NOUN CLAUSES

PART 1

1. A traditional love of dishes made with minced 7. Can you please tell me to ---- I should apply in
meat, such as köfte, in Turkey explains ---- Mc order to get this document signed?
Donald's restaurants are overwhelmingly
popular here. A) whom
B) what
A) that
C) when
B) why
D) why
C) where
E) how
D) what
8. I really don't remember ---- youths there were
E) whether
in the boat, but it was crowded.
2. ---- Manchester Union football team will be
promoted depends on the last match of the A) which
season. B) what
A) That C) how many
B) Who D) who
C) Whether E) where
D) Where 9. I've looked through the menu, but I can't
decide ---- to order.
E) Which
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3. By asking him a few questions about the A) whom

topic, I tried to understand ---- advanced my B) where
son was with compiling information for his C) when
term paper.
D) what
A) whether E) how
B) how far 10. I'm not sure ---- this material will retain its
C) which color, so I'd recommend you to hand-wash it
D) that first.
E) whose A) which
4. Do not just condemn the management, tell us B) when
---- you would get rid of this problem were you C) whether
in their place.
D) whose
A) who E) why
B) which 11. No one has heard anything about him ---- he
C) what was dismissed from the Navy.
D) how
A) when
E) where
B) since
5. I'm sorry Sir, but I don't know ---- floor the C) why
maternity ward is on.
D) where
A) that E) how
B) how 12. I can't recollect ---- day she started working
C) when here.
D) where
A) which
E) which
B) where
6. My brother is really scared of large dogs and C) when
panics ---- he sees one.
D) that
A) however E) whether
B) whenever
C) whichever
D) whatever
E) whomever

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13. ---- you were driving thirty miles per hour 20. I bought plenty of material for the dress and
above the speed limit at the time of the jacket I'm making because I'm not certain
accident will count against you. exactly ---- I will need.
A) The fact that A) how many
B) Whether B) how much
C) Whom C) how far
D) Whenever D) how long
E) Which E) how often
14. Are you implying ---- the area is unsafe? 21. Advertising ---- with the signs that merchants
once put over their doors to inform the public,
A) when with symbols or pictures, exactly what ---- for
B) where sale inside.
C) what A) originates / has been
D) that B) has originated / had been
E) whether C) will originate / were
15. ---- he had been dieting too strictly D) originated / was
contributed to his collapse.
E) might originate / have been
A) However 22. It is generally acknowledged ---- smoking can
B) What cause cancer.
C) Who A) what
D) Where B) that
E) The fact that C) which
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16. There are some spare climbing ropes for ---- D) when
needs them.
E) whether
A) wherever 23. According to the fire chief, it still isn't clear
B) whenever where the fire ---- but he believes that it ---- in
C) whoever the storeroom.
D) whatever A) could start / has to start
E) however B) starts / has started
17. May I ask ---- climbing ropes these are? C) started / might have started
D) was starting / ought to start
A) who
E) has started / will be starting
B) whom
C) whose 24. Following his arrest for drink driving, he ----
from driving for twelve months.
D) how
E) why A) has disqualified
18. ---- dreams signify has puzzled mankind for B) has been disqualified
thousands of years. C) will be disqualifying
D) disqualified
A) Which
E) will have disqualified
B) Whether
C) Whose 25. Today agricultural machines of great size and
complexity, some even computerized, ---- in
D) What
hours what ---- people and animals days to
E) Since complete previously.
19. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have the A) accomplish / used to take
ability to teach others ---- to ski just because
you are an excellent skier yourself. B) have accomplished / takes
C) will be accomplished / took
A) how
D) are accomplishing / should take
B) what
E) had accomplished / was taking
C) which
D) whether
E) when

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26. I'm worried whether the secretary ---- with the 33. ---- we drive over the Thames River in London,
extra work load. Perhaps we should employ my father points out that my grandfather
an office junior to help her. helped design the bridge.
A) will be able to cope A) However
B) would have coped B) Wherever
C) had to be coping C) Whenever
D) had been coping D) Whichever
E) could have coped E) Whatever
27. I couldn't believe ---- it took them to process 34. Our advertiser ---- that we should print our
my application. catalogues on recycled paper because he
believes that an environmentally-conscious
A) how much image will attract more customers.
B) how many
A) suggested
C) where
B) alleged
D) how long
C) grumbled
E) when
D) reported
28. I can't remember ---- stitches I have cast on
E) revealed
my knitting needles. I'll have to count them
again. 35. Even after a lengthy discussion, it hasn't been
---- which branch will get the first automated
A) how much office system.
B) how long
A) assumed
C) how often
B) replied
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D) how far
C) proved
E) how many
D) resolved
29. Can you tell me ---- is responsible for ordering
E) meant
stationery? We need some more envelopes in
our department. 36. After Farmer Giles caught them in the act, the
boys had to ---- that they had been stealing
A) whose his apples.
B) when
A) insist
C) who
B) confess
D) where
C) forget
E) that
D) claim
30. I might be able to tell you ---- road to take if I
E) decide
knew ----- on the map we are now.
37. The guy from their service department
A) where / when showed me ---- to operate the machine, but I
B) which / where don't remember ---- this knob is for.
C) what / how A) why / which
D) how far / which B) when / how
E) whose / when C) whom / when
31. The management ---- that the workers would D) how / what
be sacked if they went on strike.
E) whose / why
A) discovered 38. ---- of these diets you follow to lose weight,
B) noticed you should combine it with some exercise.
C) threatened A) Whichever
D) grumbled B) Whenever
E) appreciated C) Whomever
32. My sister ---- me this morning that tomorrow D) However
is my mother's birthday.
E) Whatever
A) murmured
B) questioned
C) suspected
D) requested
E) reminded

