46.-51. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere, parçanın
anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek
cümleyi bulunuz.
46. In Japan, the brighter economic picture
of the first 6 months of 2002 failed to carry
over into the second half of the year.
___________. This was no doubt influenced by
rising unemployment which is now at a record
high.
a) External demand supported Japan's
exporters to some degree, but the domestic
market was at a low ebb
b) The year 2003 will doubtless be another
difficult year for the Japanese economy
c) Recovery looks like being slow
d) This uncertainty gave rise to a cut in
interest rates
e) Once global investor confidence returns,
equity markets will, in all likelihood, start to
perform well again
47. There is a popular theory that suggests
we only use 10 per cent of our brain, and that
if we could just find a way to tap the other 90
per cent it might be employed in the important
question o how it works. ____________. A recent
spate of studies shows that all areas of the
brain are active when performing day-to-day
functions and there is no 90 per cent that
remains untapped.
a) There are countless other ways in which
the human brain is unique
b) Unfortunately, this theory has turned out to
be wrong
c) We should also remember that other animals
are clever too, though in different ways
d) Another theory tries to account for the fact
that we are suspicious of other's motives
e) This explains why, unlike other animals, we
are able to ignore the selfish dictates of our
genes
48. Satellite tracking of sharks has at last
put an end to a 50-year-old assumption about
their habits, ___________. Instead, they travel
vast distances all year round in search of
zooplankton, their favourite food.
a) Our knowledge concerning the habits of
sharks has increased immensely during this
period
b) Some assumptions never do get tested
c) In this respect sharks are quite unlike
whales
d) It has now been finally established that they
do not hibernate
e) Such an assumption was easy enough to
discredit
49. A recent survey carried out by the
UK lecturers' union shows that almost a quarter
of respondents rate their academic freedom as
limited, poor or non-existent. ___________. In
30% of cases, that pressure had come from the
organization paying for the research.
a) Researchers in every sector know that they
must get positive results into journals
b) Most worrying is the results of this loss of
integrity on medical research
c) Some researchers said they had been
pressurized to alter results, delay their
publication or even bury them
d) The public loss of confidence in science has
reached serious proportions and must be faced
squarely
e) Those with access to the truth are too often
those with most to gain from avoiding it
50. For many of the world's crucial arable
lands, the availability of water is the single
greatest threat to yields. ___________. One way
to ensure this is drip irrigation which delivers
water direct to the plants' roots. It is
unfortunately, far more expensive than flood
irrigation.
a) Actually, certain minor changes could
greatly improve the efficiency of many of the
world's largest irrigation system
b) Moreover, the monitoring of soil moisture can
also be useful
c) Agricultural researchers are working to
develop strains of rice that require lass water
d) In certain areas the food eaten by livestock
comes from irrigated fields
e) It is therefore essential that less water is
wasted
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51. Zambia's people have a literacy rate of
78%, which is high compared with many poor
African countries. However, it has only library,
one university and no television stations. Its
economy is very limited, with copper mining
accounting for over 80% of the country's foreign
currency intake. ___________.
a) Even so, in 2001, its president, Chiluba,
contemplated changing the constitution to allow
him to run for another presidential term
b) In fact, it has an annual industrial growth
rate of only 1 per cent
c) Early humans inhabited present-day Zambia two
million years ago
d) In 1972, Kenneth Kaunda, the first president
o the country, outlawed all opposition political
parties.
e) In 1924, the British government took over the
administration of the region
52.-57. sorlarda, verilen durumda söylenmiş
olabilecek sözü bulunuz.
52. You have a friend, who is a banker, and
for some time he has been advising you to buy
certain shares. You have put off ding so, but it
has become clear that your investments are not
doing at all well, and so you have decided to
take his advice. You phone him and say.
a) It gave me a nasty shock to see that the
shares you so strongly recommended have fallen
so sharply.
b) I'm somewhat uneasy about those shares you
recommend. I'll think it over for a day or two.
c) I wish I had bought more of those shares
before they went up.
d) By the way, the shares you persuaded me to
buy really have gone up nicely.
e) I'm quite convinced that your advice was
right; so I'm going to invest in those shares.
53. You are a professional climber helping to
organize some amateurs. When the climbers left,
the weather was clear and bright. But since than
a great deal of mist has descended over the
mountains and visibility is almost nil. None of
these climbers are very experienced and you are
worried that they will lose their way and
perhaps panic and fall. You can't decide what to
do but want to share you worry, and so turn to a
colleague at the camp and say:
a) Of course, in situation like this, we
can't send anyone after them.
b) Thanks goodness, we sent a good guide with
them, so there's no need to worry.
c) I do feel anxious about them. Have you any
suggestions about what we ought to do?
d) This mist is already lifting and that is the
end of the problem.
e) Several of them are quite experienced. Don't
you think they'll manage to take care of the
others?
54. New policies for market expansion have
been under discussion at a board meeting. The
president likes to keep things as they are but
you feel it is necessary to implement at least
some new policies, or the company really will
start to get into serious trouble. You say:
a) I doubt whether any of these suggestions
for market leadership would bear fruit.
b) Sometimes change may be necessary. but in our
case it isn't really urgent.
c) Are these changes sufficient to keep the
company afloat?
d) I know you don't like change, but, unless
such changes are introduced, the company is
going to suffer.
e) I'm not at all convinced that these new
policies will get the results we want.
55. A younger colleague has been working hard
on a research project. He's now come across a
major problem, and this has so discouraged him
that he seems about to give the whole project
up. You are quite sure he's perfectly capable of
overcoming the problem. So, you say to him:
a) With your talents, you can easily
succeed! Just set your mind to it!
b) If you are really in trouble there are plenty
of people who will help you.
c) It seems to me that this project constitutes
too big a challenge for you.
d) If you find this so difficult why don't you
find another topic?
e) Are you quite sure that this project is worth
all the effort you are putting into it?
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