2013 Nisan Yds Soruları

T.C. Ölçme, Seçme ve Yerleştirme Merkezi YABANCI DİL BİLGİSİ SEVİYE TESPİT SINAVI (YDS) (İlkbahar Dönemi) 7 NİSAN 2013 PAZAR İNGİLİZCE Bu testlerin her hakkı saklıdır. Hangi amaçla olursa olsun, testlerin tamamının veya bir kısmının Merkezimizin yazılı izni olmadan kopya edilmesi, fotoğrafının çekilmesi, herhangi bir yolla çoğaltılması, yayımlanması ya da kullanılması yasaktır. Bu yasağa uymayanlar gerekli cezai sorumluluğu ve testlerin hazırlanmasındaki mali külfeti peşinen kabullenmiş sayılır.  AÇIKLAMA 1. Bu soru kitapçığındaki test 80 sorudan oluşmaktadır. 5. Bu sınavın değerlendirilmesi doğru cevap sayısı üzerinden yapılacak, yanlış cevaplar dikkate alın- mayacaktır. 2. Bu test için verilen cevaplama süresi 150 dakikadır (2.5 saat). 6. Cevaplamaya istediğiniz sorudan başlayabilirsiniz. Bir 3. Bu kitapçıktaki testte yer alan her sorunun sadece bir soru ile ilgili cevabınızı, cevap kâğıdında o soru için ay- doğru cevabı vardır. Bir soru için birden çok cevap yeri rılmış olan yere işaretlemeyi unutmayınız. işaretlenmişse o soru yanlış cevaplanmış sayılacaktır. 4. İşaretlediğiniz bir cevabı değiştirmek istediğinizde, sil- 7. Sınavda uyulacak diğer kurallar bu kitapçığın arka ka- me işlemini çok iyi yapmanız gerektiğini unutmayınız. pağında belirtilmiştir.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE İNGİLİZCE Bu testte 80 soru vardır. 1. - 6. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere 4. Many scientists believe that our sanitized uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. surroundings are ---- allergic disorders in children, which have doubled in the last decade. 1. UNICEF is deeply committed to creating a world in which all children, regardless of their gender or A) extracting B) fulfilling socioeconomic background, have ---- to free, compulsory and quality education. C) unifying D) ensuring A) access B) dedication C) insight E) fostering D) addiction E) tendency 5. In non-literate societies, valuable information about the past is often enshrined in oral tradition – poems, hymns or sayings ---- from generation to generation by word of mouth. A) taken off B) handed down 2. In some countries, such as Brazil and Russia, codes have been put in place to promote ---- logging of C) thrown up D) kept off forest ecosystems. E) rooted out A) applicable B) penetrable C) notable D) sustainable E) provable 6. By mapping equatorial rainfall since 800 AD, scientists have ---- how tropical weather may change over the next century. 3. Before they are allowed to be used, all medicines, A) taken out B) put aside including vaccines, are ---- tested to assess how safe and effective they are. C) brought down D) figured out A) incidentally B) hazardously E) counted upon C) thoroughly D) fatally E) offensively 1 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 7. - 16. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yerlere 10. China’s rapid growth ---- trade is seen as a plus for uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. the Southeast Asian nations because it helps to spur development ---- the region. 7. The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century ---- by the observation of particles whose A) of / without B) by / about existence ---- by theorists decades earlier. C) upon / over D) at / under A) has been distinguished / was predicted E) in / across B) distinguished / is being predicted C) was distinguished / had been predicted D) is distinguished / has been predicted E) had been distinguished / was being predicted 11. As Antarctic glaciers collapse ---- the sea, scientists struggle to find out what that means ---- the rise of sea levels. A) against / in B) over / to 8. At the end of the First World War, the leaders of C) around / along D) on / for victorious countries gathered at Versailles, and there, they ---- to decide what penalties Germany, E) from / behind Austria and other allies ----. A) tried / would have to pay B) had tried / must have paid C) were trying / were paying D) used to try / might have paid 12. ---- lead was widely known to be dangerous, by the E) could try / should have paid early years of the 20th century, it could be found in all manners of consumer products. A) Since B) Once C) Only when D) Even though E) Given that 9. ---- the types of individuals it seeks to attract, an organization ---- to consider what methods to use to reach them. A) To have established / could need B) Having established / needs C) Establishing / had needed D) Established / needed E) Being established / will need 2 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 13. Animals trapped in a stone called ‘amber’ are 16. ---- deriving two-thirds of its power supply from sometimes so well preserved that they look ---- they fossil fuels, power producers in India cannot get have just died. enough pipeline space to distribute natural gas. A) so that B) in case A) Despite B) Besides C) as though D) even if C) As a result of D) By means of E) now that E) Rather than 14. The European Commission has put forward that policies to cut greenhouse gases will not work ---- individuals share the vision of a low-carbon society. A) provided that B) after C) but D) while E) unless 15. When modern coastal fish-farming began 30 years ago, no one was doing things right, ---- for the environment ---- the industry’s long-term sustainability. A) whether / or B) such / as C) so / that D) either / or E) as / as 3 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 17. - 21. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da 19. ifadeyi bulunuz. A) About B) To C) For Cities, large and small, are at the heart of a fast changing global economy – they are a cause of, and a response to world economic growth. Many urban areas D) Upon E) By are growing (17)---- their rural hinterlands are depressed, which forces impoverished rural people to move to the cities in search of work. These newcomers often end up not (18)---- the opportunities they are looking for, so they become part of the urban poor. (19)---- arrival to the city, they often encounter lack of 20. housing and infrastructure services. To (20)---- the lack of available homes, newcomers often set up shelters on A) cut down on B) go in for the city outskirts, usually on public-owned land. They often live without electricity, running water, a sewerage C) turn back on D) fall behind with system, roads and other urban services. (21)---- dealing with poor sanitation and pollution from dirty cooking E) make up for fuels and primitive stoves, they are exposed to modern environmental hazards, such as urban air pollution, exhaust fumes and industrial pollution. 