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39. And now ladies and gentlemen, we will ---- 45. Many psychological problems experienced
that our newly designed vacuum cleaner during the Vietnam War by American soldiers
picks up dust effectively and quickly. Just were caused by the fact that many young men
watch us. were not sure exactly ---- they were fighting
for.
A) operate
B) remind A) why
C) inform B) what
D) respond C) where
E) demonstrate D) how
E) when
40. When you buy quality tweed fabric, it is
important to know ---- it was made as only on
the islands of the Outer Hebrides is still made
by hand. 46. – 55. sorularda, yarım bırakılan cümleyi
A) when uygun şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
B) whom
C) where 46. ---- remains to be seen.
D) what A) Whether our team will make it to the finals
E) which B) If we play as well as we did last week
41. All the research ---- that sunshine has a C) Whenever he is supposed to practise
positive effect on one's emotions. D) How long had he been working on the report
A) demands E) The fact that we were good enough to
qualify
B) pretends
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47. The headmaster was determined to find out

C) observes ----.
D) indicates A) that the science laboratory at his school was
E) wishes better equipped than at any other
42. Even though she hadn't said anything, her B) if only he could have remembered to
husband ---- that there was something wrong. congratulate the winners of the competition
C) how many students were there in the
A) objected
cafeteria at the time
B) proposed
D) that the school system required a foreign
C) promised language to be taught
D) perceived E) who had released all the frogs from the
E) explained science laboratory
43. I wonder ---- the overriding factors were that 48. It was his greatest hope ----.
led to such an unconventional decision. A) whether the peace initiative could actually
work
A) why
B) that people could learn to live together in
B) what peace
C) when C) if he could ever be a rich man
D) how D) without the support and encouragement of
E) whether his friends
44. The financial analyst ---- that the forthcoming E) whenever he saw his old colleagues
introduction of a single European currency 49. ----, so it's quite likely that it will spend the
would draw attention to price differences night out in the garden.
between nations. A) Whether he has remembered to take his
A) inquired keys with him or not
B) wondered B) I don't think I reminded him to bring the bird
in
C) pointed out
C) I recall how he used to play with the dog in
D) asked the back yard
E) occurred D) A dove has made its nest in one of the trees
in our orchard
E) Unless I phone him to say that I've found his
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50. Vegetarians claim ----. 56. – 60. sorularda, verilen Türkçe cümlenin
A) to avoid any products which are obtained İngilizce dengini bulunuz.
from animals
B) whether they should include dairy products 56. Avukat bazı delillere dikkat çekerek, tanıkların
in their diet ifadelerinin doğru olmadığını ileri sürdü.
C) why animals should be killed to satisfy man's
hunger A) As the lawyer stated, the statements of the
witnesses contradicted some of the
D) whichever diet is the least healthy evidence they had.
E) that eating animal flesh is unhealthy B) Claiming that the statements of the
51. The rules of the club stipulate ----. witnesses were incorrect, the lawyer
A) whether or not there'll be a charity ball in the produced some newly uncovered evidence.
spring C) The lawyer strongly argued that the
B) whenever there is a meeting on the statements made by the witnesses were
premises wrong as he had some evidence to refute
them.
C) that nobody is to climb on his own
D) The lawyer tried to refute the statements of
D) even if somebody is to violate any of them
the witnesses by producing some newly
E) whoever objects to the membership fee discovered evidence.
52. ---- haven't been declared yet. E) Drawing attention to some evidence, the
lawyer contended that the statements of the
A) The groups for the World Cup witnesses were not true.
B) Which of the teams will qualify for the
57. 2004 Olimpiyat Oyunları'na hangi ülkenin ev
competition
sahipliği yapacağı henüz kararlaştırılmadı.
C) Whenever the Olympic Games take place
A) Which countries are going to propose to
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D) Whether our team will take part in the

