YDS Vocabulary (kelime) Sınav Soruları IV

1.

Their mother warned Peter and David not to go near the .......... mine as some of the old mine shafts had not been properly sealed.

A) disabled

B) abundant

C) sensible

D) irrelevant

E) disused

2.

"It will take a long time to repair the damage done by the previous government," announced the incoming president. "However, ............ we will have this country back on its feet."

A) shamefully

B) formerly

C) ultimately

D) continually

E) frequently

3.

At the end of the messy divorce proceedings, the waning couple finally managed to reach a/an .............. settlement. "It is good to see an agreeable end to things," commented the magistrate.

A) hostile

B) amicable

C) ambitious

D) nasty

E) dazzling

4.

It used to be impossible for me to get to sleep because of the next door neighbour's dog barking incessantly. Now it only happens ............. but even now-and-again, it is still irritating.

A) desperately

B) regularly

C) supposedly

D) noticeably

E) occasionally

5.

Every month, Fred visits the cemetery in Blackpool, because his wife is ........... there and he likes to put flowers on her grave.

A) dug

B) isolated

C) buried

D) contracted

E) covered

6.

In most countries, the ............ of lessons is forty minutes at elementary schools, but fifty in high schools, because students can concentrate for longer periods of time as they grow older.

A) motivation

B) discipline

C) capability

D) percentage

E) duration

7.

Carl Walenda, the great tightrope walker, balanced .............. over Niagara Falls. Had he looked down, he would have seen a three hundred-foot drop to the thundering water below!

A) highly

B) pleasantly

C) partially

D) fatally

E) daringly

8.

Guy Fawkes was executed as a/an .......... in 1606 for trying to blow up the King and parliament.

A) acquaintance

B) conqueror

C) detective

D) traitor

E) defender

9.

The only .............. to having the Whites as next door neighbours is that they occasionally play their music too loud; otherwise, they are very nice people.

A) possibility

B) pleasure

C) drawback

D) comment

E) consideration

10.

idi Amin, who declared himself President of Uganda for life, was a .......... ruler, who treated his people brutally and some 300.000 citizens are believed to have been killed during his rule.

A) ruthless

B) treacherous

C) explanatory

D) miserable

E) undeniable

11.

It is .......... that Mr Brown arrives on time. If he is late, then all our plans will be ruined.

A) considerable

B) regretful

C) hesitating

D) experimental

E) essential

12.

My passport ran out last month, and I had to get a new one. The new one is .............. for ten years and runs out in 2008.

A) realistic

B) valid

C) disused

D) practical

E) allowable

13.

The crowd at the demonstration last week showed a great deal of ............. . They attacked police with bricks and bottles.

A) tenderness

B) silence

C) assumption

D) hostility

E) maintenance

14.

Everyone on board the plane was expecting a rough landing because of the heavy winds. However, they were relieved that the pilot managed to land the plane ........... .

A) smoothly

B) ultimately

C) silently

D) presently

E) gratefully

15.

Wendy was very grateful for all that Sarah had done for her. To show her how much she ........... it, she bought her a big bunch of Sowers.

A) appreciated

B) applauded

C) observed

D) demonstrated

E) resented

16.

Ever since the sales clerk left, they have been desperately looking for someone to fill the .......... but so far, they haven't been able to find anyone suitable.

A) store

B) tolerance

C) residence

D) accommodation

E) vacancy

17.

People buy mountain spring water for its ........... because its sources are generally free of contaminants.

A) softness

B) attention

C) deficiency

D) competence

E) purity

18.

The head office was severely understaffed because of the 'flu bug' that was going around. In fact, the manager couldn't remember the last time that numbers had been so ........... .

A) acquired

B) depleted

C) extended

D) offended

E) inflated

19.

We had to give some of our butter away when we inadvertently bought too much. Still, it is better to have a/an .............. rather than have none at all.

A) surplus

B) density

C) access

D) deficiency

E) additive

20.

