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KPDS KELME SORULARI 1992-2007

1992 MAYIS KPDS

1-

As regards the proposals for the treaty on

economic co-operation, my government
has certain ---- concerning them.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

2-

6-

8-

recurrence
promotion
legitimacy
adoption
inference
9-

restrictive
compulsive
innocent
sensitive
accurate

surpassed
relieved
embarked
specified
retired

One major aim of the new constitution is

to prevent the ---- of power by any
majority.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

misuse
compromise
completion
issue
existence

10- When they called Bronson to head office

Im quite sure it was not their ---- to

promote him to branch manager.

determined
decadent
disturbed
shy
diffident

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

avidity
impression
prediction
disposition
intention

11- To be a leader it is not enough to be hard

working and knowledgeable; one must

also be able to inspire ---- .

suggestively
functionally
seldom
incredibly
safely

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

So long as they continue to ---- the

resolutions of the Security Council, they
will face growing international pressure.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

compete
persuade
reinterpret
agree
dispute

It was felt that the EC had ---- on a

program of economic change that the
member states could not sustain.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

If he feels hes being criticised hell

sometimes make ---- dogmatic
statements.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

At the meeting, even though he spoke

well, he was unable to ---- the other
members.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

He was absolutely ---- in his refusal to

allow any more workers to be made
redundant.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

5-

complications
reservations
disturbances
restrictions
reductions

The accounting of the proceedings given

by their legal adviser was perfectly ---- but
not at all complimentary.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

4-

7-

Surely no one on the Council would dare

to dispute the ---- of his dismissal.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

3-

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denial
restraint
discretion
confidence
reservation

12- People who are constantly in the public

eye must learn to remain ---- in the face of

criticism.

provide
admit
defy
undertake
describe

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[1]

composed
resultant
appreciated
outrageous
restored

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13- As the conditions of the expedition are

19- The insurance company immediately sent

likely to be severe, you had better take

necessary ----

a team of specialists to ---- the damage

caused by the floods.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

trials
precautions
efforts
objections
attempts

14- He has behaved ---- on many occasions,

undermine
assess
undertake
anticipate
safeguard

20- The surgeon was ---- embarrassed to learn

so this instance of impoliteness is hardly

surprising.

that a piece of bandage had been left

inside the abdomen.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

shyly
endearingly
sensitively
readily
inconsiderately

21- The Chief of the Intelligence Service told

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me ---- that there would soon be several

important changes made in the
organisation.

15- The ---- concerning total disarmament

have broken down without leading any

fruitful results.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

outstandingly
nervously
sensitively
loosely
extremely

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

intentions
complaints
negotiations
commitments
involvements

crucially
skilfully
confidentially
laterally
considerably

22- The special committee has been called to

a couple of firms in an ---- capacity.

discuss in detail the ---- in higher

education.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

16- Hes nearly 80 years old but still works for

inessential
irrelevant
elective
advisory
injudicious

retention
references
apologies
reliance
innovations

23- The executive committee was of the

17- It is only too obvious that the majority of

children in the developing countries arent

receiving ---- nourishment.

opinion that the motion must be passed

---- .

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

adequate
consistent
successive
collective
respectable

in truth
at all costs
by heart
in connection
at all
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18- The judge warned the prosecutor that he

must ---- from ridiculing the accused.

24- The topics included in the conference

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

programme are not as ---- as one might

have hoped.

refrain
prevent
derive
conclude
withdraw

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[2]

obsessed
illuminated
preoccupied
varied
disposed

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25- At the opening of the new production of

31- Unfortunately, few children behave in

Aida, the guest soprano gave a superb, a

truly ---- performance.

such a ---- manner towards the old and

infirm.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

dazzling
declining
disappointing
recalling
degrading

26- Diplomatic relations between the two

32- The development of the experimental

countries, which were ---- during the war,

have not yet been restored.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

ridiculous
considerate
restricted
fragile
progressive

method to verify the theories had the ---effect and there was a rapid increase in
scientific knowledge.

defeated
established
severed
determined
featured

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

adverse
reluctant
appropriate
erroneous
partial

27- If the situation in Somalia improves, a

significant part of the allied forces will be

----.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

33- We will have to hire more workers soon;

we cant put it off ---- .

enclosed
withdrawn
encouraged
recruited
sustained

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

plainly
supremely
emphatically
intensely
indefinitely

28- They raised no ---- to his prolonged leave

34- A well organised company that knows its

of absence since they didnt want to lose

him altogether.

products are of a high standard does not

fear ---- .

