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1) Many of the critics clearly regarded several of the paintings on —- as of poor quality.
A) discovery
B) display
C) occasion
D) approval
E) account
occasion: (i) fırsat, münasebet, vesile, elverişli durum; sebep, hal, durum; Iüzum, gereklik
2) The report issued by the National Health Council draws attention to the hazards of —- to X
rays.
A) resistance
B) involvement
C) confinement
D) exposure
E) implication
hazard: (i) baht, şans, tehlike, riziko; tenis kortunun servis atılan tarafı; eski bir çeşit zar oyunu;
bilardo oyununda bir vuruş; golf oyununda mânia / involvement: (i) bağlılık, ilgi, alaka;
karıştırılma, sarılma / confinement: (i) kapanış, hapsedilme; hasta olup evde kalma; loğusalık /
implication: (i) ima, istidlâl; karıştırma, dahil etme; dolaşık olma
3) He’s clever, he seems to know by instinct where someone is —- and strikes there.
A) conceited
B) sufficient
C) vulnerable
D) informative
E) critical
conceited: (s) kibirli / informative: (s) bilgi verici, aydınlatıcı, eğitici / critical: (s) çözümsel,
tahlili; tenkit eğilimli, tenkitçi; eleştiren, eleştiri mahiyetinde; buhranlı vahim, nazik, tehlikeli;
dönüm noktasına ait
4) It was decided at the board meeting that more funds should be allocated to getting the firm’s
products —- more widely.
A) publicized
B) priced
C) curtailed
D) expanded
E) confirmed
curtail: (f) kesmek, kısaltmak, azaltmak
5) There’s nothing very brilliant about the report, but he has —- collected all the data needed.
A) infectiously
B) recklessly
C) considerably
D) restrictively
E) conscientiously
infectiously: (z) bulaşıcı olarak, başkalarına kolay geçebilir şekilde / recklessly: (z) pervasızca,
hiç bir şey düşünmeden / considerably: (z) epeyce, oldukça / restrictive: (s) kısıtlayıcı,
bağlayıcı, sınırlayıcı / conscientiously: (z) vicdani olarak; dikkatle
6) What really surprised everybody was that he saved the company from bankruptcy quite —- .
A) extremely
B) relatively
C) dependently
D) single-handedly
E) responsively
relatively: (z) nispeten / single-handed: (s) tek kişi ile işletilen; tek el ile çalışan / responsively:
(z) hevesli olarak
7) Before I send this article to the editor, I’d be grateful if you could —- it for me.
A) watch out
B) look up
C) break through
D) take over
E) go through
watch out: dikkat etmek / look up: gözleri yukarı dikmek; aramak, bakmak; ziyaret etmek,
yoklamak; iyileşmek, düzelmek / take over: teslim almak; idareyi elinde tutmak / go through:
yoklamak, gözden geçirmek; geçirmek (hastalık, tecrübe); üstünden girip altından çıkmak,
sarfedip bitirmek; geçmek; durmadan gitmek (tren); kabul edilmek (tasan)
8) I had my doubts about her when I took her on, but now I’m pleased to say that she has —- to
be a talented executive.
A) taken up
B) run over
C) turned out
D) made out
E) carried on
take on: ele almak; üstüne almak; vazife vermek, işe almak; (k) dili Sızlanmak / executive: (i)
idareci, yetkili şâhıs / take up: yukarı çekmek, kaldırmak; tutmak; üzerine almak, karışmak;
poliçeyi ödemek; almak; kısaltmak; başlamak; ele almak; kabul etmek / run over: ziyarete
gitmek; ezmek, çiğnemek; üstünden geçmek, tekrarlamak; göz gezdirmek, gözden geçirmek;
taşmak / turn out: tersyüz etmek; dışarı atmak, kovmak; otlatmak için dışarıya çıkarmak
(hayvan); dışına dönmek; yapmak, imal etmek, meydana getirmek; söndürmek; katılmak; (k) dili
yataktan kalkmak; olmak, çıkmak / make out: (göz ile) farketmek; mana vermek, anlamak;
okumak, çözmek; ispat etmek; yazmak; başarmak; geçinmek, idare etmek / carry on: devam
etmek, devam ettirmek; deli gibi davranmak; ile meşgul olmak, idare etmek; flört etmek
9) On the third day of the shipwreck they gave up all hope of finding any —- .
A) deserters
B) survivors
C) conclusions
D) suppliers
E) discrepancies
discrepancy: (i) ayrılık, zıtlık, ihtilaf, başkalık
10) Since the firm has been found negligent by the court, his claim for —- for the accident
hasn’t been accepted.
A) compensation
B) reduction
C) employment
D) relevance
E) cooperation
relevance: relevancy i münasebet, ilgi, alaka, uygunluk
11) As he has adamantly withstood all kinds of political pressure on this issue for so long, it is
unlikely that he would —- at this stage.
A) reinforce
B) relent
C) pursue
D) compete
E) dispose
adamant: (s) hoşgörüsüz; çok sert / withstand: f (-stood, -standing) dayanmak, mukavemet
etmek, karşı koymak / relent: f yumuşamak; acıyıp merhamet göstermek / dispose: (f)
niyetlendirmek; dağıtmak; düzenlemek, tanzim etmek; idare etmek, kullanmak, tasarruf etmek;
uydurmak, kandırmak; son şeklini vermek; of ile satmak, vermek, elden çıkarmak
12) The British entry into the European Community has —- a new line of policy.