When Arnie fell over, he landed heavily on his wrist. At first it was so painful that he thought it was broken. However, X-rays showed that he had only ............. it.

A) folded

B) sprained

C) broiled

D) operated

E) disguised

21.

Oxygen in the air is ............ to the survival of mankind. If it weren't present, then we would all die.

A) familiar

B) vital

C) abundant

D) vague

E) satisfactory

22.

The burglar was being ............ by the police when he ran out in front of a car.

A) conducted

B) chased

C) performed

D) disguised

E) noticed

23.

Graham's car was in need of a complete ............. and he was worried that having everything replaced was going to cost him a lot of money.

A) maintenance

B) overhaul

C) exaggeration

D) recovery

E) estimation

24.

I didn't .............. the raised paving stone In time, and as a result, I tripped over it and fell flat on my face!

A) squeeze

B) soothe

C) crash

D) spot

E) grasp

25.

The temperature in the foundry has to remain ......... . If the heat goes up or down even slightly, then the whole process has to be aborted.

A) probable

B) content

C) constant

D) instant

E) indifferent

26.

Though it felt as if it would go on forever, winter ............ ended and spring arrived.

A) regretfully

B) deliberately

C) barely

D) allegedly

E) eventually

27.

"Although travel insurance is .............. and you don't have to have it, I strongly recommend it," the travel agent advised to us.

A) optional

B) permissible

C) decisive

D) compulsory

E) inevitable

28.

"We will have to stop sending food into the hijackers," said the police spokesman. "By ........... them of it, we will drive them out sooner."

A) aiding

B) consisting

C) containing

D) demolishing

E) depriving

29.

Pauline's exam results were nothing short of .......... . It was as if an angel had been guiding her hand.

A) meticulous

B) miraculous

C) vigorous

D) precious

E) ridiculous

30.

The postman called with a great big parcel for Rebecca. It contained three new dresses that she had ordered. She usually takes .............. of new clothes in this way.

A) settlement

B) pride

C) pleasure

D) delivery

E) resentment

31.

Wasps are horrible creatures. If you annoy them, they will........... you, and that really hurts!

A) float

B) sung

C) beat

D) lead

E) swing

32.

Peter was surprised that his designs were accepted by the fabric company. "I'd only ............. sketched them and was about to do them properly when the company representative saw them," he explained.

A) moderately

B) barely

C) roughly

D) seemingly

E) entirely

33.

The water in the pond in our back garden hasn't been replaced for months, and has therefore become ........... . The water smells horrible, and we'll have to do something about it.

A) hesitant

B) opaque

C) temporary

D) stagnant

E) permanent

34.

Fred felt totally ............ when the other children began to tease and embarrass him in the playground.

A) humiliated

B) evaluated

C) dedicated

D) involved

E) adjusted

35.

We pleaded with the driver to let us on the last bus out of town. We were desperate, as we had no money for a taxi. Luckily, he was ............... and let us on.

A) merciful

B) qualified

C) fortunate

D) nasty

E) efficient

36.

Sometimes I can't understand what Lionet says as he often .......... and doesn't speak clearly.

A) mumbles

B) anticipates

C) reckons

D) screams

E) stumbles

37.

Bert was in trouble when a policeman stopped him for .............. the speed limit. "I was only going at ten miles-an-hour over the limit," he pleaded.

A) maintaining

B) obeying

C) lessening

D) competing

E) exceeding

38.

The most important, and also the strongest, bone in the human leg is the ........ cap.

A) skull

B) wrist

C) ankle

D) elbow

E) knee

39.

The rapid ............. in the company's volume of business forced them to make some of the workers redundant.

A) decline

B) expansion

C) inclination

D) upturn

E) tendency

40.

It was a horrible accident, and the force of the ............ sent Martha's head through the windscreen.

A) collision

B) conclusion

C) consultation

D) confusion

E) confession

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