Professional Documents
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[1992-2007 KPDS GRAMER SORULARI]
13- One feels that there ---- any noticeable 19- ---- any change in the condition of the
improvement in the human rights problem in patient, be sure that the nurse in charge is
Africa until all the African countries ---- their informed.
economic difficulties.
A) In the event of
A) cannot be/will overcome B) However slight
B) hasn’t been/had overcome C) With the exception of
C) won’t be/overcome D) Owing to
D) wouldn’t be/would be overcome E) In favour of
E) wasn’t/have overcome
20- I finally learned what had happened ---- the
14- As I ---- you yesterday, the undersecretary nurse was wheeling him into the operating
---- over this afternoon’s discussions. room.
15- The Pacific markets ---- extremely 21- Living conditions in a poor village are
competitive since the manufacturing obviously unhygienic, ---- life in a
capacity of many Far Eastern countries ---- sophisticated city is also potentially
to improve at the turn of the decade. dangerous.
16- If they ---- out some market research for the 22- A child who is allowed to explore and find
new product, they ---- such heavy losses in things out for ---- soon develops self-
sales. confidence.
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25- For a while Matisse felt under the influence of 31- Last week’s supplementary budget package
Gooier and, later, under ---- of Cezanne. ---- to prevent Japans economy from
plunging even lower.
A) these
B) those A) is being designed
C) some B) has designed
D) much C) was designed
E) that D) would be designed
E) had designed
26- The new Prime Minister is generally regarded
as ---- effective leaders the country has had 32- In some quarters it is felt that the minister
in decades. ---- the political stature that he needs to
recast the country’s economic policy.
A) another
B) the most A) was losing
C) the other B) may have lost
D) one of the most C) would have lost
E) more than D) had lost
E) lost
27- Jane Tate will go far in the film world since
she has a remarkable talent for ---- even the
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most conflicting emotions.
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37- Of the rock samples we have so far worked 44- From the report, it looked as if he ---- a
on, this is probably ---- valuable. crucial role in smuggling.
38- I couldn’t help admiring the professional 45- It is time the members of the European
manner in ---- he dealt with the crisis. Community ---- into the open their fears
concerning economic recession.
A) whose
B) that A) have brought
C) whom B) should bring
D) which C) brought
E) what D) are bringing
E) will bring
39- ---- far-reaching the benefits of the new
policy may be, the country quite simply 46- If you ask me, they seem to ---- the takeover
cannot afford it. for quite some time now.
40- ---- the interest rates are concerned, it looks 47- Recently, the Agricultural Bank ---- to write
as if the inflation has at least been curbed. off the debts of the farmers in the
earthquake area.
A) As far as
B) Owing to A) was being instructed
C) By way of B) had instructed
D) Just as C) will be instructed
E) As regards D) instructed
E) has been instructed
41- It is expected that, by mid-1992, the allied
troops ---- out of the Gulf.
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A) must be pulling
B) will have pulled 48- Research into the causes of cancer is ----
C) have pulled vital importance if we are to learn how to
D) are being pulled control the disease.
E) should pull
A) on
42- Reinforced concrete was used for the new B) with
buildings ---- there should ever be another C) in
landslide in the vicinity. D) of
E) under
A) due to
B) in spite of 49- The economy of most Middle Eastern
C) according to countries is largely based ---- oil exports.
D) in case
E) instead A) with
B) upon
43- The witness finally admitted that he did C) about
remember ---- someone standing by the D) onto
entrance. E) for
A) being seen
B) to see
C) to have seen
D) having been seen
E) having seen
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50- In his new job, he will be responsible ---- the 57- The doctor advised him to have monthly
coordination of relief to the refugees. check-ups ---- any return of symptoms might
be detected immediately.
A) about
B) to A) if ever
C) for B) in case
D) at C) such as
E) from D) even though
E) so that
51- As far as I am concerned he is one of ----
talented lawyers the company has ever had. 58- If you really ---- to promote him, you ---- so
right away.
A) most
B) the most A) are meaning/did
C) more B) meant/will have to do
D) mostly C) have meant/had to do
E) least D) mean/must do
E) were meaning/had done
52- Some of the board members are convinced
that the price quoted is ---- high to be 59- One way of ---- waste is ---- such things as
accepted. glass and paper.
53- John said he couldn't make it on Tuesday or 60- No new staff ---- appointed since the two
Wednesday; I told him I couldn’t ---- . companies ---- merged.
A) either A) are/would be
B) also B) were/have been
C) too C) are going to be/have
D) neither D) would have been/are being
E) as well E) have been/were
54- I suspect the most interesting developments 61- Today the telephone ---- an indispensable
in space exploration have been the most part of our daily life but ---- so.
recent ones, ---- ?
A) had been/had not always been
A) aren’t are B) has been/is not always
B) are they C) is/has not always been
C) is it D) will be/would not always be
D) do I E) was/couldn’t always have been
E) haven’t they
62- In the end, I ---- him for the election since the
55- Surely we’re in a position now ---- we can attitude of the delegates ---- so completely.
afford to pay for the best legal advice.
A) didn’t propose/had changed
A) where B) have proposed/will change
B) which C) am proposing/would have changed
C) what D) could not have proposed/is changing
D) that E) had not proposed/changed
E) whom
63- I ---- him taking notes frantically while the
56- ---- decision he makes, we’ll have to accept minister ---- the troops.
it.
A) saw/had addressed
A) Whenever B) could see/was addressing
B) Whatever C) see/was addressing
C) Whatsoever D) had seen/would be addressing
D) Wherever E) have seen/addressed
E) Whoever
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1994 MAYIS KPDS SORULARI 70- I was immensely impressed by both the
qualifications and the personality of the
candidate, but ---- on the selection
64- One way ---- cutting down waste is to recycle committee was.
such things ---- glass and paper.
A) all the rest
A) of/as B) several others
B) to/of C) many
C) as/off D) hardly anyone else
D) in/to E) most of the others
E) with/in
71- Several members of the research team
65- Some of these new drugs, capable ---- curing haven't handed in their reports yet, and I
a variety of diseases, are sometimes must admit I haven't ---- .
hazardous ---- use or disposal.
A) as well
A) about/with B) too
B) for/at C) either
C) by/through D) also
D) in/by E) neither
E) of/in
72- The judge ruled that the evidence given by
66- As he failed to reply in time, the organisers the witnesses at the trial was not substantial
took his name ---- the list. ---- to prove the doctor guilty of negligence.
A) below A) already
B) to B) alright
C) in C) enough
D) by D) fairly
E) off E) still
67- Why don't you take your lawyer with you to 73- Weren't they supposed ---- a detailed study
the meeting ---- there are problems he can of the area before they chose the site for the
deal with for you? new factory?
A) whether A) to have to make
B) even if B) to have made
C) as ever C) making
D) unless D) having made
E) in case E) to be made
68- ---- of the information he gave could have 74- Since he became the chairman of the
been found in any encyclopaedia. company, he ---- used to working late, and
he seems to enjoy it.
A) A few
B) Many A) has got
C) Few B) gets
D) Much C) was getting
E) A great many D) had got
E) will be getting
69- The director has promised that ---- finds a
solution to this particular problem will be 75- Until the very last minute, we could not find
well-awarded. out whether or not he ---- to sign the treaty.
A) who A) will agree
B) whoever B) would agree
C) the one C) has agreed
D) whomsoever D) is going to agree
E) anyone E) has to agree
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76- By the end of the 20th century, all the 82- An hour after the accident, he was
countries in the European Community ---- a conscious ---- to describe how it had
political union. happened.
A) formed A) enough
B) have formed B) more
C) are forming C) as well
D) are being formed D) so much
E) will have formed E) fairly
77- The banks complained that they ---- 83- The project he has in mind is ----
adequate notice regarding this new complicated to be feasible.
monetary policy.