A) negotiated
B) confined
C) resented
D) constituted
E) refunded
negotiate: f anlaşmayı müzakere etmek; tertip etmek, akdetmek; ciro etmek (çek, bono);
üstesinden gelmek, başarmak, (engelleri) aşabilmek / confine: (f) kuşatmak; hapsetmek; evde
veya yatakta tutmak; sınırlamak, toplamak, hasretmek / resent: f kızmak, gücenmek, / refund: (f
) geri ödemek; tekrar para vermek
13) The argument he has put forward is hardly —- with the information we have so far received
on the case.
A) reflective
B) representative
C) arbitrary
D) resistant
E) compatible
reflective: (s ) aksettiren, aksedici; aksettirilmiş; düşünceli, mütefekkir; düşünce mahsulü /
representative: s , i bir grup veya sınıfı temsil eden, numune olan; vekâlet nev’inden; taklit ve
benzeme kabilinden / arbitrary: (s) indi, kendince, ihtiyari , keyfi / compatible: (s) , (gen) with ile
uygun, birbirini tutan, munasip; geçimli
14) I don’t approve of the methods he is using, but his —- aim, as regards the project, is
admirable.
A) conclusive
B) ultimate
C) controversial
D) convenient
E) deplorable
conclusive: (s) kesin; kati, son, nihai; ikna edici / deplorable: (s) müessif, acınacak halde, acıklı
15) I have looked through the report, but I must admit, only —- .
A) carefully
B) thoroughly
C) superficially
D) seriously
E) experimentally
16) The allocation made by the budget committee can be used —- to finance work on child
health.
A) plainly
B) excessively
C) extremely
D) remarkably
E) solely
solely: z yalnız, ancak, sadece
17) In an effort to —- the rate of inflation many banks have raised their interest rates.
A) run out of
B) watch out
C) stand by
D) put out
E) keep up with
watch out: dikkat etmek / stand by: hazır beklemek; yakınında durmak; arka çıkmak,
desteklemek; (sözüne) sadık kalmak; karışmamak, lâkayt kalmak, yardım etmemek; den. hazır
olmak, alesta durmak / put out: (p) çıkarmak; söndürmek; utandırmak; rahatsız etmek; yanmak
(beysbol); bozmak / keep up with: geri kalmamak, yetişmek, yakalamak, ayak uydurmak
18) As my secretary will be away for a couple of days, would you be kind enough to —- my
correspondence?
A) play back
B) bring off
C) take care of
D) return to
E) turn off
bring off: başarılı olmak / take care of: bakmak; muhafaza etmek / turn off: (pv) kapamak;
kesmek; lafa boğmak, sözü çevirip cevapsız bırakmak; sapmak; Đng yol vermek; (argo) ilgisini
kaybetmek
19) The rise in energy —- has led to a reduction of fossil fuels that the world must use.
A) redundancy
B) efficiency
C) consumption
D) suitability
E) conformity
redundancy: (i) fazlalık / efficiency: (i) verim oranı, yeterlik; etki / suitability, suitableness: (i)
uygunluk / conformity: (i) uygunluk, benzeyiş
20) We must find some way to give them fairly complete and realistic picture of the situation,
but without —- them too much.
A) depressing
B) intimidating
C) restricting
D) complementing
E) embittering
depress: (f) üzmek, canını sıkmak; kuvvetten düşürmek, zayıflatmak; (k) dili kolunu kanadını
kırmak; değerini veya miktarını azaltmak; mevki veya rütbesini indirmek; bastırmak; meyus
etmek / intimidate: (f) gözünü korkutmak, sindirmek, yıldırmak / complement: (f) tamamlamak;
birbirini tamamlar olmak / embitter: (f) acılaştırmak; gücendirmek, acı hisler uyandırmak
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21) Any child left to its own devices for too long is likely to —- on some dangerous enterprise.
A) assert
B) entice
C) embark
D) reproach
E) reduce
assert: (f) ispat ve iddia ile beyan etmek; teyit etmek; demek, öne sürmek, söylemek / entice: (f)
Ayartmak / embark: (f) gemiye binmek veya bindirmek; sokmak girişmek, başlamak / reproach:
(f) iftira etmek, sitem etmek, serzeniş etmek; ayıplamak
22) One defect seems inherent in a purely classical education – namely, a too —- emphasis on
the past.
A) recurrent
B) repressive
C) coherent
D) exclusive
E) deceptive
inherent: (s) tabiatında var olan / recurrent: (s) tekrar vuku bulan; (anat) dönüp aksi yöne giden
/ repressive: (s) bastırıcı, engelleyici; sıkıcı / exclusive: (s) umuma açık olmayan; tek, eşi
olmayan; hariç tutan; of ile müstesna / deceptive: (s) aldatan, aldatıcı
23) Industry as a whole was badly affected by the restrictions, but it was the high technology
sector that suffered most —- .
A) blatantly
B) randomly
C) reasonably
D) tightly
E) acutely
blatant: (s) bödüren; yüksek sesle bağıran; kaba, açık, bariz, aşikâr / random: (s) tesadüfi,
rasgele / reasonably: (z) makul surette; oldukça / tightly: (z) sıkıca / acutely: (z) zekâ ile;
şiddetle
24) Few, if any, of the statements could be —- substantiated by concrete experimental
evidence.
A) intentionally
B) successively
C) restrictedly
D) impressively
E) conclusively
substantiate: (f) gerçeklemek, kanıtlamak; gerçekleşmek; gerçekleştirmek, tahakkuk ettirmek /
intentionally: (z) kasten, mahsus / successively: (z) sıra ile, birbiri arkasından / impressively: (z) tesir edici bir şekilde, şaşırtıcı derecede
25) He’s basically a very reallient person so you can be sure he’ll soon —- this disappointment.
