Cloze Test 1

1. 25.

2. 24.

3. 23.

4. 20.

5. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. Satellite-servicing technology is being used to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope to perform beyond its initial design requirements. Twice astronauts have replaced the telescope’s solar panels (21) —higher-performance ones. The most impressive improvement, however, has come with the (22) — of a new camera to record the images seen by the Hubble. Its increased sensitivity makes it ten (23) — as powerful as its predecessor, and it (24) — dramatically sharper images, some of them of stars and galaxies that were (25) — to the old Hubble. 21.

6. 22.

7. 19.

8. 17.

9. 18.

10. 15.

11. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. In Britain, firemen have been on partial strike for months, demanding a huge pay increase (16) — bitterly resisting changes to their working conditions. Tony Blair’s labour government has watched with (17) — alarm as a series of elections has put militant leaders (18) — the top jobs at some of the biggest unions. In April, Kevin Curran (19) — the more moderate John Edmonds as leader of the GMB, Britain’s fourth-largest union; and in May a left-winger defeated the (20) —favoured by the Labor Party for the leadership of the powerful T&G union. 16.

12. 13.

13. 14.

14. 12.

15. 8.

16. 9.

17. 10.

18. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. In the pharmaceutical industry, vaccines have long been poor stepsisters to big, glamorous drugs. Immunization campaigns have worked wonders, (11) — scourges such as polio. (12) — annual global sales of vaccines have fallen off during (13) — years and the number of major companies (14) — them has shrunk from 20 in the 1980s to just 4. This is a sure sign that it (15) — an economic business to be in. 11.

19. 7.

20. 2.

21. 3.

22. 4.

23. 5.

24. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. The United States will officially take 70,000 refugees in 2003. (6) — the number will be much ower as many thousands will be caught up in lengthy (7) — necessitated by post-September 11th security procedures. In 2002, for example, America (8) — only 30,000 refugees, the lowest number in 25 years. This is a remarkable (9) — of America’s traditional generosity (10) — the world’s displaced. 6.

25. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. Anyone looking for a way to do something for the environment need look no further than their own home. In its struggle to (1) — with the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to (2) — 1990 levels, the EU (3) — to reduce energy consumption in the home. This is (4) — surprising since the EU’s 160 million buildings are (5) — responsible for a staggering 40% of all energy consumed by its 15 states. 1.