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2021 YDT
Soruları verilen parçalara göre cevaplayınız. Social media websites arrived in the middle of a dramatic increase
in the quantity and intensity of human loneliness, a rise that initially
2020 YDT made these websites’ promise of greater connection seem deeply
Since the time of Christopher Columbus, Europeans have called attractive. A recent study found a complex relationship between
the original inhabitants of North America 'Indians'. Giving them a
common name is misleading since these people had no national loneliness and social networking. Social media users had slightly
identity. They lived in areas as diverse as the Arctic and the deserts lower levels of social loneliness (the sense of not feeling bonded
of the southwest, and differed greatly in their lifestyles. In the north, with friends), but significantly higher levels of family loneliness (the
the Cree hunted moose and caribou. Tribes such as the Huron and sense of not feeling bonded with the family). It may be that social
the Iroquois in the northeast and the Apache in the southwest were networking encourages more contact with people outside of our
farmers, while those in the northwest relied on fishing. Before the household, at the expense of our family relationships or it may
Europeans arrived, some tribes of the great central plains cultivated be that people who have unhappy family relationships in the first
the fertile lands along rivers and streams, while others hunted bison place seek companionship through other means, including social
during the summer. After European contact, they took easily to the media websites. The fears that social media is distancing us from
horses that were brought and used them to help in their hunting. each other, making us lonelier; and that social networking might be
The huge herds of bison then became more important to Plains spreading the very isolation it seemed designed to conquer highlight
Indians. They could eat their meat, make their skins into clothing and the anxieties that social media have produced. In fact, what social
shelters, and use their bones and horns to make tools. Although they media has revealed about human nature is that a connection is not
survived attempts by European settlers to wipe them out, few native the same thing as a bond, and that instant and total connection is not
Americans now follow a traditional lifestyle, but most are very proud a ticket to a happier, better world.
of their ancestry.
1. According to the passage, giving a single common 4. According to the passage, why did social media become so
name to all the original inhabitants of North America was attractive?
inappropriate because _______. A) It connected people from different backgrounds to improve
A) they were quite diverse and were not identified as one unified their social experiences.
entity B) It enabled family members to strengthen their bonds with
B) they had nomadic lifestyles before settling down in different each other.
places C) It spread happiness by giving people the opportunity to make
C) very few of them are eager to follow the traditional lifestyle new social contacts.
today D) It offered greater connection at a time when people were
D) it is still contradictory who the first nation that appeared in the feeling extremely lonely.
region was E) It gave self-confidence to introverts by encouraging them to
E) they mostly farmed as well as hunting, especially bison contact new people.

2. Which statement is true about native North American tribes? 5. According to the passage, social networking _______.
A) The lifestyles they adopted were quite similar to one another. A) makes people spend most of their time on electronic devices
B) The Cree lived in the north and hunted moose and caribou. B) may lead to isolation among family members
C) Most of the tribes lived in the Arctic rather than the southwest. C) prevents people from facing the challenges in their
D) The Iroquois lived in the northeast and relied on fishing. relationships
E) Before Europeans arrived, bison was the Plains Indians’ D) may cause people to develop a narrower view of the world
primary food source. E) gives rise to mutual misunderstandings in relationships

3. It can be inferred from the passage that due to European 6. What is the main purpose of the author?
interference _______. A) To give examples of how social media damages close
A) most native Americans maintained their traditional lifestyles relationships
B) the Huron and the Apache living in the southwest relied on B) To highlight the basic human need for bonding with others
hunting C) To explain why social media has attracted millions of users
C) native Americans learned more efficient farming techniques D) To show that social networking does not necessarily result in
D) Plains Indians became more successful hunters of bison happiness
E) cultivating lands accompanied by hunting became the main E) To describe the ways one can make friends using social
priorities for the natives networking

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