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

refutation
refusal
objection
refund
compulsion

29- The criticism he made concerning the

35- When births outnumber deaths, the

annual fiscal report was ---- to the point.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

population increases; when the ---- is true,

then it falls.

remarkably
immediately
incessantly
preferably
incompetently

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

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opposite
growth
proportion
rate
decreases

36- In the past, too, people relied on plant

substances to ---- a wide range of

illnesses.

30- They have had to agree to provide free

lunches, but obviously they have had

done so ---- .
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

conversion
concentration
competition
departure
pretension

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

faultlessly
precisely
exceedingly
reluctantly
extraordinarily

[3]

recover
cure
infect
undermine
restrain

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37- Industry is slowly realising that the

43- I dont approve of the methods he is

manner in which waste products are

being ---- of is of vital importance to the
environment.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

using, but his ---- aim, as regards the

project, is admirable.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

forwarded
exposed
composed
disposed
restored

conclusive
ultimate
controversial
convenient
deplorable

44- I have looked through the report, but I

must admit, only ---- .

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

38- On the third day of the shipwreck, they

gave up all hope of finding any ---- .

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

deserters
survivors
conclusions
suppliers
discrepancies

45- The allocation made by the budget

committee can be used ---- to finance

work on child health.

39- Since the firm has been found negligent

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

by the court, his claim for ---- for the

accident hasnt been accepted.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

carefully
thoroughly
superficially
seriously
experimentally

compensation
reduction
employment
relevance
cooperation

plainly
excessively
extremely
remarkably
solely
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46- Many of the critics clearly regarded

several of the paintings on ---- as of poor

quality.

40- As he has adamantly withstood all kinds

of political pressure on this issue for so

long, it is unlikely that he would ---- at this
stage.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

reinforce
relent
pursue
compete
dispose

discovery
display
occasion
approval
account

47- The report issued by the National Health

Council draws attention to the hazards of

---- to X rays.

41- The British entry into the European

Community has ---- a new line of policy.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

negotiated
confined
resented
constituted
refunded

resistance
involvement
confinement
exposure
implication

48- Hes clever, and he seems to know by

instinct where someone is ---- and strikes

there.

42- The argument he has put forward is

hardly ---- with the information we have so

far received on the case.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

reflective
representative
arbitrary
resistant
compatible

[4]

conceited
sufficient
vulnerable
informative
critical

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49- It was decided at the board meeting that

54- It now appears that while US leaders are

more funds should be allocated to getting

the firms products ---- more widely.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

still willing for the nation to exert itself

abroad and give large amounts of foreign
assistance, the American public is ---- to
go along with these policies.

publicized
priced
curtailed
expanded
confirmed

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

50- Theres nothing very brilliant about the

report, but he has ---- collected all the data

needed.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

55- It is ---- surprising that the art of ancient

America remains the most mysterious and

the least accessible.

infectiously
recklessly
considerably
restrictively
conscientiously

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

51- What really surprised everybody was that

he saved the company from bankruptcy

quite ---- .
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

spontaneous
precarious
competitive
reluctant
deliberate

urgently
notably
indifferently
elaborately
hardly

56- Bartok was influenced as much by the

musical innovations of Debuasy and

Starvinsky as by East European, ---Hungarian, folk music.

extremely
relatively
dependently
single-handedly
responsively

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

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52- Among the problems facing bridge

exceedingly
notably
appropriately
vehemently
adequately
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engineers, the most serious ones are

those of ---- and repair.

57- The rise in energy ---- has led to a reduction

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

of fossil fuels that the world must use.

improvement
reassessment
determination
distinction
maintenance

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

53- The two major political parties in Britain

have currently ---- to extreme and radically

different approaches to the solution of
Britains economic problems.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

redundancy
efficiency
consumption
suitability
conformity

58- We must find some way to give them fairly

complete and realistic picture of the

situation, but without ---- them too much.

referred
obsessed
committed
implied
meant

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

depressing
intimidating
restricting
complementing
embittering

59- Any child left to its own devices for too

long is likely to ---- on some dangerous

enterprise.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[5]

assert
entice
embark
reproach
reduce

KPDS KELME SORULARI 1992-2007

60- One defect seems inherent in a purely

66- He devised an ---- scheme whereby the

classical education namely, a too ---emphasis on the past.

