Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

   1. makes
   2. has made
   3. had made
   4. is making

2. The sea at that time was perfectly _____.

   1. harmonious
   2. concordant
   3. calm
   4. in agreement

3. Whatever he does is always contrary ________ my wishes.

   1. with
   2. from
   3. to
   4. for

4. He worked _____ for ten year to make the project successful.

   1. deliberately
   2. assiduously
   3. ingenuously
   4. deliriously

5. We can not _____ any of out territory.

   1. exceed
   2. accede
   3. concede
   4. precede

6. Loyalty tests are ________ in their consequences because they distract attention from truly disloyal activities, and they ________ the criticism that true loyalty inspires.

   1. salutary . . . intimidate
   2. cautionary . . . mute
   3. pernicious . . . silence
   4. unexceptional . . . abstract
   5. perilous . . . augment

7. The show is worth seeing for the ________ of Judy Convoy’s vivacious performance, which ________ the stage whenever she appears.

   1. effervescence . . . enlivens
   2. verve . . . deforms
   3. torpor . . . dominates
   4. bravado . . . enervates
   5. sprightliness . . . muffles

8. Slovenia’s declared intention to ________ and Croatia’s decision to ________ the conference, aimed at preventing the breakup of the federation, are twin blows to Yugoslavian unity.

   1. secede . . . boycott
   2. withdraw . . . foster
   3. divide . . . consolidate
   4. recede . . . avoid
   5. patronize . . . exclude

9. The book is out of print and difficult to _____.

   1. achieve
   2. procure
   3. acquire
   4. attain

10. The meager ruins of the castle, which once covered 6 acres of ground, can now be of interest only to ________.

    1. antiques
    2. antiquaries
    3. reliquaries
    4. patricians
    5. histrionics

11. You will feel better when you _____ that tooth out.

    1. had
    2. have
    3. have had
    4. will have had

12. Fauzia presents herself as a bold journalist by asking people in politics the kinds of ________ questions that other reporters do not ask.

    1. controversial
    2. circumnutating
    3. abnormal
    4. irrelevant

13. We were _____ by the result.

    1. surprise
    2. surprised
    3. surprising
    4. to surprise of

14. Students at Pennsylvania State University have ________ the Liberty Bell’s original tone, a ________ of four notes, E flat, F sharp, G sharp, and B flat.

    1. relegated . . . combination
    2. replicated . . . melding
    3. decanted . . . concurrence
    4. reproduced . . . disjunction
    5. intimated . . . knell

15. We must _____ this accord.

    1. greet
    2. hail
    3. salute
    4. receive

16. Despite his illness, Inzamam was ________ in winning his team.

    1. disappointing
    2. useless
    3. vigorous
    4. instrumental

17. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

    1. more quickly
    2. more quick
    3. quickly
    4. as quickly more

18. If a ruby is heated it _____ lose its colour.

    1. would
    2. will
    3. does
    4. had

19. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

    1. exceptional
    2. exceptionable
    3. exhaustible
    4. exhaustive

20. Truman tried to continue Roosevelt’s ________ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 1946, he had adopted a much tougher policy toward the Russians.

    1. cursory
    2. strict
    3. obligatory
    4. uncompromising
    5. conciliatory

21. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

    1. to have
    2. on having
    3. to having
    4. in having
    5. with having

22. The Oxford research team was afraid that sensationalized television reports of its work on paranormal phenomena would undermine its academic ________.

    1. responsibility
    2. questioning
    3. credibility
    4. freedom
    5. credulousness

23. That new law went into _____ last month.

    1. affect
    2. effect
    3. action
    4. selection

24. The eruption of the volcano in January was only ________ of the much larger event in March.

    1. an advent
    2. a ukase
    3. an elision
    4. a precursor
    5. a subtext

25. You _____ care of your health.

    1. had better to take
    2. had better take
    3. had better taken
    4. had taken better

Answers

Practice Test Set 1
Practice Test Set 2
Practice Test Set 3