21. A) Despite B) Owing to C) For the sake of D) In addition to E) Unlike 17. A) unless B) in case C) so that D) whenever E) because 18. A) to find B) finding C) to have found D) being found E) to be found 4 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 22. - 26. sorularda, aşağıdaki parçada numaralanmış yerlere uygun düşen sözcük ya da 24. ifadeyi bulunuz. A) jeopardize B) withdraw No single country owns Antarctica. (22)----, countries wishing to have a say in how the Antarctic (both the C) underestimate D) recognize continent itself and the surrounding Southern Ocean) is governed (23)----, and agree to abide by, the Antarctic E) deteriorate Treaty. However, prior to the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959, several countries had made claims to parts of Antarctica, some of which overlapped. The Treaty does not (24)---- these claims; Article IV of the Treaty states in part, “No acts or activities taking place while the present Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting, supporting or denying a claim to 25. territorial sovereignty in Antarctica.” (25)---- avoiding the A) By B) From C) About claims issue in this way, it was possible to produce a treaty that many parties could sign. Unfortunately, this means that (26)---- many countries follow the spirit of D) Along E) Without cooperation of the Treaty, there are still disputes over territory that remain unresolved and come up from time to time. 26. A) as B) while C) if D) until E) before 22. A) Instead B) For example C) At least D) In short E) Similarly 23. A) were to sign B) had to sign C) must sign D) may sign E) used to sign 5 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 27. - 36. sorularda, verilen cümleyi uygun şekilde 29. Despite the political upheavals in the Arab world, tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz. ----. 27. In order to make the first vessels to cross stretches A) the Middle East is gaining ground to become one of of water, ----. Whereas there are undoubted social benefits to increasing home ownership, ----. 28. While several other minerals are needed for muscle A) the mortgage companies that finance home buyers function, ----. 2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 31. No matter how good the food we eat is, if it is not 33. ----, you can work on extinguishing any undesirable well digested, absorbed into the blood and behaviours. assimilated into the cells, ----. It might not be practical to use a different password 32. ----, Indian culture was primarily oral, with a high for every single website that you log into ----. value placed on recounting tales and dreams. 2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 35. The nests birds leave behind provide clues about their lives and environment ----. A) as the architectural complexity of these nests hardly untangles their genealogy B) just as archaeological sites supply glimpses of human history C) but nest-collecting was a popular boyhood hobby in the 19th century D) despite the fact that they remain a largely untapped scientific resource E) before they lay eggs in order to sustain the continuation of their species 36. ----, not only cell operators but also law enforcement have come under fire for exploiting personal data without the user’s knowledge. A) After the companies have agreed widely on privacy policies B) Although law enforcement units permit users to reach all sites C) Since market demand is driving some of the biggest collectors of data into piracy D) As smart phones’ tracking abilities have become more sophisticated E) Now that banking transactions via mobile devices are almost completely secure 8 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 37. - 42. sorularda, verilen İngilizce cümleye 38. For the last 20 years, there has been an ongoing anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi, Türkçe cümleye argument as to whether jazz is no longer an anlamca en yakın İngilizce cümleyi bulunuz. exclusively American let alone an Afro-American 37. Most of the fears that we had when we were children music. are actually quite profound, but as we grow older and become more self-sufficient, the reality of fears A) Son yirmi yıldır, Afro-Amerikan müziği olmaktan diminishes. çıktığı varsayılan cazın sadece Amerikan müziği olup olmadığını sorgulayan bir tartışma A) Çocukken yaşadığımız korkuların çoğu, aslında bulunmaktadır. oldukça derindir ancak büyüyüp kendimize daha fazla yeter hâle geldikçe korkuların gerçekliği azalır. B) Son yirmi yılın süregelen tartışması, Afro-Amerikan müziği olmasından ziyade, cazın artık tamamıyla Amerikan müziği olup olmadığıdır. B) Çocukken aslında çok derin birçok korku yaşarız fakat büyüyüp daha çok kendimize yettikçe bu korkular gerçekliğini yitirir. C) Son yirmi yıldır, cazın Afro-Amerikan müziği olmasını göz ardı eden ve tamamen Amerikan müziği olduğunu savunan bir tartışma C) Çocukken yaşadığımız korkuların çoğu, aslında süregelmektedir. oldukça derin boyuttadır ancak büyüyüp kendimize daha fazla yeten bireyler hâline geldiğimizde bu D) Son yirmi yıldır, Afro-Amerikan müziği olmasını korkular zamanla ortadan kalkar. bırakın, cazın daha ne kadar Amerikan müziği olarak anılabileceği tartışılmaktadır. D) Çocukken yaşanılan korkuların çoğu, aslında oldukça derindir fakat kendimize yetecek kadar büyüdüğümüzde bu korkular gerçekliğini kaybeder. E) Son yirmi yıldır, Afro-Amerikan müziği olmasını bir kenara bırakın, cazın artık yalnızca Amerikan müziği olup olmadığı konusunda süregelen bir tartışma E) Çocukken yaşadığımız korkuların çoğu, aslında mevcuttur. oldukça derin olsa da büyüyüp kendimize daha fazla yettikçe bu korkular gerçek olmaktan uzaklaşır. 39. Patriarchy originally meant superiority of the father and used to be employed by sociologists to describe family structures where the father rather than the mother was dominant. A) Ataerkillik, esasen babanın ayrıcalığını ifade etmekteydi ve toplum bilimciler tarafından anneden ziyade babanın baskın olduğu aile yapılarını tanımlarken kullanılırdı. B) Ataerkillik, özünde babanın hâkimiyeti anlamını taşımaktaydı ve toplum bilimciler tarafından anneden ziyade babanın baskın olduğu aile yapılarını ele alırken kullanılırdı. C) Ataerkillik, ilk olarak babanın üstünlüğü anlamına sahipti ve toplum bilimciler tarafından anneden ziyade babanın ön planda olduğu aile yapılarını tasvir etmek için kullanılırdı. D) Ataerkillik, başlangıçta babanın üstünlüğü anlamına gelmekteydi ve toplum bilimciler tarafından anneden ziyade babanın baskın olduğu aile yapılarını tanımlamak için kullanılırdı. E) Ataerkillik, aslen babanın üstünlüğü anlamına gelmekteydi ve toplum bilimciler tarafından anneden ziyade babanın sözünün geçtiği aile yapılarını vurgulamak için kullanılırdı. 