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Paragraf Tamamlama 3

1. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Many obstacles still remain for Japans harassed chip industry. . Another problem is the slow pace of decision-making.

Another survival strategy for chipmakers is to join with consumer electronics companies that can provide marketing expertise

Japans chip industry wants the countrys universities to contribute more in the way of technology development

To start with, theres a shortage of engineers capable of designing the kind of systems required for nextgeneration electronics

While the Japanese ponder their next move, their situation deteriorates day by day

Concern over Japans declining competitiveness in a key industry has spread to the government

2. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? There was a time when the American accounting system was the envy of the world. . It encouraged millions of average people to invest, thus transforming America into the worlds first mass equity culture.

Boosting the integrity and standards of the financial markets is a critical imperative

Its transparency, uniformity and credibility allowed investors to make intelligent comparisons among US corporate earnings statements

Regulators and analysists should have embraced it or at least something very much like it

There are almost as many measures of earnings today as there are companies

It offers them a road map to restoring investor confidence though there are shortcomings in the proposal that need to be discussed

3. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? The Conservative Party, which dominated British politics in the 20th century, is a shadow of its former self. . There is now only one conservative Member of Parliament from Scotland and none from Wales. Large cities such as Liverpool elect no conservatives.

Moreover, the selection of parliamentary candidates is in the hands of small groups with extreme views

Elsewhere in Europe right-wing parties continue to thrive

Thatcher governed Britain for 11 years and was generally known as the iron lady

Even when a conservative candidate is elected it is usually by a narrow margin

Their role in the European Parliament at this time inspired neither respect nor confidence

4. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Researchers are attempting to create the computer equivalent of human cognitive abilities, and they have had considerable success. But as little as 50 years ago, how would people have reacted to a machine that corrected errors in spelling and grammar!

The research community, underestimating the incredible abilities of the human brain, seriously misjudged how difficult the task would be.

In the field of intelligence, how does man compare with machines?

Man was certainly reluctant to admit that machines could be physically stronger than man.

The chess machine is an interesting example in theory since all one had to do was create a computer chip that could analyze several million chess positions per second.

For instance, we now have computerized spelling and grammar checkers; they are Standard components of all word processors today.

5. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Most trees produce a ring of new wood each year and these circles of growth can easily be seen in a cross-section of the trunk of a felled tree. . First, the rings become narrower with the increasing age of the tree. Second, the amount a tree grows each year is affected by fluctuations in climate.

A narrow growth ring may be the result of a cold spell in spring

In temperate regions, sunlight may be more important than rainfall in affecting a trees growth

Several conditions can contribute to a particularly thick annual ring

These rings are not of uniform thickness and vary for two reasons

Results have been particularly impressive in the American Southwest for a variety of reasons

6. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? If Johannesburg is to live up to its potential, it must overcome its apartheid legacy of division. Contact between the races often remains awkward. . The hope is that with more children mixing at school, the next generation will coexist more easily.

This is very understandable as the idea of equality is still very new

One major concern that all races have in common is crime

In the worst parts of the city, for example, one in three people was robbed last year

The best restaurants of Africa are to be found in Johannesburg as are the best hospitals

Indeed, in some suburbs living conditions are good, but in many quarters they remain harsh and often violent

7. 58. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Police may soon have a new weapon in the fight against crime: earprints. . Earprints are left when criminals press their ears against a door or window to listen for sounds within.

They will also develop a database for ear shapes, scars and creases

The Forensic Ear Identification project is expected to come up with a solution to this problem

As with fingerprints, earprints could help detectives to place suspects at the scene of a crime

Even so, earprints are already being used as evidence in parts of Europe

So it seems unlikely that earprints will ever be used as evidence in courtrooms

8. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Robots could soon be doing their bit for the environment. . The results suggest that herbicide use could be reduced by 70% if farmers used these robots to adopt more selective spraying techniques.

The longer-term goal is to avoid herbicides altogether

Trials are presently underway for a Danish robot that maps the position of weeds growing among crops

Naturally it would be better to have the robot pull the weeds out of the ground rather than poisoning them

These robots cannot distinguish between plant species and treat anything green as a weed

The problem is not one of expense because herbicides are cheap

9. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Cloning could be crucial when a species is threatened with extinction. For instance, a few years ago, the last remaining bucardo mountain-goats in Spain were rounded up for a captive breeding programme. . This species is now extinct but could have been saved by the cloning technology we have today.

Unfortunately, however, they were wiped out by disease

Habitat protection is the cornerstone of conservation

Scientists made the worlds first healthy clone of an endangered species in 2003

Literally a hundred species become extinct every day

There are cases in which cloning may prevent extinction

10. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Andy Stern runs the largest and fastest-growing labour union in the US. . But today you probably do not. For his activities receive almost no coverage in the press.