A) make out
B) put through
C) get over
D) look up
E) fall through
reallient:her ortama çokiyi uyan / make out: (p) (göz ile) farketmek; mana vermek, anlamak;
okumak, çözmek; ispat etmek; yazmak; başarmak; geçinmek, idare etmek / put through:
bitirmek / get over: (hastalığı, öfkeyi) atlatmak; açıklamak, anlaşılmasını sağlamak / look up:
gözleri yukarı dikmek; aramak, bakmak; ziyaret etmek, yoklamak; iyileşmek, düzelmek / fall
through: (p) başarı kazanamamak, muvaffak olamamak,vazgeçilmek
26) Whatever the pressures put upon him, I think it is highly unlikely that James would ever —-
anyone.
A) walk away with
B) give in to
C) make up for
D) get away with
E) fall through
walk away with: ön plana geçmek / give in: teslim olmak; kabul etmek, susmak / make up for:
telafi etmek / get away with: argo şüphe uyandırmadan veya ya- kalanmadan atlatmak / fall
through: başarı kazanamamak, muvaffak olamamak, vazgeçilmek
27) Among the problems facing bridge engineers, the most serious ones are those of —- and
repair.
A) improvement
B) reassessment
C) determination
D) distinction
E) maintenance
distinction: (i) ayırt etme, tefrik, temyiz; fark, idrak; açıklık, vuzuh; nişan, rütbe, paye; sivrilme,
yukselme; üstünlük
28) The two major political parties in Britain have currently —- to extreme and radically
different approaches to the solution of Britain’s economic problem.
A) referred
B) obsessed
C) committed
D) implied
E) meant
refer: (f) vermek, isnat etmek, hamletmek; göndermek, havale etmek, müracaat etmek; işaret
etmek, ima etmek; bakmak, danışmak, sormak / obsess: (f) musallat olmak, zihnini meşgul
etmek / mean: niyet etmek, düşünmek; mana vermek, kastetmek, demek istemek; demek
29) It now appears that while US leaders are still willing for the nation to exert itself abroad and give large amounts of foreign assistance, the American public is —- to go along with these policies.
A) spontaneous
B) precarious
C) competitive
D) reluctant
E) deliberate
exert oneself: (k) çabalamak, uğraşmak / go along with: (p) ile beraber bulunmak; uymak; razı
olmak / spontaneous: (s) kendi kendine olan, ihtiyari / precarious: (s) güvenilmez, istikrarsız,
esassız, asılsız, kararsız, şüpheli; nazik, tehlikeli, rizikolu; (eski) başkasının keyfine tabi /
competitive: (s) rakip olan; rekabet ile ilgili; müsabaka tarzında, yanşma mahiyetinde
30) It is —- surprising that the art of ancient America remains the most mysterious and the
least accessible.
A) urgently
B) notably
C) indifferently
D) elaborately
E) hardly
accessible: (s) yanına girilebilir, içine girilebilir; kolay bulunur; kandırılabilir; alınır, bulunur /
indifferently: (z) ilgisizce / elaborately: (z) üzerinde dikkatle durarak, inceden inceye işleyerek
31) Bartok was influenced as much by the musical innovations of Debuasy and Starvinsky as
by East European, —- Hungarian, folk music.
A) exceedingly
B) notably
C) appropriately
D) vehemently
E) adequately
exceedingly: (z) fazlasıyla, ziyadesiyle / vehemently: (z) şiddetle, hiddetle
32) Due to the industrialisation and colonisation, the nineteenth century —- the greatest
expansion of wealth the world had ever known.
A) brought about
B) put off
C) held up
D) gave in
E) set off
bring about: (p) sebep olmak, hâs etmek; beraberinde getirmek / put off: tehir etmek,
geciktirmek, başka vakte bırakmak; çıkarmak (giysi); reddedilmek; den açılmak, ayrılmak / hold
up: tutmak, yardımda bulunmak, korumak; arzetmek, göstermek, teşhir etmek; durdurmak,
engel olmak; yolunu kesip soymak / give in: (p) teslim olmak; kabul etmek, susmak / set off: (p)
ayrı koymak; etkilemek; yola çıkmak; fitillemek; göstermek; belirginleştirmek, süslemek
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33) The two archaeologists have tried hard to read the inscription in old Latin, but I do not think
they have —- what it really means.
A) got away with
B) written off
C) taken after
D) made out
E) brought up
go away with: (p) argo şüphe uyandırmadan veya yakalanmadan atlatmak / write off: (p) hesabı
kapatmak; kıymetini sıfıra indirmek; kolayca yazmak; zarara geçmek / take after: (p) benzemek:
yolunu tutmak, izinde yürümek / make out: (göz ile) farketmek; mana vermek, anlamak;
okumak, çözmek; ispat etmek; yazmak; başarmak; geçinmek, idare etmek / bring up: (p)
yetiştirmek büyütmek: yaklaşmasını sağlamak
34) The children of today are healthier and better —- than those of the past, and far fewer of
them die in infancy.
A) disposed of
B) fed up
C) rounded up
D) looked into
E) cared for
dispose: (f) of ile satmak, vermek, elden çıkarmak / feed up: (p) fazla yedirmek / round up: (p)
bitirmek / look into: (p) araştırmak, soruşturmak, incelemek / care for: (p) bakmak; ilgilenmek;
beğenmek; arzulamak
35) The —- was not a happy one at the time, but looking back on it I suppose I’m glad it
occurred.
