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61. Before the invention of printing machines, 63. Fortune telling is the practice of predicting
people spread news by words of mouth, the future through psychic means, such as
written letters or public notices. As more the interpretation of signs or communication
people learned to read and write, news with supernatural forces. Many people use
reports gained added reliability. ---- Its astrology as a method of fortune telling.
publishing practices centered on acta Other methods include palmistry, the
diurna, handwritten newssheets posted by practice of interpreting the lines in hands.
the government in the public marketplace ---- In necromancy, people predict the future
from the year 59 BC to 222 AD. During 618 through communication with the spirits of
and 907, the Chinese used carved wooden dead people. Some methods of fortune telling
blocks to print, making them the first printed involve the ability to perceive events beyond
newspapers in history. the range of the senses.
A) Fable is a way of narrating stories using the A) Fortune telling has little support in science.
animals as main characters. B) Cartomancy is the prediction of the future
B) With publishing, advertisement emerged. using special cards such as tarot cards.
C) The invention of the printing press was C) Fortune telling is popular in many countries.
revolutionary. D) There are other ways to predict the future.
D) The Egyptians used symbols for writing,
called hieroglyps E) People who predicts the future with some
means are called fortune tellers.
E) Ancient Rome had a sophisticated system for
circulating written news.

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62. Most scientists agree that life on Earth is 64 - 69. sorularda, verilen İngilizce cümleye
now faced with the most severe extinction anlamca en yakın Türkçe cümleyi bulunuz.
episode since the event that made the
dinosaurs extinct. No one knows exactly how 64. The first labyrinths were for ritual walking and
many species are being lost because no one processions and they became an important
knows exactly how many species exist on feature of the Ancient Greek and Roman
Earth. Estimates vary. ---- Of these, biologists civilizations.
estimate that as many as 27,000 species are
becoming extinct each year. A) İlk labirentler dini yürüyüş ve geçit törenleri
için kullanılırdı ve antik Yunan ve Roma
A) This means an astounding three species medeniyetlerinde önemli bir özellik haline
every hour.
gelmişti.
B) Global measures should be taken B) İlk labirentler dini yürüyüş ve geçit törenleri
immediately. yapılmasında, antik Yunan ve Roma
C) The number of species facing extinction will medeniyetlerinde önemli bir özellik haline
remarkably increase. gelmişti.
D) Some endangered animals are kept in zoos C) İlk labirentler antik Yunan ve Roma
and national parks. medeniyetlerinde önemli bir özellik haline geldi
E) However, the most widely accepted figure lies ve dini yürüyüş ve geçit törenleri için kullanıldı.
between 10 and 13 million species. D) İlk labirentler dini yürüyüş ve geçit
törenleri içindi ve antik Yunan ve Roma
medeniyetlerinde önemli bir özellik haline geldi.
E) İlk labirentler antik Yunan ve Roma
medeniyetlerinde önemli bir özelliğe sahipti
çünkü bunlar dini yürüyüş ve geçit törenleri
için kullanılırdı.

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