games host the 2004 Olympic Games is still not
certain.
E) How the groups are going to be selected
B) It isn't certain yet where the 2004 Olympic
53. I was half way to the bus stop when I realised Games are going to be held.
----. C) They still haven't decided which country to
A) how could I have done such a silly thing assign as the host of the 2004 Olympic
Games.
B) if I had taken my pass with me
D) The decision about where the 2004 Olympic
C) whether I had turned the gas off Games will be held has not yet been taken.
D) that I had left my report at home E) It hasn't been decided yet which country will
E) the fact that the bus won't come for more host the 2004 Olympic Games.
than twenty minutes
58. Herkes neşe içinde sohbet ederken Tim'in
54. ---- made it obvious once more what an neden sessiz kaldığını merak ettim.
excellent reputation the school has.
A) I was curious to learn why Tim kept silent
A) Though it was extremely unfortunate for while all the others were noisily chatting.
many hopeful students B) Everybody was so cheerfully chatting that
B) The fact that ten times as many students we didn't notice Tim appeared so silent.
applied for the entrance exam as would be C) Tim, who was noticeably silent, asked me
accepted why everybody was chattering so noisily.
C) Whether or not the owners will decide to D) I wondered why Tim remained silent while
open a second school in a different area everybody was chattering cheerfully.
D) However hard students may have studied E) I noticed that everybody but Tim, who kept
for the entrance examination silent, was chattering cheerfully.
E) Many of the contemporary politicians and
literary personalities had studied there
55. Have you asked the landowner ----?
A) that we are not prepared to spend so much
on the deposit
B) why hasn't the kitchen tap been fixed yet
C) who is going to pay for the repair work in the
flat
D) to get the contract ready before we moved in
E) when can we go and collect our remaining
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59. Düşük performansın için moralini bozmak 62. I doubt that she can cope with all these
yerine onu nasıl yükseltebileceğin üzerine problems on her own.
yoğunlaşmalısın. A) Tek başına nasıl bu kadar sorunun
üstesinden gelecek bilmiyorum.
A) Instead of demoralising yourself about your B) Bütün bu sorunlara karşı tek başına göğüs
low performance, you should focus on how germesi bana zor gibi görünüyor.
you can improve it. C) Onun tek başına bütün sorunların
B) Having a low performance is indeed üstesinden gelebileceğinden kuşkuluyum.
demoralising, but you can improve it. D) Tek başına bütün bu sorunlara karşı göğüs
C) In order to be able to improve your gerebileceğine inanmıyorum.
performance, you should concentrate on E) Onun tek başına bütün bu sorunlara karşı
your task without being demoralised. ayakta kalabilmesi biraz kuşkulu.
D) If you concentrated on how to improve your 63. Everybody in the office was wondering what
performance, you wouldn't feel demoralised the new manager, who was going to take over
at all. the position in a week, was like.
E) Feeling demoralised will do you no good; A) Bir hafta içinde görevi devralması beklenen
instead, you should focus on different ways yeni müdürün nasıl biri olduğu bürodaki
to improve your performance. herkes için bir merak konusuydu.
60. Geleceğin bize neler getireceğini tam olarak B) Bürodaki herkes bir hafta sonra görevi
bilemeyiz ama en azından, iyi şeyler getirmesi devralacak olan yeni müdürün nasıl biri
için çabalayabiliriz. olduğunu merak ediyordu.
C) Bir hafta sonar göreve başlayacak olan yeni
A) If we want the future to bring us good things,
müdürü bürodaki herkes merakla bekliyordu.
we must strive hard today to increase this
likelihood. D) Bürodaki herkesin merakla beklediği müdür
nihayet bir hafta sonra göreve başlıyordu.
B) We can't exactly know what the future will
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bring to us, but at least, we could strive for it E) Bürodaki herkes tarafından nasıl biri olduğu
to bring good things. merak edilen yeni müdür bir hafta içinde
görevi devralacaktı.
C) It's not possible for us to determine our
future precisely, yet we can strive hard today 64. The tourists demanded an explanation from
in order to expect good things. the guide as to why they were unable to visit
D) Even if we strive hard, we cannot shape our the pyramids that day.
future with precision; however, we can at A) O gün piramitlere götürülmeyince turistler
least expect good things. rehberden bunun nedenini açıklamasını
E) If we knew for sure what the future would istediler.
bring to us, we would strive hard to ensure B) Turistler rehberden kendilerini piramitlere
good things. götürmesini istedikleri halde nedense bu
ziyaret o gün gerçekleşemedi.
C) Rehber turistlere neden o gün piramitleri
61. – 65. sorularda verilen İngilizce cümlenin ziyaret edemeyeceklerini açıklamaya çalıştı
Türkçe dengini bulunuz. ama onlar ısrarla gitmek istediler.
D) Turistler rehberden o gün piramitleri neden
ziyaret edemedikleri konusunda bir açıklama
61. My father complains that his attempts at work istediler.
are not sufficiently appreciated by his bosses.
E) Piramitleri görmek isteyen turistlere rehber
A) Patronları babamın işinde gösterdiği bu ziyareti o gün yapamayacaklarını söyledi.
çabaların pek tatmin edici olmadığından
şikayetçiler. 65. As mother has placed no restrictions, we can
decorate the house for my birthday however
B) Babamın işiyle ilgili tek şikayeti, patronların we like.
çok çabalayan elemanları yeterince takdir
etmemeleridir. A) Annem hiçbir kısıtlama koymadığına göre,
doğum günüm için evi istediğimiz gibi
C) Babam işiyle ilgili olarak durmadan yakınıyor süsleyebiliriz.
çünkü patronları onun çabalarını hiç takdir
etmiyorlarmış. B) Annem hiç karışmayacağını söylediyse,
doğum günüm için evi süsleme işini
D) Patronları babamın çabalarını birazcık takdir kendimiz yapacağız demektir.
etselerdi, işiyle ilgili hiç şikayeti olmazdı.
C) Madem ki annem yer konusunda bir
E) Babam işinde gösterdiği çabaların patronları sınırlama getirdi, biz de doğum günüm için
tarafından yeterince takdir edilmediğinden evi süsleriz.
yakınıyor.
D) Annem kısıtlamaya çalışıyor ama doğum
günüm için evi istediğimiz gibi süslememize
izin verecektir.
E) Bütün mesele, doğum günümde evi
dilediğimiz gibi süsleyebilmek için annemin
koyduğu kısıtlamaları kaldırtmak.

