1 - Although women in the United States have steadily increased their educational status, millions still have a problem obtaining appropriate education and training because “[r]ace, class, and gender …………………. organize American society in ways that put all women, but especially low-income women, at a disadvantage.
A) relatives B) competitive C) responses D) assumptions E) distinction
2 - They knew that they were being …………….. against because of their gender, and they refused to take it.
A) reacted B) appealed C) discriminated D) restricted E) rejected
3 - In 1869, two organizations for the promotion of women’s………….. were founded with different opinions on how to reach the same goal.
A) vote B) career C) way D) sellection E) suffrage
4 - the suffragettes were able to overcome these …………….. by altering their tactics, while still maintaining their objective.
A) measures B) obstacles C) dispositions D) benefits E) performances
5 - Japan as a country is so very ……………… and kind compared to the rest of the world its no wonder that it’s geographically separate from the rest of the world.
A) appealing B) tiring C) repulsive D) interesting E) examining
6 - Throughout human history, the ……………. of technology has been dependent on the cultural environment into which it was introduced.
A) appreciation B) acheivement C) disposition D) expansion E) diversion
7 - The study of history is a…………… and often ambiguous pursuit of reconstruction.
A) discriminating B) challenging C) dividing D) sickening E) embarrassing
8 - Due to the overuse of fossil fuels and other ozone destroying agents, the world will inevitably fall into a disastrous meltdown.
A) especially B) previously C) tremendously D) consistently E) inevitably
9 - Until the government can …………….. this, people of the world must understand the threat that global warming poses.
A) refer B) limit C) adopt D) prevent E) accomplish
10 - By the definition, science is the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment (Oxford dictionary). This crude definition is ………………… further by a world-famous sociologist Anthony Giddens as ‘the scientific study of human social life, groups, and societies.
A) allocated B) estimated C) invested D) defected E) elaborated
CEVAP ANAHTARI 1 - D 2 - C 3 - E 4 - B 5 - A 6 - D 7 - B 8 - E 9 - E 10 – E
1 - If investors …….. easily …………….., the startup ………………. more now.
A) are……..convincing / should raise B) are……. convinced / should raise* C) had….. been convinced / should have been raised D) had….. convinced/ should have raised E) are……. convinced / raises
2 - When I …………… to work for Yahoo after they ……….. our startup in 1998, it felt like the center of the world.
A) was going / bought B) went / had bought C) was going / had been bought D) went / bought* E) am going / buy
3 - The factories ……………….. environment was built many years ago and nobody…………………… against them.
A) polluting / came out* B) to pollute / came out C) have polluted / comes out D) have been polluting / came out E) have been polluted / comes out
4 - …………………. a lot of investors are entering this territory, there is still room for more.
A) When B) As if C) As though D) I wish E) Though*
5 - if angel investors ………… more active and better known, they………increasingly…….. ………. with VCs in brand.
A) had become / would……..be able to compete B) became / will ……….be able to compete C) would become / were……….. able to compete D) become / will………. be able to compete* E) become / have…… been able to compete
6 - I …………………………. in İstanbul since I………….. teaching English in a school and I am stil working here.
A) have been living / started* B) had lived / start C) have lived / starts D) have lived / have started E) am living / started
7 - Food …………………….. by a combination of factory farming and innovations in food processing into something with way more immediate bang for the buck, and you…………. the results in any town in America.
A) was transformed / could see B) transformed / could see C) transforms / can see D) has been transformed / can see* E) has been transformed / can be seen
8 – I …………………… recently that what one thing about in the shower in the morning is more important than I……………………..
A) realized / thought B) realized / had thought* C) have realized / thought D) had realized / thought E) was realized / had thought
9 - unless you get the money by inheriting it or winning a lottery, you’ve already been thoroughly trained that self-indulgence leads to trouble.
A) got / had………been B) get / will…………be C) had got / would……..be D) will get / will………….be E) get / have………been*
10 - It’s populated by people who talk a lot with one another as they work slowly but harmoniously on conservative, expensive projects…………………… destinations are decided in advance.
