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5. It is recommended to have your eyes ---- by a qualified
Verilen sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen optician or ophthalmologist at least once every two years
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
---- and treat any potential vision problems.
1. The human body continues ---- new cells throughout a A) examine / detect
person’s life although the rate of cell production ---- with
age. B) being examined / detecting
C) examined / to detect
A) to produce / decreases
D) to be examined / detected
B) being produced / will decrease
E) to examine / to be detecting
C) producing / has decreased
D) to be producing / is decreasing
E) to be produced / has been decreasing

2. The final version of a manuscript needs ---- before it is 6. ---- is the human brain the most complex organ in the
printed so that any typos or mistakes that ---- can be fixed. body ---- it is capable of processing millions of pieces of
information simultaneously.
A) to proofread / are being missed
A) Hardly / when
B) proofreading / are missed
B) Not only / but also
C) being proofread / have been missed
C) Such / that
D) to be proofreading / missed
D) The more / the less
E) to be proofread / were missed
E) So / as

3. Though archaeologists ---- ancient sites for centuries, 7. Good-quality jewellery should always be cared for and
technological advances in the past two decades ---- the maintained properly, ---- the material it is made of.
accuracy of their findings drastically.
A) despite
A) are excavating / improve
B) in addition to
B) had excavated / were improving
C) owing to
C) will excavate / improved
D) regardless of
D) were excavating / had improved
E) such as
E) have been excavating / have improved

4. Someone may wish they ---- the opportunity to relive 8. The demand for fossil fuels remains high in many parts
their past experiences and correct mistakes, but this ---- of the world ---- the growing awareness of their negative
impossible in the real world. impact on the environment.
A) could have / is A) due to
B) would have / has been B) except for
C) had / will be C) for all
D) could have had / was D) contrary to

E) had had / will have been E) as a result of

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