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 PART 2

1. The swimming-pool near our house opens in 7. Why don't you ask Auntie Doris? I'm sure
June, so after that we can go swimming ---- she'll know ---- to make an apple pie.
we like.
A) what
A) wherever B) how
B) whenever C) why
C) whichever D) which
D) however E) whom
E) whoever
8. I don't know ---- money to take on holiday with
2. Look at that ugly building! ---- designed it has me because this is my first holiday abroad.
no taste at all.
A) how many
A) Wherever B) whatever
B) Whenever C) however
C) Whoever D) how much
D) Whatever E) whether
E) However
9. ---- you are going on holiday is probably the
3. Good luck for the future! I wish you best place to go in Turkey at this time of year.
happiness in ---- you decide to do.
A) Where
A) however B) Which
B) whoever C) When
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C) whenever D) What
D) wherever E) Why
E) whatever
10. It's not clear ---- he is going to leave his house
4. I'm sure you will do well, ---- university you to in his will.
decide to go to.
A) whose
A) whenever B) which
B) whichever C) whom
C) whoever D) that
D) however E) what
E) wherever
11. ---- she wrote in reply to my question about
5. We didn't notice ---- we had strayed off the her charity work was the most touching
path until we were deep in the forest. account I have ever read.
A) how far A) Why
B) so far B) Where
C) how long C) What
D) so long D) When
E) how often E) How
6. It's going to be a long journey, ---- we travel, 12. He hasn't explained to us yet ---- he sacked
because we can only take the plane as far as the secretary.
the nearest airport, which is more than 200
miles away from the area, and then we will A) how long
have to take the coach. B) why
A) how far C) what
B) whichever D) how often
C) how long E) whom
D) how much
E) however

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13. I was surprised to find out ---- football team 19. – 23. sorularda yarım bırakılan cümleyi uygun
your brother supports. Why does he support şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
Manchester United when he lives in London?
A) which 19. It is commonly believed ----.
B) how
A) so scientists needn't have worked hard to
C) when prove anything
D) who B) that global warming is causing freak weather
E) where conditions.
14. His poor performance in examinations might C) as it is clear that we should be taking better
have something to do with ---- he misses care of our planet
class. D) such disasters as hurricanes, floods and
tornadoes that strike the earth
A) how long
E) whether the weather is affected by pollution
B) how many
of the environment
C) that
20. My grandmother always wants us ----.
D) how often
E) whenever A) not to make any noise while she was taking
her afternoon nap
15. The form requires you to state ---- you got
B) whether we could do her shopping while we
divorced.
were doing ours
A) how long C) that we should add very little salt to foods
B) what due to her hypertension
C) when D) if we could turn the volume of the television
up a little more
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D) which
E) to speak a little more loudly because she is
E) whom
a little deaf
16. Perhaps the driver's manual says ---- air
pressure you should have in each tyre. 21. Did she explain ----?
A) if she lets us know about their order well in
A) how long
advance
B) which
B) only if we'd been informed about the
C) whether alterations earlier
D) how often C) why the report hadn't been faxed yet
E) how much D) whenever there was something wrong with
17. ---- he only attended about sixty percent of the the photocopier
course contributed to his poor examination E) however the report is to be sent there
results.
22. The newspapers aren't revealing ----.
A) The fact that
A) whichever version of the story one listens to
B) Why
B) unless they are paid a substantial sum of
C) How much money
D) Whether C) until they find the man responsible for the
E) When explosion
18. I can't imagine ---- they are going to cope with D) who was responsible for the leak of official
three children now that he has lost his job. secrets
E) as long as they know who was involved in
A) what the bribery case
B) why
23. The council don't appear to want to tell the
C) when residents ----.
D) how
A) how will the new construction project affect
E) which them
B) how much pollution the new factory will
produce
C) what percentage are bus fares going to be
increased by
D) will the new factory use up fertile farming
land
E) why is a new factory going to be built so
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 24. – 33. sorularda, verilen cümleye anlamca en 28. Although I know they are vegetarians, I'm not
yakın olan seçeneği bulunuz. sure if they eat eggs and cheese.
A) Because they are vegetarians they probably
24. I would rather go sightseeing than lie on a eat eggs and cheese.
beach, and so would my husband. B) I'm sure they are vegetarians, so they can't
have eaten eggs and cheese at the party.
A) I don't care for sightseeing or lying on
beaches and my husband agrees with me. C) I believe they are vegetarians, which means
that they probably never eat any dairy
B) Neither my husband nor I mind lying on products such as eggs and cheese.
beaches, but we really don't care for going
sightseeing. D) Being certain they are vegetarians, we
should probably give them eggs and cheese
C) My husband likes going sightseeing, while I instead of meat.
prefer sunbathing.
E) Even though I'm not certain whether or not
D) I would prefer it if my husband enjoyed they eat eggs and cheese, I'm sure they are
sightseeing as much as I do. vegetarians.
E) Both my husband and I prefer to go
sightseeing than to sunbathe. 29. I wonder where they bought their ceiling fan
because I've been looking for something
25. My father said I should never be ashamed of similar to it for a long time.
doing an honest job whatever it was.
A) I've been asking them for some time where
A) According to my father I should accept they bought their ceiling fan as I want one
whatever job I'm offered if it is honest work. just like it.
B) I was told by my father that I shouldn't be B) I wish they would tell me the name of the
embarrassed doing any job so long as it was shop where they bought their ceiling fan, so
an honest one. I would know where to go to buy one for
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C) Although I was ashamed of my job, my myself.

