YÖKDİL Sosyal Soruları

Soru 1

The article criticizes the tendency of some media outlets to ........ scientific findings in order to attract more viewers.

1. A validate
2. B substantiate
3. C exaggerate
4. D clarify
5. E acknowledge

Soru 2

Aşağıdaki Türkçe cümlenin anlamını en doğru biçimde veren İngilizce çeviriyi bulunuz.

Anketlere yanıt vermeme durumunun yorumlanması, araştırmacılar için önemli bir zorluk teşkil eder çünkü bu durum çoğu zaman sistematik hatalara ve önyargılı sonuçlara yol açar.

1. A Interpreting non-response to surveys presents a significant opportunity for researchers because it often prevents systematic errors and biased results.
2. B Interpreting non-response to surveys presents a significant challenge for researchers, but it often eliminates systematic errors and biased results.
3. C Interpreting responses to surveys presents a significant challenge for researchers because it often leads to systematic errors and biased results.
4. D Interpreting non-response to surveys presents a significant solution for researchers because it often leads to systematic errors and biased results.
5. E Interpreting non-response to surveys presents a significant challenge for researchers because it often leads to systematic errors and biased results.

Soru 3

___, education systems in many countries have begun to place greater emphasis on developing students' critical thinking skills.

1. A While students continued to rely solely on memorization techniques
2. B Since teachers refused to adopt any new teaching materials
3. C Although no changes have been made to curricula in decades
4. D As traditional methods of rote memorization proved insufficient for modern needs
5. E Because standardized testing was abolished worldwide

Soru 4

The committee decided to ........ the new policy after receiving overwhelming criticism from the public.

1. A implement
2. B strengthen
3. C finalize
4. D withdraw
5. E promote

Soru 5

Aşağıdaki İngilizce cümleye anlamca en yakın Türkçe çeviriyi bulunuz.

"Historians have long debated whether the collapse of the empire was caused mainly by internal conflicts or by external invasions."

1. A Tarihçiler, imparatorluğun çöküşünün iç çatışmalara ve dış istilalara yol açtığını uzun zamandır tartışmaktadır.
2. B Tarihçiler, imparatorluğun ne zaman çöktüğünü uzun zamandır tartışmaktadır.
3. C Tarihçiler, imparatorluğun çöküşüne hem iç çatışmaların hem de dış istilaların yol açtığı konusunda uzun zamandır hemfikirdir.
4. D Tarihçiler, imparatorluğun çöküşüne esas olarak iç çatışmaların mı yoksa dış istilaların mı yol açtığını uzun zamandır tartışmaktadır.
5. E Tarihçiler, imparatorluğun çöküşüne yol açan iç çatışmaların dış istilalardan kaynaklandığını yakın zamanda kanıtlamıştır.

Soru 6

Cümleyi uygun şekilde tamamlayan ifadeyi bulunuz.

Had the government consulted local communities before building the dam, -----.

1. A the protests that delayed the project would have been much larger
2. B it will avoid the protests that delayed the project for years
3. C it avoided the protests that delayed the project for years
4. D local communities had organised protests that delayed the project
5. E it might have avoided the protests that delayed the project for years

Soru 7

Many researchers argue that the traditional model of education fails to ........ the diverse needs of modern students.

1. A exceed
2. B address
3. C dismiss
4. D restrict
5. E resemble

Soru 8

The government has taken steps to ........ the spread of misinformation on social media platforms.

1. A curb
2. B encourage
3. C promote
4. D sustain
5. E witness

Soru 9

Scientists have long debated whether intelligence is primarily shaped by genetics or by environmental factors, and ___.

1. A the debate was settled decisively several decades ago
2. B most experts now agree that genetics play no role whatsoever
3. C recent twin studies have provided evidence supporting both influences
4. D environmental factors have been proven completely irrelevant
5. E intelligence tests have become obsolete in modern research

Soru 10

The historian's account of the event was later ........ by newly discovered documents that revealed a different sequence of events.

1. A multiplied
2. B pursued
3. C disputed
4. D resembled
5. E praised

Soru 11

The therapist advised the patient to ........ negative thoughts rather than letting them accumulate over time.

1. A tolerate
2. B confront
3. C repress
4. D avoid
5. E ignore

Soru 12

Some historians argue that the decline of ancient civilizations was caused not by war but by ___.

1. A the music performed during religious ceremonies
2. B technologies developed much later in history
3. C the growing number of foreign traders in the region
4. D gradual environmental changes that reduced agricultural production
5. E a sudden increase in population throughout the empire