A) very
A) are not being given B) too
B) are not given C) so
C) haven't given D) such
D) had not been given E) as
E) will not be giving
84- This patient is not as seriously ill as ---- I
78- Hardly ever ---- such a gathering of examined a little while ago.
distinguished scientists from so many
different countries. A) whom
B) other
A) there was C) some other
B) there has been D) one another
C) has there been E) the one
D) would there have been
E) there had been 85- The manager told Brian to do the job ---- and
not pass it on to ---- assistant.
79- The rescue workers ---- able to rescue some
of those who ---- still alive under the rubble. A) ourselves/their
B) themselves/hers
A) should be/were C) himself/ours
B) may be/are D) himself/his
C) might have been/have been E) yourself/my
D) will be/would be
E) were/will be 86- Recently he’s had a novel published, the title
of ---- I can’t recall at the moment.
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A) which
B) whom
80- As regards the decision to modernise the C) whose
mines in the region, here is a report which D) what
contains ---- relevant information. E) that
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89- ---- the world there has been a growing 95- Even in classical times there were people
sense of disillusionment with the United with a ---- ethical approach to education than
Nations and its policies. one can find in our time.
A) For A) few
B) Among B) most
C) On C) more
D) From D) little
E) Throughout E) much
90- The physicist I work with was bitterly 96- Local authorities have always given ----
disappointed ---- that his experiments had importance to the improvement of
not produced the desired results. recreational facilities.
A) learning A) any
B) on learning B) some
C) having learned C) too
D) to be learned D) quite
E) to be learning E) many
91- ---- able to get hold of any new supporting 97- There were many casualties on both sides,
evidence since I saw you last? but more on the enemy side than ---- .
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101- The minister said to his under-secretary: 107- At present ---- car is being repaired, so we
“You will check that all the details are shall have to go in ---- .
correct, ---- ?”
A) my/yours
A) aren’t you B) mine/your
B) will you C) their/us
C) could you D) his/our
D) won’t you E) hers/theirs
E) are they
108- ---- the manager looks shy, youthful and
102- Following a noticeable improvement in the mild, he is in fact a rare combination of
general economic scene, unemployment discipline, energy and intellect.
too, seems ---- a turn for the better.
A) So that
A) having taken B) Even so
B) to have taken C) Although
C) to be taken D) Therefore
D) taking E) in case
E) to have been taken
109- Considering there are millions of hungry
103- For nearly a decade most governments in people in the world, it shouldn’t be difficult
the world ---- to find ways of combating to appreciate ---- important it is for us to find
environmental problems. new sources of food.
104- By the end of this term of office, he ---- all 110- ---- wins will be expected to take the rest of
the projects he has already undertaken. us for a meal.
105- Before the nationwide vaccination campaign 111- Today, ---- rapid transportation and
---- , the infant mortality rate ---- to an communications, the whole world is
alarming extent. becoming one community with common
economic interests.
A) is being introduced/would rise
B) will be introduced/rose A) as long as
C) had been introduced/has risen B) in spite of
D) will be introduced/was rising C) just as
E) was introduced/had risen D) because of
E) such as
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112- Of all the drugs that have been prescribed
so far, this has proved to be ---- effective
106- Though he got other people to do research one.
for him in the archives, he ---- wrote the
whole report. A) most
B) the most
A) too C) more
B) himself D) just as
C) also E) the more
D) as well
E) thus
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113- Under the present circumstances we don’t 120- Obviously there ---- a remarkable
have to take the case to the court ---- ? improvement in the condition of the patient
since he ---- surgery.
A) do we
B) have we A) is/undergoes
C) is it B) was/has undergone
D) isn’t it C) will be/had undergone
E) don’t we D) has been/underwent
E) would have been/would undergo
114- It was clear that he wasn’t impressed by the
way the business was run, and I must admit 121- By the time Brahms ---- to compose his
---- . symphonies, this form ---- well established.
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126- Could this possibly be the firm’s new buyer 132- Water has a moderating effect on
---- reputation, if we are able to believe the temperature, ---- summer and midday heat,
newspapers, is not quite what it should be? and winter and midnight cold.
A) whom A) diminished
B) which B) having diminished
C) whatever C) to diminish
D) what D) being diminished
E) whose E) diminishing
127- ---- takes on the task of investigating these 133- Of course nobody knows what the outcome
particular allegations is going to run into a of the election ---- but at the moment
lot of difficulties. Malcolm ---- as the most likely candidate.
128- His scheme, with all its shortcomings, will 134- When that happened, their hopes ----
inevitably be pushed through ---- we can because the army ---- its most trusted
produce one, by Tuesday, which is leaders.
obviously much more feasible.
A) wane/would lose
A) how B) are waning/loses
B) so that C) waned/had lost
C) unless D) were waning/has lost
D) moreover E) have waned/lost
E) in case
135- They ---- the advantages and the
129- ---- he gives the appearance of sincerity and disadvantages of the takeover when I ----
reliability, just remember that you can’t trust them an hour or so later.
him an inch.
A) will discuss/would rejoin
A) Though B) have discussed/am rejoining
B) That C) are discussing/will rejoin
C) As far as D) were discussing/rejoined
D) Nevertheless E) would discuss/had rejoined
E) So
136- The doctors are of the opinion that if the
130- On that occasion, he really was ---- luck; it disorder ---- a few months earlier, it ----
was as if everything had combined ---- him. treated successfully.
131- Few sociologists will admit that a city is 137- We still ---- that any changes in the law along
distinct ---- a village merely ---- the number these lines ---- to our advantage.
of its inhabitants.
A) had believed/will have been
A) of/for B) believed/had been
B) from/by C) have believed/would be
C) to/over D) would believe/were being
D) in/though E) believe/will be
E) off/in
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1996 KASIM KPDS SORULARI 144- The testimony of the second witness didn’t
surprise me at all; ----, the account he gave
was more or less what I had expected from
138- He invariably gets what he wants but him.
unfortunately this is usually ---- the expense
of others.
A) on the other hand
B) as a matter of fact
A) out of C) conversely
B) from D) consequently
C) up to E) nevertheless
D) at
E) through 145- I don’t like the timetable they have given me;
all my classes are after lunch, but I would ----
139- Public attention focuses ---- infant mortality rather teach in the morning.
as a prime indicator of changes in a
society’s health.
A) much
B) more
A) on C) as
B) to D) just
C) at E) even
D) over
E) into 146- I’ve given up expecting them to act sensibly,
but their behaviour on this occasion was ----
140- He looked ---- nervously ---- his shoulder irrational than usual.
hoping that no one was paying him any
attention. A) the most
B) so much
A) out/of C) even more
B) up/through D) ever so
C) back/over E) the more
D) down/from
E) in/for 147- ---- of the questions they asked at the
interview were ---- what I expected.
141- ---- hard he works, he’ll never be the equal
of his father, he’s just not capable of it.
A) Some/more
B) Each/such
A) So C) All/so
B) However D) Any/about
C) As E) None/quite
D) Whatever
E) Just as 148- Of course, it can never be proved, but just
the same, some people think that it ---- better
142- We know nothing at all about the company’s for these children if they had been forcibly
new chairman ---- that he’s just had his taken away from their families.
fiftieth birthday.
A) may have been
A) since B) had been
B) instead C) will have been
C) in case D) would have been
D) on condition E) must be
E) except
149- Actually, most of the crimes that ---- last
143- For a business to be really successful, team year were not connected with violence, but
work is essential and the members of team this is not the picture that ---- up from
must be support of ---- . watching TV coverage of the topic.
A) each of them A) were committed/builds
B) the others B) have been committed/has been built
C) themselves C) were being committed/was built
D) one another D) had committed/would built
E) the other one E) would be committed/had been built
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150- Of course my suspicions ---- by the 156- They haven’t met for twelve years or more,
confused way in which she ---- out her but I understand they still write to ---- at a
answers to my questions. regular interval.
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162- Why can’t you admit that ---- hard he works, 168- Had they apologised for deliberately
he will never manage to achieve what his overcharging me, I ---- a complaint with the
elder brother has achieved? Consumers’ rights Office.
163- Many more people would doubtless have 169- We ---- no problems whatsoever with the
attended the debate ---- they had known in dam since it ---- forty years ago.
advance who the principal speakers were.
