1. YDS 2. BİRİKİM TESTİ ING(0797A)
SINAVI
1.-8. sorularda, verilen tümcede boş bırakılan
yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi
bulunuz.
1. By the time this week is finished I _____
take eight examinations in five days. The
life of a student is not easy!
A) will B) will have C) have had to
D) will be E) will have had to
2. I've fixed up a job. I _____ for a chemical
company in the USA. I'm sure it _____
good experience.
A) am working / is
B) am going to work / will be
C) will work / is
D) will have worked / is going to be
E) am going to work / is
3. For years I _____ all my washing by hand;
then last year I _____ a washing machine
and I must say it _____ washing day much
less exhausting.
A) have done / bought / has made
B) did / bought / has made
C) have been doing / bought / made
D) did / have bought / has been making
E) have been done / bought / makes
4. Up until now the island _____ self -
sufficient but recently a drought _____ to a
water shortage.
A) has been / leads
B) was / leads
C) had been / has led
D) is / led
E) has been / has led
5. A: Do you go for a walk every morning?
B: Yes, I _____ for a walk regularly since I
_____ an operation two years ago.
A) have gone / have had
B) am going / have had
C) had gone / had
D) had gone / had had
E) have been going / had
6. By the time the security guards _____ what
was happening, the gang _____ the bank.
A) realized / had already entered
B) will have realized / will enter
C) had realized / will have entered
D) realize / will have entered
E) had realized / entered
7. The lawyer _____ that his witness _____
but he _____ silent.
A) had hoped / would speak / remained
B) hopes / would speak / remains
C) hoped / will speak / remained
D) has hoped / would speak / remained
E) had hoped / will speak / remains
8. The students _____ the whole course
before they _____ the examination.
A) covered / would take
B) covered / had taken
C) will have covered / take
D) had covered / take
E) are covered / have taken
9.-12. sorularda, verilen tümceyi uygun biçimde
tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
9. They won't let us leave the customs _____.
A) until you fulfilled all the conditions of the
contract
B) it must have taken a long time to wait
there
C) but the explosion put the whole place into
total confusion
D) it would be unwise to comment on the
traditions
E) till our luggage has been examined
thoroughly
10. _____ when he was awaken by a strange
noise from downstairs.
A) My friend Tom was never an easy person
to get on well with
B) I was trying to persuade him to go back
upstairs
C) Who was that man you were talking to
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2. D) He has hesitated to leave the building
because of the dogs outside the building
E) My sister's husband was sleeping
soundly
11. By the 1920s a number of architects in
Europe and the United States _____.
A) had established a basis for a truly
contemporary style
B) have influenced architects everywhere
C) want to live in the center of the city
D) have already started a new school of art
E) which had been the center of
industrialization
12. _____ but she managed to explain what
had happened.
A) She could speak French perfectly
B) She was able to talk to the manager
C) She used to tell people how she had won
the races
D) Her French was rather poor
E) She knew how to programme a computer
13.-15 sorularda, verilen Türkçe tümcenin
İnglizce dengini bulunuz.
13. 235 milyonu aşan bir nüfus, Amerikan
işletmelerine hem işçi hem de tüketici
sağlar.
A) A population of more than 235 million
people provides both workers and
consumers for American businesses.
B) Both workers and consumers provide a
population of more than 235 million
people for American businesses.
C) The population of America,which is more
than 235 million people, is likely to
provide both workers and consumers for
American businesses.
D) American businesses provide both
workers and consumers from a population
of more than 235 million people.
E) 235 million workers and consumers
provide a population for American
businesses.
14. Bazı balıkların gözleri sadece suda
etraflarında olan biteni değil, havada da ne
olduğunu görmelerini sağlar.
.
A) Some fish are not only able to see what's
going on in the water but also in the air by
the help of their eyes.
B) Some fish is only able to see the things
happening in the water but not the things
above the surface.
C) The eyes of some fish have the ability of
noticing the things happening in the water
but not above the surface of the water.
D) It is possible for a fish to see what's going
on in the water and understand the things
above the water by the help of their eyes.
E) The eyes of some fish enable them to see
not only what's going on in the water
around them but also in the air.
15. Onun suikastın ardında olduğundan kimse
kuşkulanmadı. Ne var ki, onu akla getiren
açık kanıtlar vardı.
A) To be sure, nobody felt suspicious of him
being behind the plot, but there was clear
evidence implicating him.
B) Although he wasn't suspected of being
behind the assassination, there was clear
evidence implicating him.
C) Nobody suspected him of being behind
the assassination, yet, there was clear
evidence implicating him.
D) He was suspected of being behind the
plot but there was no clear evidence
implicating him.
E) Although there wasn't clear evidence
implicating him, everybody suspected
him of being behind the assassination.