A) improvement
B) regression
C) encounter
D) intention
E) compromise
regression (i) ricat, geri çekilme / encounter: (i) karşılaşma, rast gelme, tesadüf; dövüş /
compromise: (i) uzlaşma, uyuşma;
36) Locke, Hobbes and Rousseau were concerned in their writings with the question of a
proper —- between the public good and the right of individuals to exercise free will.
A) balance
B) demonstration
C) responsibility
D) interest
E) solidarity
exercise: (f) icra etmek, ifa etmek, ettirmek, yaptırmak;idman yapmak, egzersiz yapmak;
hareket etmek, gezmek; hareket ettirmek, çalıştırmak, idman yaptırmak, idmanla geliştirmek;
meşgul etmek / will: (i) meram, maksat; murat, arzu dilek, istek, niyet; irade; vasiyet,
vasiyetname / solidarity: (i) dayanışma, birlik
37) Questions of race, ethnicity, and religion have been a —- source of conflict in American
education.
A) previous
B) perennial
C) vulnerable
D) naughty
E) casual
perennial: (s) bütün yıl boyunca devam eden; müddetli; uzun süren, daimi; bot iki yıldan fazla
yaşayan / vulnerable: (s) yaralanması mümkün; zedelenir, incinebilir / naughty: (s) yaramaz,
haylaz; serkeş; münasebetsiz; fena; ahlaksız / casual: (s) tesadüfen olan; kasıtlı olmayan,
rasgele; dikkatsiz, ihmalci; ilgisiz
38) The United States has long prided itself on being a melting pot of culturally —- peoples.
A) diverse
B) redundant
C) incoherent
D) entire
E) substantial
diverse: (s) muhtelif, çeşit çeşit, farklı / redundant: (s) gerekenden fazla olan; fazla sözle ifade
edilmiş, ağdalı; (ing) işinden çıkarılan / incoherent: (s) manasız, şekilsiz, abuk sabuk; irtibatsız,
birbirine bağlı olmayan, birbirini tutmayan, tutarsız / substantial: (s) metin, dayanıklı; değerli,
kıymetli; önemli; zengin, varlıklı; özlü, hakiki;
39) The contemporary world economy differs —- from what the traditional economic theorists
of the 1930s envisaged.
A) primarily
B) likely
C) conversely
D) profoundly
E) intimately
envisage: (f) tasavvur etmek; zihninde canlandırmak, planlamak / primarily: (z) evvela; aslında /
conversely: aksine,tam tersine / profoundly: (z) derinden; esaslı olarak, tamamen / intimately:
samimi bir şekilde
40) In recent years —- complex and persistent problems in economic and social fields have led
people to wonder why once comfortable answers no longer seem adequate to today’s
questions.
A) generously
B) inadvertently
C) increasingly
D) ingeniously
E) leisurely
inadvertantly: kasıtsız olarak / ingeniously: maharetle, ustallkla / Leisurely: (z) sükünetle, acele
etmeden
41) Since the 1950s modern dance in Europe and America has —- a vigorous process of
creativity.
A) cast
B) explored
C) constituted
D) relaxed
E) followed
vigorous: (s) kuvvetli, etkin, dinç, gayretli
42) The assassination by terrorists of Signor Aldo Moro, five times Prime Minister of Italy, in
May 1978 was —- by everyone as an act of barbarism.
A) applauded
B) appealed
C) reiterated
D) condemned
E) restrained
applaud: (f) alkışlamak; takdir etmek, beğenmek, tasvip etmek / appeal: (i) münacat, yalvarış,
yakarış; cazibe, çekicilik; daha yüksek bir makama baş vurma; (huk) temyiz, davayı daha
yüksek bir mahkemeye devretme / reiterate: (f) tekrarlamak
43) As a result of continuing economic recession, a huge —- in the budget seems inevitable.
A) redundancy
B) improvement
C) profit
D) distinction
E) deficit
redundancy: (i) fazlalık; tekrar oranı / distinction: (i) ayırt etme, tefrik, temyiz; fark, idrak;
açıklık, vuzuh; nişan, rütbe, paye; sivrilme, yukselme, temayüz; üstünlük
44) The recent economic figures —- that the country is slowly coming out of the crisis.
A) commit
B) imply
C) incur
D) evolve
E) invoke
incur: (f) maruz olmak; tutulmak, yakalanmak, hedef olmak / evolve: (f) söküp çıkarma / invoke:
(f) dua etmek; çağırmak; davet etmek; himayesini dilemek
45) When the rate of exchange began to rise again, he felt —- to call a meeting of the financial
staff.
A) obliged
B) blamed
C) consumed
D) omitted
E) rewarded
46) As far as we are concerned, the evidence put before the court was not —- enough to
convict the man.
A) subsequent
B) conclusive
C) adamant
D) earnest
E) consecutive
subsequent: (s) sonra gelen, sonraki / conclusive: (s) kesin; nihai; ikna edici / adamant: (s)
hoşgörüsüz; çok sert / earnest: (s) ciddi; gerçek, hakiki; istekli; içten, samimi / consecutive: (s)
birbirini takip eden; ardışık
47) He devised an —- scheme whereby the rate of unemployment in the country could be
brought down sharply.
