LYS 5 REVISION TEST
1.-25 sorularda boş bırakılan yere uygun düşen ifadeyi bulunuz.
1. After waiting an hour he realized the bus was _____ to come.
A) improbable
B) uncertain
C) impossible
D) unlikely
E) accustomed
2. As his granny lived alone , she bought a dog to keep her _____ .
A) happy
B) friendly
C) together
D) company
E) silent
3. The headteacher again brought _____ the issue of reintroducing school uniforms.
A) back
B) down
C) up
D) in
E) out
4. They _____ to meet outside the theatre at 7:45.
A) appointed
B) arranged
C) engaged
D) settled
E) established
5. Due to the bad weather the match has been put _____ until next Wednesday.
A) forward
B) off
C) out
D) ahead
E) on
6. Without _____ it , he had overtaken most of the other competitors.
A) realising
B) realised
C) realise
D) to be realised
E) to realise
7. He walked up to the rostrum with a smile . It was the sixth time he _____ a gold medal.
A) has won
B) won
C) had won
D) was winning
E) wins
8. Before _____ the changing rooms, make sure you have all your valuables with you.
A) to leave
B) leaving
C) having left
D) leave
E) being left
9. Her father tried to stop her _____ so many chocalates.
A) eating
B) eaten
C) eats
D) ate
E) having eaten
10. It’s _____ long time since I ate chinese food.
A) very
B) so
C) such a
D) too much
E) far
11. Bruce regretted not _____ about the cost of living.
A) asking
B) asked
C) having been asked
D) have asked
E) to ask
12. I wish you _____ stop correcting every word I say.
A) should
B) had
C) would
D) will
E) can
13. _____ you try these trousers on, you can’t be sure they’ll fit.
A) Provided
B) Unless
C) Whether
D) As long as
E) Since
14. Take some warm clothes _____ it gets cold in the evening.
A) provided
B) owing to
C) in case
D) so that
E) nevertheless
15. If only I _____ to go on such an expensive holiday, which was a waste of both time and money.
A) hadn’t agreed
B) didn’t agree
C) haven’t agreed
D) won’t agree
E) shouldn’t agree
16. Give me a ring when the concert _____ .
A) will end
B) ended
C) had ended
D) ends
E) is ended
17. I wish you _____ so much noise when you came in late at night.
A) hadn’t made
B) wouldn’t make
C) weren’t made
D) shouldn’t make
E) couldn’t have made
18. I remember _____ the letter a few days before going on holiday.
A) to receive
B) receiving
C) received
D) to have received
E) being received
19. She had to pass all her exams, or _____ she would have no holiday.
A) else
B) instead
C) therefore
D) though
E) however
20. _____ hard she worked , Louise never managed to finish her homework on time.
A) Moreover
B) However
C) Although
D) Despite
E) Whenever
21. _____ he make some improvement, he will surely get a better degree.
A) If B) Were
C) Had D) Should
E) Did
22. _____ for a two-hour delay on the return flight, his vacation was perfect.
A) Apart
B) Besides
C) Except
D) Although
E) Away
23. It’s high time we _____ cutting down the rainforests.
A) stop
B) shall stop
C) have stopped
D) stopped
E) will stop
24. I would _____ you didn’t smoke in the lounge, please.
A) rather
B) like
C) ask
D) better
E) soon
25. He asked me if I _____ the radiator .
A) should turn on
B) turned off
C) would turn on
D) turn off
E) will turn on
26.-28. soruları, aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
Darts is a British indoor game for two individuals or two teams played by throwing metal-pointed flighted darts at a circular wooden or cork dart-board marked in numbered segments. In order for a throw to be valid, the dart must stick into the board and not fall out. The aim of the game is to achieve the best score, hit certain divisions of the board, or various combinations of the two. Darts is played almost exclusively in public-houses in Britain, and local “house” championships play a major part in community spirit.
26. In order to play darts, first of all, you need _____.
A) to visit an English pub regularly
B) to know how to make your own darts and the board
C) to have a board and some darts
D) to be an active member of the community
E) to be familiar with wood and cork
27. The author suggests that “house” darts championships _____.
A) are dangerous because a dart may injure t he people around the board
B) are held annually all over Britain
C) require a lot of skill and can be frustrating for beginners
D) are an important part of the social life in Britain
E) may cause major conflicts within a community
28. It is understood from the passage that _____.
A) dart is a single-player game
B) dart is almost unknown other than its popularity in Britain
C) the winner in a game of dart is determined by the number of darts that sticks on the board
D) the different parts on the board stand for different scores
E) the size of the board varies depending on the number of players
29.-31. soruları, aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
The Kickapoo Indians are a tribe closely related to the Sauk and the Fox. Prior to 1873, they lived east of the Mississippi in Wisconsin, but since then, they’ve been on reservations in Mexico and Kansas. Today, as in the past, they are organised into clans, each named after a sacred animal, such as Bear, Elk and Turkey, with the children following the clan of the father. A man must marry outside his clan and in former times took more than one wife, often marrying several sisters as they came of age. They believe that all nature is endowed with a sacred quality, or manitou, their main mythology centering on a supernatural youth, Wisaka.
