Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. It became _____ that he was going to die.

   1. visible
   2. distinct
   3. apparent
   4. manifest

2. You must _____ enough evidence to ensure his conviction.

   1. hoard
   2. store
   3. rallied
   4. accumulate

3. We must _____ this accord.

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

4. When your body does not get _____ it can not make the glucose it needs.

   1. enough food
   2. food as enough
   3. food enough
   4. enough the food

5. I don't know _____ to value your qualities.

   1. only how
   2. how
   3. so how
   4. that how

6. 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

7. He was _____ a member of Assembly.

   1. formerly
   2. formally
   3. lastly
   4. old

8. This legend has been _____ from father to son.

   1. handed down
   2. handed for
   3. handed in
   4. handed over

9. Because of his _____ personality he is always very difficult to handle.

   1. voluble
   2. volatile
   3. voluptuous
   4. expensive

10. That so shameless, sentimental, and dishonest a film attracts a large and enthusiastic audience is ________ of how low the popular taste has ________.

    1. an indication . . . soared
    2. a gauge . . . refined
    3. a signatory . . . fallen
    4. a refutation . . . descended
    5. a barometer . . . plummeted

11. An announcement of further increase in taxes is _____.

    1. imminent
    2. eminent
    3. immanent
    4. permanent

12. I _____ have to remind him of his responsibilities.

    1. continually
    2. continuously
    3. continually
    4. persistently

13. The company has accused its larger rival of trying to ________ the ________ retail market in the north by offering illegal contracts to outlets in the area.

    1. control . . . bankrupt
    2. monopolize . . . lucrative
    3. annul . . . profitable
    4. corner . . . factitious
    5. divest . . . remunerative

14. _____ is a person who produces works of art, especially painting.

    1. beautician
    2. writer
    3. artistic
    4. artisan

15. You must show _____ for out teachers.

    1. reverence
    2. adoration
    3. homage
    4. veneration

16. One cannot ________ to be impressed by the structural and ________ differences between the United States as a federal union in 1789 and the United States as a federal union today.

    1. refuse . . . legal
    2. stop . . . attitudinal
    3. begin . . . economic
    4. fail . . . operational
    5. start . . . classical

17. He told me that he was not familiar ________ that subject.

    1. to
    2. on
    3. with
    4. about

18. We have _____ trust in you.

    1. perfect
    2. entire
    3. imperative
    4. absolute

19. Penguins an aquatic bird, may live _____ twenty years.

    1. since
    2. before
    3. for
    4. from

20. The writing is awkward, even ________, but the novel has nonetheless attracted a large ________.

    1. felicitous . . . following
    2. grotesque . . . vacuity
    3. elegant . . . repertoire
    4. graceful . . . audience
    5. ungainly . . . readership

21. About fifty workers were declared _____ by the factory management.

    1. adulatory
    2. avid
    3. rhetorical
    4. redundant

22. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

    1. worked
    2. were working
    3. had worked
    4. are working

23. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _____ his actions.

    1. of
    2. against
    3. for
    4. about

24. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

    1. turbid
    2. turgid
    3. torpid
    4. turbulent

25. You ________ respect your parents and teacher.

    1. should
    2. would
    3. should have
    4. would have

Answers

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