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4. (I) The Romantic Age is a term used to describe life and
Cümleler sırasıyla okunduğunda parçanın anlam literature in England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
bütünlüğünü bozan cümleyi bulunuz.
centuries. (II) Many of the most important English writers of the
1. (I) In a study on the longevity of some cultures conducted at period turned away from the values and ideas characteristic
Yeshiva University in New York, it was determined that long-lived of the Age of Reason toward what they perceived as a more
people have two things in common. (II) These traits are a positive daring, individual, and imaginative approach to both literature
attitude and a high degree of emotional awareness. (III) In other and life. (III) In general, they placed the individual, rather
words, those who approach difficulties with a positive perspective than society, at the centre of their vision. (IV) The Industrial
and manage their emotions are on the road to longevity. (IV) The Revolution helped make England prosperous and powerful,
Stoic attitude, the calm attitude when faced with setbacks, keeps but it involved the exploitation of the workers. (V) They tended
you young, reduces anxiety and stress levels, and stabilises to be optimists who believed in the possibility of progress and
behaviour. (V) Research has been conducted on why residents improvement for humanity as well as for individuals.
of the island of Okinawa, located in the south of Japan, have lived A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
longer than people anywhere else in the world.

A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

5. (I) In 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck
2. (I) Local wildlife has been killed by a massive oil leak off
the Kanto Plain on the Japanese island of Honshu, lasting
the coast of California lately, which is threatening to destroy
at least 4 minutes. (II) The ground was shaken so badly that
surrounding wetlands. (II) Oil spills can have severe economic,
the quake took its toll in places as far as Tokyo, Kanagawa,
environmental, and social effects on society. (III) This incident
and Yokohama. (III) Besides the large-scale destruction, a
has been the worst spill in the area since 1990, when an oil
significant number of lives were lost because of the landslides
tanker ran aground and spilt 1.6 million litres of crude oil,
and fires caused by the earthquake. (IV) Post-earthquake
killing a number of fish and birds. (IV) The spill was originally
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discovered on Saturday, October 2 , and was suspected to fires could cause a rapid collapse of structures damaged
partially as a result of prior earthquakes. (V) The death toll
be caused by a breach in a pipeline connecting an offshore
due to this dreadful disaster is thought to be around 140,000.
oil rig to the Californian coast, around 65 kilometres south of
Los Angeles. (V) This coastline area and the nearby Talbert A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
Marsh wetlands host bird species, including pelicans, great
blue herons, and the endangered Californian least tern.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

3. (I) Researchers have uncovered dinosaur skin traces inside 6. (I) Whenever you are online, you are bombarded by
a set of one-inch-long footprints near Jinju—a city in South photographs, news, articles, links, and stories trying to attract
Korea. (II) The extinction wiped out the dinosaurs while your attention. (II) Unfortunately, not all of them are true.
most mammals, turtles, crocodiles, salamanders, and frogs (III) Some of them want you to click on an advertisement on
survived. (III) Finding well-preserved dinosaur soft tissue, their own site, whereas others want to worry people for political
such as skin and bones, is a rare occurrence. (IV) In fact, far reasons. (IV) They spread quickly, and mostly they turn out
less than one per cent of dinosaur tracks contain any kind to be fake news. (V) Experts in media studies and online
of skin traces. (V) According to the researchers, the skin psychology have been studying adverts on the Internet for a
traces are around 100 million years old and represent a small long time.
carnivorous dinosaur known as Minisauripus, which was
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
about the size of a blackbird.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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