A) had/has been constructed
A) if only B) have had/was constructed
B) while C) had had/had been constructed
C) since D) are having/is constructed
D) after E) were having/was being constructed
E) until
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164- Our delegates hadn’t shown themselves
willing to come to terms, those from other
countries ---- . 170- There ---- many efforts to eradicate racism,
but very little success ---- .
A) would be, too
B) wouldn’t have, either A) were/had been achieved
C) had not, either B) had been/would have been achieved
D) have had, too C) have been/has been achieved
E) would have, too D) are/was achieved
E) may be/will have been achieved
165- In recent decades the efficiency of the
United Nations ---- by a growing number of 171- He ---- his paper by saying that the entire
countries. history of human race ---- by transfers of
cultural and technological advance from one
A) will have been questioned civilisation to another.
B) was questioned
C) had been questioned A) concluded/had been marked
D) would be questioned B) concludes/would have been marked
E) has been questioned C) has concluded/was marked
D) had concluded/is marked
166- It seems likely that, by the end of the week, E) will conclude/was being marked
the costs involved in the construction of the
bridge ---- by the Ministry. 172- Evaporation ---- the process by which a solid
or liquid ---- into vapour by heat.
A) would have been announced
B) would be announced A) had been/resolved
C) are being announced B) was/had resolved
D) will have been announced C) has been/was resolved
E) have been announced D) may be/has resolved
E) is/is resolved
167- They set up a liaison office in East Africa for
marketing their goods, but now they wish 173- The Etruscans, who ---- a great part of Italy
they ---- so. about 900 BC, ---- from Asia Minor.
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174- The orders were that we ---- the area within 180- Clifford Goertz, probably ---- famous
hours to prevent further loss of life. anthropologist in the world today, has
revolutionised the way anthropology is
A) had evacuated taught on campuses.
B) have to evacuate
C) will have evacuated A) more
D) had to evacuate B) most
E) shall have to evacuate C) the most
D) the more
175- Economic recession and rising E) a
unemployment, coupled ---- continued
increases ---- retail food prices, have 181- Holding a yellow umbrella in his hand he
curtailed consumption. said he didn’t know ---- it was, and added
that it was not ---- .
A) with/in
B) through/through A) which/him
C) by/for B) whose/his
D) at/about C) who/her
E) within/over D) whom/us
E) that/theirs
176- In Ethiopia, primitive farming practices and
uncontrolled clearing of natural vegetation 182- The Deputy Prime Minister announced that it
have transformed much of the country’s was ---- early to propose amendments in the
highlands ---- bare landscapes, but all legislation concerning industrial relations.
destroyed ---- erosion.
A) as well as
A) above/of B) just so
B) for/with C) just as
C) into/by D) as soon as
D) in/under E) as yet too
E) to/at
183- Activists are those in a political movement
177- The advance in the steel industry has been who insist on taking active steps towards
marked ---- a progressive increase ---- size, their objectives ---- merely putting forward
complexity and capital outlay. an action program.
A) at/of A) in order to
B) with/to B) rather than
C) over/from C) as far as
D) by/in D) in that
E) under/through E) so long as
178- The answer to the question ---- great art can 184- He is diplomatically qualified ---- to negotiate
exist independently of religion will, ---- , for a mutual reduction of the armed forces in
depend on society’s moral and aesthetic the region.
values.
A) enough
A) what/in the same way B) though
B) even if/in due course C) as well as
C) whether/to a large extent D) not only
D) so that/in short E) also
E) since/now and again
185- As he was not satisfied with the contents of
179- Thailand has lost half of its forests ---- its the document, he declined to sign it, and
population has ---- doubled in recent none of the members attempted to persuade
decades. him to, ---- .
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1998 MAYIS KPDS SORULARI 192- We are prevented ---- completing the project
---- time due to unforeseen circumstances.
186- Of all the policies put into effect by the A) from/on
Thatcher governments, ---- controversial B) in/by
was the economic one.
C) by/in
D) at/over
A) most E) for/about
B) the more
C) the most 193- The Hollywood studio system in film
D) more making, which began ---- 1920 and
E) mostly flourished from the early 1930s ---- the 1950s
is unique in Western culture.
187- If the others hadn’t voted in favour of the
younger candidate, I probably wouldn’t have
A) throughout/into
done so ---- .
B) around/through
C) by/until
A) even D) within/over
B) too E) along/ till
C) also
D) as well 194- ---- the embargo imposed on us is lifted in
E) either the near future, we can’t hope for any
economic recovery.
188- Today the expansion of knowledge in
astronomy, physics, chemistry, and biology A) Whereas
is ---- vast and complex, and multiplying ---- B) While
quickly to be mastered fully.
C) Because
D) In case
A) so/that E) Unless
B) just as/as
C) as well/as 195- ---- proving useful in many scientific fields,
D) so/so computers-generated knowledge, ----
E) too/too Professor Hayes acknowledges, is not
without pitfalls.
189- Scientists rely on computers to model
phenomena ---- would ---- be difficult to
A) Although/because
observe. B) Since/while
C) While/as
A) whereby/in case D) As long as/even if
B) such as/nonetheless E) Once/whether or not
C) which/nevertheless
D) that/otherwise 196- ---- suggestion he may make as regards the
E) so that/in fact tax rate, let’s not give any response ---- we
have discussed the matter thoroughly
190- The lawyer decided to call ---- of the together.
witnesses only and paid no attention to ---- .
A) However/when
A) both/others B) Whatever/until
B) the two/any other C) Whyever/after
C) two/the others D) Whatsoever/while
D) some/another E) Whenever/before
E) any/some others
197- Most newspapers are of the opinion that if a
191- Several experts were working on the project, majority of Scots really ---- independence,
and each came up with some interesting the British Parliament has no option but ----
proposals, and naturally ---- claimed that ---- to their wishes.
was the best.
A) did want/had acceded
A) many /each B) wanted/have acceded
B) some/its C) had wanted/would have acceded
C) we/it D) do want/to accede
D) all/he E) would have wanted/acceded
E) each/his
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198- For a hundred years or so, some critics ---- that 204- An acorn, left to itself becomes an oak, and
poetry is dying and all that time poets ---- a geneticist ---- its DNA to make it grow into
poems that later generations recognise as an elm may justly be said ---- with its natural
great. course.
199- What I ---- is that we ---- to think seriously 205- In the past few months, our company
about a thorough reform in the legal system. director ---- more mettle than most
industrialists ---- in an entire career.
A) have proposed/should have begun
B) had proposed/were beginning A) had shown/have done
C) am proposing/begin B) showed/would do
D) was proposing/have begun C) shows/did
E) proposed/had begun D) was showing/may have done
E) has shown/do
200- When the Italian astronomer Giovanni
Schiaparelli ---- a map of Mars in 1877, he ---- 206- If they ---- what sort of a person he was, they
a large number of straight linear features, ---- him their support.
which he called “canali” that is “channels”.
A) would know/didn’t give
A) publishes/has noted B) knew/won’t give
B) had published/was noting C) had known/wouldn’t have given
C) has published/notes D) would have known/hadn’t given
D) published/noted E) have known/haven’t given
E) would have published/had noted
207- I don’t imagine he wrote the speech ---- but
201- If we ---- the terms of the contract, all the ---- did so, certainly made a good job of it.
paint-work in the building ---- finished by the
15th of next month. A) for them/whomsoever
B) of his/somebody
A) are to meet/will have to be C) by him/they
B) were meeting/will be D) himself/whoever
C) met/would have had to be E) themselves/whichever
D) had met/is being
E) will meet/was being 208- As ---- of our employees can afford cars of
---- own, they all have to rely on public
transport.
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A) few/them
202- As the decade ---- to wind down, Mark Morris B) some/his
---- as our century’s youngest great C) none/their
choreographer. D) most/our
E) many/its
A) has begun/had stood
B) will begin/is standing 209- There are situations ---- the best way to heal
C) was beginning/has stood the patient is to help him die peacefully.