9 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 40. Oyunlara ve özellikle çocuk oyunlarına ilişkin 42. Kendine ait önemli rezervleri bulunmayan dünyanın inançlarımız, teknoloji ve küreselleşme ile köklü en büyük enerji tüketicisi Avrupa Birliği, ihtiyaç değişimler geçirmiştir. duyduğu enerjinin % 50’sini ithal etmektedir ve ithal enerjiye olan bağımlılığının 2030 yılına kadar % 70’e A) We seem to have radically changed our beliefs çıkacağı tahmin edilmektedir. about plays, and children’s plays in particular, because of advances in technology and A) The world’s largest energy consumer without its own globalization. significant reserves, the European Union imports 50% of the energy it needs, and it is predicted that B) We believe that plays, and children’s plays in its dependence on imported energy will rise to 70% particular, have encountered radical changes due to by 2030. technology and globalization. C) Our beliefs about plays, and children’s plays in B) As the world’s largest energy consumer, the particular, have undergone radical changes with European Union has no important energy reserves, technology and globalization. and it is envisioned that its dependence on imported energy will increase to 70% by 2030, on the assumption that it buys 50% of its energy from other D) Owing to the radical changes in plays, and children’s countries. plays in particular, we have shifted our attitude towards technology and globalization. C) As the world’s largest energy consumer with its limited energy reserves, the European Union imports around 50% of the energy it needs, and it will E) As to technology and globalization, our beliefs about probably be more dependent on energy import with a plays, and children’s plays in particular, have 70% increase by 2030. changed radically. D) Besides being the world’s largest energy consumer today which lacks its own reserves, the European Union imports 50% of the energy it requires, and it is foreseen that its energy import will go up to 70% by 41. Anadolu'daki arkeolojik kalıntılar, zeytin ağacının 2030. çok eskilere dayandığını ve aynı zamanda zeytinyağının faydalarını insanların bildiğini gösteren deliller sunmaktadır. E) The European Union is the world’s largest energy consumer without its own significant energy A) Archaeological remains in Anatolia have revealed reserves, and it is estimated that its reliance on the fact that the olive tree grew in the very distant imported energy will rise to 70% by 2030, while it is past and humans knew the benefits of olive oil as 50% now. well. B) In Anatolia, archaeological remains show that the olive tree was in existence in the very distant past and humans were also aware of the benefits of olive oil. C) Archaeological remains in Anatolia provide proof that the olive tree dates back to the very distant past, as does human knowledge of olive oil’s benefits. D) The olive tree and human knowledge of olive oil’s benefits date back to the very distant past as archaeological remains in Anatolia show us. E) Remains in archaeological sites in Anatolia proves that olive tree depends on the very distant past and humans benefited from olive oil in many ways. 10 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 43. - 46. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız. 44. It is stated in the passage that ----. History is one of the few school subjects commonly A) some countries have been more successful in mandated in education systems throughout the world. producing more neutral and less ideological history Furthermore, the use of history textbooks to support textbooks than others student learning is an almost universally accepted practice. However, the widespread international B) in many nations, debates over the content and presence of the humble history textbook should not format of history textbooks continue to generate disguise its ideological and cultural potency. Indeed, considerable political conflict essential to understanding the power and importance of C) nations attempt to provide future generations with history textbooks is to appreciate that in any given particular values that will ensure the continuation of culture they typically exist as the keepers of ideas, existing structures values and knowledge. No matter how neutral history textbooks may appear, they are ideologically important, D) history textbooks have become more politicized after because they often seek to inject the youth with a the emergence of nation states to preserve national shared set of values, national ethos and an identity incontrovertible sense of political orthodoxy. Textbooks stand as cultural artefacts that embody a range of E) many educational systems throughout the world issues associated with ideology, politics and values include history in their curriculum to enhance which in themselves function at a variety of different political literacy levels of power, status and influence. Embedded in history textbooks are narratives and stories that nation states choose to tell about themselves and their relations with other nations. Typically, they represent a 45. According to the passage, regardless of how core of cultural knowledge which future generations are impartially they are written, history textbooks ----. expected both to assimilate and support. A) need to teach both the past and the future B) serve a purpose other than intended C) are the best options for cultural transmission D) affect ideologically the youth more than adults 43. According to the passage, history textbooks ----. E) can never be completely objective and neutral A) are now being rewritten with a more international and universal outlook to rectify past 46. It can be inferred from the passage that the author misunderstandings between nations ----. 2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 47. - 50. