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YIL MLL EGEMENLK ANADOLU LSES

2016/2017 ETM RETM YILI NGLZ DL VE EDEBYATI II. DNEM II. SINAV

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RAINBOWS
In the past, people believed that rainbows were made by magic. Some evenbelieved that the rainbow was a
bridge between heaven and earth used by the gods. They also believed that there was a pot of gold at the end of
the rainbow.
Nowadays, we know that rainbows occur when sunlight shines on drops of rain. You can see a rainbow when
you stand with the sun behind you and the rain falling in front of you.
Although sunlight doesn't seem to have any colour, it is actually made up of many colours. When it enters a
drop of rain, sunlight separates into violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
Raindrops reflect the colours in sunlight. Because the colours blend together, only four or five are usually
visible.
Numerous rays of sunlight reflecting off raindrops, form a shining, curved rainbow. Often, a faint second
rainbow appears outside the first. Its 75 colours will be in the opposite order to those of the brighter rainbow.

PART A Choose the best alternative to complete each statement below,according to the text.
1. Although sunlight seems to have no colour, .
A) you don't have to believe what you see
B) it actually consists of many colours
C) it has more than eight colours
D) it is actually green
E) it has many different crystalline colours
2. In the past some people even believed that
A) rain cleaned people of their sins
B) a rainbow was a bridge between the sky and earth
C) rainbows were hallucinations seen by delirious
nomads
D) at the end of a rainbow was a pot of gold
E) if they had a bath under the rainbow their skins
would become
smooth
3. According to the passage, when colours blend
together
A) a kaleidoscope appears in front of our eyes
B) there occurs a disorder called dyslexia
C) sunlight reflects the brighter colours rather than
the dark ones
D) they are in an order different from a rainbow
E) usually four or five colours can be seen
PART B Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right.
1. magic A. arrange and give shape
2. heaven B. generally; mostly
3. separate C. many, a lot of
4. form D. accept
5. curved E. additionally; as well
6. numerous F. have a smoothly bending surface
7. believe G. the place where good people go after death
8. also H. break up; keep apart; disconnect
9. in front of I. black art; witchcraft
10. usually J. before

PART C Indicate whether the statements below are true (T), false (F) or not stated (NS) according to the text.
1. Rainbows usually have a curved shape.
...........
.......2. When sunlight shines on raindrops, rainbows are formed.
.......3. People in the past thought that if they could walk under a rainbow they would change their identity.
.......4. An important scientist tried to change the colors of the rainbow.
.......5. Sunlight separates into different dolours in a rainbow, but only four or five colours are usually seen.
.......6. When a dull rainbow appears behind another rainbow, its colours will be the same as the first.
.......7. People in the past did not know how rainbows are formed.

NOTE: Each question is 5pts.