YDS QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

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YDS
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

Dr. Cahit Karakus

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İÇİNDEKİLER
1. Sentence Completion ........................................................................................................................ 5
2. Paragraph Completion .................................................................................................................... 15
3. Cümleyi uygun şekilde tamamlayan ifade ................................................................................... 27
4. Translation ........................................................................................................................................ 39
5. Paragraph Completion .................................................................................................................... 43
6. Verilen durumda söylenmiş olabilecek söz.................................................................................. 57
7. Irrelevant Sentences ....................................................................................................................... 63
8. Restatement ..................................................................................................................................... 67
9. Diyalogues ........................................................................................................................................ 81
10. Paragraph ...................................................................................................................................... 87
11. References ................................................................................................................................. 158

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1. Sentence Completion

2006 – İlkbahar:

1. The laws concerning the breeding of animals for research could turn out to be to the ---- of
medical research.
A) admission B) detriment C) exclusion D) preference E) cohesion
A) kabul B) zararına C) dışlama D) tercih E) uyum

turn out pv durdurmak, kapatmak; sonuçlandırmak, çıkarmak,
uzaklaştırmak; üretmek
breed iv brēd doğurmak (hayvan için) , yavrulamak; hayvan yetiştirmek; (bred,
bred)
Concern v kənˈsərn endişelendirmek; ilgilendirmek, ilişkisi olmak; (n): endişe, ilgi,
merak

3. In some parts of Western Europe, ---- in France, Denmark and Sweden, cohabitation has
become almost as common as marriage.
A) completely B) deceptively C) notably D) voluntarily E) relatively
A) Tamamen B) aldatıcı C) özellikle D) gönüllü E) nispeten

Cohabitation n birlikte yaşamak

12. ---- little respect the British people may feel for the monarchy, they are still not likely to
change to a republic.
A) As far as B) Whatever C) Such a D) However E) Just as

Zıtlık

13. All of the world’s major national parks are included on the map, ---- are most of the
important reserves of lesser status.
A) as B) as well C) such D) which E) that

“As are”: olduğu gibi, bu şekilde

14. His latest novel is about people who take their work seriously, ---- that’s being a mother, a
nurse or a soldier.
A) even so B) as if C) unless D) besides E) whether

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2006 – Sonbahar:
14. ---- an organization depends on collaborative arrangements, ---- likely it is to lose control
over decisions.
A) Not only / but also
B) Neither / nor
C) Either / or
D) When / then
E) The more / the more

The more I know about men the more I like animals. İnsanları ne kadar tanırsam hayvanları o kadar
çok seviyorum.

15. A corporation’s formulation of its international strategy will greatly determine ---- it will
benefit more from protectionism or from some other means for countering international
competition.
A) so B) as C) unless D) whether E) whereby

2007 – İlkbahar:
6. The British government ---- details of the next stage of its genetically modified cropfield
trials, thus ---- off a now familiar cycle of debate and demonstration.
A) has released / setting
B) will release / to set
C) would have released / having set
D) is releasing / to have set
E) released / to be set

When main clause is in present perfect tense,
 subordinate clause is used in the Present tenses to show another action related in time to the
main action.
 subordinate clause is used in the Past tense to show a past action
 subordinate clause is used in the clause with 'will /shall /can /may /must /ought' to express real
conditional.

7. Training schemes in the United Kingdom ---- by the government as unemployment ----.
A) were encouraged / will have worsened
B) would be encouraged / had been worsened
C) have been encouraged / has worsened
D) had been encouraged / may worsen
E) are encouraged / would have worsened

When main clause is in present perfect tense, subordinate clause is used in the Present tenses to
show another action related in time to the main action.