father said I should never have been so. C) I asked them where they got their ceiling fan
D) My father told me to quit my job if it was from as I bought one like it some time ago.
embarrassing me even though it was honest D) I've been looking for a ceiling fan like theirs
work. for a while, so I would be interested to know
E) My father says he doesn't think I should which stop they bought it at.
complain if I have an honest job. E) Some time ago I was looking for a ceiling
fan similar to theirs, so I wish they had told
26. Contrary to all expectations, she failed her
me where they had bought theirs.
final exams miserably.
30. She's so naive that she believes whatever she
A) Everyone thought she would pass her final
reads in the popular newspapers.
exams, but she failed them badly.
B) Everyone knew she would fail her final A) She is so sceptical that she finds it difficult to
exams because she was so unhappy. accept anything she reads in the popular
newspapers as the truth.
C) She was very miserable during her final
exams, so, not surprisingly, she failed them. B) If she weren't so sceptical, she would accept
at least some of what is written in the
D) If she hadn't been so miserable during her
popular newspapers as the truth.
final exams, she wouldn't have failed.
C) She never doubts the truth of anything she
E) She failed her final exams, but she wasn't
reads in the popular newspapers because
expected to pass them anyway.
she is so credulous.
27. Some doubt remained as to the accused D) According to her, whatever is published in
man's possible motivation to murder. the popular newspapers is the truth, but she
A) Some believed it was not possible that the still doesn't accept how naive she is.
accused could have committed a murder. E) It's difficult to believe that she can be so
B) Some people doubted that the accused had credulous as to consider everything
a really valid motivation to commit the published in the popular newspapers the
murder. truth.
C) The man who is said to be the murderer has
still not been shown to have had a clear
motive for the crime.
D) Whether the accused man had committed
the murder or not could never be proven.
E) What might have driven the accused to
commit the murder had not become entirely
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31. "I'm concerned to hear what you consider a 34. – 43. sorularda verilen Türkçe cümlenin
normal diet, Mr Smith" the dietician said to İngilizce dengini bulunuz.
the fat man.
A) The dietician expressed his concern at 34. Önümüzdeki birkaç yıl içinde ekonomik hava
discovering the opinion of Mr Smith, who ne olursa olsun bazı küçük işletmelerin iflası
was fat, on what a normal diet consisted of. kaçınılmaz gibi görünüyor.
B) After listening to Mr Smith listing what he ate A) Even if the economic climate turns out to be
in a normal day, the dietician advised him to promising in the near future, some small
follow a very strict diet. enterprises will definitely go bankrupt.
C) The dietician was surprised that a man could B) Whatever the economic climate is in the
be so fat as Mr Smith while eating a quite next few years, the bankruptcy of some
normal diet. small enterprises seems inevitable.
D) The dietician was worried about the fact that C) Some small enterprises won't be able to
Mr Smith hadn't bothered to start a diet prevent their bankruptcy even if the
although he was fat. economic climate improves in the following
E) Mr Smith was surprised to discover that the years.
dietician didn't hold the same opinion on D) It appears that some small enterprises will
healthy eating as he did. inevitably go bankrupt in the following years
whatever they do in that economic climate.
32. "We really need to know by next Friday who
wants to come on the club outing," said the E) Some small enterprises may go bankrupt in
chairman. the next few years because of the unstable
economic climate.
A) The chairman didn't know until Friday, when
the club trip was to be held, now many 35. Artık sınıfta öğrendiklerinizi uygulamaya
members wanted to attend it. koyma zamanı geldi.
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B) The chairman insisted that by the following A) Now that you've learnt a lot in the
Friday they required the names of those who classroom, we can now start putting them
wished to go on the club trip. into practice.
C) Only if the chairman had known by that B) After you've completed the classroom
Friday who wanted to go on the club trip section of your training, you'll start
could he have organised it. practising.
D) As he wants to organise a club outing, the C) You'll start practising some time after you've
chairman insists that all those who want to learnt quite a lot in the classroom.
come along let him know at next Friday's D) In time, what you have learnt in the
meeting. classroom will be put into practice.
E) Any member who doesn't let the chairman E) It is now time to put what you have learnt in
know by next Friday won't be able to go on the classroom into practice.
the club trip.
36. Kırtasiyecimiz az önce telefon edip bu hafta
33. Everybody is able to do something, however siparişimizi biraz geç göndereceklerini
small, towards caring for this planet, aren't söyledi.
they?
A) We'll receive our stationery a little later than
A) All of us should have helped stop the usual this week, according to what our
pollution of the planet, shouldn't we? supplier said on the phone.
B) Contributions to the task of cleaning up the B) Our stationery supplier telephoned just now
planet can be made by us all, but too many and said they would be sending our order a
people don't do enough, do they? little late this week.
C) Even small things help us look after the C) Our stationery supplier telephoned to say
planet and everybody helps in one way or why they would be delivering our order a
another, don't they? little late this week.
D) Something, even if very tiny, can be done by D) On the phone, the supplier said that they'd
every person to help look after our planet, dispatched our stationery order a little later
can't it? than usual this week.
E) We are all able to do something to help look E) Our stationery supplier, who has only just
after the planet, but not all of us know how telephoned, said that our order would be
to do this, do we? delivered a little late this week.