A) which B) that C) by which D) where E) whose*
CEVAP ANAHTARI
1 - B 2 - D 3 - A 4 - E 5 - D 6 - A 7 - D 8 - B 9 - E 10 – E
1 - The researchers suggest that the relief comes from a change in the brain’s ………………….. of the rest of the body
A) hesitation B) dedication C) representation D) evolution E) transportation
2 - . Using statistical physics and network science, the researchers were able to find something very ……………. about synchronization and coordination.
A) strained B) fundamental C) construct D) artificial E) affected
3 - if there are …………… delays in communication between just two or three parts of a system, performance of the entire system will eventually collapse.
A) observed B) transported C) developed D) prevented E) sustained
4 - New research has found that a genetic variant which reduces the chance of contracting diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy is more …………… in populations with long histories of urban living.
A) covered B) prevalent C) local D) open E) closed
5 - Groundwater represents about 30 percent of the……………………. fresh water on the planet, with surface water accounting for only one percent
A) inadvertent B) useless C) unprepared D) available E) unwrapt
6 - Below the earth’s crust stretches an approximately 1,800-mile-thick mantle ……………………… mostly of a mineral called magnesium silicate perovskite (MgSiO3).
A) reduced B) temporary C) closed D) compose E damaged
7 - We wanted to do an independent estimate because people had the sense that the numbers out there were not necessarily …………….
A) deficient B) failure C) rare D) direct E) accurate
8 - The human body normally has 10 times more microbes than human cells that help protect us …………. infection from disease-causing bacteria,
A) against B) about C) with D) through E) nextby
9 - The international team of scientists discovered an unexpectedly abrupt cooling event that occurred between …………… 1968 and 1972 in Northern Hemisphere ocean temperatures.
A) permanently B) sensibly C) seiously D) fully E) roughly
10 - An organism widely used for genetics-versus-environment studies has joined the panoply of mice, rats, dogs, humans and other species whose entire genomes have been ……………………
A) rewound B) replaced C) exerted D) sentenced E) sequenced.
CEVAP ANAHTARI 1 - C 2 - B 3 - E 4 - B 5 - D 6 - D 7 - E 8 - A 9 - E 10 - E
1 - the political independence of the European Central Bank came into question after it reversed course on its “exit strategy” of ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, unwinding the emergency financial measures it introduced in 2008.
A) gradually B) extremely C) ultimately D) deliberately E) previously
2 - Visiting South Korea, Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state, announced …………………. to intensify financial sanctions against North Korea.
A) responses B) achievement C) measures D) establishes E) relates
3 - Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said that European governments should help make Gaza …………………. independent.
A) firmly B) currently C) sensitively D) entirely E) similarly
4 - It was also novel to find myself surrounded by people who think Britain’s current education system is such a howling success that it should be ………………from serious reform.
A) detailed B) produced C) contributed D) assessed E) preserved
5 - The Dreamliner also promises a couple of comforts not …………… on the ground.
A) offensive B) exclusive C) convenient D) extensive E) apparent
6 - the government was hoping to secure a “………………….” extension of its standby agreement in to 2011.
A) disturbance B) enthusiasm C) scholarship D) precautionary E) attempt
7 - First thing in the morning, even before I listen to the news, I check on the sea’s mood and colour and the ……………….. of the waves.
A) progress B) texture C) device D) appreciation E) recession
8 - Although this year’s route is regarded by many as particularly tough, it could be considered a mere jaunt through the sunflowers compared to earlier Tours.
A) debaded B) confirmed C) regarded D) regulated E) conditioned
9 - They have also made these countries ………………… to violent disruption.
A) vulnerable B) sensible C) affordable D) reasonable E) stable
10 - The rulers of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, ancient as they are, have made……………….
A) suspects B) captives C) prisoners D) natives E) improvements
1 - A 2 - C 3 - D 4 - E 5 - E 6 - D 7 - B 8 - C 9 - A 10 – E
1 - Mr Balko wants them to stop sending men with guns to shut down the……………
A) appreciation B) indication C) competition D) promotion E) deception
2 - Although the gambling industry is highly regulated, its regulations often serve the interests of business and government rather than those of ……………………
A) demands B) establishes C) inhabitants D) consumers E) colleagues
3 - Many more Chinese fishing boats have been ………. this year in tuna-teeming waters off the islands.