16.-18. sorularda, verilen İngilizce tümcenin
Türkçe dengini bulunuz.
16. Everybody was astonished at seeing that
he denied everything instead of
apologizing to Mary.
A) Herkes Mary'nin özür dileyecek yerde
her şeyi inkar etmesini hayretle karşıladı.
B) Herkes, onun Mary'den özür dilemesini
beklerken her şeyi ona yüklemesine
hayret etti.
C) Mary'den özür dileyecek yerde her şeyi
inkar etmesi çok şaşırtıcıydı.
D) Mary'den özür dileyeceği yerde her şeyi
inkar etmesini görmek herkesi hayretler
içinde bıraktı.
E) Mary'nin her şeyi inkar edip ondan özür
dilemesi herkesi şaşırttı.
17. The Prime Minister puts great emphasis on
the need to deal effectively with inflation.
A) Başbakan enflasyonla etkili bir şekilde
mücadele gereğine büyük önem
vermektedir.
B) Cumhurbaşkanı enflasyonla ilgili büyük
bir mücadele verme gereğini vurguluyor.
C) Başbakana göre önem verilmesi gereken
şey enflasyon ile ilgili verilmesi gereken
mücadelelerdir.
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3. D) Başbakan, enflasyonla mücadelede
gereken büyük önlemleri
vurgulamaktadır.
E) Cumhurbaşkanına göre, enflasyonla etkili
bir şekilde mücadele etmek gereğine
büyük önem verilmelidir.
18. Since the turn of the century,
psychologists have been interested in how
and why fear is manifested in humans.
A) Ruhbilimciler bu yüzyılda korkuyu
incelemek üzere insanlara yönelmişlerdir.
B) Yüzyılımızda dikkatlerini insanlara
çeviren ruhbilimciler buldukları karşısında
korkuya kapılmışlardır.
C) Korkunun insanlarda niçin ve nasıl
göründüğüyle ilgilenen ruhbilimciler
yüzyılın başından beri dikkatle
çalışmaktadırlar.
D) Yüzyılımız eskiye döndüğünden,
ruhbilimciler korkunun insanlarda niçin ve
nasıl göründüğüyle ilgilenmektedirler.
E) Yüzyılın başından beri ruhbilimciler
korkunun insanlarda nasıl ve niçin
göründüğüyle ilgilenmektedirler.
19.-21. soruları, verilen parçaya
göre yanıtlayınız.
As if we didn't have enough wars to think
about, there is another kind of war taking
place in countries all over the world. It is a war
in which no people are killed, but in which the
profits are incredibly high.Coca-Cola Co and
Pepsi Co Inc. have often clashed in their
desire to conquer new territories.This
decade's main battlegrounds are populous,
developing countries such as India, Mexico or
ex-East block countries where the population is
thirsty for anything Western. And what could be
more Western than Coca-Cola? According to a
Harvard Business School study, "Coca-Cola"
is the second best-known word in the world
after "Okay".
19. The recent aim of the Cola companies is to
_____.
A) advertise their products in the best
developed countries of the world
B) prove that not all wars should end up with
death
C) find new markets for their products out of
the Western world
D) increase their sales in all Western
countries
E) warn people about the dangers of high
population
20. Countries like India and Mexico _____.
A) seem to be fond of anything coming from
the West
B) are different from ex-East block countries
in every aspect
C) use the word "Coca-Cola" more often
than "Okay"
D) have no other wars to worry about than
the war between Cola companies
E) need the support of Coca-Cola to satisfy
their thirst
21. According to the writer, _____.
A) people often say "Okay" at being offered
a bottle of Coca-Cola
B) the war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi
started only ten years ago
C) the competition between the Cola
Companies can't be considered a war
D) the war between the Cola companies is
rather an unnecessary one
E) the word "Okay" is less frequently used
than "Coca-Cola"
22.-24. soruları , verilen parçaya
göre yanıtlayınız.
We all know the situation - a good friend
recommends you a restaurant and you are
looking forward to a nice quiet dinner, but the
meal turns out to be less peaceful than
expected because of a number of uninvited
guests -James Last, The Beatles, Mireille
Mathieu, Mozart -depending on the owner’s
fancy.You can count yourself lucky if you like
what you hear coming over the loudspeakers.
But what about the customers who can not
stand James Last or simply want peace and
quietness? There is nothing they can do
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4. because radio sets at home can be switched
off
but not restaurant loudspeakers. So they
simply become the captive audience of
sounds
they do not want.
