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5. A group of Chinese students faces a perilous trek from 7. Turkish cuisine has evolved in response to environmental
home to school because they must use wooden ladders influences and has been combined with various cultural
to climb a steep ledge. They need to climb around twenty characteristics to form today’s rich food culture. On the
metres to the summit of their distant settlement, carrying other hand, traditions, religious beliefs, and lifestyles are
bags or other stuff. Some villagers and even pets cross among the factors that enrich Turkish culinary culture.
this route, making it appear to be rather simple. But most _______ Therefore, they have influenced Turkish cuisine
people still find it frightening. _______ People in the for centuries. These special days perform many social
community want a safer way to travel there; however, it functions, such as connecting people, strengthening
seems like they will have to keep taking this dangerous social ties, integrating common values, preserving
route for a while until a better solution is found by local traditions, and passing them on to future generations.
authorities. As an important cultural element, the food served while
performing these activities forms the basis of the culinary
A) The settlement is situated on a plateau in China’s Sichuan
culture.
province.
A) An important element of Turkish cultural life, Turkish
B) Thanks to the persistence of the locals, a new ladder was
cuisine is also one of the few most famous cuisines in the
installed last month.
world.
C) Although the trek is very dangerous, all the residents say
B) Birth, marriage, death, and other special occasions have
they love it.
a considerable place in Turkish tradition.
D) The governor of the region subsequently promised to
C) The tradition of eating together is quite common among Turks.
build a steel staircase.
D) Keşkek is one of the most important dishes consumed in
E) They claim that it makes their legs quiver and that they
many parts of Anatolia in all transition period ceremonies.
are afraid to look down.
E) Serving food to guests during religious ceremonies is a
tradition throughout Anatolia.

6. One of the most significant issues determining an 8. Do you enjoy looking at the library that you have carefully
individual’s life is the profession they prefer. Performing created, smelling the pages of a book, or going to places
an occupation with satisfaction has positive contributions such as a book fair? So, do you have a great desire to buy
to not only the individual but also the society. It a newly released book on the same day? If your answer
determines the place and respect that individuals gain is ‘yes,’ you may have ‘tsundoku syndrome.’ Tsundoku
in the community. From this point of view, career choice syndrome refers to the case of people having the habit of
is an individual’s orientation towards a profession, buying more books than they have read. Although people
including the activities that they think they can perform with this syndrome have a high desire to read, they do
best among different occupations and bring them the not have enough time for reading. _______ They believe
highest level of satisfaction. _______ Moreover, society’s that one day they will read every book they save.
point of view about a job and gender factors have an
A) Yet, they want other people to know that they are good
influence on this choice.
readers, and they take great pleasure in making their
A) The responsibilities imposed on women and men in many library look crowded.
areas have created discrimination against women.
B) Consequently, we must make conscious choices when
B) Globalisation trends in the world and increasing purchasing books that positively affect the development
competition conditions in the tourism sector emphasise of our cognitive skills.
service quality.
C) On the other hand, young adults who are good readers
C) Vocational courses are carried out to increase the from an early age have stronger cognitive abilities and the
employability of the unemployed by improving their capacity to process, understand, reason, and remember
qualifications in all occupations required by the labour information.
market.
D) Moreover, nowadays, we buy most of our books from
D) Various factors have an impact on the choice of a online bookstores offering appealing campaigns.
career, such as personal characteristics, family structure,
E) At the same time, there is another psychological disorder
environmental and economic conditions.
known as bibliomania, in which people buy books only to
E) People can learn occupations in schools along with save, not to read.
workplaces which start with apprenticeships.

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