01   What item attracted a top bid of £6.9m before being removed from the internet auction site eBay?  [bid = ihalede, açık arttırmada teklif...  auction /O:K-şın/ (/O/ az uzatılacak) = açık arttırma, müzayede]

a. an Ottoman belly dance costume

b. the Kingdom of Belgium

c. an Iranian nuclear facility [facility = tesis]

d. two golden Hittite bull statuettes recently unearthed at Hattusas  [to unearth = "günışığına" (=toprak üstüne) çıkarmak]

   --- b ---

 02   Plans are underway to open a planetarium where people can learn about astronomy and a botanical park where 4,000 different kinds of plants can be explored in the southern Anatolian city of ............... . [to be underway = (planlanması ve/ya yapımı) başlamış ve devam ediyor olmak...]

a. Adana              b. Gaziantep

c. Urfa                  d. Mersin

   --- b ---

 03   A Chinese man dropped dead after playing ............... for three days nonstop.

a. chess                 b. saxaphone

c. poker                 d. online computer games

   --- d ---

 04   The chief prosecutor of Beyoğlu has demanded a prison term of four-and-a-half to nine years for the police officer that allegedly shot and killed a ............... migrant during interrogation in Istanbul's Beyoğlu police station last month. [chief prosecutor = başsavcı... allegedly /ı-Lİ-cidli/ = iddia edildiğine göre... interrogation = sorgulama]

a. Ghanaian           b. Bulgarian

c. Moldavian         d. Nigerian

   --- d ---

 05   A 12-year-old Turkish junior athlete is to receive the Baron Coubertin grand trophy by the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) for 2006. She is being given the award for her fair play conduct last year, when she stopped to help an opponent who had fallen down while leading a local race. What is her name?

a. Hilal Coşkuner            b. Süreyya Ayhan

c. Nevin Yanıt                  d. Mülkiye Yılmaz

   --- a ---

 01   The Higher Education Board's (YÖK) Chairman Erdoğan Teziç indirectly asked President Abdullah Gül to remain objective and ---------- in his evaluation of the government's draft constitution which allegedly includes the lifting of the turban ban in universities. [september 25, 2007] [draft = taslak, kaba ilk kopya... allegedly /ı-Lİ-cidli/ = iddia edildiğine göre... ban /BÆN/ = yasaklama, dışlama, sokmama]

a. impartial             b. prejudiced

c. hypocritical       d. bigoted

   --- a ---

NOT: Sözcükler özel ve titizlikle seçilmektedir. Verdiğim açıklamalar dışında bilmedikleriniz varsa sözlüğe danışmanızı sımsıcak öneririm. Özellikle sıkı sınavlara hazırlanıyorsanız -- ve tabii ileri İngilizce'ye soyunan herkes için de... Pişman olmayacaksınız...

 02   The opening of which chain store in Ümraniye yesterday [september 25, 2007] offering a 50 percent discount on all items resembled a demonstration scene with security guards using tear gas to diffuse the crowds, specially trained police dogs on the scene, nearby traffic being brought to a halt and an ambulance on standby? [to diffuse the crowds = kalabalıkları dağıtmak... to bring to a halt = durmasına yol açmak, hareketsiz hale getirmek... on standby = yardıma hazır beklemede]

a. Macromedia Markt        b. Metromedia Markt

c. Multimedia Markt           d. Media Markt

   --- d ---

 03   Chanting "democracy, democracy", 10,000 monks marched through the heart of ---------- 's main city yesterday in defiance of a threat by the ruling generals to send in troops to end the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years. [september 25, 2007] Which South Asian country are we talking about?  [Here is your clue: "Formerly known as Burma"] [to chant = şarkı söylemek, bir ağızdan makamla söylemek... monk = rahip... defiance /di-FA-yıns/ = boyun eğmeme, meydan okuma... clue /KLU:/= ipucu... formerly = eskiden, önceleri]

a. Vietnam                b. Cambodia

c. Myanmar              d. Laos

   --- c ---

 04   Japan's parliament elected 71-year-old Yasuo ---------- as prime minister yesterday [september 25, 2007]. The Parliament was split over his election, with the lower house supporting him but the upper house choosing an opposition leader. Under parliamentary rules, the lower house decision triumphed. [to be split = (ikiye) bölünmüş olmak... to triumph = muzaffer olmak] ["Lower house" kabaca "meclis"; "upper house" kabaca "senato" karşılığı kullanılır. Örneğin, Britanya Avam Kamarası "lower house"; Lordlar Kamarası "upper house" tur. Aslında, hemen bütün demokrasilerde asıl karar mercii "lower house" tur.]

