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Soruları verilen parçalara göre cevaplayınız. In 1911, the Mona Lisa painting in the Louvre Museum came to
global stardom when she became the victim of one the most
2020 YDT recognised art thefts in history. For two years the whereabouts
Sweden is Europe’s fifth-largest country, with an area about the size of the painting by the great Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci
of California. Roughly 1,600 km lie between its southernmost and remained a mystery. Then in November 1913, the thief named
northernmost points. About 15 per cent of its area lies north of the Vincenzo Peruggia contacted an art dealer in Italy and offered to
Arctic Circle, where, for a few days each summer, the sun never sets, bring him the painting for a reward of 500,000 lire. Peruggia had
and never rises for a similar period in winter. The Swedish climate is moved to Paris in 1908 and had worked at the Louvre for some
not severe, thanks to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream. Only
7 per cent of Sweden’s area is cultivated farmland; more than half of time. Dressed in a white smock worn by Louvre employees,
the country is covered by timberlands, consisting mostly of coniferous he had hidden inside the gallery until it closed for the night. He
forests. Mountains, fells, and wetlands occupy nearly a quarter of the then removed the painting from its frame and strolled out with
country. Sweden has about 100,000 lakes, which include Vanern, the it hidden under his smock when the museum opened as usual
third-largest body of fresh water in Europe. The Swedes are proud of the following morning. The theft was genius in its simplicity –
the natural beauty of their country and this large variety in landscape Peruggia, in his work clothes, had attracted no notice and had
makes Sweden a prime travel destination for outdoor enthusiasts. been out of the area by the time the theft was realised. He was
Norrland, the northern three-fifths of the country, is rich in natural arrested, but unfortunately served only eight months in prison
resources, including timber, ore deposits, and rivers, whose waterfalls thanks to a psychiatrist who testified that he was ‘intellectually
contribute to the national energy supply. It is here that the local deficient’.
indigenous people earn their traditional livelihood herding reindeer.
1. Which of the following statements about Sweden is true 4. The underlined word ‘stardom’ in the passage is closest in
according to the passage? meaning to _____.
A) Sweden is five times larger than California. A) change
B) A very small portion of the country is used for agriculture. B) fame
C) Mountains and wetlands constitute a great majority of the C) doubt
country’s surface area. D) perception
D) Norrland, the northern three-fifths of the country, is uninhabited. E) search
E) Coniferous forests cover only a tiny proportion of the country

2. Why do many people interested in outdoor activities prefer 5. Peruggia did not attract any attention as the thief of the Mona
to visit Sweden? Lisa painting because _______.
A) There are 100,000 lakes including Vanern, the third-largest in A) no one had any information about where the painting was for
Europe. two years after the great theft
B) The natural diversity, which the locals take pride in, makes it B) he had already moved to Paris in 1908 and started to look for
attractive. a job
C) They may have a chance to meet the local indigenous people C) he charged an art dealer 500,000 lire for the sale of the
herding reindeer. painting
D) They want to be there when the sun never sets in summertime. D) authorities did not believe that he could be the thief because
E) The country being rich in natural energy resources is appealing he was intellectually deficient
to them. E) he was wearing his work clothes when he took the painting out
of the museum

3. What can be inferred about the local indigenous population 6. What is the author’s attitude towards Peruggia’s eight-month
of Norrland? prison sentence?
A) Their work contributes to the national energy supply. A) Suspicious
B) They are in constant fight with the Swedes over the herding of B) Sarcastic
reindeer. C) Supportive
C) They have promoted the tourism industry in Sweden. D) Disapproving
D) Their livelihood depends on the ore deposits and waterfalls in E) Impartial
Norrland.
E) They lead a pastoral life in a rural area of the country.

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