A) developed B) resisted C) spotted D) reacted E) delivered
4 - Mr Obama says the …………components of his policy should not be seen in isolation.
A) confident B) reluctant C) simple D) various E) relative
5 - Meanwhile Iranian efforts to enrich more uranium seemed to be………… .. difficulties.
A) encountering B) helping C) complaining D) developing E) recordings
6 - The only reason the unemployment rate didn’t jump from 9.5% is that ……………….. workers are leaving the market.
A) prevented B) discouraged C) deserved D) promoted E) protected
7 - The global financial crisis exposed critical weaknesses in western economies. China, by contrast, suffered only a brief slowdown in its fast-paced growth before surging back into double-digit …………….
A) recession B) recegnition C) depressio D) expansion E) decision
8 - Microbes and plants …………….. pull carbon, nitrogen and oxygen from the atmosphere and pump them back out in different forms.
A) additionaly B) extremly C) respectively D) effectively E) endlessly
9 - Floods in Pakistan killed an ……………. 1,500 people and stranded, displaced or otherwise affected over 3m.
A) carried B) established C) releted D) estimated E) demanded
10 - As Australia’s national election campaign entered its final two weeks, opinion polls showed a surge of …………………….. for the opposition conservative coalition.
A) expand B) contract C) impact D) device E) support
CEVAP ANAHTARI 1 - C 2 - D 3 - C 4 - D 5 - A 6 - B 7 - D 8 - B 9 - D 10 – E
A) drugs B) copper C) solutions D) substances E) vaccine
2 - Men in the North don’t go to the doctors very often and we wanted to see if that approach to health care would ……………. their attitudes to the male pill.
A) compensate B) influence C) ensure D) account E) deliver
3 - Although the exact mechanism is not …………….. understood, the most common systemic reaction is hemolytic anemia..
A) precisely B) preferably C) completely D) forcefully E) potentially
4 - An international study led by biologists and neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania has identified a new genetic risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,…………… known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
A) obviously B) reluctantly C) offensively D) highly E) commonly
5 - The Greeks and Romans were the first to advance a theory of sensation, the idea that the brain and nervous system have a role in producing the……………….. of pain..
A) conclusion B) regulation C) examination D) perception E) recession
6 - Gout is a disease that results from an overload of uric acid in the body. This overload of uric acid leads to the……………. of tiny crystals of urate that deposit in tissues of the body, especially the joints
A) formation B) distraction C) revelation D) objection E) combination
7 - The kidneys play key roles in body function, not only by filtering the blood and getting rid of waste products, but also by balancing levels of electrolyte levels in the body, controlling blood pressure, and …………………….. the production of red blood cells.
A) increasing B) stimulating C) attributing D) changing E) discovering
8 - Each globulin chain contains an important central ………………. called the heme molecule.
A) target B) undermine C) obstruct D) E) structure
9 - missed menstrual period is most often the first sign of pregnancy. Sometimes a woman who is pregnant may still experience some bleeding or spotting around the time of the expected period, typically 6 to 12 days after ………………………..
A) option B) retention C) precision D) conception E) apprehension
10 – There are two types of headaches: primary headaches and secondary headaches. Primary headaches are not ……………….with (caused by) other diseases. Examples of primary headaches are migraine headaches, tension headaches, and cluster headaches. Secondary headaches are caused by associated diseases such as brain tumors, strokes, meningitis, subarachnoid hemorrhages, caffeine withdrawal, or discontinuation of analgesics. In rare occasions, headaches may signal heart attacks.
A) compared B) associated C) disscussed D) diagnosed E) projected
1 - If the feature film’s synopsis sounds overly familiar to Chinese audiences—it tells the story …………events leading up to the party’s founding in Shanghai—a television drama being prepared ………. the occasion takes a more unusual approach.
A) with / on B) of / for C) in / about D) by / for E) at / on
2 - I was invited …….. a small group of journalists …….. a briefing today by Barack Obama on his Iran policy.