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız. 48. It is implied in the passage that ----. A) widespread use of antibiotics is intended to eliminate Farmers in many countries utilize antibiotics in two key the chances of a possible pandemic ways: at full strength to treat animals that are sick and in low doses to fatten meat-producing livestock or to prevent veterinary illnesses. Although even the proper B) using a low dose antibiotic compared to a heavy use of antibiotics can inadvertently lead to the spread of dose is highly recommended for farmers drug resistant bacteria, the habit of using a low dose is a formula for disaster: the treatment provides just enough antibiotic to kill some but not all bacteria. The germs that C) human beings should test the efficacy of using survive are typically those that happen to bear genetic antibiotics on other animals before using them on mutations for resisting the antibiotic. They then poultry reproduce and exchange genes with other microbial resisters. As bacteria are found literally everywhere, D) increased antibiotic resistance in human beings is resistant strains produced in animals eventually find due to the consumption of animal products with their way into people as well. You could not design a antibiotic content better system for guaranteeing the spread of antibiotic resistance. To cease the spread, Denmark enforced E) antibiotic resistance in poultry animals has led scientists to find alternative solutions to fight off tighter rules on the use of antibiotics in the raising of these bacteria poultry and other farm animals. The lesson is that improving animal husbandry – making sure that pens, stalls and cages are properly cleaned and giving animals more room or time to mature – offsets the initial 49. According to the passage, ----. negative impact of limiting antibiotic use. A) the spread of bacterial infections in poultry may not be avoided by improving physical conditions B) the weight of the poultry mainly depends upon the environment they are brought up in 47. It is understood from the passage that ----. It is stated in the passage that antibiotics ----. 2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 51. - 54. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız. 52. According to the passage, Germany ----. A) had to be stripped of its power to start wars “The Marshall Plan was not a simple program for transferring massive sums of money to struggling countries, but an explicit – and eventually successful – B) was unable to continue its industrial development attempt to reindustrialize Europe.” say Erik Reinert and during World War II Ha-Joon Chang. It follows that if Africa really wants economic prosperity, it should study and draw valuable C) needed industrial equipment and American finance lessons from the Marshall Plan’s dark twin: the to rebuild the country Morgenthau Plan implemented in Germany in 1945. D) found the Morgenthau Plan problematic as its Reinert tells the story best: When it was clear that the economy declined Allies would win the Second World War, the question of what to do with Germany, which in three decades had E) was allowed to industrialize despite its agricultural precipitated two World Wars, reared its head. Henry potential Morgenthau Jr, the US secretary of the treasury, formulated a plan to keep Germany from ever again threatening world peace. Germany, he argued, had to 53. It is implied in the passage that ----. be entirely deindustrialized and turned into an agricultural nation. All industrial equipment was to be A) America’s vision for post-war Europe was in essence destroyed, and the mines were to be flooded. This misguided program was approved by the Allies and was immediately implemented when Germany capitulated in B) a country has no choice but to prioritize one sector 1945. However, it soon became clear that the over another in order to advance Morgenthau Plan was causing serious economic problems in Germany: deindustrialization caused C) today’s Africa and post-war Germany have a lot in agricultural productivity to plummet. This was indeed an common interesting experiment. The mechanisms of synergy between industry and agriculture worked in reverse: D) Erik Reinert and Ha-Joon Chang were right in their killing the industry reduced the productivity of the predictions about the Marshall Plan agricultural sector. E) plans made by policy makers may yield unexpected outcomes 54. The main concern of the author is to ----. A) supply a brief summary of imperial nations’ 51. It is clearly stated in the passage that the Marshall domination of others Plan ----. 2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 55. - 58. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız. 56. According to the passage, the global banking crisis was resolved because governments ----. Imagine an industry that runs out of raw materials. A) cooperated closely with the industry Companies go bankrupt, workers are laid off, families suffer and associated organizations are thrown into B) sold off large supplies of cash turmoil. Eventually, governments are forced to take drastic action. Welcome to global banking, recently C) involved the necessary organizations brought to its knees by the interruption of its lifeblood – the flow of cash. In this case, we seem to have been D) bought new supplies of vital materials fortunate. In the nick of time, governments released reserves in order to start cash circulating again. But E) acted quickly to find a solution what if the reserves had not been there? What are we going to do when our supplies of vital materials such as fish, tropical hardwoods, metals like indium and fresh 57. The main point made in the passage is that ----. water dry up? We live on a planet with finite resources – that is no surprise to anyone – so why do we have an A) industries need to look carefully at the raw materials economic system in which all that matters is growth used – more growth means using more resources. When the human population was counted in millions and B) the economic system currently in place must be resources were sparse, people could simply move to rethought new pastures. However, with 9 billion people expected around 2050, moving on is not an option. As politicians C) population explosion is one of the greatest threats to reconstruct the global economy, they should take heed. mankind as it requires more planning If we are to leave any kind of planet to our children, we D) all governments should have a responsibility to help need an economic system that lets us live within our out in times of crisis means. E) the global banking system can throw the world into turmoil 55. The author starts the passage with an example from 58. It is pointed out in the passage that in the past ----. industry in order to ----. A) an economic system of growth was easy to establish A) explain why raw materials are used in industry B) resources were more valuable than they are today B) present the conditions of the workers who are C) it was easy for people to find new resources currently employed D) industry was far less dependent on raw materials C) indicate the possible consequences of global industrialization E) it was rare for businesses to actually fail D) emphasize the importance of raw materials E) describe the impact of the banking system on industry 14 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 59. - 62. soruları aşağıdaki parçaya göre cevaplayınız. 