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YABANCI DİL BİLGİSİSEVİYE TESPİT SINAVI

(YDS)

İNGİLİZCE

(Sonbahar Dönemi)

17 EYLÜL 2017

 

 

 

 

2017-YDS Fall/English TEST OF ENGLISH

This test consists of 80 questions.

Without artificial fertilisers and pesticides, therewould not be enough food grown on Earth to satisfyour needs, even with equal ---- of agricultural output.

recognition deterioration

distribution fluctuation

reduction

1-6: For these questions, choose the best word orexpression to fill the space.

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DOĞRU CEVAP: C

 

 

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In 1517, the Italian physician Girolamo Fracastorowas probably the first person ---- that fossils areanimal remains; however, it was not until the 18th century that scientists ---- to realise that fossilscan tell us a great deal about the history of livingthings.

suggesting / had begun

being suggested / were beginning

to have suggested / have begun

to suggest / began

having suggested / were going to begin

7-16: For these questions, choose the bestword(s) or expression(s) to fill the space(s).

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DOĞRU CEVAP: D

 

 

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17-21: For these questions, choose the bestword or expression to fill the spaces in thepassage.

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22-26: For these questions, choose the bestword or expression to fill the spaces in thepassage.

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27-36: For these questions, choose the bestoption to complete the given sentence.

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Even though parchment was more difficult toproduce and more expensive than papyrus, ----.

the king of Egypt stopped exporting papyrus toPergamum, fearing that Pergamum's great librarymight overshadow that of Alexandria

the finest parchments, especially those made from theskins of very young animals, were called 'vellum'

parchment was made from the skins of sheep andgoats while papyrus was made from the stems of thepapyrus plant

it was Europe's favoured writing material until the 14th-century advances in paper making

among the most famous medieval manuscripts writtenon parchment is the stunning Très Riches Heures ofthe Duc de Berry

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DOĞRU CEVAP: D

 

 

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New Zealand, separated from other land masses,has unique plant and animal species, which are vulnerable to the impacts of non-native species.

Eşsiz bitki ve hayvan türlerinin bulunduğu YeniZelanda diğer kara parçalarından ayrıdır, dolayısıylabu türler yabancı türlerin etkilerine karşısavunmasızdır.

Yeni Zelanda’nın diğer kara parçalarından ayrı olması,eşsiz bitki ve hayvan türlerini yabancı türlerin etkilerinekarşı savunmasız hâle getirmiştir.

Yeni Zelanda diğer kara parçalarından ayrılmış olsada yabancı türlerin etkilerine karşı savunmasız hâldebulunan eşsiz bitki ve hayvan türlerine sahiptir.

Diğer kara parçalarından ayrı olan Yeni Zelanda,yabancı türlerin etkilerine karşı savunmasız hâlde bulunan eşsiz bitki ve hayvan türlerine sahiptir.

Yeni Zelanda diğer kara parçalarından ayrı olduğu içinburada bulunan eşsiz bitki ve hayvan türleri, yabancı türlerin etkilerine karşı savunmasızdır.

37-42: For these questions, choose the mostaccurate Turkish translation of the sentences inEnglish, and the most accurate English translationof the sentences in Turkish.

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DOĞRU CEVAP: D

 

 

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43-46: Answer these questions according to thepassage below.

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47-50: Answer these questions according to thepassage below.

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51-54: Answer these questions according to thepassage below.

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55-58: Answer these questions according to thepassage below.

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59-62: Answer these questions according to thepassage below.

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63-67: For these questions, choose the bestoption to complete the dialogue.

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Robert: Can perfectionism or stress be a reason for

nail-biting?

Carl: This might be true, but I'm not sure one can find

reliable research as to why nail-biting is soaddictive.

Robert: ----

Carl: Anyway, I think it'd be better not to form an

opinion on the causes of nail-biting withoutknowing all the details and scientific facts.

Some experts say childhood nail-biters are less proneto allergies, presumably because they're exposed tomore germs.

The most common treatment of this addiction, which isalso cheap and widely available, is to apply a bitter-tasting nail polish to the nails.

I know some other body-focused repetitive behaviourslike skin-picking and the urge to pull out hair, andthey sometimes coexist with nail-biting.

Doctors state that nail-biting does not only lead toharmful effects in fingers, but also mouth and moregenerally the digestive system.

We can speculate that it's to do with experiencing highlevels of anxiety and fear, or being too passionateor impatient about things and events.

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The fierce debate among scientists over whether intelligence is inherited or acquired later is yet to beresolved.

Scientists have not still agreed upon how much ofintelligence is inherited and how much of it is acquiredafter birth.

Whether people are innately endowed with intelligenceor they acquire it at a later time has stimulated anintense debate among scientists.

A hot debate among scientists revolves around theinheritance of intelligence rather than its acquisition inthe following years.

The heated debate among scientists over whetherpeople are born with intelligence or they acquire itlater has not still ended in agreement.

The fact that intelligence can be both inherited andacquired in later years has been vigorously debated byscientists.

68-71: For these questions, choose the bestrephrased form of the given sentence.

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DOĞRU CEVAP: E

DOĞRU CEVAP: D

 

 

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72-75: For these questions, choose the bestoption to complete the missing part of thepassage.

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There is some indication that children whose accessto television is restricted are less likely to benegatively affected by it, even when they do view it.A study has found that children whose parentsrestrict viewing are less likely to be unnecessarilyfearful of the outside world. ---- In other words,children whose parents severely limit access totelevision may actually become more aggressive,perhaps due to the frustration that results from thedeprivation of privileges.

It should be noted, however, that there is someevidence that very extreme levels of restriction willbackfire.

Children with limited access to television are less likelyto believe that what they see on television is real.

It is possible that the mere presence of parents whileviewing makes children feel happy.

Children who receive parental restriction are betterable to quickly understand the plots of televisionprogrammes.

Much of the research on the effects of televisionviewing has focused on children whose parents aremore sophisticated consumers of television.

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DOĞRU CEVAP: A

 

 

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(I) Images of distant and unknown places have inspiredexplorers and public for a very long time. (II) Thephotographs of Yellowstone were the reason why it wasselected as America's first national park in 1872. (III) Photographer William Henry Jackson captured thepublic's imagination and support by confirming theexistence of western landmarks in the park. (IV) Half acentury later photographer Ansel Adams began his longcareer of delighting the public with his pictures of parksthat many people would never visit. (V) These landmarkswhich were previously regarded as glorified myths madeit easier to attract attention.

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76-80: For these questions, choose the irrelevantsentence in the passage.

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DOĞRU CEVAP: D

 

 

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