A) in / in B) of / on C) with / to D) at / to E) to / about
3 - Iranians were surprised by ………. tough America had been and this had given rise to internal “rumblings.
A) what B) how much C) whatever D) which E) how
4 - If anything about the planet ………….. unlikely to partake in a process of endless recycling, you ……………. this ball of metal, 1,200 kilometres across, squeezed from every direction by a planet’s worth of weight, would be it—a dense static hub about which all else turns.
A) was looked / might think B) looked / might think C) is looking / think D) can look / might think E) had looked / were thought
5 - The only good news is that the dollar weakened further after the annoucement, ………… will help US exporters in what is becoming an increasingly desperate battle for global market share.
A) that B) whose C) whom D) which E) who
6 - There has always been debate about……………. chinese system is better than western system within china, especially now.
A) whether B) what C) how D) wherever E) somehow
7 - Last week a less well-known politician, Vince Cable, …………… is the British secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, gave a speech …………. he highlighted the importance of innovation to Britain’s economic recovery.
A) that / in which B) who / which C) who / that D) whom /that E) who / in which
8 - Warren Buffett announced that 40 of America’s richest individuals and families extended an invitation to join to other signatories, ………….. have agreed to donate at least half of their wealth to charity during their lifetimes, or after their deaths.
A) that B) who C) by which D) whom E) which
9 - Saudi Arabia ordered mobile-network operators to suspend BlackBerry services in the kingdom, because its security agencies cannot crack the smartphone platform’s code to monitor exchanged data.
A) because of B) once C) even if D) unless E) because
10 - He gave warning that a double-dip recession could occur if house prices declined again.
A) occured / declined B) would have occured / declined C) could occur / declined D) was occured / had declined E) is occuring / have declined
1 - B 2 - C 3 - E 4 - B 5 - B 6 - D 7 - A 8 - E 9 - B 10 – C
A) wouldn’t have been surprised / get B) hadn’t been surprised / got C) wouldn’t be surprised / get D) weren’t surprised / got E) wouldn’t be surprised / would get
2 - The storm formed Tuesday from a tropical depression in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, but it struggled to gain strength ……….. upper-level winds known as wind shear disrupted it
A) because B) when C) as soon as D) as if E) as though .
A) …….found / hit B) had.. found / hit C) has… been found / hit D) has… found / hit E) was…found / hit
4 - When he t…………over the group from his uncle, J.R.D. Tata, in 1991, it………… an unwieldy sprawl of 300 companies.
A) takes / will have been B) had taken / had been C) took / was D) takes / has been E) will take / has been
5 - Both Julia Gillard and the leader of Australia’s conservative opposition, Tony Abbott, ………… about finding a “regional solution” to Australia’s refugee problem.
A) talk B) will talk C) have talked D) have been talking E) talked
A) that B) whose C) which D) where E) whom
7 - Tony …………… the man supporting all his life when he ……… in the firm.
A) has known / faces B) would know / faced C) knew / was facing D) has known /will face E) knew / faced
8 - He believes that local officials fabricated the case against him ………….. to force his silence.
A in order B) because of C) instead of D) in case of E) in addition to
9 - He took me to see a village near his home, ……….. he says local officials smartened up with new houses in order to impress the high-level dignitaries who come to inspect pollution-control measures.
A) in which B) where C) which D) that E) whose
10 - When he …………. the room, suddenly he thought his keys……………. at home, but they were on him.
A) was entering / were B) had entered / had been C) entered / had been D) has entered / are E) was entered / had been
1 - C 2 - A 3 - E 4 - C 5 - A 6 - D 7 - E 8 - A 9 - C 10 – C
3 - Rutgers researchers are developing methods that can …………..assess the severity of prostate cancer by analyzing magnetic resonance images and spectra of a patient’s prostate gland. 8 - This finding is important because it may lead to the development of drugs that could stop or slow cancer…………….., or improve current treatments.
A) cautiously B) accurately C) scarcely D) preventably E) closely
4 - This may help physicians decide more confidently which patients need aggressive treatment and which are better served by “watchful waiting,” and could even ………….. or eliminate invasive biopsies in patients with low-grade tumors.
A) postpone B) compare C) perceive D) maintain E) vary
5 - Researchers have found an association between physical fitness and the brain in 9- and 10-year-old children: Those who are more fit tend to have a bigger hippocampus and perform better on a test of ………… than their less-fit peers.
A) compound B) stroke C) ingredient D) receptor E) memory
6 - A new research project at Northumbria University may have important ………………. for the world of football (soccer).
A) continual B) esseential C) implications D) interaction E) nutrition
7 - In what could lead to a major advance in the treatment of prostate cancer, scientists now know exactly why polyphenols in red wine and green tea ………… cancer growth. This new discovery, published online in The FASEB Journal, explains how antioxidants in red wine and green tea produce a combined effect to disrupt an important cell signaling pathway necessary for prostate cancer growth.
8 - This finding is important because it may lead to the development of drugs that could stop or slow cancer…………….., or improve current treatments.
A) revelation B) combination C) indication D) progression E) association
10 - Irritable bowel syndrome makes life miserable for those affected — an estimated ten percent or more of the population.
A) Irritable B) transient C) reluctant D) excessive E) compulsive
1 - B 2 - E 3 - B 4 - A 5 - E 6 - C 7 - C 8 - D 9 - B 10 – A
A) reserve B) denial C) separation D) condition E) resistance
4 - The discovery could …………….. to development of a simple dietary remedy for many of the more than 23 million Americans suffering from diabetes and other conditions.
A) avoide B) suffer C) fall D) lead E) develop
5 - The scientists say omega-3 fatty acids activate this macrophage receptor, resulting in broad anti-inflammatory effects and improved systemic insulin sensitivity.
A) significant B) nutritious C) sensitivity D) preventive E) depentent
1 - America ………….. by the fire of extremism in its own backyard when it ………………. by Islamic extremists.
A) is burning / has been attacked B) has been burnt / is attacked C) was burnt / was attacked D) is burnt / will be attacked E) had been burnt / was being attacked
.2 - In South Africa more than a million public sector workers went on strike indefinitely ……………. rejecting the government’s offer of a 7% pay rise.
A) before B) while C) whereas D) after E) if
3 - If such a tax …………. to be introduced, it…………. be extremely onerous to make even a dent in what has been estimated as the $1 trillion cost of improving the North’s infrastructure and living conditions to anything like the standards set by South Korea.
A) were / would have to B) had been / would have to C) were / had to D) are / has to E) were / would have had to
4 - Unemployment in Germany is now lower than it was …………… the crisis began.
A) because
B) as C) when D) although E) once
5 - A new book that graphically documents the spectacular natural recovery of Victoria’s ash forests ……………………..the Black Saturday bushfires also argues that wildfires are typical natural disturbances in these environments.
A) although B) though C) after D) before E) providing
6 - There are very few places in the world …………..economists and hydrologists, historians and ecologists, foresters, geographers and climatologists work together towards common objectives. A) whose B) which C) that D) where E) whom
7 – ………………. three years of listening to the perspectives of traditional owners along the Murray river, Weir realised that both Indigenous peoples and bureaucrats shared a common desire to preserve the environment
A) When B) While C) In case D) Even if E) After
8 - ……………… I learnt by working with Aboriginal people along the Murray was that there are some really fundamental cognitive lapses in the way we [as Westerners] talk about environmental issues today.
A) Why B) What C) Whoever D) whichever E) how 9 - If you ………. these things solely by press headlines, you ……………. that the pope was about to face a lynch mob of jeering Protestants and vengeful atheists
A) had judged / would assume B) judged / would have assumed C) judged / would assume D) judges / will assume E) have judged / will have assumed
10 - In all, 53 people died, a military base was destroyed and the fires reached land contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
A) was destroyed / reached B) had been destroyed / had reached C) destroyed / had reached D) was destroying / was reaching E) would have destroyed / reached
1 - C 2 - D 3 - A 4 - C 5 - C 6 - D 7 - E 8 - B 9 - C 10 – A
A) spread B) recieve C) argument D) compulsion E) random
2 - The research is also a necessary step toward creating ………………… photosynthesis, where fuel could be generated directly from the sun, much as plants do.
