Missionary life is anything but boring. We lived in a
second floor apartment in the Dominican Republic. It
had a courtyard with a prize rooster that crowed
constantly sitting proudly in it. At night sometimes the
rooster would crow for no reason at all and I would lay
there with a pillow over my head until I couldn't take it
any longer. I'd roll out of our water bed making tidal
waves, go over to the window and shout down to the
rooster, "Shut up! We're trying to sleep." This was
stupid because chickens don't respond like a dog to
orders. One night as I lay in bed with the pillow over
my head, I had an idea. I filled up a bucket half full
with water and threw the water at it; a direct hit! As
simple as that! After that, we slept like babies. So
began a regular ritual where the rooster would begin
crowing, I'd fill the bucket of water, and drench the
bird. One morning, an angry voice called to me from
down below. "Seth, why did you throw water on our
grandmother?"
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7. The writer of the passage is complaining
about ----.
A) having to sleep in a waterbed which
constantly causes tidal waves
B) being on a mission in Dominican Republic
C) being frequently woken up by a rooster in
the middle of the night
D) his neighbours living down below their flat
E) dogs that don't follow orders
8. The solution the writer finds to his problem
****
A) is difficult to accomplish
B) is an easy and effective one-
C) is damaging to the environment
D) has had a long-term effect
E) has had no effect at all
9. It can be concluded from the passage that
A) roosters growing at night must be killed
B) living in an apartment with a courtyard might
lead to problems
C) people of Dominican Republic are woken up
by roosters
D) it is very difficult to sleep while a rooster
crows the whole night
E) the writer solves his problem but faces an
interesting consequence
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10.-12. soruları, aşağıdaki parçaya göre
cevaplayınız.
There is a common expression in English referring
to a blue moon. When people say something
happens once in a blue moon, they mean that it
happens only very rarely. The expression blue
moon actually refers to the second full moon
occurring in any calendar month. A second full
moon is not called a blue moon because it is blue or
is any different colour from the first moon of the
month. Instead, it is called a blue moon because it is
so rare. However, the expression blue moon may
have come into existence in reference to unusual
circumstances in which the moon actually appeared
blue. The eruption of the Krakatau volcano in 1883
left dust particles in the atmosphere, which clouded
the sun and gave the moon a bluish tint. This
particular phenomenon may have given rise to the
expression that we use today. Another example
occurred more than a century later. When Mount
Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, the
moon again took on a blue tint.
10. The passage tells us that ----
A) the moon did actually look somewhat blue
in two extraordinary occurrences
B)
the second moon always appears right after
the full moon every month
C)
the Krakatau volcanic eruption in 1883
happened as a result of the full moon
D)
the eruption in the Philippines in 1991 was
caused by the second full moon
E)
the moon sometimes has a blue colour
when it is in its full phase
11. According to the passage, a blue moon
could best be described as ---.
A) a full moon which is seen every month and
it is blue in colour
B)
a new moon which is not blue in colour
C) a second full moon in any month and it is
not blue in colour
D) a new moon which is actually blue
E) one of the phases of the moon
12. This passage mainly discusses ----.
A) an unusual colour
B) an idiomatic expression
C) a month on the calendar
D) a phase of the moon
E) volcanic eruption