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Fast Track to YDT - Consolidation (2)

5. In recent years, firms ---- to invest in labour-saving
Verilen sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz. technology so that they ---- the output per worker and thus
their profits.
2021 YDT A) had opted / might maximise
1. Researchers believe positive musical tones activate the
brain by encouraging the release of dopamine, helping B) opted / would be able to maximise
spark new ideas more than quiet, ---- experts suggest we C) are opting / may maximise
are better at problem-solving if we work in silence.
D) have opted / were able to maximise
A) likewise
E) have been opting / can maximise
B) so
C) but
D) since

E) for example

2021 YDT
2. ---- being the second largest oil-producing state in the US 6. Throughout the glacial periods of the Ice Age, ---- much of
after Alaska, Texas is rich in iron ore, magnesium, uranium the earth’s water was locked up in polar ice, Britain was a
and other minerals. part of Europe and did not exist as a separate island.
A) In terms of A) where
B) As opposed to B) which
C) As well as C) whose

D) In spite of D) when
E) Rather than E) what

2022 YDT
3. ---- vitamin C cannot prevent us from getting sick, a study 7. If there ---- a security camera on the garden side of the
conducted in 2017 showed that high doses of vitamin C house, the thieves ---- to break into our office.
can reduce the duration of a cold by 17 per cent.
A) had been / would not have attempted
A) Since
B) must have been / did not attempt
B) While
C) could have been / had not attempted
C) Until
D) were / would not have attempted
D) As long as
E) have been / could not attempt
E) If

2022 YDT
4. Leaders from Athens, Mexico City, Paris and Madrid have 8. The Pygmalion effect is a psychological phenomenon,
recently announced that diesel vehicles will be banned in meaning that once you set expectations for ----, whether
their cities from 2025 ---- pollution concerns. good or bad, that person will tend to live up to ----.
A) in spite of A) anybody / his

B) except for B) somebody / them
C) due to C) everyone / themselves
D) along with D) no one / theirs
E) by means of E) someone / him

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