Actually, only 8.2 per cent of the private-sector workforce is stil enrolled in unions

If this were 25 or 50 or 100 years ago, you would surely know of a labour leader like Stern

Unless organized labours constitution is overhauled the movement will keep on withering

Low-wage hospital and clerical workers really do need a union

More innovative labour proposals include a global minimum wage

11. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? To help users find reliable nutrition information on the Internet, this university maintains an online rating and review guide called the Nutrition Navigator. . Each website receives a score from 1 to 25, and links are provided to recommended sites.

For instance, many televised nutrition messages are presented by celebrities, food editors and chefs

Even so, the Nutrition Navigator remained the best site from which to launch ventures into nutrition cyberspace

Many people turn to their physicians for dietary advice, expecting them to know all about health-related matters

The ratings reflect the opinions of a panel of nutrition experts on selected websites on the basis of their accuracy and depth

The internet offers no guarantees of the accuracy of the information found there

12. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? The internet introduces a technology which poses new challenges to the protection of individual privacy. . Each of these systems is capable of monitoring, capturing and storing communications that pass through it.

Apparently Internet technology can gather personal information without first seeking consent

In the US, most federal privacy laws apply only to the federal government

It can be argued that intruding into others lives through unobtrusive surveillance, through market research or through any other means is a violation of privacy

Screening for employment purposes can certainly be regarded as an invasion of personal privacy

Information sent over this vast network of networks may pass through many computer systems before it reaches its final destination

13. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? The worlds oldest cave paintings date back some 35,000 years. They lie buried in the side of a hill close to Verona in north Italy. . Now, new archaeological research is also proving that the ancients were adept, not only at the visual arts, but also at the art of sound.

Stone Age ears must have appreciated the echo-chamber properties of the sites

Archaeologists can use acoustics to study ancient sites in the following two ways

Similarly, the stones of Stonehenge in the south of England have been found to have sonic qualities

They prove that art was already part of the way of life for the early civilizations of the time

Indeed, some of the stalactites in these caves issue bell-like notes when struck

14. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? The new discipline of ethnoclimatology acknowledges that some folklore is surprisingly good at predicting the weather. . For them, if the stars are bright, they look forward to a normal rainy season; if dim, to a late, sparse one.

One must remember, however, that weather lore does not travel well

In Uganda, increases in overnight temperatures traditionally presage rain two weeks later

One famous saying runs: Red at night, shepherds delight, red in the morning, shepherds warning

For example, in western India local people use the flowering of a particular tree to predict the start of the monsoon 45 days later

For example, in the Andes, potato farmers use the clarity of the Pleiades star cluster in June to predict the timing of the rainy season

15. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Recently a great deal of research has been carried out on the benefits of marriage. On average, married people are healthier and have lower mortality rates than single, divorced or separated people. . Moreover, they suffer from less anxiety, depression and other mental ailments. These findings apply to both sexes.

Formal marriage usually involves a higher degree of personal commitment

This claim is still widely repeated

Several research projects show that women also benefit

This means that serious violence among married couples is fairly uncommon

Their lives are more regular and secure and they engage in fewer harmful activities

16. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Contemporary computer systems have both advantages and disadvantages. . But on the debit side, these computer systems create opportunities for the illegal copying of software.

Software copying has emerged as a new ethical issue precisely for this reason

Rapid technological change means that the choices facing individuals also rapidly change

One important advantage is that they enable digital information to be made available to all

In this environment it will be important for management to conduct an ethical and social impact analysis of new technologies

Software piracy challenges traditional protections of property rights

17. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Putting on a Broadway show is one of the biggest gambles in Americas entertainment industry, with investments running into millions of dollars. . Since only one out of five shows manages even that, there is no financial security.

It can take at least two years for a successful show to pay back its original investment

Indeed a musical can cost around $10 million to put on

Consequently, producers are becoming more creative with their fund-raising schemes

The New York stage is now looking to advertising as a means of funding its productions

Sponsorship would seem to be another obvious solution to the problem

18. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Mollusks can be found in virtually every habitat on Earth and range in size from microscopic to more than 10 m long. . But others, the octopus for instance, are considered to be delicacies.

They are indeed an extremely fascinating group of creatures

Not all of them, however, are encased in a shell

All the mollusks are invertebrate animals

Some, like the snails in our gardens, are regarded as pests

The octopus even has problemsolving abilities

19. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Well into the 1860s the American West remained divided from the East by the harsh nature of the countrys interior. . Their aim was to build a railroad across the formidable mountainous lands of the Sierra Nevada. They were ridiculed on all sides, but the ambitious enterprise eventually succeeded.