22. The music in the restaurants is _____.
A) usually determined by the owner
B) mostly the songs that people die for
listening
C) performed by the owner himself
D) usually ruined by some uninvited guests
E) always what the customers would like to
listen to
23. According to the passage, you are lucky
_____.
A) if you can’t find a quiet and peaceful
restaurant
B) if the music in the restaurant is something
you like
C) if you don't have to listen to James Last
in a restaurant
D) if you are unable to hear the music in a
restaurant
E) if you are not one of those customers who
hate music
24. The writer describes the customers as a
captive audience because _____.
A) they usually like the music thrown at them
B) they have to pay a special charge for the
music
C) he wants to show how easy they are to
please
D) they can't escape the music
E) they have the freedom to decide upon the
music they'd like to listen
25.-28. sorularda, verilen tümceye anlamca en
yakın ifadeyi bulunuz.
25. In some cultures, tradition does not permit
people to choose their own future wife or
husband; parents are required to do this.
A) It is a tradition in some cultures that
parents must not choose the person
whom their son or daughter will marry.
B) In some cultures it is parents who choose
the person to marry their son or daughter.
C) In some cultures people are not allowed
to ask their parents for the right to marry.
D) In some cultures people traditionally don't
want their parents to help them marry.
E) It is a tradition in some cultures that
people who want to choose their future
wife or husband are not under the control
of their parents.
26. The municipality decided to spray the area
against flies only when their number
increased to a disturbing extent.
A) If the municipality were quicker at
spraying the area against flies, they
wouldn't increase so disturbingly.
B) Flies can only be prevented from
increasing to a significant extent by the
diligent work of the municipality.
C) The municipality didn't try to prevent flies
in that area before they reached a
disturbing level.
D) When more and more flies disturbed the
people in the area the public was forced
by the municipality to spray.
E) Although a disturbing number of
complaints have been made about the
flies, the municipality hasn't done
anything against them yet.
27. He's just arrived, so he still doesn't know
what's happened.
A) It's a long time since he came, so he
doesn't know what's been happening.
B) He hasn't been here long, so nobody
thought the news would interest him.
C) As he got here only a short time ago, he
hasn't heard the news yet.
D) All that had happened just before he
arrived.
E) If he had arrived a little earlier, he still
wouldn’t have been given all the news.
28. As you have perhaps realized by now, the
topic sentence is not always the first
sentence in a paragraph.
A) I am sure you all realized that the first
sentence in a paragraph is usually
followed by the topic sentence.
B) It's been probably clear to you so far that
the first sentence in a paragraph may not
always be the topic sentence.
C) Whether or not it is clear to you, a
paragraph seldom starts with the topic
sentence.
D) As we have mentioned above, the topic
sentence in a paragraph is always at
the end.
E) You must have noticed so far that the first
sentence of a paragraph is as important
as the topic sentence.
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5. 29.-31. sorularda, verilen parçada boş bırakılan
yere uygun düşen ifadeyi bulunuz.
29. Travelling to the office every day by train, I
watched people hiding their faces behind
newspapers. They rarely talked to each
other, occasionally lifting their eyebrows
to look at their fellow passengers. _____.
They would go on telling me all about
themselves and their families.
A) On the way to the office one morning, I
collapsed in my compartment
B) I found that many did not even look after
their own parents who were old and
helpless
C) They carry on reading their papers until
they get off the train
D) But when I started a conversation under
the pretext of the weather, I found
many had a natural gift for gossip
E) When I returned to my room I sat by the
window
30. One of the most mysterious things in
nature is the ability of certain creatures to
find their way home, sometimes from great
distances. _____. Bees, eels and salmon
are also able to return to a particular place
after long journeys.
A) Birds are not the only ones who can do
this
B) In one case seven dogs were taken 400
miles from home
C) They can fly incredible distances without
stopping
D) It is said that they have an instinct to dot
his
E) Bees offer an amazing example of this
ability
31. The main thing to say about the weather in
Britain is that it is unpredictable. _____.
Every morning when you wake up is a
glorious surprise-especially if you have
planned to go to the seaside and you find
it is pouring with rain.
A) People think that it is never very hot in
Britain and they don’t have plans of having
a holiday by the seaside
B) You can never tell with certainty from one
day to the next what the weather is going
to be like
C) Some tourists get quite wrong impression
about the weather in Britain
D) The weather is changeable but you can
always trust the weather forecast on the
radio
E) The typical picture of London was a foggy
November morning
32.-34. sorularda, verilen durumda
söylenebilecek sözü bulunuz.
32. Some of your friends have strongly
opposed to the idea of holding a birthday
party at a luxurious bar just because it is
expensive. You think it is worth paying
that much and try to convince them :
A) I agree with you. Other places are more
expensive.
B) Why not going to another cheap
restaurant?
C) I suppose we should gather at my place.
It’ll surely be a lot cheaper.
D) Don’t hesitate, this is one of those rare
occasions that we’ll be all together.
