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

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2. ---- being the second largest oil-producing state in the 6. Throughout the glacial periods of the Ice Age, ----
US after Alaska, Texas is rich in iron ore, magnesium, much of the earth’s water was locked up in polar ice,
uranium and other minerals. Britain was a 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

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3. ---- vitamin C cannot prevent us from getting sick, a 7. If there ---- a security camera on the garden side of
study conducted in 2017 showed that high doses of the house, the thieves ---- to break into our office.
vitamin C 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

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