60. According to the results of the study funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency, ----. Many athletes credit drugs with improving their A) the study participants were all aware they were given performance, but some of them may want to thank their a placebo brain instead. Mounting evidence suggests that the boost from human growth hormone (HGH), an B) those who knew that they were given real drugs increasingly popular doping drug, might be caused by failed to show improvement in fitness tests the placebo effect. In a new double-blind trial funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency, in which neither C) the athletes who did not know they were given a researchers nor participants knew who was receiving placebo did well on fitness tests HGH and who was taking a placebo, the researchers D) the preliminary findings showed the increased asked participants to guess whether or not they were on popularity of drugs the real drug. Then they examined the results of the group who guessed that they were getting HGH when, in E) the effects of HGH are incompatible with those found fact, they had received a placebo. That group improved in other studies at four fitness tests measuring strength, endurance, power and sprint capacity. The study participants who guessed correctly that they were taking a placebo did 61. It is understood from the passage that the placebo not improve, according to preliminary results presented at the Society for Endocrinology meeting in June 2011. effect ----. “The finding really shows the power of the mind” said A) is highly esteemed among those who are interested Ken Ho, an endocrinologist at the Garvan Institute in in athletics Sydney, Australia, who led the study. She maintains that many athletes are reaping the benefits of the placebo B) can play a significant role in improving the effect, without knowing whether what they are taking is performances of athletes beneficial or not. C) has been monitored in the participating groups that consist of people taking doping drugs D) was also tested in other branches of sports where competition exists E) was very high in the studies where participants were informed in advance 59. It is clearly stated in the passage that the support given by certain drugs ----. A) is largely accepted for its positive contribution to 62. It can be inferred from the passage that ----. 2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 63. - 67. sorularda, karşılıklı konuşmanın boş 64. Timur: bırakılan kısmını tamamlayabilecek ifadeyi  Do you know the difference between the use of bulunuz. barbecues and conventional gas cooking? 63. Emre:  What’s so funny that you’ve been laughing now Levent: for hours?  ---- Figen: Timur:  I was just remembering a friend of mine who owns  What can be done to reduce this? a shoe shop. He was very upset because he realized that many customers were trying to Levent: squeeze their feet into shoes that were too small,  I think we should use gas over barbecue as it and were ruining his shoes. contributes to an increase in smog levels. Emre: A) Burning charcoal releases carbon monoxide into the  ---- air much more than cooking with gas does. Figen:  Even so, I just can’t help laughing. B) Well, actually, both are good ways of cooking, but barbecues take longer to prepare. A) That must have been quite an experience for him. Now he won’t let anyone try on different sizes. C) Gas cooking is far more efficient than using a barbecue, as you can adjust the heat according to B) Doesn’t the salesman have any rights? He should be your needs. able to fill out some kind of complaint form. D) Unfortunately, both are harmful and cause damage to the environment. C) Being a frequent shoe-buyer myself, I don’t know where your friend’s store is. E) Gas appears to be more dangerous as there is a high risk of explosion. D) Perhaps he should start selling other things. This way, he won’t have to deal with those customers anymore. E) I don’t find it amusing whatsoever. The customers should have been more careful with what they were doing. 16 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 65. Teacher: 66. Jale:  Your son has adapted quite well socially. He’s had  Here is an article about how people react in no problems making friends. Also, he’s quite a emergencies. Researchers say that when more leader among them. people are around, it reduces the chances of actually being helped. Parent:  I’m glad to hear that. What about his class work? Adnan:  ---- Teacher:  ---- Jale:  Apparently, onlookers provide a model for action. Parent: If they are docile and disinterested, the situation  He's never been very good at sitting still and may seem less serious. focusing. Adnan: A) His math skills are very good, but he needs to work  I think if there is only one bystander, your chance harder on his language skills. of being helped increases, as he will think he must B) He enjoys group work, probably because he likes to help immediately. socialize so much. A) Is an individual aware that others are present? C) I think he needs a private tutor to help him with the more difficult subjects. B) How did they carry out that research? D) I really enjoy having him in class because he’s such a good example to others. C) Do they offer any explanation as to why this E) He has the ability but he seems to lack the happens? concentration to do the work. D) Is this finding true for all cultures? E) Who were the participants in this research? 17 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 67. Ayça: 68. - 71. sorularda, verilen cümleye anlamca en  Do you think environmental factors like diet and yakın cümleyi bulunuz. stress affect the ageing process as much as the decline of hormonal systems? 