D) begins/stands
E) is beginning/has been standing A) from where
B) in that
203- Of the many attempts that ---- to regulate C) whence
language one way or another, very few ---- . D) for whom
E) in which
A) were made/had succeeded
B) have been made/have succeeded 210- He’s certainly going to recommend that the
C) are made/succeeded changes in the structure of the company be
D) could have been made/will succeed introduced step by step, and ---- .
E) are being made/may have succeeded
A) so I am
B) so am I
C) so do I
D) I do, too
E) I also do
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211- Do you really believe that the party 217- We have yet to take ---- consideration the
programme ---- it now stands, is democratic problem of how large future national armies
---- to influence the vote in our favour. should eventually be, regardless ---- their
current size.
A) as/enough
B) since/also A) onto/at
C) where/as well B) in/in
D) such as/too C) for/with
E) that/even D) under/from
E) into/of
212- Private investments play ---- important a part
in the country’s long-running economic
1999 MAYIS KPDS SORULARI
expansion ---- no government dares to
increase taxation on personal savings.
218- They claim that their aim is to establish long
A) too/that term cooperation ---- their customers, ---- a
B) such/as basis of partnership and mutual trust.
C) much/so
D) so/that A) for/over
E) as/as B) with/on
C) by/through
213- His proposals ---- the new social security D) from/in
policy seems more viable than any of the E) among/for
others.
219- The collapse of Rome left ---- its wake a
A) by way of large variety of ethnic communities ----
B) due to which modern European states emerged.
C) owing to
D) in case of A) before/of
E) as regards B) at/through
C) over/by
214- ---- the recent rise in unemployment largely D) in/from
affects eastern Germany, there is E) within/with
considerable unrest in western Germany,
too. 220- Germany’s weight in the European Union is
known, ---- what is not known, even to the
A) Since Germans themselves, is ---- they are to use
B) In case it.
C) Although
D) Unless A) but/how
E) Until B) in case/because
C) unless/why
215- ---- he was campaigning for re-election last D) lest/until
year, he promised that ---- re-elected, he E) otherwise/where
would undertake to restructure the party.
221- Edward Gibbon’s great book The History of
A) Wherever/lest the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
B) Because/while informs us ---- mankind’s predilection for
C) As/since faction, augmented by environmental and
D) While/unless cultural differences, is ---- determines
E) When/if history.
A) what
B) which
C) wherever
D) whoever
E) whichever
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223- The majority of ---- are apprehensive about 229- Apparently, the talks held between the two
new computer programmes, until we’ve governments concerning the prevention of
actually tried them out for ---- . drug-trafficking have not been constructive
---- to produce any positive results.
A) him/himself
B) us/ourselves A) just
C) them/themselves B) as well
D) ours/us C) also
E) theirs/ours D) enough
E) so that
224- Marxism ---- an important movement in
Britain even though it ---- its origin here. 230- As far as I remember, it was in China that
they first met and got interested in the dam
A) would never have been/takes project, ---- ?
B) had never been/would take
C) never was/has taken A) don’t I
D) would never be/would have taken B) wasn’t it
E) has never been/took C) do I
D) was it
225- The history of the Venetian Republic ---- to E) did they
an end in 1797 when Venice ---- over to
Austria by Napoleon. 231- The East European countries are strongly
convinced that European Economic aid, ----
A) was coming/would have been handed welcome, is not a substitute for market
B) had come/has been handed access and eventual membership of the
C) comes/had been handed European Union.
D) came/was handed
E) would come/was being handed A) just as
B) lest
226- More than half of the 850 asylum seekers C) since
currently detained in Britain ---- in prison D) when
with no right of appeal, even though the vast E) though
majority ---- with any offence, let alone
convicted. 232- One gathers from the press that a large
majority of the people are not in favour of
A) were held/are not charged the impeachment proceedings, and, frankly,
B) are being held/have not been charged I’m not, ---- .
C) have been held/would not be charged
D) being held/had not been charged A) either
E) will be held/were not being charged B) too
C) also
227- Over the past two decades, the Corsicans ---- D) as well
their idyllic island, which was wrested by E) even so
France from the Genoese in 1768, ---- into
terrorism, corruption and economic decline. 233- The fundamental problem for North Africa is
that the region has ---- people ---- the arid
A) have seen/sink environment can support.
B) had seen/sank
C) saw/to sink A) not only/but also
D) would have seen/had sunk B) so many/that
E) would see/had been sinking C) such/as
D) more/than
228- For observers of international politics, E) as much/as
March 1998 ---- as a month when the world’s
superpower relations ---- a hopeful new turn.
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A) will be remembered/may have taken
B) had been remembered/would have taken 234- Fish farming in the world seems to be
C) may be remembered/took destined to expand, but it is ---- early to
D) has been remembered/would take predict the likely extent of growth in this
E) would be remembered/will have taken field.
A) as well
B) enough
C) too
D) as
E) so far
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235- We are confident that the management and 241- In developing new collective defence
the workforce will get on well together as policies, America and her European allies
long as ---- respects ---- . will ---- be drawn closer together ---- drift
irreversibly apart.
A) the other/another
B) both/itself A) either/or
C) the one/another B) not only/but also
D) everyone/themselves C) so/that
E) each/the other D) both/and
E) just as/so
236- The term "aborigines" signifies the original
inhabitants of any country, ---- the native 242- The telephone is at the centre of innovative
tribes of Australia. technologies ---- may alter forever ---- we
receive and use information.
A) with regard to
B) due to A) which/but
C) in spite of B) so that/since
D) in particular C) that/how
E) according to D) as/although
E) whereas/in case
237- Although the American writer Katherine
Anne Porter used a variety of places ---- the 243- The editor thought that the new series of
setting of her short stories and novels, she articles would prove very popular, but
frequently came ---- to the scenes of her actually hardly ---- seems to have been
early days. impressed by it.
A) through/over A) nobody
B) within/in B) anyone
C) for/back C) the other
D) without/for D) any other
E) under/up E) somebody
238- British TV is still stuck ---- a regulatory 244- Originally the sonnet was an Italian poetical
structure designed ---- a bygone age. form which attained great popularity in the
Renaissance, and ---- it was natural, ---- not
A) off/within essential for Shakespeare and his
B) up/in contemporaries to use it.
C) away/by
D) through/over A) hence/if
E) with/for B) while/though
C) since/however
239- In their discussions concerning the D) furthermore/rather than
proposed defence strategies, NATO E) already/even
diplomats found they could not agree ----
what the alliance was ---- , what weapons it 245- The report presents a general overview of
would threaten to use and in what the problems that ---- when a disaster ----
circumstances. nation.
240- Today the United States, still by far ---- 246- The book of "A Thousand and One Nights"
prosperous country in the world, is is a collection of fascinating tales of the
increasing its working hours ---- creating a Orient, of Mixed Indian, Persian, Arabic, and
more positive balance between work and Egyptian origination, and first ---- in Europe
leisure time. by Antoine Galland's French translation in
the early eighteenth century.
A) the more/as well as
B) most/in spite of A) having known
C) more/than B) to know
D) the most/instead of C) to be known
E) the/just as D) made known
E) to be made known
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247- There have been some art critics who ---- in 252- By the late 1980s, a surge of prosperity ----
depreciation of Van Gogh that he ---- a across southeast Asia, but in some
draughtsman all his life. countries of the region the economic
structure ---- sufficiently to the benefit from
A) had maintained/has remained this trend.
B) have maintained/remained
C) were maintaining/had remained A) would sweep/could not have developed
D) maintained/would have remained B) would have swept/has not developed
E) will maintain/remains C) was sweeping/had not developed
D) has swept/was not developed
248- The Romanian Privatisation Authority E) could have swept/was not developing
announced last week that Renault of France
---- to be the sole bidder for a majority stake 253- The ridicule that ---- upon him by leading
in the national car company, Dacia, which scientists of the day ---- to the novelty of his
---- cheap cars for the domestic market. thinking.