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37. İşinin en sevmediği yanı, haftada iki kez gece 40. Bir jimnastik salonuna düzenli olarak devam
nöbetine kalmak zorunda olmasıydı. edecek kadar vakti olmadığı için evde ne
zaman vakit bulursa yapabilsin diye kendine
A) The fact that he had to work the night shift bir step tahtası aldı.
every two weeks made his job most
unbearable. A) As she doesn't have enough time to attend a
B) What he disliked most about his job was that gym regularly, she has bought her own step
he had to work the night shift twice a week. board so that she can work out whenever
she finds time at home.
C) He didn't like his job just because of the fact
that he was working the night shift twice a B) Thinking that she would never have enough
week. time to attend a gym, she bought herself a
step board so that she could work out
D) The worst thing about his job was having to whenever she liked.
work the night shift every two weeks.
C) Having realised that she wouldn't be able to
E) Every two weeks, he had to work the night attend a gym regularly, she decided to buy
shift, which he thought was the worst part of herself a step board and work out at home
his job. whenever she wanted.
38. Nihayet yetkililer harekete geçmeye karar D) She bought her own step board because
verdiler ama ne yaparlarsa yapsınlar artık çok she wants to exercise at home at the most
geç. suitable times for her, without being
dependent on the fixed hours of a gym.
A) When the authorities had finally decided to
take some action, it was already too late to E) Because she can't attend a gym regularly,
be of any use. she exercises on her own step board at
home whenever she has some time
B) Because the authorities took too long to
available.
decide on any action, what they did would
be no use at all. 41. Gruptan bazıları sinemaya gitmeye pek istekli
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C) The authorities have at last decided to take olmadıklarını söyleyince, ben de hep birlikte
some action, but whatever they do now will canlı müzik olan bir yere yemeğe gitmeyi teklif
be too late. ettim.
D) What the authorities did had no effect at all A) Because some of the group were against
because they had taken too long to decide going to the cinema, I proposed that we
on an action. went out for a meal at a restaurant where
E) By the time authorities decide to take certain there was live music.
actions, it will be too late to have any effect. B) When some of the group said they were not
39. Bir yıl yurt dışında kalıp geri döndüğümde very keen to go to the cinema, I suggested
ülkemi ne kadar çok özlediğimi farkettim. that we went for a meal altogether at a place
with live music.
A) I didn't realise how much I missed my C) I was very keen to go to the cinema, but
country during my stay abroad for one year some of the group weren't, so we ended up
until I came back. going out for a meal at a place with live
B) I had missed my country so much during my music.
stay abroad that I decided to return after just D) Some of the group said that they were not
one year. interested in going to the cinema, so in the
C) I had to come back to my country after only end we decided to go for a meal somewhere
one year as I had missed it so much when I offering live music.
was abroad. E) My suggestion to go to the cinema
D) I realised how much I had missed my altogether did not receive much interest from
country when I returned from living abroad some of the group as they wanted to go for
for a year. a meal somewhere with live music.
E) I realised that I couldn't bear being away
from my country for any longer, and decided
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42. Karateyi pek çok Amerikalı ve Avrupalıya 45. If you have a computer and are connected to
tanıtan, kısa ama parlak bir film kariyeri olan the Internet, it is now possible to obtain
Bruce Lee'dir. whatever information you want without
stepping out of your home or office.
A) Bruce Lee, who introduced karate to many
Americans and Europeans, had a short but A) Evinizden ya da büronuzdan dışarı adım
brilliant movie career. atmadan dilediğiniz bilgiye ulaşmak
B) Many Americans and Europeans knew istiyorsanız, hemen bir bilgisayar alıp
about karate when Bruce Lee, who had a Internet'e bağlanmalısınız.
short but brilliant movie career, introduced it B) Evinizde ya da büronuzda otururken
to them. istediğiniz bilgiyi elde etmenizin tek yolu bir
C) Bruce Lee, who didn't live long but had a bilgisayar alıp Internet'e bağlanmaktır.
brilliant movie career, was the person from C) Bilgisayarınız varsa ve Internet'e
whom many Americans and Europeans bağlıysanız, evinizden ya da büronuzdan
learnt karate. dışarı adım atmadan dilediğiniz bilgiyi elde
D) Karate was introduced to many Americans etmek artık mümkün.
and Europeans by Bruce Lee, the man with D) Bilgisayarı olup da Internet'e bağlı olanlar,
a short but brilliant movie career. evde ya da büroda oturdukları yerden
E) It was Bruce Lee, with his short but brilliant istedikleri bilgiye kolayca ulaşabiliyorlar.
movie career, who introduced karate to E) Bilgisayar alıp Internet'e de bağlandığınıza
many Americans and Europeans. göre, artık evden ya da bürodan dışarı adım
atmadan dilediğiniz bilgiye ulaşmanız
43. Bazı insanlar eğlenceyi hayatın asıl amacı, işi
mümkün olacak.
de bu amaca ulaşmak için yalnızca bir araç
olarak görürler. 46. No one knows when or where the first circus
act was performed, but humans are thought
A) For some people, recreation constitutes the to have had this type of recreation for
basis of life, and work is something that
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centuries.
helps them attain this aim.
B) Some people enjoy recreation so much that A) İlk kez nerede ve ne zaman ortaya çıktıkları
they work just in order to be able to raise the kimse tarafından bilinmeyen sirkler,
means necessary to do that. insanoğlunu yüzyıllardır eğlendirmektedir.
C) Some people regard recreation as the main B) İnsanoğlunun yüzyıllardır sahip olduğu bir
objective of life, and work merely a means to eğlence biçimi olan sirklerin ilk kez ne
that end. zaman ve nerede ortaya çıktığını kimse
bilmiyor.
D) Those who believe that the real aim of life is
recreation claim that work is only a means C) İlk sirk gösterisinin ne zaman ve nerede
which aids them reach that objective. yapıldığını kimse bilmiyor ama insanoğlunun
bu eğlence biçimine yüzyıllardır sahip
E) For some people, the actual objective of life olduğu tahmin ediliyor.
seems to be recreation, and thus they
consider work merely a means to that D) Sirkler insanoğlunun yüzyıllardır sahip
objective. olduğu bir eğlence biçimi olduğu halde hiç
kimse ilk sirk gösterisini kimlerin ne zaman
ve nerede yaptığını bilmiyor.
E) İnsanoğlunun yüzyıllardır eğlenmek için sirk
44. – 53. sorularda verilen İngilizce cümlenin gösterisi yaptığı tahmin ediliyor ancak ilk
Türkçe dengini bulunuz. gösterinin ne zaman ve nerede yapıldığı
kesin olarak bilinmiyor.
44. The report doesn't shed much light on how or
why this tragic accident happened.
A) Rapor bu korkunç kazanın neden ya da
nasıl olduğu konusuna pek ışık tutmuyor.
B) Raporda yazılanlar bu korkunç kazanın
nedenleri konusunda pek bilgi vermiyor.
C) Bu korkunç kazanın nasıl ve neden
meydana geldiği raporda hiç belirtilmemiş.
D) Hazırlanan rapor bu korkunç kazanın neden
ve nasıl gerçekleştiğini aydınlatmaktan çok
uzak.
E) Kazanın nasıl gerçekleştiği raporda
belirtilmiş ama nedenlerine hiç yer
verilmemiş.

