2005 KPDS Kasım
2005 KASIM KPDS SORULARI
1. A fair propartion of the workforce now work from their homes, a ........... that has been made possble by computers.
A) disturbance B) destination C) circumstance D) support E) denial
2. North Korea is ......... to abandon its nuclear programme without specific security guarantees from America and promises of lost of aid.
A) sincere B) nasty C) boastful D) unlikely E) provisional
3. Pharmaceutical firms are wary of devoting money to new antibiotics whose sales can be ........ limited by the development of resistance in the target microbes.
A) accurately B) adequatly C) severely D) complacently E) confidently
4. In an aircraft the cabin lights are dimmed during take-off and landing to help passengers to ........ themselves to drankness in the event of an
emergency.
A) modfy B) accustom C) resume D) assoate E) relate
5. Jean Chretien ......... after more than ten years as Canada’s prime minister.A) steps down B) makes out C) runs out D) holds upE) points out6. The United States spends ......... on armed forces ........ do all other countires combined.A) so much / that B) both / and
C) not only / but also
D) neither / nor
E) more / than
7. Over this period, according to a report recently issued by the Hispanic Studies Center in Los Angeles, Mexicans recieved 14.5 billon US dollars from relatives working in the United States, which is almost ........ Mexico earned
from foreign oil sales.
A) as B) just as C) as well as D) as much as E) as far as
8. The origin of sex is ..... much of a puzzle ...... its prevalence.
A) too / for B) so / so C) as / as D) that / such as E) very / more like
9. In business, every trend contains the seeds of ...... countertrend.
A) itself B) its own C) any one D) any E) one owen
10. If you ....... a car, you ..... its performance, not its appearance.
A) were buying / had been considering
B) were buying / would have considered
C) bought / had considered
D) have bought / would have been considered
E) are buying / should be considering
11. What’s really ....... issue is the political structure ...... which Soviet communism was erected.A) at / on B) for /from C) to / through D) by / in E) over / with
12. Provincial goverments play a big role in the lives of Canadians, ...... primary responsibility ........ health, aducation and welfare.
A) through / over B) at / about C) from / to D) by / of E)with / for
13. China, which ..... Much of Mongolia from the end of the seventeeth century until the early twentieth century, still, .... the oil, coal, uranium, and empty grasslands of its former possessions.
A) was rulling / has coveted
B) had ruled / may have coveted
C) has ruled / coveted
D) ruled / coveted
E) rules / is coveting
14. The choices we make and the lives we lead ...... by the values we .......
A) would be influenced / are holding
B) are influenced / hold
C) had been influenced / were holding
D) must have influenced / had hold
E) have been influenced / were holding
15. Following World War II, job prospects for young people .... greatly which allowed them .... more prosperous than their psrents.
A) had improved / to have felt
B) have improved / feeling
C) improved / to feel
D) were improving / having felt
E) would have improved / having to feel
In the later part of the MiddleAges, cities created asylums to cope with the mentally ill. These asylums were simply prisons; the inmates were kept on chains in dark, fifty cells and were treated more as animals (16) ....... as human beings. It (17) ........ until 1972, when Phillipe Pinel was placed in charge of an asylum in Paris, that some improvements were made. A an experiment, Pinel removed the chains that (18) ..... the inmates. Much (19) ..... the amazement of skeptics, who thought Pinel was mad to unchain such animals the experiments was a success, When placed in clean, sunny rooms, and treated kindly, many people who for years (20) .... hopelessly insane improved enough to leave the asylum.
16. A) than B) like C) such D) so E)much
17. A) has not been B) had not been C) was not D) would not be E) would not have been
18. A) compelled B) restrained C) overloaded D) withdrew E) sustained
19. A) to B) of C) with D) for E) at
20. A) will be considered B) have been considered C) were being considered
D) had been considered E) are considered
Intellectualization is an attempt to gain detachment from a stressful situation by confronting it in abstract, intellectual terms. This kind of defence is frequently a necessity for people who must (21) ....... life-and-death matters in their daily jobs. The doctor Who is continually confronted with human suffering cannot afford to become emotionally involved with (22) ....... patient. In fact, a certain amount of detachment may be essential (23) ......... the doctor to function competently. This kind of intellectualization is a problem only when it (24) ....... such a pervasive life-style (25) ....... individuals cut themselves off from all emotional experiences.