a. Harakiri                  b. Fukuda

c. Bonsai                      d. İkebana

   --- b ---

 05   Nobel prize winning Turkish author ---------- has reportedly purchased a two bedroom apartment in Manhattan for 1.8 million dollars. ---------- is known for his love of İstanbul. ---------- 's study looked out at the Bosphorus, the legendary strait of water, depending on how you look at things, either pulls the worlds of Asia and Europe apart, or brings them together. ---------- 's new Manhattan apartment, while it does not have a view of the Bosphorus, does look onto New York's Hudson River... Who are we talking about?

a. Orkan Yamuk          b. Orkun Çaput

c. Orçun Çıfıt                d. Orhan Pamuk

   --- d ---

 01   After days-long discussions Turkland and Iraq signed a security agreement to combat the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The deal, however, fell short of meeting Ankara's demand concerning the inclusion of a " ------------ ------------- " clause in the agreement.  [days-long = günler süren, günler boyu... security agreement = güvenlik andlaşması... deal = anlaşma, uzlaşma... to fall short of = yerine getirememek, karşılayamamak, yetersiz kalmak ("kısa düşmek" kavramından)... clause /KLO:Z/ = madde, koşul (bir andlaşma metninde, vb)... inclusion = dahil etme ("to include" fiilinden... Tersi exclusion = dışlama, dışında bırakma; "to exclude" fiilinden)]

"sıcak takip" =

a. feverish search  

b. flaming chase

c. hot pursuit

d. warm following

   --- c ---

 02   ------------ has cost Turkland between YTL 2.5 billion and YTL 3 billion this year, acutely affecting nearly half a million farming families and causing new spikes in consumer food prices. [to affect = etkilemek... spike = sert zam (bir grafikte mızrakımsı sivri yükseliş kavramından)... consumer = tüketici... ["to consume" fiilinden... Tersi producer = üretici; "to produce" fiilinden] [İlginç bir hatırlatma notu: "Production" = üretim... "Consumption" = 1. tüketim; 2. (halk dilinde) verem hastalığı... Dolayısıyla, "productive" = "üretken, verimli"... Fakat, "consumptive" /kın-SAMP-tiv/ sözcüğünün ekonomide yeri yoktur; "tüberkülozlu gibi, zayıf nahif, kaşetik görünümde" demektir...]

a. earthquake             b. drought

c. landslide                  d. flooding

   --- b ---

 03   The Turkish Parliament (TBMM) begins its new ------------ ------------ today, following an address by the newly-elected President A. Gul  [address = hitap, bir gruba veya topluluğa hitaben konuşma] ["to address" = 1. hitap etmek, konuşma yapmak; 2. o kişi/kişiler/şeylere yönlendirmek -- zaten "posta adresi" kavramı da buradan geliyor]... Aşağıda "yasama, yargı, yürütme" kavramlarını içeren üç sözcük de yer alıyor.]

"yasama yılı" =

a. legislative year               b. judiciary year

c. executive year                d. governmental year

   --- a ---

 04   Revealing its red lines for the draft constitution, the Board of Presidents of the Supreme Court of Appeals stated, "The principle of secularism, which is one of the main pillars of the Republic, cannot be ------------ down." [to reveal = açığa vurmak, ifşa etmek... draft constitution = taslak anayasa... the Supreme Court of Appeals = "üst temyiz mahkemesi"... Bizde "Yargıtay"... to state = söylemek, demek, beyan etmek... the principle of secularism /SEK-yulırizm/ = laiklik ilkesi... "one of the main pillars" = anadireklerinden (ana sütunlarından) birisi... "cannot be ---------- down" = "sulandırılamaz] [İlaç, meyve özü vb gibi için ise "to dilute" /DAY-LYUT/ fiilini kullanınız -- rakı için, "to dilute with water"]

a. watered              b. wetted

c. flooded               d. sprayed

   --- a ---

 05   Former General Joseph Ralston has resigned from his post as the US appointed "special ------------ " in a naively optimistic joint Turkish-American initiative against the PKK presence in northern Iraq.  [to resign /ri-ZAYN/ (tek-DÜM) = istifa etmek... to re-sign /Rİ-SAYN/ (DÜM-TEK) = yeniden imzalamak... post = görev (Çünkü diktiler mi seni oraya, direk gibi, kazık gibi duracaksın)... naively optimistic = Biz mi safız onlar mı, ama ortada pek "saf (bön) bir iyimserlik" vardı kimilerinde... joint = ortak [Ne demiş atalarımız: "Ortak ortağın altını oyar"]... initiative = girişim, ilk başlatıcılık, "insiyatifi" ele alma]

a. subordinator               b. terminator

c. coordinator                  d. driving motor

   --- c ---

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