29. It is clear from the passage that today, the Kickapoo Indians _____.
A) have abandoned all of their beliefs related to nature
B) have one supreme leader, a young man
C) believe the young to have supernatural powers, called Wisaka
D) continue to observe their ancient customs
E) belong to the same clan as their parents
30. It is stated in the passage that the Kickapoo _____.
A) live closely with animals; for example, bears, elks and turkeys
B) are found in great numbers in Mexico and Kansas
C) no longer live in their original place
D) used to live in clan system, but they no longer do so
E) come from the Far East originally
31. According to the author, a Kickapoo man _____.
A) can only marry a woman from a different clan
B) has to marry more than one person
C) can marry other members of their own clan
D) can never make an inter-clan marriage
E) is allowed to marry his own sisters
32.-34. soruları, aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
Zoroastrianism was the religion of the old Persian Empire from about 600 B.C. It was named after Zoroaster, who preached that a good god and an evil god were eternally at war, though the final victory would be with the good. The good principle was symbolised by fire, which was greatly honoured. Physical and moral purity were greatly esteemed. Zoroastrian ethics and beliefs probably influenced the later parts of the Old Testament, the first part of the Bible, which is especially concerned with the history of the Jewish people. After the Islamic conquest of Persia, fugitives went to India carrying the sacred fire. Today, their descendants, the Parsis, play an important role in Hindu industrial life in and around Bombay.
32. Zoroastrians believed that _____.
A) the eternal conflict between good and evil would ultimately be lost by evil
B) though there were dozens of gods, only two of them were worth mentioning
C) war with Muslims was inevitable and would be won in the end
D) their beliefs were identical to those of Islam, despite some conflicts
E) Zoroaster was a god who led the people from Persia to Bombay
33. We can infer from the passage that Zoroastrian beliefs _____.
A) are unique, and unimportant outside of India and Iran
B) may have had an effect on those of jews
C) are responsible for the spread of fire from Iran to India
D) bear no resemblance to those of the major religions today
E) have been completely absorbed by the Hindus in Bombay
34. In Zoroastrianism, fire plays an important role because it _____.
A) can cause great destruction
B) helped its followers in the Islamic wars
C) led Zoroastrian fugitives to Bombay
D) is a symbol for the forces of good
E) helped the Parsis to become important in Hindu industrial life
35.-37. soruları, aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız.
In 1955 teenagers gained economic power, often accompanied by a consumer frenzy equal to that of their parents. They created a new market, which from that time on was flooded with products made especially for their consumption: leather jackets, T-shirts, films and comics. And of course, records. The 45rpm single had just made its appearance, and the portable record player allowed teenagers to take over the world of sound. Until then, in order to play music, they had been dependent on the good mood of their fathers, who were usually in charge of the record player in the family room.
35. It is clear from the passage that beginning in 1955, teenagers _____.
A) showed less respect to their parents
B) had more money
C) were able to buy things on the black market
D) took part in films
E) started working in shops
36. According to the author, the inventions of the record and portable record player enabled teenagers _____.
A) to run record companies
B) to start playing in bands
C) to earn a lot of money
D) to become economically independent
E) to listen to music more frequently
37. The “new market” mentioned in the passage refers to a market _____.
A) where goods to the special appeal of teenagers were produced and sold
B) which was owned by a group of teenagers
C) which concentrated on the production of electronic equipment
D) where only teenagers were allowed to work
E) which only sold such products as clothing and records and record players
38.-42. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun şekilde tamalayan ifadeyi bulunuz
38. _____, he had no other choice since the patient’s condition was highly critical.
A) Before the results of the tests had come through
B) Although the surgeon was unwilling to operate for a further week
C) As long as the patient started to recover
D) Despite the fact that he proved allergic to certain medicines
E) While he remains in the intensive care unit
39. _____ how strong these antismoking campaigns should be.