249- At the Brussels meeting over the last 254- When I ---- as a fully licensed geneticist in
weekend Madeleine Albright, The American 1961, I thought I knew everything there was
secretary of State, ---- her allies that future ---- about genetics.
NATO missions ---- them further afield, but
not all over the world. A) had been graduated/to be known
B) graduated/to know
A) assures/is taking C) was graduated/to have known
B) has assured/will have taken D) have been graduated/known
C) assured/would take E) have graduated/to have been known
D) had assured/took
E) was assuring/will take 255- Perhaps these people are ---- ignorant to
realize ---- serious a threat these fertilizers
are to their health.
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A) more/than
250- He ---- that the forests ---- to their natural B) so/why
inhabitants, that is, to all varieties of living C) as much/as
things. D) too/just how
E) not only/but also
A) suggests/be returned
B) suggested/to be returned 256- I would have thought that only ---- naive
C) has suggested/to have been returned worker could be deceived by ----
D) had suggested/are being returned assurances.
E) would have suggested/return
A) the more/neither
251- With the help of satellite images, the B) a most/each
Indonesian government ---- that it is the C) the most/such
timber companies which ---- the mass D) a much/any
destruction of their rain forests. E) most/same
A) will show/would have caused 257- The motive was ---- aesthetic and social ----
B) would have shown/had caused they sought to bring good design within the
C) had shown/were causing reach of the ordinary man.
D) shows/had been causing
E) has shown/are causing A) so/in that
B) both/because
C) just as/that
D) as much/as
E) too/therefore
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258- He said I was submitting my application 264- If we are to prevent the flow of toxic
form rather late. But now I find ---- have still materials into the water reservoirs of the
not submitted ---- . country, there is no other possible scheme
available, ---- ?
A) most/their
B) none/any A) isn't it
C) many/it B) aren't we
D) others/theirs C) is there
E) a few/these D) isn't there
E) are we
259- In order to understand the implications of
research ---- brain development one has to 265- It looks ---- the hiring committee isn't
make a systematic study ---- what children impressed by his qualifications, and I don't
know. think the manager of the company is, ---- .
A) on/into A) like/also
B) for/by B) as if/either
C) through/beyond C) so that/as well
D) over/at D) though/too
E) after/before E) just as/neither
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270- Orwell ---- at that moment that when the 276- Great natural disasters cause ----
white man ---- tyrant it is his own freedom widespread death ---- massive social
that he destroys. disruption and outbreaks of epidemic
disease.
A) perceived/would turn
B) has perceived/turned A) much/as
C) had perceived/has turned B) so much/that
D) would perceive/will turn C) not only/but also
E) perceived/turns D) as/as
E) no sooner/than
271- Thesiger's passionate belief that traditional
societies around the world ---- against the 277- Though they had ---- government backing ----
modern onslaught ---- fierce criticism. a potential home market, the company
poured billions of dollars into the project
A) were protected/will attract and lost everything.
B) have been protected/had attracted
C) are being protected/was attracting A) with/less
D) ought to be protected/has attracted B) neither/nor
E) would have been protected/would attract C) some/any
D) no/without
272- All the reports ---- handed in last week, but E) few/more
some of them still ---- me.
278- More importantly, Dobson's book is a
A) should have been/haven't reached reminder of ---- powerful and radical green
B) were/didn't reach thinking can be.
C) have been/won't reach
D) had been/didn't reach A) ever so
E) would have been/don't reach B) how far
C) wherever
273- David Dickinson’s new play is a fairy-tale D) much more
romance, ---- a pregnant woman searches E) just how
for the father of her child during a torrential
rainstorm. 279- You didn't have to invite all those people out
for lunch, so why ---- ?
A) who
B) by whom A) didn't you
C) that B) did you
D) in which C) have you
E) whose D) haven't you
E) don't you
274- The true ecologist need not be a specialist at
all, ---- his views should reflect the practical 280- This poem is generally supposed ---- in the
wisdom of ordinary people. fifteenth century, but some people date it
even earlier.
A) for
B) where A) being composed
C) whether B) to be composed
D) in case C) having been composed
E) that D) to have composed
E) to have been composed
275- ---- half of the budget of the US National
Institute on Ageing is spent on research into 281- The failure so far to produce evidence of life
Alzheimer’s disease. on any planet but ---- has given continued
strength to the belief in the uniqueness of
A) As much as Earth.
B) More of
C) Rather than A) us
D) Other B) their
E) The most C) ours
D) our
E) them
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2001 MAYIS KPDS SORULARI 288- Our sales are down again this month, ---- .
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294- Had it not been for the variety and flexibility 300- ---- the computerized Dutch auction system,
of its trades, Huddersfield, like so many of the flower industry gets flowers into our
the other textile towns, ---- into a decline in homes when they are still ---- their best.
the 20th century.
A) Under/at
A) was going B) At/in
B) had gone C) From/with
C) would have gone D) Until/to
D) would go E) Within/for
E) had been gone
301- Diesel engines are more efficient than
295- ---- the letters written by so many parents, gasoline engines ---- the fact that a larger
the headmaster agreed not to expel the proportion of the fuel used is burned.
boys.
A) consequently
A) In response to B) following
B) With reference to C) owing to
C) In case of D) contrary to
D) Apart from E) so that
E) Pertaining to
302- The great bulk of industrial work nowadays
296- Henry VII's foreign policy was unheroic and involves the use of machines, and it is
unspectacular, ---- did he go to war and that certain that mechanization will proceed ----
was when he invaded France. in the future.
297- Bennett's novel “the Old Wives's Tale” is the 303- Let's take the ferry to Bandırma from where
one ---- he is likely to be best known by it's only a short drive to Bursa, ---- driving all
posterity. the way from İstanbul to Bursa.
A) whose A) as well as
B) for whom B) more than
C) by which C) besides
D) in which D) instead of
E) that E) except for
A) of/of
B) in/for
C) for/in
D) at/about
E) by/within
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306- Until the eighteenth century, comparative 312- It is not unusual for advertising campaigns
linguistic studies did not progress ---- ---- even before the new products ---- onto
beyond the stage where ancient Greek and the market.
Roman grammarians had left them.
A) to have been launched/have come
A) so much as B) being launched/will come
B) too much C) to be launched/come
C) either D) having been launched/are coming
D) very much E) to have been launched/will have come
E) just in case
313- Galileo originated the method of controlled
307- Julius Caesar ---- a great historian if the experiment ---- now forms the basis of
making of history ---- him the time and the scientific investigation.
inclination to write it.
A) what
A) could be/could have allowed B) who
B) would be/allowed C) where
C) had been/would have allowed D) whom
D) would have been/could allow E) which
E) could have been/had allowed
2002 MAYIS KPDS SORULARI
308- Early in 1940, when Europe was already at
war, Hitler ---- the sale of uranium from the
Czech mines he ---- over. 314- The members of the special commission on
crime, some of ---- were appointed by the
A) has banned/has taken mayor, still meet on a regular basis.
B) had banned/took
C) banned/had taken A) that
D) bans/was taking B) whose
E) was banning/had been taking C) whom
D) who
309- Physics, as it ---- at the end of the nineteenth E) which
century, ---- to as classical physics.
315- ---- the Civil War, those years turned out to
be a golden era for the magazine industry.
A) has been known/might be referred
B) is known/has been
C) had been known/had been referred A) Despite
D) was known/is referred B) Obviously
E) might have been known/was referred C) Although
D) Pertaining to
310- Sometimes people select certain foods that E) Nevertheless
they believe ---- their physical appearance
and avoid those they believe ---- detrimental. 316- Unfortunately, ---- stamping out the drugs'
trade, these programmes are simply forcing
A) have improved/would have been drug growers to move into more
B) are improving/were inaccessible regions.
C) improve/might be
D) improved/had been A) besides
E) would have improved/have been B) rather than
C) in addition to
311- Much health education in recent years ---- D) due to
towards the view that heavy drinker ---- is E) as for
subject for amusement but for practical
help. 317- Indeed, the situation is such that the
chairman has finally promised to implement
---- the committee recommends.
