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1. - 5. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. 6. 10. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

In 1912, a German called Wegener declared that all the continents of the world had once been joined together and were now drifting around like giant rafts. His (1) ---- attracted very little interest. In 1915, he published a book on continental drift. No one took it (2) ----. But (3) ---- the early 1960s, geologists (4) ---- to realize that molten rock was seeping up from under the oceans and pushing the continents further away from (5) ---- at around two and a half centimetres a year. (YDS-2003)

The Romantic Age in England was part of a movement that affected all the countries of the Western World. The forms of romanticism were (6) ---- many and varied that it is difficult to speak of the movement as a whole. It tended to align (7) ---with the humanitarian spirit of the democratic revolutionaries. (8) ----, romantics were not always democrats and democrats were not always revolutionaries. Perhaps the (9) ---- thing to say is that romanticism represented an attempt (10) ---the wonder of the world. (YDS-2003) 6.

1. A) B) C) D) E) ability invention comprehension concern claim

A) B) C) D) E)

so as both neither thus

2. 7. A) B) C) D) E) deliberately sensibly fairly regrettably seriously A) B) C) D) E) others them each itself themselves

3. 8. A) B) C) D) E) under by over at from A) B) C) D) E) Even so Since Accordingly In case On the contrary

4. A) B) C) D) E) are beginning have begun were beginning begin would begin

9. A) B) C) D) E) safe safest safety safely safer

5. A) B) C) D) E) another each other the others one other any other

10. A) B) C) D) E) having rediscovered rediscovering to rediscover to have rediscovered on rediscovering

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11. 15. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. 16. - 20. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

Japan has a large number of great artists. Of all the artists of Japan, the one Westerners probably like and (11) ---- best is Hokusai. He was a (12) ----, unpredictable man who lived in as many as a hundred different houses and changed his name (13) ---- 30 times. Hokusai never painted in one period or style (14) ---- very long at a time; he never seemed to stop (15) ---- after something new. (YDS-2004)

11. A) B) C) D) E) disturb discover allow suspect understand

The etymology of the word chocolate may remain (16) ---- and open to debate even today; but there can be no real doubt that the ancient Aztec civilization lies at the origin of chocolate. The god Quetzalcoatl, gardener of paradise, was respected (17) ---- guardian of the cacao tree, purveyor of both strength and wealth. The seeds, or beans, were used as a form of currency, valid (18) ---- for the purchase of everyday items and for the payment of tribute money to the king. It was the spectacle of monkeys sucking the refreshing juices around the beans that first (19) ---- men the idea of tasting them. From there, it was a short step to consuming the beans (20) ----. (YDS-2004)

16. A) B) C) D) E) regular indifferent faithful uncertain suitable

12. A) B) C) D) E) determined restless reliable consistent sensible

17. A) B) C) D) E) just even like for as

13. A) B) C) D) E) greatest the least at best mostly at least 18. A) B) C) D) E) not only either both as if more

14. 19. A) B) C) D) E) through at for with over A) B) C) D) E) having given gave had given to have given has given

15. A) B) C) D) E) to have been chased chasing having chased to chase being chased

20. A) B) C) D) E) themselves as theirs itself by them for them

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21. 25. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. 26. - 30. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

Two years ago China joined the World Trade Organization and tariffs began to drop and the country began to grow richer. (21) ---- Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympic Games, the people of the world (22) ---- a city and a country that has been transformed. China is now (23) ---- the largest economies in the world and it is becoming a (24) ---trading partner (25) ---- the US. (YDS-2005)

The authors of Goodbye are two sisters and they are Korean Americans. The book tells the story of a young Korean girl who (26) ---- to say goodbye to the neighbourhood (27) ---- she has grown up. The family has decided to move to the US in search of (28) ---- life. But the girl feels (29) ---- to leave and has almost no desire to start a new life. Its a perfect cross-cultural story for an (30) ---- globalized world. (YDS-2005)

26. 21. A) B) C) D) E) Until When Unless As if Once A) B) C) D) E) would struggle was struggling had struggled struggled is struggling