rate of unemployment in the country

could be brought down sharply.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

recurrent
repressive
coherent
exclusive
deceptive

61- Industry as a whole was badly affected by

irrelevant
unstable
ingenious
untamed
illegible

67- I was greatly impressed by the way the

the restrictions, but it was the high

technology sector that suffered most ---- .

judge conducted the trial, ---- when it

came to summing up the case.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

blatantly
randomly
reasonably
tightly
acutely
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particularly
completely
sufficiently
effectively
respectively
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62- As a result of continuing economic

68- The ---- was not a happy one at the time,

recession, a huge ---- in the budget seems

inevitable.

but looking back on it, I suppose Im glad

it occurred.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

redundancy
improvement
profit
distinction
deficit

63- The recent economic figures ---- that the

69- Locke, Hobbes and Rousseau were

country is slowly coming out of the crisis.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

improvement
regression
encounter
intention
compromise

concerned in their writings with the

question of a proper ---- between the
public good and the right of individuals to
exercise free will.

commit
imply
incur
evolve
invoke

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

64- When the rate of exchange began to rise

again, he felt ---- to call a meeting of the

financial staff.

balance
demonstration
responsibility
interest
solidarity

70- Questions of race, ethnicity, and religion

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

have been a ---- source of conflict in

American education.

obliged
blamed
consumed
omitted
rewarded

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

65- As far as we are concerned, the evidence

put before the court was not ---- enough to

convict the man.

previous
perennial
vulnerable
naughty
casual

71- The United States has long prided itself

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

on being a melting pot of culturally ---peoples.

subsequent
conclusive
adamant
earnest
consecutive

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[6]

diverse
redundant
incoherent
entire
substantial

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72- The contemporary world economy differs

77- When an unknown but gifted artist is

---- from what the traditional economic

theorists of the 1930s envisaged.

finally recognised, his paintings can

become valuable ---- in the future.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

primarily
likely
conversely
profoundly
intimately

73- In recent years ---- complex and persistent

78- It is ---- ten years since AIDS caught the

problems in economic and social fields

have led people to wonder why once
comfortable answers no longer seem
adequate to todays questions.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

worlds attention.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

generously
inadvertently
increasingly
ingeniously
leisurely

common with the chinaware we use in our

kitchens everyday, are being used ---- in
engines and electronics.

and America has ---- a vigorous process

of creativity.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

cast
explored
constituted
relaxed
followed

taken and am convinced that he is ---- of

much better treatment than that which he
is receiving.

Aldo Moro, five times Prime Minister of

Italy, in May 1978 was ---- by everyone as
an act of barbarism.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

applauded
appealed
reiterated
condemned
restrained

rebutting
deserving
defending
safeguarding
indulging

81- Progress in materials research is ---- to

overcoming such problems as the

finiteness of the worlds resources and
possible shortages of strategic materials.

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76- If we are serious about suppressing

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

terrorism we shall have to ---- stronger

measures than those currently in practice.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

depressingly
seemingly
increasingly
discouragingly
obligingly

80- I am horrified at the turn things have

75- The assassination by terrorists of Signor

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

formidably
generously
pertinently
roughly
inevitably

79- The new ceramics, which have little in

74- Since the 1950s, modern dance in Europe

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

rates
accounts
sales
interests
assets

require
revise
adopt
abduct
suspend

crucial
inexpensive
adamant
subversive
subsequent
1998 KASIM KPDS

82- Asthma is a common ---- in which the

airways lining the lung become inflamed.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[7]

diagnosis
disease
fury
patient
recovery

KPDS KELME SORULARI 1992-2007

83- From the report released today, it appears

89- Nearly half of the worlds countries have

that oil tankers suffer their major ---- on

their return journeys.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

---- capital punishment in law or in

practice, and some two dozen of them
have done so formally since 1985.

spills
costs
repairs
drills
crews

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

accused
abolished
executed
entailed
frustrated

84- People curious to get some idea of what it

is like to be black in a country ---- by

whites need look no further than Dennis
Williamss new novel Crossover.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

90- The objective of this project is to increase

the depth of awareness and

understanding in the world, about the
causes and consequences of the HIV
epidemic through ---- policies and
programmes.

tempted
undermined
perpetrated
run
deemed

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

85- It is plain that the United Nations will not

lift the sanctions unless the Iraqi

government fully ---- with the Security
Council resolutions.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

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matches
elaborates
complies
resumes
accomplishes

91- The 1990s have been a general ---- in aid

to poor countries, largely because of

fiscal pressures in many rich countries.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

