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THEME 19 HEROES AND HEROINES

Multiple Choice
7. Which of the following can be said according to the 10. Answer the following question according to the
given situation? paragraph.
Your friends invite you to the school ball at the end of the Aziz Sancar is a well known Turkish scientist. He was
year, but you have to attend a meeting on the date of the born in 1946, in Mardin. He has lived in the USA since
ball. You come across your best friend in the street and 1977. He worked at Yale University between 1977 and
express your imaginary wish desperately: 1982. He is still working as a professor at North Carolina
State University. He has worked on molecular biology. In
A) I would like to join the ball with you, but I can’t 2015, he won the Nobel Prize for his research on DNA
graduate this year. repair. He also developed a new technique, which is
B) If my father lets me join the school ball, I will called ‘Maxicell’. You can see this new term in the Oxford
accompany you. Dictionary of Molecular Biology.
C) I hope the school ball is held earlier this year, or else Which of the following is the best title for the text?
I can’t come.
A) Research on DNA
D) I wish I could join the school ball, but I must B) The Nobel Prize
be at the meeting.
C) Oxford Dictionary of Molecular Biology
E) I won’t attend the meeting if you want me to
come to the ball. D) A new technique, Maxicell
E) The Success Story of a Turkish Scientist

8. Choose the correct statement to complete the sentence. 11. Answer the following question according to the
paragraph.
I wish I didn’t have to go to İstanbul this week ....... .
It all happened when I saw a poster about New Zealand
A) because I want to study more for the exams
on the bus last May. At that moment, I decided to go with
B) because I am still in İstanbul
my friend and discover this fantastic country. I rented my
C) so I can go to İstanbul house and left home for 6 months. It was not easy, but at
D) because you were still my friend last I managed to go there because New Zealand is far
E) so you didn’t feel better away and expensive for me.
What does ‘It’ refer to?

A) People and nature
B) A famous person’s poster
C) New Zealand
D) A house for sale
E) The journey

9. Find the irrelevant sentence in the paragraph. 12. Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.
(I) In order to make an ancient coin, you need a coin, a soft If I ...... wings, I ...... like a bird in the sky.
lint-free cloth, a permanent black marker and some clear
nail polish. (II) To begin with, mark all over the coin and A) have / would fly
completely cover in black. (III) Next, paint clear nail polish B) had / would fly
on one side of the coin. (IV) Later, rub most of it off with C) had / flew
the cloth before the nail polish dries. (V) A coin is a small,
flat, round piece of metal used primarily as a medium of D) will have / fly
exchange. E) have / will fly
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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