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OKAN EMANET ETYMOLOGIST & TEACHER OF ENGLISH
The kingdom where nobody _______,’ as Edna St. Vincent Millay once _______ childhood, is the fantasy of grown-ups. C) dies / described D) died / has described E) would die / might describe F) are dying / would describe G) was dying / is describing
Encounters _______ death are not limited to children who are in high-risk situations, _______ to those who are emotionally disturbed. C) around / either D) throughout / as E) towards / neither F) with / nor G) out of / when
Between the years 1861 and 1865, the United States _______ in a civil war, one of the most significant military confrontations in the young republic’s life. C) survived B) reigned C) respected D) inhaled E) engaged
Whereas it is not clear _______ made the first telescope, it may as well have been Leonard Digges, _______ probably made a telescope in about 1550. C) that / whom D) where / which C) who / who D) whose / when
A member of an academically talented family, Diels, most of _______ life was spent in the University of Kiel, _______ chemistry in Berlin with E Fischer. C) whose / studied D) which / is studying E) the fact that / would study F) where / studies G) what / had studied
Rudolph Diesel left for London when the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 began but he soon moved to Germany to continue his education, _______ studying at the Munich Polytechnic. A) reclusively B) rigorously C) eternally D) eventually E) radiantly
Edelman _______ planned a career as a concert violinist, but came to realize that he lacked the extroversion needed for success as a performer. A) gradually B) frantically C) intensively D) particularly E) originally
Thomas Edison _______ virtually no formal education, _______ from school as retarded. C) received / having been expelled D) having received / had been expelled E) receiving / expelled F) could receive / was expelled
One of the continuing themes of science ___(1)___ and understand the constituents of matter. Nuclear physics is one aspect of this ___(2)___ and deals with the nucleus at the centre of atoms. It grew naturally from ___(3)___ at the end of the 19th-c to understand the structure and composition of atoms and has had profound effects ___(4)___ the development of science ___(5)___ and on society in 1) A) is supposed to discover B) is to discover C) could discover D) might discover E) had discovered
2) A) resignation B) turmoil C) charge D) endeavour E) redemption 3) A) nuances B) complaints C) attempts D) growths E) temptations 4) A) on C) at E) about 5) A) by force B) in terms C) above all D) at all E) as a whole
B) from D) within
For many people, the thought of dying evokes as much fear and apprehension as _______ the thought of death _______.
A) is / themselves B) did / of theirs C) was / its own D) has / of their own E) does / itself
Einthoven’s father was a physician in Java, _______ the family lived _______ he was 10, afterwards settling in Utrecht.
D) where / until E) when / by the time F) which / when G) that / whom
Researchers have suggested several reasons for the difficulty _______ many individuals have _______ communicating with dying persons.
A) which / at B) where / on C) when / ---D) ---- / in
It was while _______ for his doctorate on semiconductors at the University of Tokyo (1959) that Esaki _______ a small research group at the Sony Corporation as well. A) worked / is leading B) works / had been leading C) had worked / would be leading D) working / was leading E) is leading / had been leading
Confucius affirmed that if people ___(1)___ about life as of yet, people may not know about death. Without knowledge of how to live, a person cannot know about death and dying. ___(2)___, Confucius was criticized for avoiding discussions of death. He did not encourage his followers to seek eternal life, ___(3)___ he discuss death, gods, ghosts, and the unknown future or afterlife in detail. He ___(4)___ that ghosts were spirits and were not easy to understand. Confucius concluded that these issues were complicated and abstract, and that it was better to spend time solving the problems of the present life ___(5)___ to look
1) A) do not know B) did not know C) had not known D) could not know E) would not know 2) A) Therefore B) Although C) However D) Even as E) Contrary to 3) A) neither did B) so did C) as did D) did, too E) nor did 4) A) maintained B) questioned C) sustained D) anchored E) hindered 5) A) as C) too E) even
B) than D) then
As a senior Government law officer, it is _______ that Fermat found time to maintain his skills as a linguist, amateur poet and, most notably, as an amateur mathematician. A) eminent B) random C) remarkable D) considerate E) translucent
The earliest mathematical writer whose name we _______ was the Egyptian scribe ‘Ahmes’, who in c.1650 BC _______ an earlier text on handling fractions and solving arithmetical problems. C) know / copied D) knew / has copied E) had known / will copy F) used to know / is copying G) are to know / will be copying
Today’s mathematicians clearly remember analysing the hidden traces of early maths _________________. C. if they will have a look into the rules of some miraculous formulae D.soon after they have revealed the difficulties of problems E.that early mathematicians could change the course of mathematical history F. when they started to get interested in the branch for the first time G.even if they have some clues as to where
_________________, remaining there as a professor for the rest of his life. C. Born in San Francisco, many scientists are known to be of London D. There used to be such influential scientists as FitzGerald and Thomas Wilson E. Andre Detris set off in her scientific investigation during her early age F. It was as a result of Bryan Reniard’s endeavors that science gained momentum G. George Francis FitzGerald was educated at
In the past several decades, a handful of cults _______ with mass deaths, _______ through murders, suicides, or standoffs with the government that ended tragically.
A) had been associated / neither B) have been associated / either C) were associated / nor D) would have associated / as
Many novels and novelists are altogether thought to constitute the main structure of literature , _______ reason people see their lives reflected . C)for which D)for what E)that F)the fact that G)where