source of labor; however, they became fearful that their culture
was threatened as more and more immigrants arrived. (IV) Immigration slowed down in the early 19th century
since wars disrupted trans-Atlantic travel and European governments restricted immigration to retain young men
of military age. (V) In addition, the Founding Fathers, especially Thomas Jefferson, were ambivalent whether
or not the US ought to welcome arrivals from every corner of the world.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
Scientists have just discovered an underwater mountain yielding some of the richest _____ of marine life in the Caribbean.
A) diversity
B) kind
C) minority
D) awareness
E) distinction
The value of certain things can only be understood when they have become hard to reach.
A) The harder it gets to find something, the more valuable it gets.
B) What dictates the value of something is how common it is.
C) Only when they become difficult to reach, can the value of some things be
appreciated.
D) It’s best to understand how valuable something is before you lose it.
E) The more valuable some things get, the harder it becomes to find them.
English people ____ their land to make trade with other countries.
A) cultivated
B) cooperated
C) crumbled
D) crept
E) created