3 - Animal flocks, be it honeybees, fish, ants or birds, often move in surprising synchronicity and seemingly make unanimous decisions at a moment’s notice, a phenomenon which has……………… puzzling to many researchers.
A) remained B) calculated C) illustrated D) observed E) represented
4 - For scientists, supernovae are true superstars — massive explosions of huge, dying stars that shine light on the shape and fate of the universe.
A) protectionseperation B) seperation C) explosions D) association E) interpretation
5 - Researchers have found an ……………. between physical fitness and the brain in 9- and 10-year-old children
A) resolution B) preservation C) combustion D) association E) controbution
6 – Surveying the microwave sky, Planck has obtained its very first images of galaxy clusters, ……………the largest objects in the Universe.
A) above B) below C) amongst D) between E) following
7 - The …………….. system is going to be no bigger than a wallet, so it could easily be embedded in cars and other places,”
A) complete B) inaccurate C) defective D) incomplete E) stuffed
8 - An international research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol has …………….. a new approach to quantum computing that could soon be used to perform complex calculations that cannot be done by today’s computers.
A) maintained B) increased C) decreased D) devoloped E) proceed
9 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their partners have announced the preliminary release of the sequenced genome of the cacao tree, an …………….. that will help sustain the supply of high-quality cocoa to the $17 billion U.S. chocolate industry and protect the livelihoods of small farmers around the world by speeding up development, through traditional breeding techniques, of trees better equipped to resist the droughts, diseases and pests that threaten this vital agricultural crop.
A) failure B) agreement C) achievement D) complement E) incoordinate
10 - Glaciers can help actively growing mountains become higher by protecting them from ……………., according to a University of Arizona-led research team.
A) drought B) flood C) disaster D) famine E) erosion
1 - A 2 - D 3 - A 4 - A 5 - D 6 - C 7 - A 8 - D 9 - C 10 – E
1 - In this case, you not only increase your self-confidence by living in another country, you’ll also add ……………… work experience to your CV – a bonus when it comes to job hunting after college.
A) valuable B) insignificant C) rough D) eager E) industrious
2 - Those aged between 19 and 35, with relevant experience of working with groups of children, can spend up to eight weeks teaching sporting, arts and dramatic activities at camp and have time to travel around North America afterwards.
A) consistent B) inconvenient C) relevant D) adorable E) pleasant
3 - Work Australia offers 18-25 year olds more time to spare, the opportunity to work and travel down under” for up to 12 months.
A) facility B) complication C) destitution D) constancy E) opportunity
4 - Education in Britain is primarily the ………………… of local educational authorities although the central government lays down guidelines and provides or withholds money.
A) irresponsibility B) responsibility C) invalidty D) dissatisfaction E) hesitation
5 - The public ……….. in England and Wales between the supporters of comprehensive schools and those who want to retain or revive grammar schools continues unabated.
A) apology B) shelter C) immunity D) debate E) alliance
6 - The women were honored last week in Washington for their efforts to………….. democracy and women’s rights in their countries.
A) enforce B) forward C) expand D) contract E) relieve
7 - THE surprisingly strong and successful German recovery is almost ……………… a consequence of export demand, in particular from vigorous growth of emerging markets.
A) entirely B) hardly C) briefly D) scarcely E) awfully
8 - The political puzzle that Barack Obama and the Democrats need to …………….. is just why such a large chunk of America’s white middle class appears to feel that American honour and values are in jeopardy, and why they appear to blame this president for this perceived danger.
A) make up B) get rid of C) take up D) figure out E) get on
9 - The debate may soon be cut short by the advance of technical ……………. that give users more insight and control over online data use.
A) estimation B) solutions C) constitution D) contribution E) isolation
10 - Russia announced a temporary ban on all its grain exports, after a severe ……………… and fires devastated the country’s wheat crops.