68. Science does not produce a unified picture of the environment on which all can agree, instead it Berkan: provides multiple views, each of which may be valid  ---- from a particular ideological angle. Ayça: A) There is not one single view of the environment that  So, you mean physiological and environmental can be provided through science that everyone will factors contribute to one’s longevity to the same agree on, rather it gives different perspectives, all of degree. which are valid depending on the ideological perspective. Berkan:  Definitely! I also think living in an extended family and playing an important role in society bring in B) The environment has been described by scientists in some beneficial effects. many different ways rather than in just one way, and each of these have their own validity according to A) I don’t believe dietary habits and lifestyle have much the observer’s own ideology. to do with ageing. It’s all about the gradual failing of the body to be able to repair itself and replace cells. B) I heard some people live longer and have fewer C) Science represents many diverse and particular health problems than others thanks to their ideological angles, and from these a valid and easy-going lifestyle and the amount of vegetables unified description of the environment can be they consume. produced that respects multiple views. C) Perhaps, calorie restriction and anti-ageing treatments can be successful interventions that may cause increases in life expectancy. D) Scientists from different ideological backgrounds have come together to agree upon a unified picture of the environment on which scientists can all agree D) Even if ageing seems to be a serious problem for upon its validity. many people, some rely on plastic surgeries to cope with it. E) Extending one’s lifespan isn’t simply a case of E) Multiple views on the environment are the result of stopping the ageing process, because ageing isn’t a science being unable to produce a unified scientifically recognized cause of death. description upon which those from different ideological backgrounds can agree. 18 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 69. The stocks of bluefin tuna, the most valuable fish in 70. Huntington’s has been described as the most the world, have plummeted to such paltry levels that disastrous disease known to man because of its many scientists speculate that the fish could be peculiarly cruel characteristics, as it progressively headed for extinction. strips a person of control of his muscles, reason and emotion. A) Scientists believe that the excessive demand for the valuable bluefin tuna fish has risen to such a level A) Huntington’s disease is described as not only the that there is speculation about the fish becoming worst disease in the world but also the most cruelly extinct. progressive, as it slowly takes away a person’s ability to control their muscles, reason and emotion. B) Stocks of the world’s most desirable bluefin tuna fish have reached such a low level that many scientists B) To describe Huntington’s as a cruel disease could are convinced that they are about to become extinct. be disastrous as people know that it eventually takes away a person’s ability to control their muscles as well as to reason and feel emotion. C) There is some speculation among scientists around the world as to how far the stocks of the valuable C) Due to its cruel characteristics that gradually take bluefin tuna fish can be allowed to fall before they away a person’s control of their muscles, reason and become extinct. emotion, Huntington’s is said to be the most devastating disease in the world. D) Stocks of the bluefin tuna, the most expensive fish in the world, have dropped to such a low level that D) When a person starts to rapidly lose control of his scientists are predicting that they might become muscles and no longer is able to reason or control extinct. his emotions, he can be described as having the most disastrous disease ever – Huntington’s. E) The most expensive fish in the world is the bluefin tuna, but scientists fear that stocks will soon reach a E) When a man is described as having Huntington’s, it paltry level and the fish will become extinct. can be a very cruel experience, as they will gradually experience certain characteristics such as lack of muscle control, reason and emotion. 19 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 72. - 75. sorularda, boş bırakılan yere, parçada 71. The changing climate will have negative effects on anlam bütünlüğünü sağlamak için getirilebilecek all parts of the world; depending on people’s cümleyi bulunuz. location and lifestyles, however, there will be great differences in the subsequent health hazards that 72. Most measurements of happiness are by human populations face. standardized questionnaires or interview schedules. It could also be done by informed observers – those A) No matter how and where people live, the who know the individual well and see them subsequent health hazards will be terribly great after regularly. ---- Yet, another form of measurement is to the varying climate negatively affects all regions of investigate a person’s memory and check whether the world. they feel predominantly happy or unhappy about their past. Finally, there are some crude but B) Based on their lifestyles and geographical location, ever-developing physical measures looking at human populations all over the world will experience everything from brain scanning to saliva levels. health risks to be brought about by adverse effects of the changing climate. A) It should be kept in mind that such tests might be misleading in many cases. C) Whether all regions of the world will be negatively affected by the incremental climate change largely B) Findings suggest that ancestors of Finnish people depends on people’s location and ways of life, yet made use of such methods. human populations will end up with health risks. C) There is also experience sampling, where people D) Since all parts of the world are likely to be adversely report how happy they are many times a day. influenced by the globally changing climate, human populations have been subject to resultant health D) Being objective in this process is more important risks, regardless of how and where they reside. than being an observer. E) All regions of the world will be adversely affected by E) A question still remains unanswered: to what extent the changing climate, but the resulting health risks to can one express happiness on a sheet of questions? human populations will vary greatly, depending on where and how people live. 73. Everything in the factories of the future will be run by smarter software. Digitization in manufacturing will have as widespread an effect as in other industries that have gone digital, including photography, publishing and films. Such effects will not be confined to large manufacturers, either. ---- Launching new and innovative products will become easier and cheaper for them. A) The materials being used to make things are changing faster than they were in the past. B) In addition, it will allow things to be made economically in much smaller quantities. C) Nonetheless, companies are also optimistic about a manufacturing revival. D) In fact, these developments will empower smaller firms and individual entrepreneurs. E) As such, companies from all over the world use China and India as low-wage workshops. 