21. A) come apart B) use up C) show off D) turn down E) deal with
22. A) another B) some C) each D) few E) more
23. A) in B) with C) to D) for E) by
24. A) would become B) becomes C) became D) will bocome E) used to become
25. A) when B) if C) whether D) unless
E) that
1. A fair propartion of the workforce now work from their homes, a ........... that has been made possble by computers.
A) disturbance B) destination C) circumstance D) support E) denial
2. North Korea is ......... to abandon its nuclear programme without specific security guarantees from America and promises of lost of aid.
A) sincere B) nasty C) boastful D) unlikely E) provisional
3. Pharmaceutical firms are wary of devoting money to new antibiotics whose sales can be ........ limited by the development of resistance in the target microbes.
A) accurately B) adequatly C) severely D) complacently E) confidently
4. In an aircraft the cabin lights are dimmed during take-off and landing to help passengers to ........ themselves to drankness in the event of an
emergency.
A) modfy B) accustom C) resume D) assoate E) relate
5. Jean Chretien ......... after more than ten years as Canada’s prime minister.A) steps down B) makes out C) runs out D) holds upE) points out6. The United States spends ......... on armed forces ........ do all other countires combined.A) so much / that B) both / and
C) not only / but also
D) neither / nor
E) more / than
7. Over this period, according to a report recently issued by the Hispanic Studies Center in Los Angeles, Mexicans recieved 14.5 billon US dollars from relatives working in the United States, which is almost ........ Mexico earned
from foreign oil sales.
A) as B) just as C) as well as D) as much as E) as far as
8. The origin of sex is ..... much of a puzzle ...... its prevalence.
A) too / for B) so / so C) as / as D) that / such as E) very / more like
9. In business, every trend contains the seeds of ...... countertrend.
A) itself B) its own C) any one D) any E) one owen
10. If you ....... a car, you ..... its performance, not its appearance.
A) were buying / had been considering
B) were buying / would have considered
C) bought / had considered
D) have bought / would have been considered
E) are buying / should be considering
11. What’s really ....... issue is the political structure ...... which Soviet communism was erected.A) at / on B) for /from C) to / through D) by / in E) over / with
12. Provincial goverments play a big role in the lives of Canadians, ...... primary responsibility ........ health, aducation and welfare.
A) through / over B) at / about C) from / to D) by / of E)with / for
13. China, which ..... Much of Mongolia from the end of the seventeeth century until the early twentieth century, still, .... the oil, coal, uranium, and empty grasslands of its former possessions.
A) was rulling / has coveted
B) had ruled / may have coveted
C) has ruled / coveted
D) ruled / coveted
E) rules / is coveting
14. The choices we make and the lives we lead ...... by the values we .......
A) would be influenced / are holding
B) are influenced / hold
C) had been influenced / were holding
D) must have influenced / had hold
E) have been influenced / were holding
15. Following World War II, job prospects for young people .... greatly which allowed them .... more prosperous than their psrents.
A) had improved / to have felt
B) have improved / feeling
C) improved / to feel
D) were improving / having felt
E) would have improved / having to feel
In the later part of the MiddleAges, cities created asylums to cope with the mentally ill. These asylums were simply prisons; the inmates were kept on chains in dark, fifty cells and were treated more as animals (16) ....... as human beings. It (17) ........ until 1972, when Phillipe Pinel was placed in charge of an asylum in Paris, that some improvements were made. A an experiment, Pinel removed the chains that (18) ..... the inmates. Much (19) ..... the amazement of skeptics, who thought Pinel was mad to unchain such animals the experiments was a success, When placed in clean, sunny rooms, and treated kindly, many people who for years (20) .... hopelessly insane improved enough to leave the asylum.
16. A) than B) like C) such D) so E)much
17. A) has not been B) had not been C) was not D) would not be E) would not have been
18. A) compelled B) restrained C) overloaded D) withdrew E) sustained
19. A) to B) of C) with D) for E) at
20. A) will be considered B) have been considered C) were being considered
D) had been considered E) are considered
Intellectualization is an attempt to gain detachment from a stressful situation by confronting it in abstract, intellectual terms. This kind of defence is frequently a necessity for people who must (21) ....... life-and-death matters in their daily jobs. The doctor Who is continually confronted with human suffering cannot afford to become emotionally involved with (22) ....... patient. In fact, a certain amount of detachment may be essential (23) ......... the doctor to function competently. This kind of intellectualization is a problem only when it (24) ....... such a pervasive life-style (25) ....... individuals cut themselves off from all emotional experiences.
21. A) come apart B) use up C) show off D) turn down E) deal with
22. A) another B) some C) each D) few E) more
23. A) in B) with C) to D) for E) by
24. A) would become B) becomes C) became D) will bocome E) used to become
25. A) when B) if C) whether D) unless
E) that