Their high-flying goal comes with similarly steep challenges

Top engineers had agreed that the Sierra Nevada could not be crossed by road or rail

Naturally, politicians were not in favour of uniting East and West

Then four merchants began raising money to fund a seemingly impossible project

The high peaks of the Sierra Nevada were acknowledged as being impassable

20. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Indian parents have long been known to prefer sons to daughters. This is because of the prejudice that sons care for parents in their old age, whereas daughters must be married off at great expense. . To put it bluntly, ultrasound technology is enabling parents to anticipate and abort unwanted female babies.

In an effort to curb this trend, India, a decade ago, imposed a ban on the use of ultrasound to determine sex

It now seems that modern science is increasingly being used in the service of this traditional prejudice

In the 1990s, the total population of India rose by 21 percent to 1.03 billion

In 1981, there were 976 girls for every 1000 boys age six and under in India

In southwestern Delhi, one of Indias richest districts, the girl-boy ratio declined in the 1990s to a shocking 845 girls for every 1000 boys

21. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Of all the phases of the history of art, that of ancient America remains the most mysterious and the least accessible. . Comparatively very few examples of this art are available to the public, and none of these is of monumental size. Indeed, whole aspects of this art are unknown. This is because the objects have perished or because they were destroyed by the Spanish conquerors.

Obviously, the Maya were a notably intellectual people, possessing an elaborate religion and exact calendar system

The historical development of the pre-Columbian cultures of America is still very obscure

It is now generally accepted that man first entered America by way of the Bering Straits from north-east Asia

The natives of what is now Peru were apparently capable of science, but not of philosophy

One might further add that it is the least appreciated of them all

22. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Few regions are less the master of their own destinies than South East Asia. . Indeed, the region includes some of the worlds most trade-dependent countries. All went well in the early 1990s, but not after 1997.

Nevertheless, China has stepped up her imports and many of them are from South East Asia

Sars added its malign influence in 2003

Moreover, China has enjoyed a huge share of foreign direct investment, thus starving the South Eastern economies of fresh capital

This is because their economies are highly sensitive to investment flows and the demand for manufactured goods from far away

However, there is an increased demand for memory chips in which South East Asia specializes

23. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? For years environmentalists have warned against imminent food shortages, spreading pollution, accelerating climate change and the early exhaustion of the worlds oil and other minerals. . Now, however, there are dire predictions of water shortages in many countries. Even some experts claim that wars of the future will be fought over water, not oil.

Certainly, dams will cause more argument than ever, with Chinas Three Gorges dam already filling up

On the other hand, powerful rural farmers can afford to pump out free groundwater or to lobby for big dams that will yield irrigation benefits

But, until recently, they have overlooked the most essential substance of all: water

Fortunately, there are usually cheaper and better ways of storing water, delivering irrigation and protecting against floods

In fact, rich households have access to piped water from municipal utilities, whereas the poor have to pay door-to-door water vendors

24. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Though half the worlds Muslims live in electoral democracies, only eight of the forty-six Muslimmajority countries are electoral democracies. This has made some political scientists wonder if Islam is antithetical to democracy. . They neednt have worried. In 1974 more than seventy percent of states that had Catholic majorities were not electoral democracies, but today about eighty percent of such states are.

In fact, from 1989 to 1996 forty-nine nations were added to the tally of

electoral democracies - the largest such growth over any comparable period in history

Many of the regimes that have become electoral democracies over the past fifteen years cannot properly be called liberal democracies

Even after the great strides towards freedom of the 1980s and 1990s, fifty-six percent of the worlds population still lives in partly free or non- free countries

The Soviet collapse increased the number of democratic countries, but since most of those states were small, it did not substantially increase the number of free people E) Experts wondered the same thing about Catholicism in the early 1970s

25. Aşağıdaki paragrafta boş bırakılan yeri en iyi tamamlayan cümle hangisidir? Archaeologists have a duty, both to colleagues and to the general public, to explain what they are doing and why. . Further, their work can also be enjoyed by the wider public which, after all, has usually paid the bill for the work, however indirectly.

Up to 60 per cent of modern excavations apparently remain unpublished

Archaeologists often prefer to dig new sites rather than devote time to laborious post-excavation analysis

Many projects depend upon the willing hands of amateur enthusiasts

Unfortunately, some archaeologists hoard their finds and prevent colleagues from gaining access to them

Basically this means publishing the discoveries so that the results are available to other scholars