A) famine B) flood C) eruption D) drought E) hunting
1 - A 2 - C 3 - E 4 - B 5 - D 6 - C 7 - A 8 - D 9 - B 10 – D
1 - The new findings are significant ……………… the nature of the virus in the male genital tract is of central importance to understanding the transmission process and the selective pressures that may impact the transmitted virus.
A) because of B) although C) why D) however E) because
2 — When we ………. at sequences in the blood, we hardly…….. any that were the same,
A) were looking / had …..found B) had looked / were….. finding C) have looked / found D) are looking / have looked E) looked / found
3 - They found two mechanisms that significantly altered the viral population in the semen, …………. they called clonal amplification and compartmentalization.
A) that B) whose C) which D) when E) where
4 - Swanstrom’s laboratory is now exploring………….evolutionary selection for some special property of the virus is occurring in the seminal tract that does not happen in the blood.
A) whether B) even if C) that D) so that E) what
5 - When we ………. this research, we…………… at three factors, said Kristin Bilyeu, a researcher with the USDA Agriculture Research Service located in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at MU.
A) had started / were looking B) started / were looking C) had started / looked D) had started / would have looked E) started / had looked
6 - …………….. soybean oil spoiled when heated, producers had to hydrogenate the oil to keep it stable, thus creating trans fats.
A) Despite B) In spite of C) So that D) In order that E) Because
7 - The results showed that …………. the expression group ……….. the control group differed significantly in the number of cigarettes smoked from week to week.
A) either……..or B) so………..that C) such that D) neither…..nor E) both …….of
8 - ………… the cause of MS is unknown, microorganisms seem to play some sort of role.
A) Although B) In spite of C) As if D) As though E) Since
9 - Washington State University researchers have discovered the mechanism………….. the brain switches from a wakeful to a sleeping state.
A) which B) by which C) that D) whom E) who
10 - Even …………… the dawn of science, people have known that wakeful activity, from working to thinking to worrying, affects the sleep that follows.
A) before B) after C) when D) as E) since
1 - E 2 - E 3 - C 4 - A 5 - B 6 - E 7 - D 8 - A 9 - B 10 – A
1 – The study ………………. definitive proof of a theory that was first proposed in the 1950s by Nobel Laureate in physiology and medicine
A) encounters
B) disappears
C) challenges
D) provides
E) represents
2 – Interestingly, while the scientists found a lot of ……………………, they also found many differences in the methods and the types of genes that are being regulated in humans.
A) simililarities
B) disagreement
C) temper
D) analogy
E) companionship
3 – In particular, it was discovered that specific types of viruses that ……………… themselves in the human genomes millions of years ago have dramatically changed the gene regulatory network in human stem cells.
A) invaded
B) inserted
C) inherited
D) complated
E) considered
4 – The comparisons between the human and mouse model system in the study of gene regulatory networks help to advance the understanding of how stem cells ………………………. into various cell types of the body.
A) associate
B) abolish
C) weaken
D) differentiate
E) assamble
5 – More research will need to be done in both human and non-human primate stem cells for findings on stem cells to be used in clinical……………..
A) compassion
B) consideration
C) examination
D) application
E) conclusion
6 – The researchers are also looking at the ……………….. of preoperative assessment of patients at home.
A) probability
B) possibility
C) suspended
D) facility
E) activity
7 – Many patients take very long journeys and often wait hours to see an anesthesiologist who will ask them specific questions, but video-conferencing could eliminate these logistical problems and probably reduce the preoperative …………………of the patients coming into the hospital before surgery.
A) estimate
B) purpose
C) delight
D) stress
E) idea
8 – Children at risk for diabetes before they reach puberty also appear to be at risk for……………. bones.
A) weak
B) intensive
C) delicate
D) fit
E) veined
9 – It may have more to do with how fat is ……………….. throughout the body.
A) abstract
B) subscribed
C) revealed
D) ended
E) distributed
10 – In the study, which examined mothers’ behaviors during infants’ bedtimes, parents had the most success with their children’s sleep when they responded ………………….. to their children’s cues.
A) hardly
B) briefly
C) appropriately
D) solely
E) plausibly
1 – D
2 – A
3 – B
4 – D
5 – D
6 – B
7 – D
8 – A
9 – E
10 – C
