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part.
A) majority
B) surplus
C) best
D) profitability
E) unity
59. George Washington’s great grandfather came to live in America 
by
accident
.
A) due to a calamity
B) unintentionally
C) adversely
D) decisively
E) unwittingly
60. Further arms limitations talks were 
called off
when Congress failed
to ratify the treaty.
A) cancelled
B) postponed
C) scheduled
D) interrupted
E) announced
61. A 
careful
teacher spends hours preparing for classes and correcting
students papers.
A) creative
B) leading
C) skillful
D) conscientious
E) honest
62. The monetarist 
case 
has been vividly expressed by Milton Friedman.
A) issue
B) argument
C) example
D) strongbox
E) oddment
63. The hurricane that hit the city had a 
catastrophic 
effect because
most of the buildings were constructed of wood.
A) categories
B) disastrous
C) frightening
D) blowing
E) strenuous
64. I have a 
cavity
that causes me a lot of pain.
A) burn on the arm
B) hole in a tooth
C) cut on the leg
D) bruise on the body
E) injury on the body
65. Picasso was a 
celebrated 
Italian painter.
A) artistic
B) colorful
C) well-known
D) knowledgeable
E) elusive
66. The judge let the university student off with 
clemency
and a stern
warning.
A) vengefulness
B) revenge
C) brutality
D) mercy
E) culmination
67. For order to grow out of the 
chaos 
of the universe took millions of
years.
A) adjustment
B) change
C) confusion
D) oscillation
E) nebulosity
68. The cost of imported products can be increased with a special 
charge
called a tariff.
A) rate
B) debt
C) regulation
D) fee
E) currency
69. The 
charges 
brought against the old politician finally hurt nothing
but his vanity, as suggested by his supporters.
A) assumptions
B) prospects
C) accusations
D) images
E) defenses
70. The two leaders had a 
chat 
before beginning formal negotiations.
A) disagreement
B) serious discussion
C) heated argument
D) friendly, unimportant talk
E) high-level conference
71. A nursery school is school 
chiefly
for three or four-year old children.
A) primarily
B) exclusively
C) originally
D) designed
E) certainly
72. We were asked to list the 
chronology 
of events in the War of
Independence on our history test.
A) catastrophe
B) time sequence
C) disaster
D) discrepancy
E) revolution
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73. Martin is no good at sports; is too 
clumsy
; it is no wonder he does
not participate in any sports activities.
A) timid
B) weak
C) awkward
D) unhealthy
E) angry
74. Generally our memories 
cluster 
around certain topics.
A) flee
B) pilfer
C) loaf
D) meddle
E) bunch
75. Finding the missing paper on Frank’s 
cluttered 
desk is almost
impossible.
A) refurbished
B) well-organized
C) tarnished
D) luminous
E) littered
76. Sometimes the most unlikely people manage to 
collaborate
successfully.
A) put together
B) judge
C) stand together
D) precipitate
E) work together
77. The 
collapse 
of the stock market last year signaled the beginning of
the economic crisis.
A) rise
B) failure
C) rebirth
D) debt
E) revival
78. Taoist principles are presented in Lao Tzu, a 
collection 
of essays
from several unknown authors.
A) assortment
B) method
C) entity
D) conspiracy
E) editorial
79. The general told the soldiers to 
commence 
firing as soon as they
saw the enemy.
A) stop
B) cease
C) begin
D) evoke
E) spurn
80. Television, which made its first serious appearance in 1939, did not
become 
common 
until the early 1950s.
A) competitive
B) affordable
C) popular
D) ordinary
E) unique
81. The officer 
compelled 
the suspect to lead him to the scene of the
crime.
A) allowed
B) hired
C) beseeched
D) forced
E) helped
82. The feeling of 
competition 
in the classroom is noticeable to all
teachers, which is not surprising at all.
A) conquest
B) discovery
C) rivalry
D) cooperation
B) torture
83. I was told that the instructions were easy, but I found them extremely
complicated
.
A) distinct
B) irrelevant
C) intricate
D) extraordinary
E) ridiculous
84. I didn’t 
comprehend
the nature of the project until I had read your
brief report.
A) follow
B) contend
C) embrace
D) placate
E) understand
85. Mathematics is a 
compulsory
subject in Turkish high schools.
A) difficult
B) easy
C) required
D) despised
E) forcible
86. The heaviest 
concentration
of niacin is in natural sources such as
beans, whole grain cereal products, liver and fish.
A) mass
B) recollection
C) scattering
D) decency
E) instantaneous
87. The newscaster gave a 
concise 
account of the hurricane.
A) long and detailed
B) sad and depressing
C) up-to-date
D) short and clear
E) complicated and intricate
88. Bones of the skull are capable of 
conducting
sounds of the human
voice to the inner ear.
