Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

2. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

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

3. By the twenty-first century, the computer _____a necessity in every home.

   1. became
   2. becoming
   3. has become
   4. will have become

4. The jaw structure of a snake permits it to eat much larger than.

   1. it
   2. itself
   3. its
   4. it has

5. 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

6. The success of the English-Spanish simulcast must be ________ to Margo Quiroz, who interprets 40 different news items in each nightly newscast.

   1. attested
   2. censured
   3. interpreted
   4. transliterated
   5. attributed

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. The primary ________ of the region’s cuisine, such as beans, legumes, and pasta, provide high levels of complex carbohydrates and often ________ meat as the primary source of protein in the diet.

   1. requirements . . . supplement
   2. components . . . replace
   3. fads . . . subjoin
   4. facet . . . duplicate
   5. ingredients . . . indemnify

9. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

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

10. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

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

11. He was _____ a member of Assembly.

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

12. I have no _____ motive in offering this advice, I seek no personal advantage.

    1. ulterior
    2. nominal
    3. disinterested
    4. incongruous

13. The ________ of Darwin’s theory of evolution on Victorian religion was to create a bitter ________ of ideas and beliefs.

    1. result . . . moderation
    2. effect . . . conflict
    3. extension . . . growth
    4. origin . . . compromise
    5. influence . . . solidarity

14. 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

15. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

    1. to
    2. with
    3. upon
    4. over
    5. in

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

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

17. The war has seriously _____ attempts to achieve peace.

    1. impaired
    2. attenuated
    3. enfeebled
    4. declined

18. 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

19. Government did not realize the _____ of people's feeling on this issue.

    1. fragments
    2. attrition
    3. intensity
    4. barbarism

20. