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Cloze Test-3

Surface mining is the best choice when the coal seam is quite
Verilen parçalarda numaralandırılmış yerlere uygun düşen close to the earth’s surface. It is possible to recover at least 90
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
per cent of the coal with this method, which is a higher rate than
that which can be obtained (6) _______ underground mining
The Silk Road is a (1) _______ term used to refer to a network
due to the fact that all coal seams are utilised. Explosives are
of roadways connecting southern Europe with eastern Asia. It
is (2) _______ a vast area during the Middle Ages, including the used to (7) _______ the overburden of soil and rock, and then
Eastern Mediterranean, Byzantium, the Muslim Middle East, draglines, shovels, and trucks are used to remove it from the
India, and Chinese territory. This network was responsible site. After the coal seam (8) _______, it is drilled, fractured, and
for the supply of expensive commodities (3) _______ the then mined in strips using a systematic approach. (9) _______
exchange of diverse cultural and scientific achievements. As into huge trucks or conveyors, the coal is then transported either
a result, astronomical information, time systems, and clocks to a coal preparation factory or directly to the location where
were also traded (4) _______ the two countries. (5) _______ it will be used. (10) _______ surface mining is cheaper than
over many thousands of kilometres during the time of Marco underground mining, surface mines account for approximately
Polo, the Silk Road travellers came across two separate timing two-thirds of the world’s total coal production.
systems: temporal and equinoctial. The former was a formal
method for coordinating social activities, while the latter was a
tool used only by researchers.

1. 6.
A) vulnerable B) susceptible A) through
C) recurrent D) metaphorical B) into
E) provisional C) over
D) beyond
E) out
2.
A) run out of 7.
B) made up of A) carry out B) take over
C) looked down on C) break up D) turn off
D) kept up with E) make for
E) got away with
8.
A) was being uncovered
3. B) has been uncovered
A) rather than B) but for C) is being uncovered
C) such as D) as opposed to D) is uncovered
E) as well as E) had been uncovered

9.
4. A) Loading
A) between B) into B) Having loaded
C) without D) throughout C) To be loaded
E) across D) To be loading
E) Loaded

5. 10.
A) Travelled A) Although
B) To travel B) Since
C) Travelling C) Even if
D) Being travelled D) Until
E) Having been travelled E) Unless

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