20 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 74. ---- This is not the case, and evidence for early 75. Stephen Hawking, the famed theoretical physicist learning and remembering comes from several diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, lost the ability studies. In one, infants only a few hours old learned to speak thirty years ago. In the meantime, a to turn their heads right or left, depending on computerized voice generated by an infrared sensor whether they heard a buzzer or a tone. In order to inside Hawking’s mouth has allowed him to taste a sweet liquid, the baby had to turn to the right communicate. According to a recent report, when a tone sounded and to turn to the left when however, the muscles controlling the device have the buzzer sounded. In only a few trials, the babies been deteriorating, limiting him to as little as one were performing without error. word per minute. ---- This is a horrifying prospect for the scientific community that has benefitted greatly A) It was once thought that infants could neither learn from his findings. But a new device recording brain nor remember. functions at an unprecedented level of detail was developed and has been proposed to improve B) Infants can discriminate differences in taste shortly Hawking’s ability to communicate once again. after birth. A) Such devices can be used to monitor the sleep C) Newborn infants could distinguish human voices pattern and the disorders of the deaf. from other sounds. D) Newborn babies may not remember what they have just learned. B) The sensor in the mouth is an effective way to continue communication with people unable to E) Pre-birth experiences in the uterus help infants to speak. learn and remember. C) Without a new means of communication, Hawking runs the risk of being rendered mute. D) The muscles in the mouth can be kept under control by using a great variety of equipments. E) Thanks to recent developments, researchers are now able to keep the disease under control as in Hawking’s condition. 76. - 80. sorularda, cümleler sırasıyla okunduğunda parçanın anlam bütünlüğünü bozan cümleyi bulunuz. 76. (I) Using herbs from your garden or the farmer’s market to enhance the flavour of your summer cuisine is really rewarding. (II) Not only will herbs add subtle accents to your main dishes and salads, but they will also bring fragrance and interest to favourite dessert and beverage recipes. (III) If you are not using fresh herbs, remember that dried herbs are very potent, so reduce the amount you use by half or more. (IV) Include your home-grown produce in a salad course, and specimens from your gorgeous summer flower beds in a welcoming table centrepiece. (V) Also, if you are cooking outdoors, be sure to allow enough time to heat the grill for your vegetables, steaks and chicken. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V 21 Diğer sayfaya geçiniz.  2013-YDS İlkbahar/İNGİLİZCE 77. (I) Aristotle explored the apparent ties between odour 80. (I) No citizen of the European Union lives more than and memory in his work On Sense and the Sensible. 700 km away from the coast. (II) The seas and oceans (II) Since then, people have speculated that the are at the centre of a large number of interactions, and memories elicited by smell are more intimate and to optimize political decision-making, we must clearly immediate than other recollections. (III) When we understand these interactions. (III) The European Union experience certain smells, we often find ourselves taken is surrounded by four seas and two oceans, and has back in time to a specific event or scene. (IV) Many 89,000 km of coastline. (IV) The maritime areas under movies of the 1980s include scenes that trigger the jurisdiction of the member states of the European memories of childhood and school years. (V) For Union are larger than the land masses. (V) The obvious example, the smell of a salsa, a sauce eaten with conclusion is the need for rational management of the Mexican food, may remind a person of watching James seas and oceans. Bond movies on television with his or her father while dipping chips in the spicy sauce. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V 78. (I) Five to six million farmers in the tropics who cultivate the cacao trees from which cocoa is produced rely on the sales of the seeds to feed themselves and their families. (II) Cacao tree grows only in a narrow band within about 18 degrees north and south of the Equator. (III) They extract the seeds, often called ‘beans’, from football-shaped pods and then ferment and dry them to form butter and powder. (IV) The livelihoods of another 40 to 50 million depend on the long production road whereby the cacao seeds travel from a farm to the candy on store shelves. (V) In Ivory Coast, which produces 40 percent of the world’s cocoa, such farming accounts for a full 15 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs 5 percent of households. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V 79. (I) One of the oldest methods of preserving food is drying. (II) It slows down the proliferation and activity of the bacteria that cause spoilage and decay, but it considerably alters the appearance of food due to the loss of water. (III) With the success of freezing and its characteristics for retaining the food value of ingredients, drying is no longer an essential means of preserving food for times when it may be out of season or expensive. (IV) Since prehistoric times, cereals and fruits have been dried in the sun before being stored. (V) The drying of fruits and vegetables has been widely practiced for so long; in Greece for grapes, in Turkey for apricots, and in Iran and Spain for tomatoes. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V TEST BİTTİ. 22 CEVAPLARINIZI KONTROL EDİNİZ.  