A) There are different opinions
B) People differs as to
C) Some people believe that
D) The disagreements arise
E) It is really hard to believe
40. _____ , they can not lower their anxiety.
A) Even though the students struggled
B) Although they tried not to be nervous
C) No matter how hard they try
D) Since the applicants pretended to be calm
E) Whenever we have a test
41. _____ that Marilyn Monroe chose her surname from a list of names of American Presidents.
A) Her real name was Norma Jean Baker
B) I am not sure whether
C) Since she needed a good stage name
D) Not many people know
E) While it is known for certain
42. Anyone can see that the couple don’t get along _____.
A) by the way they are always arguing even in public
B) whereas it is apparent that they dislike each other
C) despite the fact that there is nothing that they agree on
D) as everybody feels sorry for their two young children
E) so obviously, they would get divorced before long
43.-46. sorularda, parçada boş bırakılan yere uygun düşen cümleyi bulunuz.
43. The 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt established himself as a successful portrait painter. He was the leading portrait painter in Holland and received many commissions for portraits as well as for paintings of religious subjects. He lived the life of a wealthy, respected citizen and met the beautiful Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in 1634. She was the model for many of his paintings and drawings. Rembrandt’s works from this period are characterised by strong lighting effects. _____ because he liked to paint or sketch his own image when he had no other model.
A) He is one of the most consistently commercially successful painters on record
B) It is estimated that he painted between 50 and 60 self-portraits
C) However, after the death of his wife, he began to turn away from this profitable type of work
D) Once he discovered a commercially successful style, he never varied from it
E) In addition to portraits, Rembrandt attained fame for his landscapes
44. The third emperor of the Islamic Moghul Dynasty, Akbar, ruled an immense empire in India that included millions more Hindus than Muslims. _____. Not only did the warrior king marry Hindu princesses, but he also lifted religious taxes on Hindus. He instituted a parliament of religions in 1575 in the hope of fostering friendship and built Hindu temples. He started Din-i Ilahi, a combination of Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Zoroastrianism; however, his successors rejected his new religion.
A) It was his descendant, Shah Jehan, who built the Taj Mahal
B) The founder of the Dynasty was Babar, a direct descendant of Tamerlane
C) He proved himself to be one of the most enlightened and tolerant rulers of any generation
D) “Moghul” is a corruption of “Mongol” since the dynasty was descended from the Mongolians
E) Many buildings from his reign can still be seen in northern India today
45. Since the turn of the century, countless men had striven toward a seemingly unattainable goal —running a mile in less than four minutes. Roger Bannister, an English medical student, had dedicated himself to breaking the barrier. _____. Thus he deliberately avoided the coaches and managers who ruled the sport in order to apply his own methods.
A) Mountain climbing and writing were other hobbies of the tall runner
B) An unfortunate auto accident shattered his right ankle in 1975
C) He had nearly decided to withdraw from the race because of bad weather
D) A defeat in the 1952 summer Olympics induced him to stop competing for a year
E) Using his medical knowledge, Bannister wanted to train alone
46. The most widespread of human diseases in the world is tooth decay. This disease is most common in the Western world where over-cooked, soft and sugary foods are often eaten. Such a diet leaves the teeth coated with tiny particles of sticky food. _____. This normal bacterial process works overtime if your teeth are coated with the sticky particles Thus, your mouth becomes extremely acid, and the acids begin destroying tooth enamel.
A) Normal bacteria in your mouth convert carbohydrates in the food you eat into acids
B) Regular visits to the dentist are therefore recommended
C) This is one of the main reasons there is such a shortage of dentists in the Third World
D) Toothache can be one of the most painful of all maladies
E) Dental disease can affect a person’s general health, and, conversely, illness can cause dental problems
47.-48. sorularda, verilen İngilizce cümlenin Türkçe karşılığını bulunuz.
47. Members themselves acknowledge many of their predictions to have been over-optimistic.
A) Üyelerin kendileri de yaptıkları tahminlerin aşırı iyimser olduğunun farkındaydı.
B) Üyelerin kendileri de yapmış oldukları tahminlerin birçoğunun gereğinden fazla iyimser olduğunu kabul ediyor.
C) Üyeler kendi başlarına yaptıkları tahminlerin birçoğunun aşırı iyimser olduğunu kabul ettiler.
D) Üyelerin kendileri bile yapılan tahminlerin gereğinden fazla iyimser olduğunu kabul ediyor.
E) Üyelerin bizzat kendileri yapılan tahminlerin aşırı iyimser olduğunun bilincinde.