A) irrelevant
B) unstable
C) ingenious
D) untamed
E) illegible
devise: (f) tasarlamak, plan yapmak; tertip etmek / unstable: (s) kararsız, dönek, kaypak; /
ingenious: (s) hünerli, marifetli; zeki, usta; usta işi, maharetle yapılmış / illegible: (s) okunmaz,
okunması mümkün olmayan
48) I was greatly impressed by the way the judge conducted the trial, —- when it came to
summing up the case.
A) particularly
B) completely
C) sufficiently
D) effectively
E) respectively
sufficiently: kâfi derecede / respectively: zikredildikleri sıra ile, birisi birine ve diğeri ötekine ait
olmak üzere
49) As soon as the leak in the boiler was noticed, one of the engineers was naturally —- .
A) taken after
B) run down
C) made out
D) sent for
E) turned up
take after: benzemek: yolunu tutmak, izinde yürümek / run down: yermek, kötülemek, aleyhinde
söylemek; arkasından koşup yakalamak; kurulmadığı için durmak (saat); yavaşlayıp dinmek
(konuşma) / make out: (göz ile) farketmek; mana vermek, anlamak; okumak, çözmek; ispat
etmek; yazmak; başarmak; geçinmek, idare etmek / send for: (p) aratmak, çağırtmak; biriyle
ısmarlamak / turn up: yukarı çevirmek, çevirip kaldırmak; açmak, çevirmek; yüzünü yukarı
çevirmek; ortaya çıkmak; gelmek
50) At the board meeting, his suggestion was —- as it seemed politically controversial.
A) put out
B) taken out
C) held in
D) burst into
E) cast aside
controversial: (s) ihtilâflı, çekişmeli; münakaşa edilebilir / put out: çıkarmak; söndürmek;
utandırmak; rahatsız etmek; yanmak (beysbol); bozmak / take out: çıkarmak; çıkartmak;
götürmek, eşlik etmek / hold in: tutmak, zapt etmek; kendini tutmak / cast aside: get rid of
51) Asthma is a common —- in which the airways lining the lung become inflamed.
A) diagnosis
B) disease
C) fury
D) patient
E) recovery
inflame: (f) alevlendirmek, tahrik etmek; öfkelendirmek; tıb iltihaplandırmak; alevlenmek, ateş
almak, tutuşmak
52) From the report released today it appears that oil tankers suffer their major —- on their
return journeys.
A) spills
B) costs
C) repairs
D) drills
E) crews
spill: (i) denize dökülen petrol / dril: matkap; talim
53) People curious to get some idea of what it is like to be black in a country —- by whites need
look no further than Dennis Williams’s new novel Crossover.
A) tempted
B) undermined
C) perpetrated
D) run
E) deemed
crossover: (i) köprü, geçiş yeri / tempt: (f) baştan çıkarmak / undermine: (f) altını kazmak /
perpetrate: (f) (fena bir şey) / deem: (f) saymak, farz etmek
54) It is plain that the United Nations will not lift the sanctions unless the Iraqi government fully
—- with the Security Council resolutions.
A) matches
B) elaborates
C) complies
D) resumes
E) accomplishes
sanction: (i) müeyyide / match: (f) uymak, benzemek; eşlemek; evlendirmek / elaborate: ayrıntılı
bir şekilde hazırlamak / comply: (f) with ile uymak; itaat etmek
55) When the chairman tried to explain his views to the shareholders at the —- general
meeting, he was shouted down by them with cries of “Resign!”.
A) annual
B) minimal
C) essential
D) ultimate
E) recurrent
recurrent: (s) tekrar vuku bulan; (anat) aksi yöne giden
56) Because of their high toxic contents, none of these chemicals can —- be permitted for
export to any country.
A) fruitfully
B) adequately
C) presently
D) notoriously
E) equivocally
fruitfully: (z) verimli olarak / adequately: (z) layıkıyle / presently: (z) birazdan; şimdi, şimdilik /
notoriously: (z) dile düşmüş olarak / equivocally: (z) şüphe kaldırır bir surette, müphem surette,
kapalı olarak
57) I don’t know how we are going to —- the expected surge of immigrants into the country.
A) look over
B) run through
C) put out
D) take down
E) cope with
surge: (i) büyük dalga / look over: (p) incelemek, muayene etmek, göz gezdirmek, yoklamak /
run through: (p) israf etmek; saplamak; içinden geçirmek; çabucak gözden geçirmek / put out:
(p) çıkarmak; söndürmek; utandırmak; rahatsız etmek; yanmak (beysbol); bozmak / take down:
(p) indirmek; sökmek, parçalara ayırmak; kibrini kırmak, alçaltmak; yazmak, kaydetme / cope
with: (p) (gen) with ile başa çıkmak, başarmak; çaresini bulmak, ile uğraşmak
58) The Jewish immigrants, who —- the boat in England, formed the bulk of the ethnic groups
arriving in a country historically wary of foreigners.
A) took after
B) got off
C) turned up
D) made up
E) showed off
be wary of: (k) den sakınmak; dikkat etmek / take after: (p) benzemek: (p) yolunu tutmak, izinde
yürümek / get off: (p) inmek; ayrılmak; kurtulmak; söylemek get (some one veya something) off
çıkarmak / turn up: (p) yukarı çevirmek, çevirip kaldırmak; açmak, çevirmek; yüzünü yukarı
çevirmek; ortaya çıkmak; gelmek, bulunmak / make up: (p) tertip etmek, oluşturmak; barışmak;
uydurmak, icat etmek; bir araya getirmek, toplamak, tamamlamak; telafi etmek; makyaj yapmak
/ show off: (p) gösteriş yapmak; göstermek
59) If we are serious about suppressing terrorism we shall have to —- stronger measures than
those currently in practice.