SINAVDA UYULACAK KURALLAR 1. Sınav salonları kamera ile kayıt altına alınacaktır. Kamera kayıtlarının incelenmesinden sonra sınav kuralla- rına uymadığı tespit edilen adayların sınavları ÖSYM Yönetim Kurulunca geçersiz sayılacaktır. 2. Cep telefonu ile sınava girmek kesinlikle yasaktır. Çağrı cihazı, telsiz, fotoğraf makinesi vb. araçlarla; cep bilgi- sayarı, kol ya da cep saati gibi her türlü bilgisayar özelliği bulunan cihazlarla; silah ve benzeri teçhizatla; müsved- de kâğıdı, defter, kitap, sözlük, sözlük işlevi olan elektronik aygıt, hesap cetveli, hesap makinesi, pergel, açıölçer, cetvel vb. araçlarla sınava girmek kesinlikle yasaktır. Bu araçlarla sınava girmiş adayların adı mutlaka Salon Sınav Tutanağına yazılacak, bu adayların sınavı geçersiz sayılacaktır. Sınava kalem, silgi, kalemtıraş, saat vb. araçla ve kulaklık, küpe, broş vb. takı, herhangi bir metal eşya ile girmek de kesinlikle yasaktır. Yiyecek, içecek vb. tüketim malzemeleri de sınava getirilemez. Adaylar sınava şeffaf şişe içerisinde su getirebilecektir. 3. Bu sınav için verilen toplam cevaplama süresi 150 dakikadır. Sınav başladıktan sonra ilk 110 ve son 15 dakika içinde adayın sınavdan çıkmasına kesinlikle izin verilmeyecektir. Bu süreler dışında, cevaplamayı sınav bitmeden ta- mamlarsanız cevap kâğıdınızı ve soru kitapçığınızı salon görevlilerine teslim ederek salonu terk edebilirsiniz. Bildirilen sürelere aykırı davranışlardan adayın kendisi sorumludur. 4. Sınav salonundan ayrılan aday, her ne sebeple olursa olsun, tekrar sınava alınmayacaktır. 5. Sınav süresince görevlilerle konuşmak, görevlilere soru sormak yasaktır. Aynı şekilde görevlilerin de adaylarla ya- kından ve alçak sesle konuşmaları ayrıca adayların birbirinden kalem, silgi vb. şeyleri istemeleri kesinlikle yasaktır. 6. Sınav sırasında, görevlilerin her türlü uyarısına uymak zorundasınız. Sınavınızın geçerli sayılması, her şeyden önce, sınav kurallarına uymanıza bağlıdır. Kurallara aykırı davranışta bulunanların ve yapılacak uyarılara uymayanların kimlik bilgileri Salon Sınav Tutanağına yazılacak ve sınavları geçersiz sayılacaktır. 7. Sınav sırasında kopya çeken, çekmeye kalkışan, kopya veren, kopya çekilmesine yardım edenlerin kimlik bilgileri Salon Sınav Tutanağına yazılacak ve bu adayların sınavları geçersiz sayılacaktır. Adayların test sorularına verdikleri cevapların dağılımları bilgi işlem yöntemleriyle incelenecek, bu incelemelerden elde edilen bulgular bireysel ya da toplu olarak kopya çekildiğini gösterirse kopya eylemine katılan adayın/adayların sınavı geçersiz sayılacak ayrıca 2 yıl boyunca ÖSYM tarafından düzenlenen tüm sınavlara başvurusu yasaklanabilecektir. Sınav görevlileri bir salondaki sınavın, kurallara uygun biçimde yapılmadığını, toplu kopya girişiminde bulunulduğu- nu raporlarında bildirdiği takdirde, ÖSYM bu salonda sınava giren tüm adayların sınavını geçersiz sayabilir. 8. Cevap kâğıdında doldurmanız gereken alanlar bulunmaktadır. Bu alanları doldurunuz. Cevap kâğıdınızı başkaları tarafından görülmeyecek şekilde tutmanız gerekmektedir. Cevap kâğıdına yazılacak her türlü yazıda ve yapılacak bütün işaretlemelerde kurşun kalem kullanılacaktır. Sınav süresi bittiğinde cevapların cevap kâğıdına işaretlenmiş olması gerekir. Soru kitapçığına işaretlenen cevaplar geçerli değildir. 9. Soru kitapçığınızı alır almaz kapağında bulunan ilgili alanları doldurunuz. Size söylendiği zaman, sayfaların eksik olup olmadığını, kitapçıkta basım hatalarının bulunup bulunmadığını ve soru kitapçığının her sayfasında basılı bulu- nan soru kitapçık numarasının, kitapçığın ön kapağında basılı soru kitapçık numarasıyla aynı olup olmadığını kontrol ediniz. Soru kitapçığınızın sayfası eksik ya da basımı hatalıysa değiştirilmesi için salon başkanına başvurunuz. Size verilen soru kitapçığının numarasını cevap kâğıdınızdaki “Soru Kitapçık Numarası” alanına yazınız ve kodlayınız. Cevap kâğıdınızdaki “Soru kitapçık numaramı doğru kodladım.” kutucuğunu işaretleyiniz. Soru kitapçığı üzerinde yer alan Soru Kitapçık Numarasını doğru kodladığınızı beyan eden alanı imzalayınız. 10. Sınav sonunda soru kitapçıkları toplanacak ve ÖSYM’de incelenecektir. Soru kitapçığınızın sayfalarını koparmayı- nız. Soru kitapçığının bir sayfası bile eksik çıkarsa sınavınız geçersiz sayılacaktır. 11. Cevap kâğıdına ve soru kitapçığına yazılması ve işaretlenmesi gereken bilgilerde bir eksiklik ve/veya yanlışlık ol- ması hâlinde sınavınızın değerlendirilmesi mümkün olamamaktadır, bu husustaki özen yükümlülüğü ve sorumluluk size aittir. 12. Soru kitapçığının sayfalarındaki boş yerleri müsvedde için kullanabilirsiniz. 13. Soruları ve/veya bu sorulara verdiğiniz cevapları ayrı bir kâğıda yazıp bu kâğıdı dışarı çıkarmanız kesinlikle yasaktır. 14. Sınav salonundan ayrılmadan önce, soru kitapçığınızı ve cevap kâğıdınızı salon görevlilerine eksiksiz olarak teslim etmeyi unutmayınız. Bu testlerin her hakkı saklıdır. Hangi amaçla olursa olsun, testlerin tamamının veya bir kısmının Merkezimizin yazılı izni olmadan kopya edilmesi, fotoğrafının çekilmesi, herhangi bir yolla çoğaltılması, yayımlanması ya da kullanılması yasaktır. Bu yasağa uymayanlar gerekli cezai sorumluluğu ve doğacak tüm mali külfeti peşinen kabullenmiş sayılır.  YABANCI DİL BİLGİSİ SEVİYE TESPİT SINAVI (YDS) 07 NİSAN 2013 İNGİLİZCE 1. A 21. D 41. C 61. B 2. D 22. A 42. A 62. C 3. C 23. C 43. D 63. E 4. E 24. D 44. C 64. A 5. B 25. A 45. E 65. E 6. D 26. B 46. B 66. C 7. C 27. E 47. A 67. B 8. A 28. E 48. D 68. A 9. B 29. A 49. C 69. D 10. E 30. B 50. E 70. C 11. D 31. A 51. B 71. E 12. D 32. E 52. A 72. C 13. C 33. C 53. E 73. D 14. E 34. E 54. C 74. A 15. D 35. B 55. D 75. C 16. A 36. D 56. E 76. E 17. E 37. A 57. B 77. D 18. B 38. E 58. C 78. B 19. D 39. D 59. A 79. C 20. E 40. C 60. C 80. B 

2013-Yabancı Dil Bilgisi Seviye Tespit Sınavı (YDS) İlkbahar Dönemi: Sınav Sonuçlarının Açıklanması

4 Ocak 2013 tarihli ve 28518 sayılı Resmi Gazetede yayımlanan Yabancı Dil Bilgisi Seviye Belirleme Usul ve Esasları Hakkında Yönetmelik kapsamında 7 Nisan 2013 tarihinde ilk kez uygulanan 2013-YDS İlkbahar Dönemi Sınavının değerlendirme işlemleri tamamlanmıştır.

Sınav sonuçları 17 Nisan 2013 günü saat 16:00’dan itibaren ÖSYM'nin https://sonuc.osym.gov.tr internet adresinden açıklanmıştır.

Adaylar sınav sonuçlarını belirtilen internet adresinden T.C. Kimlik Numaraları ve şifreleri ile öğrenebileceklerdir. Sınav Sonuç Belgesi basılmayacak ve adayların adreslerine gönderilmeyecektir.

Sınav sonuçlarına ilişkin sayısal bilgilere aşağıdaki bağlantıdan erişilebilecektir.

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