48. I won’t get in touch unless there is something urgent to tell you.
A) Acil bir şey olmadıkça seninle bağlantıya geçmiyeceğim.
B) Sana söyliyecek acil bir şey olana kadar seninle bağlantıya geçmiyeceğim
C) Sana söyliyeceğim acil bir şey olmadıkça bağlantıya geçmiyeceğim.
D) Sana söylemem gereken acil bir şey olması durumunda seninle bağlatıya geçiceğim.
E) Herhangi bir acil durum olmadıkça seninle bağlantıya geçmiyeceğim.
49.-50. sorularda, verilen Türkçe cümlenin İngilizce karşılığını bulunuz.
49. Kardeşinin aksine o hep içine dönük bir çocuk oldu
A) Unlike his brother, he has always been a reserved child.
B) In contrast to his brother, he is a reserved child.
C) He wasn’t like his brother in that he had always been a reserved child.
D) Being a reseved child, he is different from his brother.
E) He has always been a reserved child while his brother is quite outgoing.
50. Hükümetin aldığı tüm önlemlere karşın ülke büyük bir ekonomik krizin eşiğinde.
A) Even though the government has taken many precautions, the country is on the edge of a big economic crisis.
B) Owing to the fact that the government has taken all the measures, the country has been able to avoid from the current economic crisis.
C) Despite all the measures taken by the government, the country is on the verge of a big economic crisis.
D) The government has taken all the measures; however , the country is still on the edge of a big economic crisis.
E) In spite of the measures taken by the government , the country is on the verge of a big economic crisis.
51.-52. sorularda, verilen cümleye anlamca en yakın olan cümleyi bulunuz.
51. The net amount of energy saved, even if all our rubbish were converted to usable fuel, would be negligible.
A) Converting all our rubbish into fuel would result in huge energy savings.
B) In order to save energy, we should convert all our garbage into fuel.
C) By using all our garbage as fuel, we could go a long way towards solving the world’s energy problems.
D) We would obtain a lot of energy from the world’s rubbish if we burnt it all.
E) Using all our rubbish as fuel would actually save very little energy.
52. He does not participate in a conversation very keenly on anything but globalisation.
A) He does not express strong feelings in conversations except when the topic is globalisation.
B) He is a keen supporter of globalisation, so he expresses his ideas about it in every conversation he participates in.
C) How passionately committed he is to globalisation is easily understood when he speaks about it.
D) Globalisation is a topic about which he knows a lot and so speaks passionately.
E) His passionate commitment to globalisation is obvious whenever you hear him speak.
53.-54. sorularda, verilen duruma uygun düşen ifadeyi bulunuz.
53. The previous year, you lent your tent to a friend, who has not returned it. As you want to use it, you ask for it back, but he says he has lent it to another friend and that you need to ask this friend for it. As you did not give him your permission to lend it out, you are angry and want him to get it back for you, so you say firmly:
A) Oh, that’s not a problem. Do you have his telephone number?
B) Would you like to come along? My tent is big enough for both of us, you know.
C) Then, what shall I do if he doesn’t come back before I leave?
D) I am going camping next week and need to use it. Please make sure it is returned to me.
E) I wonder if you could ask him whether it is convenient for him to lend the tent to me.
54. You have a paper due on Monday morning, but when you tried to print it out on Sunday evening, you discovered that your printer was out of toner. There was no way you could have bought any before your class, so you take a diskette containing your work in to class, and, knowing that you could use the school’s printer, you explain to your teacher:
A) Don’t you think it’s rather old-fashioned to collect our homework printed on paper? Why don’t you accept diskettes?
B) May I print this out during break in the computer lab since my printer ran out of toner last night?
C) I had a problem with my computer, so I’m sure you won’t mind if I hand this in next week.
D) Here is my diskette, and that proves I wrote the paper, so you won’t mind if I hand it in late, will you?
E) I didn’t have time to finish my paper, but I’m sure you will be understanding and give me an extension.
55.-56. sorularda, karşılıklı konuşmanın boş bırakılan kısmında söylenmiş olabilecek sözü bulunuz.
55. Mr Johnson: Did you remember to fax a copy of the contract to our client?
Liz: _____
Mr Johnson: If you’re not absolutely sure, you had better do it again.
Liz: Anything you say.
A) Are you sure they are the kind of clients we want?
B) I didn’t think it was a very good contract, did you?
C) Yes, and here’s their reply.
D) I’m sorry, but I completely forgot.
E) I think I did it yesterday.
56. Simon: Is there anything you want done while I’m out?
Heather: The phone bill needs to be paid.