22. A) B) C) D) E) would find has found will find is finding finds

27. A) B) C) D) E) that in which how from which there

23. A) B) C) D) E) one of almost any of either even

28. A) B) C) D) E) best as good a better a better a best

24. A) B) C) D) E) particular significant narrow-minded persuasive self-conscious

29. A) B) C) D) E) peaceful eager reluctant liable decisive

25. A) B) C) D) E) to by of from against

30. A) B) C) D) E) increasingly indifferently enduringly improbably unlikely

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31. - 35. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. 36. 40. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

Romes great amphitheatre, the Colosseum, was commissioned by the Emperor Vespasian in 72 A.D. It was used for deadly gladiatorial combats and wild animal fights. (31) ---- were staged, free of charge, by the emperor and wealthy citizens. It was built with a very practical design (32) ---- 80 entrances allowing easy access for 55 thousand (33) ----. Excavations in the 19th century (34) ---- a network of rooms under the arena, from which animals (35) ----. (YDS-2006)

Over the last five years or so, the science of climate change has been firmly established. There is a general (36) ---- among leading scientists that we are now (37) ---- a major global warming problem. Over the last hundred years or so temperatures (38) ---- by about 0.8C, and we can attribute (39) ---- of this to increased emissions of carbon dioxide (40) ---- this has all happened after we started to burn fossil fuels. (YDS-2006)

31. A) B) C) D) E) Others Any These The rest Of which

36. A) B) C) D) E) condition permission agreement refusal intention

32. A) B) C) D) E) with for from out of to

37. A) B) C) D) E) forced to faced with pulled up turned up found out

33. A) B) C) D) E) crowds inhabitants invaders spectators population

38. A) B) C) D) E) have risen had risen are rising would have risen will be rising

34. A) B) C) D) E) supported disturbed compared claimed exposed

39. A) B) C) D) E) more much many the most any

35. A) B) C) D) E) to have been released to be released will have been released could be released must be released

40. A) B) C) D) E) as if though because unless when

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41. - 45. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. 46. - 50. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

On most clear, dark nights you can see a falling star if you keep looking. (41) ---- falling stars are actually meteors. They are points of bright light that suddenly (42) ---- in the sky, race toward the horizon, and disappear. For a long time, nobody (43) ---- what a meteor was. But finally, those who study stars and the sky decided that a meteor is a piece of a comet that exploded long (44) ----. Some pieces are (45) ---- moving about the universe in paths that follow the original comets orbit. (YDS-2007)

Opponents of day-care for children still call for women to return to the home, but the battle is really over. Now the question is: Will day-care continue to be (46) ---- funded and poorly regulated, or will public policy introduce a system that rightly treats children as our (47) ---- valuable national resource? Today, there is a fifty per cent chance that the mother of a young child (48) ---- to the work force before (49) ---- childs first birthday. An estimated 9.5 million preschoolers have mothers (50) ---- work outside the home. (YDS-2007)

46. 41. A) B) C) D) E) This These What That Which A) B) C) D) E) highly mostly mainly unnecessarily inadequately

47. 42. A) B) C) D) E) appear discover confer exist illustrate A) B) C) D) E) much more most the least less

48. 43. A) B) C) D) E) will know should have known knew was known could know A) B) C) D) E) returned will return had returned should return has returned

49. 44. A) B) C) D) E) ago after over again during A) B) C) D) E) her their our its hers

50. 45. A) B) C) D) E) almost rarely hardly still already A) B) C) D) E) whose who whom of whom whoever

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51. - 55. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. 56. - 60. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

In the nineteenth century there was no easy way to heat water. People generally used fires to do it, (51) ---- first they had to chop wood or collect coal, and then they had to light the fire and keep it burning. In cities, the wealthy heated their water with gas made from coal, but it didnt burn clean, and the heater had to be lit every time they wanted hot water; if they (52) ---- to put out the flame, the tank could blow up. (53) ----, in many areas, wood, coal or gas was expensive and hard to find. To get around these problems in rural areas, many farmers found a safer, easier and cheaper way to heat water: (54) ---- painting a metal water tank black and putting it in the sun to absorb as much solar energy as possible. But even on clear hot days it generally took several hours to get the water hot, and it cooled off as soon as the sun (55) ----. (YDS-2008)