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2007 – Sonbahar:
2. Despite its small population and ---- remoteness, Australia occupies a powerful position in
global science in general and life science in particular.
A) ultimate B) sizeable C) relative D) extensive E) recurrent

13. The discovery in 2001 of a juvenile dinosaur’s spectacularly preserved fossil with feathers
does indicate the dinosaur-bird connection, ---- it also casts new light on the mystery of why
nature invented feathers in the first place.
A) whether B) where C) but D) so E) whereas

15. Because of the wide variety of ethnicity in the United States, people speak English as ----
their native ---- their adopted tongue.
A) rather / than B) either / or C) more / than D) so much / as E) well / as

“Correlative” bağlaçları aralarında karşılıklı ilişki ya da bağlantı olan aynı cins iki gramer yapısını
birbirine bağlar. İlkinde hangi yapı kullanılmışsa ikincisinde de aynı yapı kullanılır; Sözgelimi ilkinde
sıfat var ise ikincisinde de sıfat; ilkinde zarf gelmişse ikincisinde de zarf, ilkinde fiil var ise ikincisinde
de fiil gelmelidir.
- Either he forgot about the meeting or he deliberately stayed a way. O ya toplantıyı unuttu ya da
bilerek gelmedi.
- Identify these as either phrases or clauses.

- He has so much money!
- If he doesn't want to obey the rules, so much the worse for him.
- It rained so much that the fields were flooded.
- There was so much smoking the room that I could hardly breathe.

So + adj/adv + as: … kadar
- Living in the country doesn’t cost so much as living in big cities.
- You won’t get so much as a peny from me as long as I live. Yaşadığım sürrece benden bir kuruş
bile alamayacaksın.

2008 – İlkbahar:
1. The genetic fingerprinting technique, which was developed in the UK and is now used as a -
--- of legal identification, determines the pattern of certain parts of the genetic material DNA
that is unique to each individual.
A) benefit B) structure C) sufficiency D) combination E) means
A) fayda B) yapı C) yeterlilik D) kombinasyon E) araçlar

a means of transport: bir ulaşım aracı
a means of communication: bir iletişim aracı
a means of legal identification: yasal kimlik tanıma aracı

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2. In existentialism, it is argued that people are responsible for, and the ---- judge of, their
actions.
A) expansive B) sole C) previous D) irresistible E) prevalent
A) geniş B) tek C) önceki D) dayanılmaz E) yaygın

2008 – Sonbahar:
2. By the 14th century, the Holy Roman Empire was little more than a ---- federation of the
German princes who elected the Holy Roman emperor.
A) negotiable B) current C) prescriptive D) loose E) recurrent

9. Despite the official ban ---- demonstrations, 2008 has seen Egyptians take to the streets ----
massive numbers on several occasions.
A) about / by B) for / with C) over / at D) of / through E) on / in

12. ---- most people who commit suicide are depressed; having depression correctly
diagnosed and treated is the most important step towards preventing suicide.
A) As long as B) Although C) Because D) Even if E) Unless

13. Algeria is particularly keen to increase its gas exports ---- OPEC production quotas restrict
its oil exports.
A) since B) so that C) as if D) that E) whereas

2009 – İlkbahar:
11. Gang violence is deplorable and cannot be tolerated, ---- simply “cracking down” on it is
not the solution.
A) so that B) whereby C) but D) when E) so long as
So that, whereby, when, so long as bağlaçlarından önce virgül gelmez. “Coordinating Conjunction”
bağlaçlarından önce mutlaka bir virgül (,) vardır. [ FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So ].

14. In the current financial crisis, Italy is alone among the big European countries in having ----
a bank rescue fund ---- a stated figure for the sum it is ready to make available.
A) more / than B) neither / nor C) such / as D) so / that E) just / as

2009 – Sonbahar:
6. Recent excavations in Algeria ---- that Homo erectus ---- there between 500,000 and 750,000
years ago.
A) have indicated / resided
B) had indicated / has resided
C) indicated / would reside
D) could have indicated / had been residing
E) indicate / had resided
Kesin tarih aralığı verildiği ve kazıların etkisinin devam ettiğindan doğru yanıt: A

8. Although she ---- properly yet, the recipient of the world’s first face transplant ---- well,
according to the first scientific report of the operation.
A) hadn’t smiled / would have done
B) didn’t smile / will do
C) doesn’t smile / may have done
D) couldn’t have smiled / does
E) can’t smile / is doing
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Zaman uyumundan dolayı A, B, C şıkları elenir. Gülümseme yeteneğinin gelişmemesinden
bahsedildiği için doğru yanıt: E