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47. Questions as to whether or not extrasensory 49. I always avoid reading what critics write about
perception really exists have been debated by new books as I believe these reviews rob me
th
scientists since the late 19 century. of the feeling that I'm reading something new.
A) Altıncı his, 19. yüzyılın sonlarına doğru A) Yeni kitaplar hakkında eleştirmenlerin neler
ortaya atılan ve o zamandan beri de varlığı yazdığını okumaktan hep kaçınırım çünkü
bilimadamlarınca çok tartışılan bir konudur. bu eleştirilerin benden yeni bir şey
B) 19. yüzyılın sonlarında başlayan ve hala da okuduğum duygusunu çaldıklarına
devam eden altıncı hissin var olup inanıyorum.
olmadığına ilişkin sorular bilimadamlarını B) Yeni bir kitabı, o kitabın eleştirmenlerce
çok meşgul etmektedir. yapılan analizini hiç dikkate almadan
C) 19. yüzyılın sonlarında bilimadamlarının en okumak isterim çünkü ancak o zaman
çok tartıştıkları konulardan biri de altıncı gerçekten yeni bir şey okuduğum
hissin gerçekten var olup olmadığıydı. duygusunu yaşarım.
D) Altıncı hissin gerçekten var olmadığını C) Eleştirmenlerin yeni kitaplar hakkında
savunan bilimadamları, bu konuya ilişkin yazdıklarını okursam o kitaplar benim için
tartışmaların 19. yüzyılın sonlarına doğru artık yeni olmaktan çıkıyor ve okurken yeni
başladığına dikkat çekiyorlar. bir şey okuduğum duygusunu
yaşayamıyorum.
E) Altıncı hissin gerçekten var olup olmadığına
ilişkin sorular 19. yüzyılın sonlarından bu D) Ben kitap eleştirilerinin yeni bir şey
yana bilimadamlarınca tartışılmaktadır. okumanın verdiği duyguyu benden
çaldıklarına inanıyorum bu yüzden de
48. I haven't got the least doubt that, with the help eleştirmenlerin kitaplar hakkında yazdıklarını
of her strong will-power, she will overcome all hiç okumuyorum.
the difficulties she is faced with.
E) Yeni bir şey okuduğum duygusunu elimden
A) Çok güçlü bir iradeye sahip olduğundan en almamaları için eleştirmenlerin yeni kitaplar
ufak bir kuşkum yok ama o kadar çok hakkında yazdıklarını okumaktan her zaman
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sorunu var ki yardımsız hepsinin üstesinden kaçınmışımdır.