A) has been directed/is not
B) had been directed/was not
C) was being directed/wouldn't be A) whoever
D) is directed/won't be B) however
E) is being directed/hasn't been C) if ever
D) as ever
E) whatever
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318- Unfortunately, ---- current productivity 324- Basically a country has two objectives in
growth looks impressive, the rise in profits imposing tariffs; one is to raise revenue for
over the coming years is likely to prove government, ---- is to protect home
disappointing. industries by raising the price of competing
goods from abroad.
A) since
B) just as A) other
C) even though B) both
D) if C) another
E) which D) the other
E) each
319- The biggest accounting issue raised ---- the
energy company is ---- accounting 325- This part of Africa is growing greener again
standards. ---- that families who fled to wetter coastal
regions are starting to go home.
A) by/over
B) to/to A) so far
C) for/under B) to such an extent
D) through/within C) even so
E) from/into D) as a result
E) even more
320- Crying, which starts ---- birth, is an alarm
system that attracts the parent and it can be 326- While the parades for the opening of
switched off ---- parental attention. parliament ---- , the president ---- a sobering
message for his countrymen.
A) with/after
B) at/by A) had rehearsed/prepared
C) for/with B) have been rehearsed/has prepared
D) from/for C) were being rehearsed/was preparing
E) by/through D) are rehearsing/is preparing
E) had been rehearsed/would prepare
321- Since 1998, the US federal government has
more than doubled its spending ---- defence 327- Though we still ---- a long way to go, a lot ----
---- biological and chemical weapons. in developing new medical procedures to
deal with diseased tissue.
A) for/with
B) of/to A) had had/had been accomplished
C) on/against B) had/has been accomplished
D) in/from C) have had/was accomplished
E) with/over D) are having/was being accomplished
E) have/is being accomplished
322- Items ---- display in this museum were
obtained ---- mosques, Turkish baths, 328- Soon, customs officers ---- to use X-ray
fountains and caravansaries dating back to technology ---- cavities in vehicles for drugs.
the Ottoman period.
A) have been able/having scanned
A) on/from B) are able/scanning
B) in/by C) were able/to be scanned
C) for/out of D) will be able/to scan
D) within/of E) would have been able/to have scanned
E) with/at
329- As acquisition opportunities within the EU
323- Following four Mars mission losses, an ---- less, western European energy
independent report paints a very clear companies ---- to turn eastwards in the hunt
picture of ---- what ails the US space for expansion opportunities.
programme, ---- what must be done to fix it.
A) grow/are being forced
A) whether/though B) will grow/would have been forced
B) either/or C) are growing/would be forced
C) how/and\ D) have grown/had been forced
D) thus/that E) grew/have been forced
E) not only/but also
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330- If Britain ---- the euro, say in 2004, the 336- If she ---- to the interview in a more positive
stability pact ---- highly important. state of mind, she ---- a better impression.
331- Whatever else ---- the British empire for so 337- The traditional idea that Asia was the cradle
long, it was not Britain's education system. ---- primeval man has had to be modified ----
the light of the discovery of human fossils of
A) was sustained great antiquity in Africa.
B) has sustained
C) sustains A) to/over
D) sustained B) for/from
E) to have sustained C) by/under
D) from/within
2002 KASIM KPDS SORULARI E) of/in
333- The judges of the international tribunal at 339- When the personnel manager announced
The Hague ---- , on 1st February 2002, that that everybody had to do overtime because
charges relating to all three wars ---- they were ---- schedule, this caused a great
together. deal of ill-will ---- the staff.
334- When he moved from Ethiopia where he ---- , 340- Little is known about life on the ocean floor
to England, his experiences ---- quite unlike ---- scientists have only recently developed
those of his contemporaries at school. the technology for exploring it.
335- It's not considered safe to leave your 341- Of the company's three accountants, only
computer on when you are not in the office, one is useful; ---- deserve to be sent away.
so you ---- do so.
A) they both
A) don't have to B) all the others
B) mustn't C) both the others
C) needn't D) each one
D) haven't got to E) each of them
E) don't need to
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342- The young sociologist ---- article was 2003 MAYIS KPDS SORULARI
published in the "National Geographic" had
travelled 1700 miles across Australia's
western wilderness. 348- Professional tennis, which got its start in
1926, when the French player Suzanne
Lenglen ---- 50,000 US dollars for a tour, only
A) whose
---- full recognition in 1968.
B) who
C) that
D) which A) had been paid/has received
E) whom B) was paid/received
C) has been paid/would receive
343- The impression I got was that the director D) is paid/receives
has completely given up ---- hopes he may at E) would be paid/had received
one time have cherished.
349- Once the director ---- just how much was at
stake, he ---- immediate steps to deal with
A) as many
B) such the dispute.
C) every
D) any A) realizes/will take
E) so many B) has realized/had taken
C) had realized/took
344- The evolution of a parliamentary democracy D) realized/takes
---- came about over a long period of time E) would realize/has taken
and ---- then the process was a rough one.
350- The once radical notion that birds ---- from
A) simply/as dinosaurs ---- stronger and stronger since
palaeontologists first started taking it
B) only/even
seriously a couple of decades ago.
C) hardly/since
D) just/up to
E) really/so A) descended/has grown
B) have descended/grew
345- The post is mine ---- I agree to stay with the C) had descended/had grown
firm for at least three years. D) descend/is growing
E) are descending/was growing
A) in case
351- Throughout his term in office, President
B) conditionally
C) if Clinton ---- by allegations relating to the
D) whether Whitewater real estate deal in which he and
his wife, Hillary Clinton, ---- prior to the 1992
E) accordingly
election.
346- They are in no way responsible; we must
face the fact that we have only ---- to blame. A) is dogged/are involved
B) had been dogged/were involved
A) itself C) was dogged/had been involved
B) ours D) has been dogged/have been involved
C) them E) was being dogged/may have been involved
D) themselves
352- The essays taken together tell the story of
E) ourselves
how the US became an economic power ----
347- The micro air vehicles they are working on a scale unprecedented ---- history.
are ---- small that it will be almost impossible
to detect them with radar. A) for/with
B) at/by
A) too C) with/from
B) as D) thought/at
C) such E) on/in
D) so
E) more 353- ---- the surprise of the archaeologists, the
structures turned out to be the remains ----
two domed tombs, each over a thousand
years old.
A) To/of
B) At/from
C) For/by
D) With/over
E) By/through
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354- More than 29 million Africans are now 360- ---- James assures me that he's telling the
infected with HIV, and the disease is killing truth, I'm pretty sure that he's actually telling
---- Africans ---- all the continent's wars a lie.
combined.
A) On the contrary
A) so many/as B) Just as
B) either/or C) So as
C) more/than D) Whenever
D) not only/but also E) As if
E) both/and
361- With the help of a fifth of the white voters,
355- He did ---- better in the interview ---- any of Mr Jackson was elected mayor of Atlanta in
the other applicants. 1973, and ---- became the first black mayor
of a major southern city.
A) much/as
B) rather/than A) nevertheless
C) as/for B) thus
D) still/with C) even so
E) far/from D) yet
E) otherwise
356- Geographical Information System tools
provide specialised functions for spatial 362- It seems, from the Chinese experience, that
data input, processing, analysis and output, an authoritarian state can open its economy
---- Database Management System tools to international forces ---- either collapsing
provide more advanced functions for storing or becoming more democratic.
and managing large spatial databases.
A) without
A) that B) including
B) due to C) so as
C) while D) therefore
D) whether E) whether
E) in that
363- In the US, the weakening of the dollar is
357- Photosynthesis is the process ---- green making foreign wines pricier and domestic
plants manufacture carbohydrates, using ones, ---- , more attractive.
the energy of sunlight.
