YDS & YÖKDIL

KELIME
ÇALISMALARI

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 UNIT 2 HOME THEATRE

Target
Vocabulary

Noun: screen, tool, combination, component, wilderness, habitat,

exploration, type, vessel
Adjective: efficient, visual, multiple, entire, elaborate, elevated, optimal

Adverb: professionally
Verb: cover, aid, design, accomplish
Phrasal Verb: run into, look into, look forward to, make up for, do away with

A home theatre system uses a combination of audio and visual components to

recreate the experience of a professional movie theatre. The set-up may be as
simple as a DVD player fed through a stereo system and a larger television set, or
as elaborate as an entire room professionally wired with multiple speakers and a
projection screen. A home theatre system may even include theatre-style chairs
and an elevated floor for optimal viewing.

I. Read the passage carefully and circle the choice which is the closest in
meaning to the word given.

1. “components” in line 1 means 3. “multiple” in line 4 means

A. structures A. few
B. parts B. many
C. films C. tiny

2. “elaborate” in line 4 means 4. “elevated” in line 6 means

A. simple A. raised
B. complex B. decorated
C. small C. cleaned

5. “optimal” in line 6 means

A. easy
B. ideal
C. moderate

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 According to scientists, 70 percent of the Earth is (1) ___ with water, and this
watery wilderness is the (2) ___ of four of every five living creatures. To aid
oceanographers in their (3) ___ of the seas and oceans of the world, scientists have
been designing more and better types of undersea vessels to (4) ___ this task with
greater safety and with more (5) ___ tools and techniques.

II. Read the passage and circle the best choice.

1. A. filled 3. A. exploration
B. covered B. investigation
C. designed C. destination
D. surrounded D. frustration
E. located E. participation

2. A. scene 4. A. succeed
B. survival B. postpone
C. observation C. specialize
D. combination D. accomplish
E. habitat E. spread

5. A. major
B. private
C. efficient
D. diligent
E. subtle

III.Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the list below making
changes if necessary.

screen tool combination wilderness visual

entire professionally aid design type

1. It's better to write your text on the computer because you can make any
changes you want on the ___________________ before printing it.

2. They have climbed mountains and canoed for eight-day stretches in isolated
_____________________.

3. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have found that

testosterone ____________________ spatial thinking, but interferes with
performance of spoken language.

4. I had such a tiring week that I spent the _________________ weekend relaxing
and reading.

5. Rosa has trouble finding cosmetics for her skin _____________________.

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 6. He couldn't finish repairing the engine because he didn't have the right
_________________.

7. Using __________________ aids in the classroom helps students learn better.

8. The sweater is made of a _____________________ of natural and synthetic

fibres.

9. Even though they did not like the job they were doing, they did it quite
__________________.

10. New cars have seat belts in the back seat which are ________________ to
protect the children in case of an accident.

Phrasal
Verbs

look forward to: expect with pleasure

run into: meet unexpectedly
make up for: make a bad situation better, replace something that has been
lost; compensate
look into: try to find out the truth about a problem, crime etc; investigate
do away with: get rid of

IV. Fill in the blanks with one of the phrasal verbs from the list above making
changes if necessary.

1. Towards the end of May, both the teachers and the students start
______________________ their summer holiday.

2. The police ____________________ the robbery carefully before they arrested

anyone.

3. I was extremely surprised when I ___________________ one of my college

friends at the shopping mall because I knew that he had gone abroad for his
Master’s degree.

4. Now that I am middle aged, I sometimes wish I had the chance to

_______________________ all the time I had wasted.

5. Once the examinations are over, he is planning to _____________________ all

his books and note-books.

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 MINI TEST
1. The new washing machine which 6. My high school prom was the
has been recently launched on most exciting event in my ----
the market is claimed to be life.
more ---- and economical than
all the others. A) elaborate B) entire

A) multiple B) entire C) visual D) efficient

C) visual D) efficient E) optimal

E) careful
7. Paintings are ---- expressions of
2. Zoos are fun to visit but it is
how artists perceive the world.
better for animals to live in their
natural ----.
A) multiple B) efficient
A) habitat B) type
C) visual D) optimal
C) combination D) wilderness
E) entire
E) screen

3. While ---- a new product, 8. Computers ---- people to reduce

developers should be concerned the time spent for complicated
not only about its appearance calculations.
but also its function.
A) include B) aid
A) covering B) elevating
C) design D) accomplish
C) designing D) including
E) cover
E) spreading

4. Hammer is one of the most 9. The train runs on an ---- track

commonly used ----. above the city centre.

A) tools B) types A) elevated B) entire

C) screens D) designs C) close D) elaborate

E) combinations E) efficient

5. What is easy enough to say can 10. People think that in the near
sometimes be very hard to ----. future the use of robots will ----
boring low-paid factory jobs.
A) cover B) include
A) do away with B) run into
C) devise D) prompt
C) run over D) look into
E) accomplish
E) look forward to

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