London, which is the largest city in Europe, is home to about seven million people. (56) ---- by the Romans in the 1st century A.D. as an administrative centre and trading port, the capital is now the main residence of the British monarchs, and the centre of government. (57) ---- possessing many museums and art galleries, London has many other attractions, which make it an exciting city, (58) ---- a wide variety of entertainment. Various cultural developments that have taken place recently (59) ---- to the citys range of attractions. However, there are many other (60) ---- towns to explore, such as the historic centres of York and Bath. (YDS-2008) 56. A) B) C) D) E) Represented Destroyed Followed Changed Founded

51. A) B) C) D) E) once before if but since

57. A) B) C) D) E) In addition to Rather than Compared to In case of Contrary to

52. A) B) C) D) E) had forgotten could have forgotten will forget forget forgot

58. A) B) C) D) E) by with in from about

53. A) B) C) D) E) Moreover As a result Even so Therefore Instead 59. 54. A) B) C) D) E) without by towards in within

A) B) C) D) E)

had added were adding have added will add should have added

55. A) B) C) D) E) fell apart broke up went down took off ran away

60. A) B) C) D) E) competitive dominant efficient fascinating vague

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61. - 65. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. 66. - 70. sorularda, aadaki parada numaralanm yerlere uygun den szck ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.

The Spanish are famous for their natural sociability and appetite for life. They (61) ---- to put as much energy into enjoying life as they do into their work. The (62) ---- lazy Spaniard is a myth, but many people fit their work to the demands (63) ---- their social lives, rather than be ruled by the clock. The day is quite long in Spain, and the Spanish have a word, madrugada, for the time between midnight and dawn, (64)---- city streets are often still full of people enjoying (65) ----. (YDS-2009) 61. A) B) C) D) E) knew are known have known were knowing are to be known

Cleopatras Isle, now known as Sedir Adas, is a tiny site, (66)---- an overall length of only about three and a half kilometres, situated in southwestern Asia Minor. It is believed that Cleopatra landed there and (67)---- fell in love with it. It is (68)---- believed that the unique sand of the little beach on it was brought from Egypt (69)---- her pleasure by Mark Antony. This sand is truly a special kind, described as resembling a silkworms eggs. This description is certainly accurate, for every sand grain (70)---separate and distinct. (YDS-2009)

66. A) B) C) D) E) with which that its whose

62. 67. A) B) C) D) E) typical dissatisfied dominant unpleasant challenging A) B) C) D) E) carefully always rarely immediately repeatedly

63. A) B) C) D) E) towards at of into through

68. A) B) C) D) E) yet sometimes already ever also

69. 64. A) B) C) D) E) where which that when how A) B) C) D) E) for at with about to

70. 65. A) B) C) D) E) their own theirs the others one anothers themselves A) B) C) D) E) would have stood stands was standing had stood has stood

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2003-2009 YDS CLOZE TEST QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY 1 E 21 B 41 B 61 B 81 2 E 22 C 42 A 62 A 82 3 B 23 A 43 C 63 C 83 4 C 24 B 44 A 64 D 84 5 B 25 C 45 D 65 E 85 6 A 26 E 46 E 66 A 86 7 D 27 B 47 C 67 D 87 8 A 28 D 48 B 68 E 88 9 B 29 C 49 A 69 A 89 10 C 30 A 50 B 70 B 90 11 E 31 C 51 D 71 91 12 B 32 A 52 E 72 92 13 E 33 D 53 A 73 93 14 C 34 E 54 B 74 94 15 B 35 D 55 C 75 95 16 D 36 C 56 E 76 96 17 E 37 B 57 A 77 97 18 C 38 A 58 B 78 98 19 B 39 B 59 C 79 99 20 A 40 C 60 D 80 100 _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ 8