A) receiving
B) transmitting
C) creating
D) adjusting
E) convenes
89. Mabel feels 
confident
about her grade on the test she has just taken.
A) depressed
B) sure
C) ecstatic
D) uncertain
E) staunch
90. That matter is so 
confidential
that it must not be discussed outside
the office of chief inspector.
A) important
B) secret
C) intricate
D) alarming
E) boring
91. It was the English physicist Henry Cavendish who first 
confirmed
that water is a combination of hydrogen and oxygen.
A) doubted
B) proposed
C) researched
D) arranged
E) verified
92. Recent border 
confrontations
between the two countries lend
credence to the rumors of an impending war.
A) enterprises
B) consequences
C) conferences
D) disputes
E) interims
93. The 
congestion
on the streets when everybody heads home from
work at quitting time make mass transport very desirable in big
cities.
A) crucial
B) faux pas
C) crowding
D) recreation
E) contamination
94. The coach 
congratulated
Stella on her outstanding display of
leadership.
A) alluded
B) scolded
C) praised
D) contacted
E) admonished
95.
Conscientious
researchers always pay attention to details while
carrying out a research.
A) clever
B) meticulous
C) fearless
D) hasty
E) intellectual
96. The 
consensus
among her family members was that she ought to
get married.
A) agreement
B) survey
C) statistics
D) survey
E) prohibition
97. Crying is a healthy way to bring relief from anxiety, and it even
prevents a headache or other physical 
consequence
.
A) cause
B) origin
C) source
D) outcome
E) destruction
98. The bulbs of the daffodil are poisonous if 
consumed
.
A) touched
B) smelled
C) eaten
D) conformed
E) torn
99. The Department of Security notified the town council that the water
supply was 
contaminated
due to nuclear leakage.
A) polluted
B) tinted
C) diluted
D) diverted
E) purified
100. After several near disasters and especially the one in Chernobyl, a
controversy 
has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.
A) dispute
B) seminar
C) colloquium
D) conversation
E) collaboration
101. The speaker tried to 
convey 
her feelings concerning the urgency of a
favorable decision.
A) summon
B) usurp
C) impose
D) communicate
E) assuage
102. Teaching provides the chief means of 
conveying
knowledge from
generation to generation.
A) reviewing
B) mastering
C) passing on
D) preserving
E) speculating
103. To perfect the book, the writer, the artist and the editor 
cooperated
.
A) kept in touch
B) worked in their offices
C) came together
D) studied methods
E) collaborated
104. There isn’t any known cure for dyslexia, but neurologists have
developed ways to help Sufferers 
cope with
it.
A) retard
B) dispense with
C) deal with
D) eradicate
E) cure
105. Innovative approaches to manufacturing, 
coupled with
the
tremendous size of the domestic market, led to the emergence of
the United States as an industrial giant.
A) followed by
B) combined with
C) deriving from
D) mixed with
E) by doubling
106. A number of animals in Aesop’s fables are portrayed as being
 crafty
.
A) dexterous
B) talented
C) artistic
D) cunning
E) ferocious
107. Arthur’s family have lived for years in a village near one the many
creeks
flowing into the part of the Mississippi River.
A) streams
B) ponds
C) lakes
D) swamps
E) pools
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108. An increase in 
criminal behavior
and lost productivity are two
common results of high unemployment.
A) fault
B) error
C) conduct
D) mistake
E) crime
109. It has just 
crossed my mind
that they might want to accompany us.
A) occurred to me
B) made me anxious
C) happened
D) reminded
E) escaped my attention
110. George Ravencroft’s invention of lead crystal in the late 17th century
was 
crucial to
the development of optical lenses.
A) essential to
B) prior to
C) dependent on
D) instructive for
E) propitious for
111. Gardening is the 
cultivation
of plants, usually in or near home.
A) germination
B) growing
C) classification
D) sowing
E) grafting
112. Since 1970’s, all governments efforts to 
curb
inflation in Turkey have
been unsuccessful.
A) resist
B) control
C) sustain
D) induce
E) reverse
113. The 
current
edition of the magazine discusses the ancient civilizations
of Anatolia.
A) latest
B) first
C) running
D) special
E) succinct
114. The 
daring
young man drove through the dark and filthy back streets
of the city looking for her lost dog.
A) bold
B) cowardly
C) persistent
D) captured
E) frightened
115.
Dauntless
men and women with their children crossed America in
covered wagons.
A) foreign
B) fearless
C) penniless
D) adventuresome
E) pitiable
116. Mrs. Callaghan’s natural intelligence and her experience always
enables her to 
deal
with problems.
A) grow
B) play
C) cope
D) stay
E) avoid
117. The design of wildlife refuges is still a matter of considerable 
debate
.
A) significance
B) controversy
C) urgency
D) concern
E) coincidence
118. The warranty guarantees that all 
defective