KPDS 1999 Mayıs Ayı Soru ve Cevapları

01.-24. sorularda, boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen ifadeyi bulunuz.
01. They claim that their aim is to establish long-term cooperation _____ their customers, a basis of partnership end mutual trust.
A) for / over B) with / on D) by / through
C) from / in E) among / for

02. The collapse of Rome left _____ its wake a large variety of ethnic communities _____ which modern European states emerged.
A) before / of B) at / through C) over / by
D) in / from E) within / with

03. Germany’ s weight in the European Union is known, _____ what is not known, even to the Germans themselves, is _____ they are to use it.
A) but / how B) In case / because D)unless / why
C) lest / until E) otherwise / where

04. Edward Cibbon’ s great book The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire informs us _____ mankind’ s predilection for faction, augmented by environmental and cultural differences, is _____ determines history.
A) why / that B) as / whereby C) that / what
C) how / whoever E) so that / whatever

05. It won’ t be safe to find a replacement for him, for _____ takes over is likely to meet the same fate.
A) what B) which C) wherever
D) whoever E) whichever

06. The majority of _____ are apprehensive about new computer programmes, until we’ ve actually tried them out for _____ .
A) him / himself B) us / ourselves D) them / themselves
C) ours / us E) theirs / ours

07. Marxism _____ an important movement in Britain even though it _____ its origin here.
A) would never have been / takes
B) had never been / would take
D) never was / has taken
C) would never be / would have taken
E) has never been / took

08. The history of Venetian Republic _____ to an end in 1797 when Venice _____ over to Austria by Napoleon.
A) was coming / would have been handed
B) had come / has been handed
C) comes / was handed
D) came / was handed
E) would come / was being handed

09. More than half of the 850 asylum seekers currently detained in Britain _____ in prison with no right of appeal, even though the vast majority _____ with any offence, let alone convicted.
A) were held / are not charged
B) are being held / have not been charged
C) have been held / would not be charged
D) being held / had not been charged
E) will be held / were not being charged

10. Over the past two decades, the Corsicans _____ their idyllic island, which was wrested by France from the Genoese in 1768, _____ into terrorism, corruption and economic decline.
A) have seen / sink B) had seen / sank
C) saw / to sink D) would have seen / had sunk
E) would see / had been sinking

11. For observers of international politics, March 1998 _____ as a month when the world’ s superpower relations _____ a hopeful new turn.
A) will be remembered / may have taken
B) had been remembered / would have taken
C) may be remembered / took
D) has been remembered / would take
E) would be remembered / will have taken

12. Apparently the talks held between the two governments concerning the prevention of drug-trafficking have not been constructive _____ to produce any positive results.
A) just B) as well C) also D) enough E) so that

13. As far as I remember, it was in China that they first met and got interested in the dam project, _____ ?
A) don’ t I B) wasn’ t it C) do I D) was it E) did they

14. The East European countries are strongly convinced that European economic aid, _____ welcome, is not a substitute for market access end eventual membership of the European Union.
A) just as B) lest C) since D) when E) though

15. One gathers from the press that a large majority of the people are not in favour of the impeachment proceedings, and frankly, I’ m not, _____ .
A) either B) too C) also D) as well E) even so

16. The fundamental problem for North Africa is that the region has _____ people _____ the arid environment can support.
A) not only / but also B) so many / that C) such / as
D) more / than E) as much / as

17. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace sees an individual to launch a research project on the information revolution and its _____ on international affairs.
A) impact B) involvement C) reference
D) linkage E) comparison

18. Unlike Europe’ s stone castles and cathedrals, America’ s historical buildings are often wood-framed and so subject to _____ from moisture and insects.
A) rebuke B) deficiency C) damage
D) obsession E) frustration

19. Physically speaking, the Pacific Basin includes not only all those countries bordering on the Pacific coast but also the Pacific island nations _____ across the ocean.
A) adopted B) based C) grafted D) scattered E) expanded

20. Nearly half of the world’ s countries have _____ capital punishment in law or in practice, and some two dozen of them have done so formally since 1985.
A) accused B) abolished C) executed
D) entailed E) frustrated

21. Some most of the world’ s commercial apples lack genetic diversity, they are unable to _____ a disease or a pest.
A) put away B) hold up C) fight off
D) get off E) break out

22. The atmosphere _____ the earth as if it were a huge roof.
A) breaks up B) makes for C) hangs over
D) puts off E) runs over

23. The objective of this project is to increase the depth of awareness and understanding in the world, about the causes and consequences of the HIV epidemic through _____ policies and programmes.
A) innovative B) decadent C) meagre
D) ambiguous E) poignant

24. Launched as the new regulatory authority for the country’ s banking and insurance sector, the National Finance Services Management will extend its activities so as _____ to cover more than 40% of the national economy.
A) exceptionally B) ultimately C) inherently
D) fluently E) apparently

25.-32. sorularda verilen tümceyi uygun şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.

25. _____ that treatment policies suitable for one age group may not be justified in another.
A) A controversy immediately arose
B) The article has considerable originality
C) A recent study into cholesterol levels suggests
D) They had fully convinced
E) The implications were not at first realized

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