A) require
B) revise
C) adopt
D) abduct
E) suspend
adopt: (f) benimsemek; evlât edinmek / suspend: (f) geçici olarak durdurmak veya iptal etmek
60) When an unknown but gifted artist is finally recognised, his paintings can become valuable
—- in the future.
A) rates
B) accounts
C) sales
D) interests
E) assets
asset: (i) mal, (çog), servet, mevcudat, aktif, varlık
61) It is —- ten years since AIDS caught the world’s attention.
A) formidably
B) generously
C) pertinently
D) roughly
E) inevitably
formidably (z) korkulacak surette, dehşet verici bir şekilde / pertinently (z) alakalı olarak, ilgili
olarak; uygun olarak
62) The new ceramics, which have little in common with the chinaware we use in our kitchens
everyday, are being used —- in engines and electronics.
A) depressingly
B) seemingly
C) increasingly
D) discouragingly
E) obligingly
chinaware: çin seramiği / depressingly (z) can sıkıntısı vererek; üzerek / seemingly (z)
görünüşte, zahiren, guya
63) I am horrified at the turn things have taken and am convinced that he is —- of much better
treatment than that which he is receiving.
A) rebutting
B) deserving
C) defending
D) safeguarding
E) indulging
rebut: (f) çürütmek; delillerle reddetmek / safeguard: (f) korumak / indulge: (f) müptela olmak,
müsamaha etmek
64) Progress in materials research is —- to overcoming such problems as the finiteness of the
world’s resources and possible shortages of strategic materials.
A) crucial
B) inexpensive
C) adamant
D) subversive
E) subsequent
adamant: (s) hoşgörüsüz; çok sert / subversive (s) tahrip edici, yıkıcı, altüst eden / subsequent:
(s) sonra gelen
65) Despite the gusty wind they were able to put out the fire before it —- .
A) fell off
B) was taken into account
C) was held out
D) got out of hand
E) broke up
gusty: (s) kesik kesik; rüzgarlı, fırtınalı / fall off: çekilmek, azalmak, düşmek, bozulmak / hold
out: dayanmak; ileri sürmek; tahammül etmek; yetmek; ayak diremek / break up: dağılmak;
dağıtmak; bozuşmak; (argo) kendini tutamayıp gülmek
66) The 1990s have been a general —- in aid to poor countries, largely because of fiscal
pressures in many rich countries.
A) consumption
B) decline
C) contingency
D) conviction
E) expenditure
contingency:(i). ihtimal; beklenmedik olay/conviction:(i). kanaat, inanç; katiyet; ikna;
mahkumiyet
67) The whole business of having meals at fixed —- is nothing but a social convention and, in
modern life, a matter of convenience.
A) approaches
B) substances
C) intervals
D) requirements
E) proportions
68) Space research is largely a branch of pure science, independent of any applications which –
— from it.
A) enforce
B) insure
C) reduce
D) restore
E) stem
69) The current social security system is —- popular, partly because its universal and partly
because retirement benefits are related to contributions, so most people think the system is
fair.
A) extremely
B) likely
C) eventually
D) indispensably
E) favourably
70) She is the oldest person in the village, to be precise, 92 years old and has a —- word of
advice for everyone.
A) fanciful
B) faithful
C) credible
D) futile
E) kindly
fanciful:(s). gerçekten uzak, kaprisli,hayalperest, hayal peşinde koşan/faithful:(s). mümin, iman
sahibi; sadık,vefakâr, doğru, güvenilir, itimada şayan/credible:(s). inanılır, güvenilir, itimada
şayan
71) Our challenge is to —- our clients with the best possible advice and support, enabling them
to take the right direction at both strategic and operational levels.
A) expand
B) consult
C) improve
D) provide
E) respect
72) It is a book rich in ideas and beauty, a book that —- and tries to answer great fundamental
questions and demands the most active reading one is capable of.
A) raises
B) attains
C) casts
D) alludes
E) accomplishes
allude:(f). ima etmek, kastetmek, kinaye yoluyla söylemek; zikretmek, bahsetmek. alluded to adı geçen
73) Before the meeting begins, it would be advisable to remind him that he is not on any
account to —- the subject of unemployment insurance.
A) look through
B) bring up
C) take back
D) break out
E) make out
74) The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace seeks an individual to launch a research
project on the information revolution and its —- on international affairs.
A) impact
B) involvement
C) reference
D) linkage
E) comparison
endowment: (i) kabiliyetler; bağış / linkage: (i) bağlayış
75) Unlike Europe’s stone castles and cathedrals, America’s historical buildings are often
wood-framed and so subject to —- from moisture and insects.
A) rebuke
B) deficiency
C) damage
D) obsession
E) frustration
rebuke: (f) azarlamak / obsession: (i) endişe; sabit fikir / frustration: (i) boşuna uğraşma;
asabiyet
76) Physically speaking, the Pacific Basin includes not only all those countries bordering on
the Pacific coast but also the Pacific island nations —- across the ocean.
A) adopted
B) based
C) grafted
D) scattered
E) expanded
graft: (f) aşılamak
77) Nearly half of the world’s countries have —- capital punishment in law or in practice, and
some two dozen of them have done so formally since 1985.
A) accused
B) abolished
C) executed
D) entailed
E) frustrated
entail: (f) icap ettirmek
78) Since most of the world’s commercial apples lack genetic diversity, they are unable to —- a
disease or a pest.
