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THEME 4 READING COMPREHENSION

35. - 37. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız.

In July 1518, something strange happened in 36. Which of the following is true about ‘the Dancing
Strasbourg, a town in Europe. A woman named Frau Plague of 1518’ according to the passage?
Troffea suddenly began dancing uncontrollably in the
streets. Surprisingly, more and more people joined her, A) Authorities implemented effective measures to
and despite experiencing exhaustion, pain, and even stop it.
injuries, the dancers were unable to stop. Authorities B) It did not end until September 1518 when it lost
could not explain it; they thought maybe it was caused its effect.
by supernatural things or overheated blood. Officials C) It was an unusual case that had a great impact
organised public dances, as they thought more dancing throughout Europe.
would be the solution. However, this intervention was
useless, and the dancers started to collapse. After D) People in town were slightly affected by it,
roughly two months, it began to fade away on its own thanks to the medicals.
and eventually stopped. This event is called ‘the Dancing E) It is still a mystery for a few people from the
Plague of 1518’, and there are still arguments among intellectual circle.
historians, psychologists, and medical experts about the
possible causes of this puzzling incident in history.

35. It can be understood from the passage that 37. The underlined phrasal verb ‘fade away’ is
local people in Strasbourg ----. closest in meaning to ----.
A) experienced an event that included dancing A) remain
willingly B) inhabit
B) believed that the reason for dancing might be C) vanish
unnatural forces
D) compile
C) continuously discussed the possible causes of
E) construct
‘the Dancing Plague’
D) organised public events in an attempt to stop
dancing
E) witnessed an epidemic that was initiated by a
woman

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