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48. Dr. Jones: 50. Currently, they are at the meeting with the
– When do you think you can get your thesis opponent firm, but I doubt that it will last very
finished? By mid-November? long.
Alison: A) They are in the meeting hall with the opponent
– Perhaps, but it may take a little longer. firm, and I believe they will soon start talking
Dr. Jones: about the items.
– ‑‑‑‑ B) Although they are having a meeting with the
Alison: rival company at the moment, I believe it
– Yes, it will certainly be finished by then. won’t last too long.
A) Well actually there is no rush; we don’t want C) Although they are having a meeting with
to spoil it at the last minute. our rivals, I don’t think they will reach an
agreement now.
B) How much longer? You are already behind
the schedule like two months. D) The meeting with the opponent firm is likely to
go on more than we have expected but I don’t
C) What’s the trouble? Why can’t you get it done think it will last long.
by mid-November?
E) The meeting with the opponent firm wouldn’t
D) Typing, proof-reading and corrections continue if they left the negotiations now.
shouldn’t take more than a week.
E) Well, at the latest, let’s say by the end of the
year, shall we?

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49 - 53. sorularda, verilen cümleye anlamca 51. Instead of trying to predict earthquakes, we
en yakın cümleyi bulunuz. should begin to look for ways of constructing
more durable buildings.
49. Talking on the mobile phone while driving is A) Ways of building durable structures should be
banned because it may cause an accident. found before devoting time to research in the
A) It is advised not to talk on the mobile phone field of geophysics.
while driving as you may cause an accident. B) It is quite useless that people tend to predict
when an earthquake will take place instead of
B) People who talk on their mobile phones while building better structures.
driving will be fined because it is against the
law. C) It is actually not wise to attempt to predict
earthquakes, and we must build more durable
C) It is against the law to use the mobile phone buildings instead.
when you drive as you are likely to cause an
accident. D) Rather than attempting to foresee earthquakes,
we should engage ourselves in a search of
D) You mustn’t talk while driving because it may ways to be able to build firmer buildings.
lead you to cause a serious accident.
E) Instead of dealing with geophysics, we should
E) You had better not talk on your mobile phone invest more money in the construction of
while driving if you don’t want to be fined. more durable buildings.

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