Simon: _____
Heather: Have you got enough money with you for all of them?
A) Yes, and so do the electric and water bills, I think.
B) I’ll do it tomorrow. It’s getting rather late.
C) It will have to wait until after I get paid.
D) If it should, I’ll do it straightaway then.
E) That’s right, and I also have to call at the chemist’s.
57.-60. sorularda , anlam bakımından parçaya uygun olmayan cümleyi bulunuz.
57. (I) Many people were surprised that Guglielmo Marconi shared the 1909 Nobel Prize for Physics with the relatively unknown German Karl F. Braun. (II) Braun himself was so stunned that he apologised to Marconi at the awards ceremony. (Ill) There is a generous cash prize to go along with the honour of winning the Nobel Prize. (IV) Braun assured Marconi that had it been up to him, Marconi alone would have received the prize. (V) Marconi privately agreed, but was gracious enough to change the subject.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
58. (I) The genetic code is becoming increasingly useful. (II) Genetics has also become a popular subject for study in universities. (III) Now a DNA study of Maori New Zealanders has confirmed something else: an oral history. (IV) According to the Maori’s own tradition, their ancestors deliberately set sail for New Zealand in a fleet of 8-10 canoes. (V) Though academics have cast doubt on this, a genetic study has confirmed that the original population must have been around 150 people: just enough to fill 8-10 of the big Polynesian sea-going canoes.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
59. (I) Writing is sometimes spoken of as humankind’s greatest invention. (II) It is, however, commonly agreed that the invention that made the modern business office possible was the typewriter. (Ill) It was developed by many people, in many places, and over a long period of time. (IV) The identity of the individuals responsible for the major steps in the development of writing is not known. (V) Their names, like those of the inventors of the wheel, are lost forever in the dimness of the past.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
60. (I) For many centuries before the advent of ether, alcohol was often ingested before surgery to cause a general decrease in bodily feeling, or numbness. (II) Ether, however, is generally considered to be the first anesthetic. (Ill) Later, ether was discovered to cause liver damage. (IV) Thus other substances, such as sleep-producing general anesthetics, were developed. (V) Local anesthetics simply stop sensations from going beyond the area injected with the anesthetic.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
61.-70. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.
In cold, mountainous regions of the world people have traditionally built houses so that one side almost (61) _____the mountain. (62) _____, this side of the house is protected from cold winds. Modern architects (63) _____ plan houses are finding this old tradition to be very useful. They are designing houses (64) _____ one or more walls (65) _____ the surrounding earth. In fact, sometimes the houses are almost completely covered with soil. These houses are (66) _____ heated and cooled because underground temperatures change very (67) _____. For example, in Tucson, Arizona, a city in the warm, south-western part of the United States, the temperature of the earth 5 feet beneath the surface is almost (68) _____. It stays at about 24C all year. When the temperature of its surroundings remains the same, a house can be heated and cooled with relatively little energy. Thus, modern architects who want to (69) _____ energy (70) _____ a traditional house plan. The modern plan uses earth as insulation from both cold and heat.
61.
A) should touch B) touches C) would touch D) might touch E) could touch
62.
A) However B) Whereas C) Thus D) On the other hand E) Otherwise
63.
A) whom B) whose C) who D) —- E) when
64.
A) by B) at C) in D) on E) with
65.
A) having touched B) touching C) being touched D) to be touched E) having been touched
66.
A) poorly B) slightly C) merely D) efficiently E) solely
67.
A) much B) many C) few D) little E) a great deal
68.
A) irregular B) gradual C) uncertain D) constant E) progressive
69.
A) produce B) purchase C) retrieve D) arise E) conserve
70.
A) have changed B) changed C) had changed D) were changed E) would be changed
TEST BİTTİ
KEY TO LYS 5 Revision Test
1. D 51. E
2. D 52. A
3. C 53. D
4. B 54. B
5. B 55. E
6. A 56. A
7. C 57. C
8. B 58. B
9. A 59. B
10. C 60. E
11. A 61. B
12. C 62. C
13. B 63. C
14. C 64. E
15. A 65. B
16. D 66. D
17. A 67. D
18. B 68. D
19. A 69. E
20. B 70. A
21. D
22. C
23. D
24. A
25. C
26. C
27. D
28. D
29. E
30. C
31. A
32. A
33. B
34. D
35. B
36. E
37. A
38. B
39. B
40. C
41. D
42. A
43. B
44. C
45. E
46. A
47. B
48. C
49. A
50. C
