Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. All communication with outside world has been cut _____.

   1. out
   2. away
   3. down
   4. off

2. We can not _____ any of out territory.

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

3. The average height of Himalayas is twenty thousand feet, and Mount Everest _____ to more than twenty-nine thousand feet at its apex.

   1. raise
   2. rises
   3. roses
   4. arises

4. The principal along with the students _____ gone on the picnic.

   1. has
   2. have
   3. were
   4. are

5. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

   1. the exposing
   2. from exposing
   3. from exposure
   4. expose

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

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

7. A seventeen-year-old is not _____ to vote in an election.

   1. old enough
   2. as old enough
   3. enough old
   4. enough old as

8. It is _____ to steal.

   1. sinful
   2. corrupt
   3. immoral
   4. wicked

9. There is _____ among the members of the party.

   1. contention
   2. discord
   3. battle
   4. war

10. Ignoring the increasing cloudiness and the ________ rumblings in the sky, they opened the picnic basket on the shore of the lake.

    1. ominous
    2. blithe
    3. monetary
    4. arduous
    5. auspicious

11. He _____ get up early.

    1. used
    2. used to
    3. is used to
    4. was used to be

12. He is _____ for promotion.

    1. illegible
    2. legible
    3. eligible
    4. ineligible

13. Although we often use "speed" and "velocity" interchangeably, in a technical sense "speed" is not always _____ "velocity".

    1. alike
    2. the same as
    3. similar
    4. as

14. 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

15. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

    1. doesn't it
    2. isn't it
    3. hasn't it
    4. didn't it

16. ________ must be distinguished from ________, which is the recognition of different categories of people without the inputing of any differences in rank.

    1. Totalitarianism . . . brotherhood
    2. Modification . . . ossification
    3. Classification . . . ramification
    4. Stratification . . . differentiation
    5. Finitude . . . infinitude

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

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

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

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

19. He _____ our help.

    1. resents
    2. recants
    3. remove
    4. resign

20. They refuse to _____ defeat.

    1. grant
    2. yield
    3. own
    4. acknowledge

21. 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

22. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

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

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

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

24. _____ is necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth.

    1. it is calcium
    2. that calcium
    3. calcium
    4. although calcium

25. 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

Answers

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