10. As it had in World War I, Argentina proclaimed neutrality ---- the outbreak of World War II,
but in the closing phase it declared war ---- the Axis powers.
A) over / after B) for / with C) at / on D) about / through E) from / above

12. The private sector in the Gulf states employs mostly expatriate workers, ---- the majority of
nationals are employed in the public sector with higher wages and job protection.
A) so that B) just as C) while D) unless E) in case

13. A series of gas discoveries in recent years in the Western Desert of Egypt means that a
range of new export projects must be developed ---- the country is to make full use of its new
reserves.
A) lest B) although C) after D) as if E) if

2010 – İlkbahar:
1. The body loses large amounts of iron when red blood cells are lost through bleeding, and
this causes a ---- of iron.
A) deficiency B) display C) failure D) supplement E) recurrence
A) eksiklik B) görüntü C) arıza D) ilave, tamalayıcı E) nüks etme, tekrar etme

10. The modern era of Shakespeare scholarship has been marked ---- an enormous amount of
investigation ---- the authorship, text, and chronology of his plays.
A) from / at B) by / into C) down / over D) out / of E) in / for

11. Soil pollution is caused by the presence of toxic compounds, chemicals, salts, radioactive
materials, or disease-causing agents ---- enter the soil through industrial waste and
pesticides.
A) when B) whereby C) just as D) while E) that
Releative clause, that Doğru şık: E

12. The search for new sources of energy is a continuing one, ---- the one provided by the
fossil fuels will eventually run out.
A) since B) so that C) even if D) unless E) whenever

13. In the Renaissance period, there was a wide range of classical texts available to humanist
scholars, ---- some of these texts had survived only in fragments or were only available in
Greek.
A) so long as B) before C) whether D) in case E) but

14. China’s art market is growing bigger all the time, and it is doing ---- at the expense of
America and Britain.
A) so B) as well C) as such D) just in case E) almost

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2010 – Sonbahar:
7. Though warfare — a characteristic feature of international relations in the Late Bronze Age,
the most powerful states of the time in the Mediterranean basin — a balance of power that
stabilized trade and diplomacy.
A) had remained / were creating
B) remained / created
C) has remained / would have created
D) remains / had created
E) must have remained / have created

8. Although their responses —- as obvious as those of animals, plants —- the capacity to
respond to light, gravity, water, touch, and other stimuli.
A) may not be / have
B) have not been / had
C) were not / have had
D) had not been / are having
E) would not be / would have had
Açıklama: “zıtlık -olasılık” ilişkisi. Buna göre “Although” ile başlayan bu cümlenin yardımcı fiili
may veya can’li olması söz konusu. Cevap: A

9. Homer —- the Byzantines was simultaneously a literary model, an instructional textbook,
and a guide —- personal morality and wisdom.
A) into / within
B) through / around
C) down / before
D) after / above
E) for / to
Açıklama: guide to , Homer’in Bizanslılar için Cevap: E.

10. From the mid-fifteenth century —-, Lisbon began to emerge as a significant market —-
slavery.
A) up / about B) away / in C) out / round D) on / of E) over / at
As of: ___ itibarı ile, ___ den itibarı ile (Geleceğe yöneliktir.) As 2105, …
From … on= … dan itibaren [ geçmişe yönelik, … den itibaren]
From the mid-fifteenth century on, … onbeşinci yüzyılın ortasından itibaren, Cevap: D

11. —- the causes of alcoholism are various; alcohol use is a major factor.
A) When B) Although C) Just as D) If E) Whether
Zıtlık” tekniğine göre B şıkkı doğru demek mümkün. Cevap: B

12. Much of the immune system’s machinery is geared towards killing or eliminating invading
microbes —- they have been recognized.
A) once B) although C) even if D) in case E) whereby
“once” “as soon as” ile eş anlamlıdır.
It is geared towards killing or eliminating invading microbes.: istilacı mikropları öldürme veya ortadan
kaldırmaya yöneliktir.
Present simple (passive) ___ Present perfect (passive)

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