Cloze Test 6

1. 147.

2. 148.

3. 149.

4. 150.

5. 142.

6. 143.

7. 144.

8. 145.

9. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. (146)_____ there are dozens of indigenous languages spoken throughout South America, this is, with the (147)_____ of Portuguese speaking Brazil, a Spanishspeaking continent. However, the Spanish one hears in South America does not always conform (148)_____ what one has learned in the classroom or heard on a cassette, and even competent Spanish-speakers find it takes a bit of getting used to. (149)_____ the odd differences in pronunciation, words from native languages as well as various European languages (150)_____ the different dialects of South American Spanish, giving them each their own unique character. 146.

10. 137.

11. 138.

12. 139.

13. 140.

14. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. People who (141)_____ in malaria-infested areas or who travel to them can take certain (142)_____. They can use long-lasting insecticide sprays in homes and outbuildings, place screens (143)_____ doors and windows, use mosquito netting over their beds, and apply mosquito repellents on their skin. They can (144)_____ wear enough clothing, (145)_____ after sundown, to protect as much of the skin as possible against mosquito bites. 141.

15. 132.

16. 133.

17. 134.

18. 135.

19. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. Saturn and its 47 diverse moons have been (136)_____ the close watch of the Cassini probe since 2004. The probe’s main (137)_____ in its planned 74 orbits is to gather detailed images of the second largest planet in our solar system, its icy moons and spectacular rings, (138)_____ span (139)_____ 272,000 kilometres. So far, the probe (140)_____ some of the best images we have of Saturn, and provided astronomers with a wealth of new data. 136.

20. 130.

21. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. Ever since Lord Curzon, a member of Britain’s World War I cabinet, (131)_____ that the Allies “had floated to victory on a sea of oil,” major industrialized powers have sought oil security. For instance, an imperialist surge by Japan to secure oil supplies in East Asia resulted (132)_____ the fateful attack on Pearl Harbour. The desire to control Middle East oil pushed the Soviet Union into Afghanistan, and led to Saddam Hussein’s (133)_____ of Kuwait. And in his 1980 State of the Union speech, US President Jimmy Carter made clear America’s own oil-security policy (134)_____ he described what would become known as the Carter Doctrine: “Any attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the (135)_____ interests of the United States of America.” 131.

22. 129.

23. 128.

24. 127.

25. Aşağıdaki soruları parçaya göre cevaplandırınız. The portrait, as it is known today, was born in the Renaissance. In fact, portraits (126) _____ before the Renaissance, of course: (127) _____ think of the Pharaohs with their colossal statues, or the busts of the Roman emperors, (128) _____ those figures seemed very (129) _____. Renaissance artists, by contrast, sought to create not just a likeness of their subjects, but also (130) _____ of their spirit. 126.