A) on account
A) as when B) in addition
B) on which C) on condition
C) where D) in competition
D) by which E) in comparison
E) since
364- Much to everyone's surprise, the steel
2003 KASIM KPDS SORULARI workers' union actually supported the
takeover, and managed to secure further
358- Many African governments are ---- financial pension rights for its members ---- .
collapse and survive only on the strength of
aid and donations from international A) in the process
organizations. B) as it happened
C) in its place
A) in line with D) in accord
B) in the case of E) on a level
C) in excess of
D) on the verge of 365- Since there ---- nothing in the way of pay
E) in place of rises or bonuses for two to three years, the
new taxes ---- a great deal of distress.
359- By the early 1990s, nuclear weapons could
be designed, tested and maintained ---- A) had been/caused
complete secrecy, without having to worry B) has been/had caused
---- enemies exploiting information from live C) will be/would have caused
tests. D) would have been/are going to cause
E) will have been/are causing
A) from/over
B) by/for
C) in/about
D) within/with
E) through/by
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366- Over the past three years, the US economy 372- Socrates ---- that we ---- with the
---- badly hurt by unforeseen events, but improvement of our souls.
housing ---- to move up to set sales records
in both 2001 and 2002. A) must have said/would be concerned
B) had said/had to be concerned
A) would be/would have continued C) was saying/should have been concerned
B) had been/has continued D) has said/had been concerned
C) has been/continued E) said/should be concerned
D) was/continues
E) is being/would continue 373- ---- its vast forests, Myanmar was thought to
possess the largest number of tigers ----
367- Presumably, the main concern of the India.
Japanese central bank at present ---- to
avoid ---- for any large-scale financial A) For/with
collapse. B) In/for
C) At/to
A) will be/having blamed D) With/after
B) has been/having been blamed E) Through/by
C) was/to be blamed
D) is/being blamed 374- Though the most important factors in
E) would be/to have been blamed pricing decisions are production costs and
the level ---- demand, broader company
368- For the time being, people are concentrating objectives must also be taken ----
---- making use ---- the irrigation systems consideration.
that have already been installed.
A) in/out of
A) by/with B) of/into
B) for /in C) with/for
C) at/into D) between/by
D) over/from E) on/under
E) on/of
375- Until people realize that they have to
2004 KASIM KPDS SORULARI develop new skills, there's no way the
economy can improve, ---- ?
369- China's economic boom ---- a growing need
for energy that ---- only foreign supplies. A) is there
B) can there
A) will produce/used to satisfy C) can it
B) produced/had satisfied D) have they
C) is producing/could satisfy E) can they
D) has produced/can satisfy
E) would produce/would have satisfied 376- ---- they are accessible by boat only, these
islands are still largely undeveloped.
370- They hope that by surrounding city centres
and likely terrorist targets with "soft walls", A) Even
they ---- it impossible for hijacked planes ---- B) As if
anywhere near them. C) Although
D) Consequently
A) will make/to get E) Since
B) make/having got
C) make /to have got 377- The most devastating human impact on
D) have made/to be got environments can be seen on islands ----
E) are making/getting settlers have introduced new animals and
plants.
371- New DNA evidence hints that "African Eve",
the 150,000-year-old female ancestor of A) which
every person on Earth, ---- in Tanzania or B) to whom
Ethiopia. C) what
D) to which
A) has lived E) whom
B) is used to living
C) may have lived
D) would live
E) would be living
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378- Human activity has destroyed ---- plant 384- The big test ---- over the next few weeks
species that collective action is essential for when the government ---- to introduce a plan
the conservation of those that remain. to include drug coverage in Medicare.
2004 KASIM KPDS SORULARI 385- Seafarers' records ---- back to 1590 ---- it
possible to visualize the behaviour of one of
379- ---- providing luxury on every imaginable the planet's most mysterious phenomena:
level, a five- star hotel should also have the its magnetic field.
ability to take you by surprise.
A) dating/have made
A) With a view to B) to date/would make
B) In excess of C) being dated/ had made
C) Consequent on D) to be dated/are making
D) In need of E) to have been dated/will make
E) In addition to
386- The software has been designed to help
380- Ancient Peruvian textiles have survived in detectives solve complex cases ----
an excellent state of preservation ---- the dry prompting them to explore lines ---- enquiry
conditions of much of the country. other than the obvious ones.
381- Exciting new research is transforming 387- Recent findings have suggested that, in
industrial robotics, offering the promise of ancient times too, man was capable ----
whole new generation of ---- intelligent causing rapid and decisive changes ---- the
machines. genetic make-up of staple crops.
A) more A) in/for
B) much B) to/of
C) any C) of/in
D) mostly D) from/over
E) too E) with/into
382- He is hoping that by the time he ---- for the 388- ---- helmets had been revived for soldiers
grant, his book on Egyptian silverwork ---- . and extended to many workers, safety head
coverings for athletes almost inevitably
A) has to apply/ will have been published followed.
B) had applied/ had been published
C) was to apply/has been published A) While
D) will be applying/would have been published B) Before
E) would have applied/will be published C) Although
D) Once
383- It seems that, even if big western companies E) Until
---- to help develop lifesaving GM
(genetically modified) seeds for the 2005 KASIM KPDS SORULARI
underdeveloped countries, only South Africa
---- to accept them. 389- The United States spends ---- on armed
forces ---- do all other countries combined.
A) will be willing/ is ready
B) has been willing/will be ready A) so much/that
C) had been willing/ would be ready B) both/and
D) would be willing/ was ready C) not only/ but also
E) were willing/would be ready D) neither/nor
E) more/than
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390- Over this period, according to a report 396- What is really ---- issue is the political
recently issued by the Hispanic Studies structure ---- which Soviet communism was
Center in Los Angeles, Mexicans received erected.
14.5 billion US dollars from relatives
working in the United States, which is A) at/on
almost ---- Mexico earned from foreign oil B) for/from
sales. C) to/through
D) by/in
A) as E) over/with
B) just as
C) as well as 397- Provincial governments play a big role in the
D) as much as lives of Canadians, ---- primary
E) as far as responsibility ---- health, education and
welfare.
391- The origin of sex is ---- much of a puzzle ----
its prevalence. A) through/over
B) at/about
A) too/for C) from/to
B) so/so D) by/of
C) as/as E) with/for
D) that/such as
E) very/more like 398- In business, every trend contains the seeds
of ---- counter-trend.
392- China, which ---- much of Mongolia from the
end of the seventeenth century until the A) itself
early twentieth century, still ---- the oil, coal, B) its own
uranium, and empty grasslands of its former C) any one
possessions. D) any
E) one's own
A) was ruling/has coveted
B) had ruled/may have coveted 2005 MAYIS KPDS SORULARI
C) has ruled/coveted
D) ruled/covets 399- The analysis of a story ---- its central conflict
E) rules/is coveting is likely to be 'especially fruitful, for it
rapidly takes us to what is truly ---- issue in
393- The choices we make and the lives we lead the story.
---- the values we ---- .
A) by/over
A) would be influenced/are holding B) from/with
B) are influenced/hold C) through/at
C) had been influenced/were holding D) with/about
D) must have influenced/had held E) towards/above
E) have been influenced/were holding
400- For the control of the deadly brain disease in
394- Following World War II, job prospects for cows (BSE), surveillance is being stepped
young people ---- greatly which allowed up in Canada, ---- the US claims to be testing
them ---- more prosperous than their enough cattle ---- to assess the risk.
parents.
A) but/already
A) had improved/to have felt B) yet/because
B) have improved/feeling C) so/thus
C) improved/ to feel D) after/for
D) were improving/having felt E) though/still
E) would have improved/having to feel
401- In Kuwait, foreign companies are presently
395- If you ---- a car, you ---- its performance, not taxed at 55 per cent of profits, whereas the
its appearance. Kuwaitis themselves pay ---- or ---- tax
depending on their status.
A) were buying/had been considering
B) were buying/would have considered A) less/least
C) bought/had considered B) little/no
D) have bought/would have been considering C) more/less
E) are buying/should be considering D) few/fewer
E) less/none
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402- Slow-motion photography can reveal things 408- One day humans ---- on Mars if US President
that happen ---- fast for the human eye to Bush's recently announced plans ---- to
see. fruition.