A) put away
B) hold up
C) fight off
D) get off
E) break out
put away: bir tarafa koymak; saklamak / hold up: tutmak, / fight off: püskürtmek, defetmek /
break out: zuhur etmek
79) The atmosphere —- the earth as if it were a huge roof.
A) breaks up
B) makes for
C) hangs over
D) puts off
E) runs over
break up: dağılmak; dağıtmak; bozuşmak; (argo) kendini tutamayıp gülmek / make for: (p) bir
istikamette yol almak, mümkün kılmak / put off: tehir etmek, çıkarmak; reddedilmek
80) The objective of this project is to increase the depth of awareness and understanding in the
world, about the causes and consequences of the HIV epidemic through —- policies and
programmes.
A) innovative
B) decadent
C) meagre
D) ambiguous
E) poignant
decadent: batmış, çökmüş / meager: az / ambiguous: (s) belirsiz, muğlak / poignant: (s) acı
keskin ;şiddetli
81) Launched as the new regulatory authority for the countries banking and insurance sector,
the National Financial Services Management will extend its activities so as —- to cover more
than 40% of the national economy.
A) exceptionally
B) ultimately
C) inherently
D) fluently
E) apparently
inherently: doğuştan / apparently: görünüşte
82) If you want that post you’d better apply quickly; the last day for —- applications is Friday.
A) reversing
B) withholding
C) enforcing
D) submitting
E) committing
withhold: f. (-held, -holding) elinde tutmak, kendine saklamak, bırakmamak; kısıtlamak;
vermemek
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83) In this paper I should like to report some of the results of an —- study of two hundred
London families.
A) extreme
B) intrinsic
C) intensive
D) emphatic
E) apparent
intrinsic :(s.) aslında olan, esasi, yaradılıştan, hakiki./emphatic: s. üzerinde durulmuş, kuvvetle
ifade olunmuş, etkili; önemli, dikkati çeken; vurgulu, kuvvetli ifa desi olan, kesinlikle hareket
eden
84) Recent studies have shown that smokers are more —- to common colds and flu than nonsmokers.
A) feasible
B) susceptible
C) applicable
D) reliable
E) responsible
feasible: (s). mümkün, yapılabilir, tatbik edilebilir; uygun, münasip, yakışık alır; ihtimal
dahilînde, muhtemel, makul/susceptible: s. çabuk müteessir olan, hassas; alıngan; kolay aşık
olan, şıpsevdi.
85) For the present, the party is expected to put its differences aside and campaign —- for a victory at the forthcoming elections.
A) vigorously
B) awkwardly
C) precisely
D) distinctly
E) reluctantly
vigorously: z. gayretle, gayretli bir şekilde/awkwardly: (z). Acemicesine/precisely: z. dikkatle,
kesinlikle; tamamen; muhakkak/distinctly: (z). açıkça, vuzuhla; şüphesiz, muhakkak, kesin
olarak
86) Industry has developed rapidly in certain countries as raw materials are —- available there.
A) repeatedly
B) scarcely
C) consequently
D) abundantly
E) indefinitely
87) I wasn’t at all impressed by the —- he gave me.
A) distribution
B) explanation
C) determination
D) complication
E) negotiation
88) The problem of how to —- the vast quantities of waste we produce, requires our urgent
attention.
A) bring up
B) win over
C) find out
D) put off
E) deal with
89) Once the children have grown up I shall start travelling again, and I’m really —- that.
A) passing on to
B) waiting up for
C) looking forward to
D) making up for
E) going along with
90) The river Danube rises in Germany and —- through central Europe and into the Black Sea.
A) cruises
B) spreads
C) flows
D) conducts
E) covers
91) Anti-lock brakes (ABS) help you to maintain steering control of your car even while braking
on —- roads.
A) lonesome
B) fast
C) reckless
D) slippery
E) stagnant
lonesome: (s) yalnızlıktan içi sıkılmış/reckless: (s) dünyayı umursamayan; kendini tehlikeye
atan; dikkatsiz, kayıtsız, pervasız/stagnant: (s) durgun, hareketsiz, bayatlamış, bozulmuş (su);
atıl, kesat, rakit
92) —- populated, rural Northumberland is one of the most unspoiled countries in England.
A) Sparsely
B) Nearly
C) Primarily
D) Suitably
E) Efficiently
sparsely: (z) seyrek seyrek
93) Today a very wide spectrum of biological scientists are needed, both to develop the
biotechnology of the next millennium and to ensure the —- of life in our planet.
A) explanation
B) process
C) exhaustion
D) duration
E) conservation
exhaustion: (i) yorgunluk, bitkinlik; tüketme, tükenme; boşluk/duration: (i) devam, süreklilik;
süre, müddet
94) A hundred years ago the chestnut —- a quarter of the hardwood trees in America.
A) turned down
B) got through
C) made up
D) made out
E) put down
chestnut: (i) kestane
95) Evidence of racial bias in sentencing helped to convince certain states in America to —-
capital punishment in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
A) keep down
B) rule against
C) put out
D) point out
E) break through
bias: (i) meyil, temayül, peşin hüküm; taraf tutma
96) Natural disasters have been defined as ecological disruptions exceeding the adjustment
capacity of a community and —- outside assistance.
A) stepping up
B) putting up with
C) look after
D) calling for
E) dealing with
97) It is hard for a tiger, especially an inexperienced one, to —- how to attack an animal that is
facing it.
A) figure out
B) keep away
C) rule out
D) fall back
E) run over
98) If the —- of profits falls in one area of activity, entrepreneurs may move their resources to
an industry where the returns are higher.
