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CONSOLIDATION (2)

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

C) but
D) since
E) for example

2. ---- being the second largest oil-producing state in the 6. Throughout the glacial periods of the Ice Age, ---- much of
US after Alaska, Texas is rich in iron ore, magnesium, the earth’s water was locked up in polar ice, Britain was a
uranium and other minerals. (2021 - YDT) 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

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.
(2022 - YDT) A) had been / would not have attempted
A) Since B) must have been / did not attempt
C) could have been / had not attempted
B) While
D) were / would not have attempted
C) Until
D) As long as E) have been / could not attempt
E) If

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. (2022 - YDT) 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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