403- He ---- in a line of work that was dependent 2006 KASIM KPDS SORULARI
solely on his ability to win the trust of
others, and one in which very close 409- Many parts of rural America ---- to reflect the
relationships ---- necessary. values and traditions of the European
immigrants who ---- in the country during the
A) was engaged/were nineteenth century.
B) would have been engaged/will be
C) will be engaged/could be A) continued/have arrived
D) had been engaged/are B) have continued/would have arrived
E) is engaged/would be C) continue/arrived
D) would have continued/were arriving
404- The term "radical", in politics, refers to E) will continue/would arrive
anyone with opinions ---- extreme ---- the
main current of a country's major political 410- With few exceptions, most totalitarian
party or parties. governments ---- more liberal since 1989
when the Berlin Wall ---- .
A) so/as
B) more/than A) became/falls
C) only/that B) are becoming/would fall
D) not only/but also C) were becoming/has fallen
E) either/or D) had become/was falling
E) have become/fell
405- The auditing of accounts means the official
inspection of a company's accounts by a 411- Of all the arts it ---- to classical music that
qualified accountant, and this ---- by law Germany ---- the greatest contribution.
each year.
A) had been/made
A) had been required B) is/has made
B) requires C) has been/had made
C) is required D) was/will have made
D) required E) might be/would have made
E) would have been required
412- Severity of autism ranges ---- those who are
406- Applicants ---- the ability to work well in a mute and have no functional behaviour ----
multicultural environment and ---- to work to individuals with high IQ scores.
tight deadlines.
A) into/among
A) have had/had been able B) in/about
B) should have/be able C) between/of
C) must have/were able D) through/for
D) will have/had had E) from/to
E) could have/have had
413- Most companies would prefer to concentrate
407- Old Danish, one of the languages of the ---- domestic rather than foreign markets
Vikings who ---- in parts of Britain during the because of their greater familiarity ---- their
9th to 11 centuries, ---- a strong influence on own environments.
the development of English.
A) in/of
A) have settled/had had B) on/with
B) had settled/would have C) over/by
C) settle/has D) at/from
D) settled/had E) for/to
E) would settle/will have
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414- Management must learn to determine market 420- Cross-border shopping is a fundamental
conditions in the countries ---- it is doing right under EU law and ---- as a form of tax
business. evasion.
415- ---- the growth in e-mail and fax 421- He certainly ---- party members last weekend
transmissions, many communications are when he announced that he ---- to regain his
still best handled by face-to-face or voice-to- party chairmanship.
voice contact.
A) has shocked/had not sought
A) Contrary to B) would have shocked/will not seek
B) In spite of C) had shocked/would not have sought
C) By means of D) was to shock/is not seeking
D) Since E) shocked/would not seek
E) As regards
422- The 1980s ---- a surge of new interest ---- the
416- ---- by making an internal analysis can a definition of intelligence.
company set the overall rationale for its
international activities. A) have brought/to be expanding
B) had brought/having expanded
A) Still C) were bringing/to have expanded
B) While D) brought/in expanding
C) Only E) would have brought/to expand
D) Until
E) Just as 423- For decades presidents have been coming
---- plans to deal with the fact that one day
417- ---- an organization depends on the world will run ---- its key source of
collaborative arrangements, ---- likely it is to energy: oil.
lose control over decisions.
A) up with/out of
A) Not only/but also B) out of/up against
B) Neither/nor C) down to/away from
C) Either/or D) up for/through
D) When/then E) over to/into
E) The more/the more
424- Philosophers have debated the relation ----
418- A corporation’s formulation of its thought and emotions ---- at least two
international strategy will greatly determine millennia.
---- it will benefit more from protectionism or
from some other means for countering A) from/over
international competition. B) over/in
C) between/for
A) so D) in/by
B) as E) through/to
C) unless
D) whether 425- ---- little respect the British people may feel
E) whereby for the monarchy, they are still not likely to
change to a republic.
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A) As far as
419- Having read so many contemporary B) Whatever
American writers, I ---- to feel impatient with C) Such a
the kind of fiction that ---- in England. D) However
E) Just as
A) was beginning/will have been written
B) had begun/has been written
C) have begun/would have been written
D) would begin/is being written
E) began/was being written
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426- All of the world’s major national parks are 432- An Indian drug company has offered to
included on the map, ---- are most of the supply an anti-AIDS drug ---- sufferers in
important reserves of lesser status. developing countries ---- less than one-
twentieth of the standard cost in the West.
A) as
B) as well A) in/to
C) such B) at/over
D) which C) with/for
E) that D) to/at
E) on/with
427- His latest novel is about people who take
their work seriously, ---- that’s being a 433- The main attention at the World Economic
mother, a nurse or a soldier. Forum, when it was not focused ---- China,
centred on Africa’s remarkable economic
A) even so growth ---- the past couple of years.
B) as if
C) unless A) in/with
D) besides B) on/over
E) whether C) of/towards
D) by/at
428- Héviz is Europe’s largest warm-water lake E) from/through
and visitors can swim there even in winter,
---- helps extend the tourist season. 434- In child development, play and exploration
are similar ---- they are both intrinsically
A) thus motivated behaviours and not directed by
B) which external goals.
C) nor
D) too A) on the other hand
E) so B) whereas
C) otherwise
2007 MAYIS KPDS SORULARI D) after
E) since
429- The British government ---- details of the
next stage of its genetically modified crop 435- At present, the European Union imports
field trials, thus ---- off a now familiar cycle about one quarter of its gas and one third of
of debate and demonstration. its oil from Russia, ---- countries such as
Slovakia, Finland, Poland, Hungary, the
A) has released/setting Baltic states and the Ukraine are totally or
B) will release/to set very heavily dependent on Russian energy.
C) would have released/having set
D) is releasing/to have set A) even though
E) released/to be set B) since
C) whether
430- Training schemes in the United Kingdom ---- D) while
by the government as unemployment ---- . E) in case
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438- A structural formula is a chemical formula 443- The discovery in 2001 of a juvenile
that shows how the atoms are bonded to ---- dinosaur’s spectacularly preserved fossil
in a molecule. with feathers indicate the dinosaur-bird
connection, ---- it also casts new light on the
A) another mystery of why nature invented feathers in
B) others the first place.
C) the others
D) each other A) whether
E) every other B) where
C) but
2007 KASIM KPDS SORULARI D) so
E) whereas
439- Investigations by modern doctors ---- that
Catherine the Great of Russia ---- from 444- People who travel ---- airlines all have
syphilis. stories ---- does how bad the experience is
when things go wrong.
A) have suggested/has suffered
B) suggest/suffered A) with/for
C) had suggested/was suffering B) in/of
D) may have suggested/would have suffered C) through/to
E) suggested/suffers D) on/about
E) at/over
440- This morning it ---- in the news that the great
Italian tenor Pavarotti ---- of pancreatic 445- Scientists have studied the health status of
cancer soon after midnight. native people in the South Pacific ----
decades, and have noted the explosion of
A) had been reported/died diet-related disease ---- the area.
B) is reported/would die
C) is being reported/dies A) for/in
D) was reported/had died B) throughout/over
E) has been reported/could have died C) through/about
D) by/off
441- The United States ---- expensive high-tech E) of/at
solutions to the problem of land-mine
clearance but simpler methods ---- more 446- Contrary to perceptions outside Canada, the
preferable. majority of Canadians are descended from
the English, the Scots, and the Irish ---- from
A) should pursue/were the French.
B) pursued/will have been
C) would pursue/would have been A) rather than
D) has pursued/may be B) more than
E) pursues/had been C) such as
D) and so
E) also
442- One of the world’s worst space flight
disasters, occurred on 28 January 1986, ---- 447- The Worldwatch Institute reported last year
the shuttle Challenger exploded soon after ---- approximately four of the five
take-off, killing the crew of seven. McDonald’s restaurants that opened every
day in 2005 were outside the United States.
A) if
B) so that A) if
C) even if B) as
D) when C) while
E) just as D) when
E) that
A) rather/than
B) either/or
C) more/than
D) so much/as
E) well/as
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