A) phase
B) liability
C) level
D) supply
E) policy
entrepreneur: i. işadamı, müessese sahibi; müteşebbis kimse.
99) In many countries training for industry has always been considered to be —- the concern of
industry itself, not of the state.
A) socially
B) primarily
C) suitably
D) firmly
E) reputedly
reputedly: z. rivayete göre.
100) A basic —- of amphibious warfare is undoubtedly command of the sea.
A) withdrawal
B) involvement
C) determination
D) concession
E) requirement
amphibious: (s). hem suda hem karada yaşayabilir, iki yaşayışlı; hem su hem kara ile ilişkisi
olan; iki tabiatlı, iki sınıfa mensup
101) Even quite late in the twentieth century many men assumed that entry into certain
professions was their —- right.
A) independent
B) exclusive
C) adequate
D) excessive
E) unaccountable
exclusive: (s.), (i.) umuma açık olmayan; bir kimse veya zümreye has; tek, eşi olmayan; hariç
tutan; of ile müstesna, -den gayri, hesaba katmadan; (i.) yalnız bir gazete veya mecmuanın
temin edebildiği mülâkat / unaccountable: s. anlatılmaz, anlaşılmaz; mesuliyetsiz, sorumsuz,
hesabı verilmeyen; olağanüstü
102) Bacteria have remarkable capacity for —- tolerance to previously lethal drugs.
A) acquiring
B) denouncing
C) deceiving
D) repudiating
E) recovering
denounce: (f). ihbar etmek, haber vermek, ifşa etmek; mukavele veya anlaşmanın
fesholunacağını haber vermek; suçlamak, itham etmek, bir kimsenin kusurlarını açığa vurmak /
repudiate: f. reddetmek, tanımamak; ödememek, kabul etmemek
103) Because critical periods occur throughout pregnancy, a woman should continuously —-
her health.
A) keep in with
B) put up with
C) find out
D) take good care of
E) look up to
keep in with: teveccühünü muhafaza etmek, dost kalmak / look up to: hürmeti olmak, hürmet
etmek; güvenmek, itimat etmek
104) In the early twentieth century, a number of scientists, who had been trained as physicists,
were interested in the study of biological organisms, and their efforts —- the field we now call
molecular biology.
A) took leave of
B) made up for
C) gave rise to
D) showed up
E) fell apart
take leave: ayrılmak, veda etmek / give rise to: sebep olmak, davet etmek
105) In the introduction to this book, the writer —- a foreign policy that makes world peace the
top priority.
A) calls for
B) holds out
C) keeps up
D) puts on
E) brings about
call for: istemek; gerekli olmak / hold out: dayanmak; ileri sürmek; tahammül etmek; yetmek;
ayak diremek / bring about: sebep olmak, hâs etmek; beraberinde getirmek
106) In a blizzard, the —- of very low temperatures, strong wind and suffocating snow often
proves fatal.
A) expectation
B) endurance
C) engagement
D) consistence
E) combination
Suffocate: f. boğmak, nefesini kesmek; bastırarak söndürmek; boğulmak, nefes alamamak.
suffocating s. bunaltıcı, boğucu
107) I’m afraid I can’t —- the signature on this painting but it has been signed.
A) make out
B) take out
C) find out
D) turn back
E) put down
108) The top research universities in the U.S.A. are —- the fact that women researchers are
encountering substantial barriers to career advancement.
A) waiting for
B) pulling out of
C) facing up to
D) trying out
E) turning up
109) His doctor —- advising him to take it easy for a while and stop all overtime but he didn’t
listen.
A) made up
B) kept on
C) ran through
D) left out
E) played down
110) Our understanding of the development of behaviour has long been hampered by the
tendency to —- sharply between “innate” and “acquired” behaviour.
A) exclude
B) separate
C) distinguish
D) infer
E) assess
111) The government has recently made one million dollars —- for research grants concerning
the prediction of earthquakes.
A) conditional
B) available
C) suitable
D) considerable
E) vulnerable
112) The ozone layer may still act like a protective blanket, but scientists continue to worry
about the sun’s —- lethal effects.
A) potentially
B) equivalently
C) indifferently
D) approximately
E) abruptly
lethal: (li’thıl) s. öldürücü, ölüme ait. lethality i. öldürücülük.
113) Owing to the shortages in some building materials and labour —- in some trades, the
building industry began to make more use of prefabricated.
A) components
B) immunity
C) reliably
D) cavity
E) scarcity
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- B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. E 6. D 7. E 8. C 9. B 10. A
- B 12. D 13. E 14. B 15. C 16. E 17. E 18. C 19. C 20. A
- C 22. A 23. E 24. E 25. C 26. B 27. E 28. C 29. D 30. E
- B 32. A 33. D 34. E 35. C 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. D 40. C
- E 42. D 43. E 44. B 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. A 49. D 50. E
- B 52. A 53. D 54. C 55. A 56. C 57. E 58. B 59. C 60. E
- D 62. C 63. B 64. A 65. D 66. B 67. C 68. E 69. A 70. C
- D 72. A 73. B 74. A 75. C 76. D 77. B 78. C 79. C 80. A
- B 82. D 83. C 84. B 85. A 86. D 87. B 88. E 89. C 90. C
- D 92. A 93. E 94. C 95. B 96. D 97. A 98. C 99. B 100. E
- B 102. A 103. D 104. C 105. A 106. E 107. A 108. C 109. B 110. C
- B 112. A 113. E