86- When the chairman tried to explain his

views to the shareholders at the ---general meeting, he was shouted down by

them with cries of Resign!.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

fixed ---- is nothing but a social

convention and, in modern life, a matter of
convenience.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

of these chemicals can ---- be permitted

for export to any country.
fruitfully
adequately
presently
notoriously
equivocally

approaches
substances
intervals
requirements
proportions

93- Space research is largely a branch of pure

science, independent of any applications

which ---- from it.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

88- Physically speaking, the Pacific Basin

includes not only all those countries

bordering on the Pacific coast but also
the Pacific island nations ---- across the
ocean.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

consumption
decline
contingency
conviction
expenditure

92- The whole business of having meals at

annual
minimal
essential
ultimate
recurrent

87- Because of their high toxic contents, none

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

innovative
decadent
meagre
ambiguous
poignant

adopted
based
grafted
scattered
expanded

[8]

enforce
insure
reduce
restore
stem

KPDS KELME SORULARI 1992-2007

94- The current social security system is ----

99- Anti-lock brakes (ABS) help you to

popular, partly because its universal and

partly because retirement benefits are
related to contributions, so most people
think the system is fair.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

maintain steering control of your car even

while braking on ---- roads.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

extremely
likely
eventually
indispensably
favourably

100- ---- populated, rural Northumberland is

one of the most unspoiled countries in

England.

95- She is the oldest person in the village, to

be precise, 92 years old and has a ---word of advice for everyone.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

fanciful
faithful
credible
futile
kindly

scientists are needed, both to develop the

biotechnology of the next millennium and
to ensure the ---- of life in our planet.

96- Our challenge is to ---- our clients with the

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

best possible advice and support,

enabling them to take the right direction
at both strategic and operational levels.
expand
consult
improve
provide
respect

102- If you want that post you'd better apply

quickly; the last day for ---- applications is

Friday.

book that ---- and tries to answer great

fundamental questions and demands the
most active reading one is capable of.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

raises
attains
casts
alludes
accomplishes

reversing
withholding
enforcing
submitting
committing

103- In this paper, I would like to report some

of the results of an ---- study of two

hundred London families.

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

98- The river Danube rises in Germany and

---- through central Europe and into the

Black Sea.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

explanation
process
exhaustion
duration
conservation
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97- It is a book rich in ideas and beauty, a

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Sparsely
Nearly
Primarily
Suitably
Efficiently

101- Today a very wide spectrum of biological

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

lonesome
fast
reckless
slippery
stagnant

cruises
spreads
flows
conducts
covers

extreme
intrinsic
intensive
emphatic
apparent

104- Recent studies have shown that smokers

are more ---- to common colds and flu

than non-smokers.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[9]

feasible
susceptible
applicable
reliable
responsible

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105- For the present, the party is expected to

111- The distinction between a language and a

put its differences aside and campaign ---for a victory at the forthcoming elections.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

dialect is a ---- difficult one.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

vigorously
awkwardly
precisely
distinctly
reluctantly

precisely
notoriously
compulsively
suitably
flexibly

112- Japan is often ---- as an example of a

country that has managed to keep its

national defence orientated industries
entirely separate from foreign-owned
companies.

106- Industry has developed rapidly in certain

countries as raw materials are ---available there.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

repeatedly
scarcely
consequently
abundantly
indefinitely

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

deduced
delayed
deceived
withdrawn
cited

107- I wasn't at all impressed by the ---- he

gave me.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

113- The general feeling in the court was that

several of the witnesses were ---information that could have a direct

bearing upon the case.

distribution
explanation
determination
complication
negotiation

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

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108- Now that formal ---- has been given by the

expressing
withholding
avoiding
disrupting
declining
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government, the project team can be

recruited.

114- Acid rain only became a ---- environmental

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

issue in the 1980s following

groundbreaking studies in the 1970s.

reference
apprehension
approval
expression
determination

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

109- Certain new findings suggest that young

calves may be more ---- than older cows

to bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE).
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

115- Using the dam to generate power would

not ---- the treaty with the neighboring

country, but diverting water out of the
river would.

reluctant
hazardous
intimate
susceptible
relative

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

110- Champions of the green movement regard

the internal combustion machine as one

of the biggest ---- in history.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

previous
deceitful
reckless
destructive
prominent

disasters
rejections
admissions
denials
illusions

[10]

intimidate
betray
violate
convert
fetch

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116- The ---- that terrorists use to move money