E) Come with me, I’ll show you the way.
33. Your friend booked a room in a cheap
hotel in the south for you as a wedding
present. When you learn this, you realize
that it is impossible to stay there. You
don’t want to hurt your friend’s feelings and
say:
A) Sorry, I’ve forgotten to tell you that I
made another reservation three weeks ago.
B) You must be crazy if you think that we will
stay in a hotel like this.
C) Sorry, but I’ve told you that they want to
stay in a hotel with a swimming pool.
D) If you want, you can stay here with your
wife.
E) My wedding present was much better
than yours, wasn’t it?
34. A salesman knocks on your door and
offers to replace your old dishwasher
with a brand new one high under the
regular price. Though you are in need of a
new machine, you become suspicious of
this unknown brand and turn the man
down kindly:
A) Take a look at these brochures, you don’t
have to buy anything.
B) Why don’t you remove yourself and your
useless product out of my front garden?
C) I would say yes only if it was a free offer.
D) Will you give up or shall I call the
neighbours to help me get rid of you?
E) That’s very nice of you but I’d rather go
on using what I have always used.
35.-37. sorularda, verilen karşılıklı konuşmanın
boş bırakılan kısmında söylenmiş olabilecek
sözü bulunuz.
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6. 35. Pat : Why do you want to be a
geologist? That’s a man’s job.
Marry: _____
Pat : But what else is there to do?
Marry: A lot of work is carried out in
laboratories.
A) Of course it isn’t. There are lots of women
geologists.
B) No, it isn’t. Not unless you’re doing field
work all the time.
C) Not really. My mother wants me to be
geologist too.
D) That’s what everyone else told me.
E) What are you planning to do?
36. Customer: I’m looking for a two-bedroom
flat, not too expensive, in a
quiet area.
Agent : Well, I’ve got one here at a
reasonable price, but it’s in
the city center.
Customer: I don’t really want the center.
Agent : _____.
Customer: Yes, but it is so noisy.
A) You can fit double - glazing on the
windows
B) At weekends, it used to be quite noisy,
but not now
C) I was given good advice to have a look at
this flat soon
D) But it’s so convenient to be central. It
saves travelling
E) Before making a decision, you should see
it again at a busy time of The day
37. A: Mrs. Simpson, could you tell me who
most often starts divorce proceedings,
men or women?
B: Women.
A: _____?
B: Well, the legal reason which is
commonly stated in the court is
adultery.
A) Is it illegal
B) It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it
C) What is the most common reason for
divorce
D) What are the effects on women
E) Why did they show adultery as a common
reason
38.-40. sorularda, verilen parçaya anlamca
uygun olmayan ifadeyi bulunuz.
38. (I) In our modern world, we think that
happiness is our natural state and that we
should avoid stress whenever possible.
(II) We think that stress is not good
because it may be unpleasant. (III) We
might feel pain, because of it, and we think
that pain is bad. (IV) According to Dr.
Selye, the causes of stress are not the
same in all cultures. (V) Surely it hurts,
but can we have happiness without pain?
A) I B) II C) III
D) IV E) V
39. (I) “Kramer versus Kramer” is a story
about a father whose name is Ted Kramer.
(II) In the story Ted Kramer fights his ex-
wife, Joanna, to get permanent custody of
their five-year-old son Billy. (III) “Kramer
versus Kramer”, by Avery Corman was
published by Random House in 1977. (IV)
Ted, was not sure that he even wanted a
child when Billy was born. (V) But later he
realizes that he cannot live without the
boy when he takes care of Billy by himself.
A) I B) II C) III
D) IV E) V
40. (I) The first year of marriage is certain to be
difficult. (II) Suddenly two people discover
that they are no longer responsible only to
themselves; instead they have to consider
the feelings and needs of the other. (III) No
one should make the mistake of rushing
into marriage. (IV) In the first year of
marriage, both partners have to learn to
accept their annoying little habits that both
are bound to have. (V) It is also in the first
year that a married couple must learn how
to deal with their in-laws.
A) I B) II C) III
D) IV E) V
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7. TEST BİTTİ.
YANITLARINIZI KONTROL EDİNİZ.
YDS 2. BİRİKİM TESTİ ING(0796A)
SINAVI YANIT KAĞIDI
A B C D E A B C D E
1 X 21 X
2 X 22 X
3 X 23 X
4 X 24 X
5 X 25 X
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8. 6 X 26 X
7 X 27 X
8 X 28 X
9 X 29 X
10 X 30 X
11 X 31 X
12 X 32 X
13 X 33 X
14 X 34 X
15 X 35 X
16 X 36 X
17 X 37 X
18 X 38 X
19 X 39 X
20 X 40 X
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