gelemeyebilir. 50. The fact that the troops were retreating was
B) O kadar güçlü bir iradesi var ki karşılaştığı an indication that our army was not in a good
sorunları hiç yardıma gereksinim duymadan situation at all.
tek başına çözüyor.
A) Ordumuzun durumunun hiç de iyi olmadığı
C) Çok güçlü bir iradeye sahip olmasına askerlerin geri çekilmesinden anlaşılıyordu.
rağmen yardımsız bu kadar çok sorunun
altından kalkabileceğinden biraz B) Askerlerin geri çekiliyor olması, ordumuzun
kuşkuluyum. hiç de iyi bir durumda olmadığının bir
göstergesiydi.
D) Güçlü iradesinin yardımıyla, karşılaştığı tüm
sorunların üstesinden geleceğinden en ufak C) Askerler geri çekildiğine göre ordumuzun
bir kuşkum yok. durumu pek iyi değil demek ki.
E) Karşı karşıya bulunduğu bütün sorunların D) Ordumuzun durumunun pek iyi olmadığını
tek başına altından kalkabileceğinden hiç askerler geri çekilmeye başlayınca anladık.
kuşkum yok çünkü çok güçlü bir iradeye E) Askerlerin geri çekilmeye başlaması
sahip. gösteriyor ki ordumuz hiç de iyi bir durumda
değil.
51. The union leader emphasizes that they will
continue struggling until they see the
decisions taken in the negotiations in
practice.
A) Sendika lideri bundan sonra mücadelelerinin
görüşmelerde alınan kararların uygulamaya
konması yönünde devam edeceğini söyledi.
B) Sendika liderine göre mücadele,
görüşmelerde alınan kararlar uygulamaya
konuluncaya kadar devam edecek.
C) Sendika liderinin özellikle vurguladığı şey,
alınan kararları uygulamada görmeden
mücadeleyi bırakmayacak olmalarıdır.
D) Sendika lideri, görüşmelerde aldıkları
kararlar uygulamaya konmazsa, mücadeleyi
tekrar başlatacaklarını söylüyor.
E) Sendika lideri, görüşmelerde alınan kararları
uygulamada görene dek mücadeleyi
sürdüreceklerini vurguluyor.

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52. The management admitted that they wouldn't 53. When I asked her whether she was satisfied
be able to survive the economic crisis unless with her new job, she avoided giving a
they took effective measures. straightforward answer.
A) Yönetim, etkin önlemler almazlarsa A) Benim soruma verdiği yanıttan, yeni işinden
ekonomik krizi atlatamayacaklarını kabul memnun olup olmadığı hiç anlaşılmıyordu.
etti. B) Yeni işinden memnun olduğunu hiç
B) Yönetim kabul etse de etmese de etkin sanmıyorum çünkü ben sorduğumda yanıt
önlemler almak şart yoksa bu ekonomik vermek istemedi.
krizden yara almadan çıkamazlar. C) Yeni işinden memnun olup olmadığını
C) Yönetim etkin önlemler almaya ikna sorduğumda, net bir yanıt vermekten
edilmezse bu ekonomik kriz kesinlikle kaçındı.
atlatılamaz. D) Nedense yeni işiyle ilgili sorulan tüm
D) Bu ekonomik krizden yara almadan soruları, memnun olup olmadığı dahil,
çıkılmasında yönetimin aldığı önlemler çok yanıtlamaktan kaçınıyor.
etkili olmuştur. E) Ne zaman işinden memnun olup olmadığını
E) Yönetimin aldığı etkin önlemler sayesinde, sorsam, bana hep kaçamak yanıtlar verirdi.
ekonomik kriz çok hafif atlatıldı.

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