121- The discovery of a ---- cancer-causing

from regions that finance them to their

target country are often identical to those
used by criminal gangs.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

chemical in foods like crisps, chips and

cereals caused shock waves around the
world when it hit the headlines earlier this
year.

regulations
methods
provisions
laws
admissions

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

potentially
remarkably
concisely
memorably
controversially

117- In the wake of yet another financial

scandal, the chief accountant handed in

his ---- to the director.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

122- Each year, large amounts of carbon

monoxide are ---- into the atmosphere by

automobiles and factories.

retirement
redundancy
promotion
resignation
vacancy

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

absorbed
emitted
exchanged
repulsed
compelled

118- The American constitution, with its

various constraints ---- to protect citizens,

can actually shield criminals.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

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123- A fresh look at the final months of the

discovered
complained
persuaded
designed
displayed

presidency of John F. Kennedy ---- that a

second Kennedy term might have
produced a rapprochement with Cuba.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

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119- As the new field-worker will be working in

close ---- with several others, make sure

you select someone with an agreeable
personality.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

promises
describes
inflicts
indicates
involves

124- Sometimes a seemingly modest business

deal can change the whole ---- of an

industry.

uniformity
suspicion
collaboration
discretion
productivity

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

expansion
expression
course
relapse
vitality

120- Sponsorship is being increasingly

allowed in schools provided it is regarded

as being ---- with educational curricula.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

125- He admitted that he was resigning from

the post because he felt it did not make

sufficient call on the combative and ---elements of his nature.

considerate
predictable
decisive
compatible
provocative

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[11]

introverted
self-assertive
reserved
self-contained
submissive

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126- If he wants the contract, he must let us

131- In the past 30 years, our knowledge of the

know by Tuesday; we can't keep the offer

open ----.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

ancient Maya civilization has increased ---as a result of the decipherment of a newly
discovered script.

infinitely
decisively
conclusively
reluctantly
indefinitely

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

significantly
alternatively
suspiciously
persuasively
conditionally

127- Many African governments are ----

financial collapse and survive only on the

strength of aid and donations from
international organizations.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

132- ---- providing luxury on every imaginable

level, a five-star hotel should also have

the ability to take you by surprise.

in line with
in the case of
in excess of
on the verge of
in place of

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

133- Ancient Peruvian textiles have survived in

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an excellent state of preservation ---- the

dry conditions of much of the country.

128- Their Prime Minister has been able to act

more aggressively in the past year

because he has ---- his power within the
government.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

With a view to
In excess of
Consequent on
In need of
In addition to

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

recommended
reduced
compelled
consolidated
impaired

with regard to
in comparison with
in case of
owing to
in opposition to
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134- These novels illustrate the author's ---- for

the struggles of young people and the

proper help that should be given.

129- The auroras are caused by the ---- of solar

winds with gases in the Earth's

atmosphere.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

intersection
completion
interaction
perception
distraction

deceit
obligation
alteration
disturbance
concern

135- The quartet's rendering of Mozart is ----

good, but l have mixed feelings about the

Schubert collection.

130- It seems strange to us now that miners

and others employed in dangerous work

should not have demanded the provision
of ---- headgear.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

forceful
obstructive
relentless
protective
intensive

exceptionally
sensitively
preferably
impulsively
impartially

136- The book is surprisingly lucid and

manages to make the controversial field

of evolutionary psychology ---- to the
average intelligent reader.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[12]

susceptible
conducive
available
indulgent
exclusive

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137- America's subsidies to its cotton farmers

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have long been a noteworthy example of

the harm that rich countries' subsidies ---on the poor.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

142- In an aircraft, the cabin lights are dimmed

during take-off and landing to help

passengers to ---- themselves to darkness
in the event of an emergency.

enforce
provide
exceed
inflict
employ

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

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138- Unless you use your computer ----, you

143- A fair proportion of the workforce now

can't expect it to function well.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

modify
accustom
resume
associate
relate

work from their homes, a ---- that has

been made possible by computers.

surely
particularly
recently
properly
soundly

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

disturbance
destination
circumstance
support
denial

139- It's worth remembering that his ---- of the

downward trends in output over recent

years is not the only one.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

144- North Korea is ---- to abandon its nuclear

programme without specific security

guarantees from America and promises of
lots of aid.

interpretation
departure
compliance
discretion
intention

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

140- In the case of opera, the benefits of being

able to experience the whole production

from the comfort of your armchair are
very ----.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

145- Pharmaceutical firms are wary of devoting

money to new antibiotics whose sales can

be ---- limited by the development of
resistance in the target microbes.

