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erginhoca.com – YDS Reading Vocabulary Test
erginhoca.com – YDS Reading Vocabulary Test 16: Asteroid Hit
Over 90 per cent of mammal species were wiped
out by the same asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
in the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago,
significantly more than previously thought.
Following the asteroid hit, most of the plants and
animals died, so the survivors probably fed on
insects eating dead plants and animals. With so
little food, only small species survived. The
biggest animals to survive on land were no larger
than a cat. The fact that that most mammals were
small helps explain why they were able to survive.
Yet the researchers found that mammals also
recovered more rapidly than previously thought,
not only gaining back the lost diversity in species
quickly but soon doubling the number of species
found before the extinction. The recovery took
just 300,000 years, a short time in evolutionary
terms. Because mammals did so well after the
extinction, we have tended to assume that it didn't
hit them as hard. However, the analysis shows
that the mammals were hit harder than most
groups of animals such as lizards, turtles,
crocodilians, but they proved to be far more
adaptable in the aftermath. It wasn't low extinction
rates, but the ability to recover and adapt in the
aftermath that led the mammals to take over.
1.
Contrary to the previous assumptions, it has
been figured out that mammals -----.
a) started dominating the Earth much earlier
b) were the least affected by the asteroid strike
thanks to their relatively small size
c) experienced a considerably larger loss than
most other species
d) needed more time than the other species to
completely recover from the adverse effects of
the strike
e) went almost extinct even before the asteroid
strike due to the dominance of the dinosaurs
2.
wipe out mammal
species
memeli türlerini yok etmek
same asteroid
aynı asteroid
significantly more
ciddi ölçüde daha fazla
previously thought
önceden düşünülen
following the hit
çarpışma sonrasında
most of the plants
bitkilerin çoğu
feed on insects
böceklerle beslenmek
eating dead plants
ölü bitkiler yemek
small species
küçük türler
the biggest animals to
survive on land
karada hayatta kalan en
büyük hayvanlar
able to survive
hayatta kalabilmek
gain back the lost
diversity
daha hızlı bir şekilde
toparlanmak
kaybedilen çeşitliliği geri
kazanmak
double the number
sayıyı ikiye katlamak
before the extinction
yok oluştan önce
evolutionary terms
evrimsel açı
tend to assume
varsaymaya yatkın olmak
far more adaptable
çok daha fazla uyumlu
low extinction rates
düşük yok oluş oranı
ability to recover
toparlanma becerisi
adapt in the aftermath
sonrasında uyum
sağlamak
take over
devralmak
relatively small size
göreceli küçük boyut
considerably large
oldukça büyük
experience a loss
kayıp yaşamak
completely recover
tamamıyla iyileşmek
adverse effects
olumsuz etkiler
go extinct
yok olmak
dominance of the
dinosaurs
dinazorların hakimiyeti
asteroid strike
asteroid çarpması
cope with challenges
güçlüklerle başa çıkmak
take the lead
önderliği almak
recover more rapidly
It can be inferred from the passage that -----.
a) being able to cope with extreme challenges
has allowed mammals to be the dominant species
b) it took mammals millions of years to take the
lead after the Cretaceous period
c) the conditions that arose after the asteroid
strike favored omnivores to a large extent
d) lizards, turtles and crocodilians throve greatly
in the aftermath of the hit
e) mammals have trouble adapting to changes
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erginhoca.com – YDS Reading Vocabulary Test 16: Asteroid Hit
Altı çizili kelimenin yerine kullanılabilecek
olan eş anlamlı kelimeyi seçiniz.
3.
Boşlukları aşağıda verilen kelimelerlenden en
uygun olanlarla doldurunuz.
With so little food, only small species
survived.
previous, rapid, diverse, probable, significant
a) abundant
b) insufficient
7.
It is fairly impossible to come across dramatical
improvements in environments where ----opinions are ignored
8.
----- eye movement is observed when human
beings are about to wake up.
9.
----- researches on global warming failed to
identify the exact reason why the warming has
intensified in the last two decades.
c) plenty
d) ascending
e) malicious
4.
The researchers found that mammals
recovered more rapidly than previously
thought.
a) formerly
10. The euro has had a ----- loss against the US
dollar ever since the beginning of the oil crisis.
b) consequtively
c) approximately
recover, gain, assume, prove, adapt
d) irrelevantly
e) allegedly
5.
11. The troops were able to ----- control of the capital
after a siege that lasted several months.
Because mammals did so well after the
extinction, we have tended to assume that it
didn't hit them as hard.
12. However hard I try, I can no longer ----- that there
will ever be peace in the Middle East.
a) neglect
13. The local species could not ----- from the ill effects
of habitat loss.
b) endure
c) prove
d) infer
e) reject
6.
Mammals proved to be far more adaptable in
the aftermath.
14. It is too hard for introverted people to be able to
----- to environments that require considerable
interaction.
Altı çizili kelimenin zıt anlamlısını seçiniz.
15. The recovery took just 300,000 years, a short
time in evolutionary terms.
a) scarcely
a) adequate
b) barely
b) condensed
c) hardly
c) prolonged
d) slightly
d) rough
e) notably
e) restrictive
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erginhoca.com – YDS Reading Vocabulary Test 16: Asteroid Hit
Cevap Anahtarı
Türkçe Çeviri
1) c
Memeli türlerinin yüzde doksanından fazlası 66 milyon
yıl önce Cretaceous döneminde dinazorları öldüren
aynı asteroid tarafından yok edildi, ki bu önceden
tahmin edilenden ciddi ölçüde daha fazladır. Asteroid
çarpması sonrasında, bitkilerin ve hayvanların çoğu
öldü, böylece hayatta kalanlar muhtemelen ölü bitkiler
ve hayvanlar yiyen böceklerle beslendiler. Bu kadar az
yiyecekle sadece küçük türler hayatta kaldı. Karada
hayatta kalan en büyük hayvanlar bir kediden daha
büyük değildi. Çoğu memelinin küçük olduğu gerçeği
onların neden hayatta kalabildiğini açıklamaya
yardımcı oluyor. Fakat, araştırmacılar; memelilerin
sadece türlerde kaybolan çeşitliliği hızlıca ger alarak
değil, ayrıca yok olma öncesinde bulunan tür sayısını
kısa süre içerisinde ikiye katlayarak önceden
düşünülenden daha hızlı toparlandığını buldular.
Memeliler yok olma sonrasında öylesine iyi
performans sergilediklerinden dolayı, çarpışmanın
onları çok sert etkilemediğini düşündük. Fakat, analiz
onların kertenkeleler, kaplumbağalar, krokodiller gibi
çoğu hayvan grubundan daha kötü darbe aldığını,
fakat sonrasında çok daha uyumlu olduğunu
ispatladığını gösteriyor. Düşük yok oluş oranı değil,
fakat sonrasından toparlanma ve uyum sağlama
becerisi memelilerin üstünlüğü devralmasına yol açan
şeydi.
2) a
3) b
4) a
5) d
6) e
7) diverse
8) rapid
9) previous
10) significant
11) gain
12) assume
13) recover
14) adapt
15) c
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