subtle
demonstrative
deliberate
excessive
attractive

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

141- For the control of the deadly brain disease

in cows (BSE), surveillance is being

stepped up in Canada, but the US claims
to be testing enough cattle already to ---the risk.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

sincere
nasty
boastful
unlikely
provisional

accurately
adequately
severely
complacently
confidently
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146- The laws concerning the breeding of

animals for research could turn out to be

to the ---- of medical research.

assert
assess
consult
exceed
discourage

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[13]

admission
detriment
exclusion
preference
cohesion

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147- At present, interest rates are

152- Latin American countries on average

comparatively ----; lets hope they remain

that way.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

export only about 10 per cent of their

products to other Latin American
countries but ---- 20 per cent of them to
the US.

frequent
uneasy
consecutive
comprehensive
steady

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

148- In some parts of Western Europe, ---- in

France, Denmark and Sweden,

cohabitation has become almost as
common as marriage.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

153- Until the sixteenth century, when the first

international postal agreement was ----,

there was no postal system as we know it
today.

completely
deceptively
notably
voluntarily
relatively

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

149- What are some of the things that

differentially affect siblings and help ---their success or failure?

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

pursue
recognize
recreate
determine
reinstate

154- Volcanoes are built by the ---- of their own

eruptive products, which are lava, ash

flows, airborne ash and dust.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

150- A strong ---- exists between a countrys

wealth and the freedom afforded its

citizens.

accumulation
destruction
explosion
instability
growth

155- China and India serve as models for

Africa because their experiences hold

lessons for developing countries on how
to manage ---- economic and political
transformation.

coincidence
correlation
consideration
determination
interpretation

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

151- Satellite television transmission now

makes it ---- for us to watch events as they

unfold in other countries.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

assigned
maintained
enacted
seized
conducted
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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

almost
fairly
respectively
initially
extensively

deceitful
persuasive
accessible
irregular
gradual

156- In the largely closed economies of the

worldwide
substantial
aware
commonplace
liable

Gulf, private as well as public funds have

---- turned to real estate and equity
markets, fuelling a dangerous speculative
boom.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

[14]

unlikely
nominally
rapidly
still
tightly

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157- Certain nations have ---- the use of

prenatal diagnostic techniques to select

the sex of an unborn child; but, bribery
and human ingenuity have made it easy
for prospective parents to by-pass the
statute.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

removed
outlawed
explored
sustained
retained
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158- Anthony Powell, the contemporary British

novelist, shows in his writing great

familiarity with the work of Proust while
avoiding much direct ---- to him.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

interest
dependence
quotation
reference
obsession

159- Despite its small population and ----

remoteness, Australia occupies a

powerful position in global science in
general and life science in particular.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

ultimate
sizeable
relative
extensive
recurrent

160- The Allied bombing campaign against

Germany in World War II exacted terrible

damage on the countrys factories,
transportation network, population, and
---- very limited fuel-production capacity.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

already
solely
immediately
inadequately
rightly

161- Soccers many creative possibilities ---- in

part from its being played on such a large

field.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

entail
consist
conclude
claim
derive

[15]

KEY
1- B
2- C
3- E
4- A
5- D
6- C
7- B
8- C
9- A
10- E
11- D
12- A
13- B
14- E
15- C
16- D
17- A
18- A
19- B
20- E
21- C
22- E
23- B
24- D
25- A
26- C
27- B
28- C
29- B
30- D
31- B
32- C
33- E

34- C
35- A
36- B
37- D
38- B
39- A
40- A
41- D
42- E
43- B
44- C
45- E
46- B
47- D
48- C
49- A
50- E
51- D
52- E
53- C
54- D
55- E
56- B
57- C
58- B
59- C
60- A
61- E
62- C
63- B
64- A
65- B
66- C

67- A
68- C
69- A
70- B
71- A
72- D
73- C
74- E
75- D
76- C
77- E
78- D
79- C
80- B
81- A
82- B
83- B
84- D
85- C
86- A
87- C
88- D
89- B
90- A
91- B
92- C
93- E
94- A
95- E
96- D
97- A
98- C
99- D

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E
D
C
B
A
D
B
C
D
A
B
E
B
E
C
B
D
D
C
D
A
B
D
C
B
A
D
D
C
D
A
E

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D
E
A
C
D
D
A
E
B
B
C
D
C
B
E
C
D
B
D
A
C
A
E
C
B
D
C
A
E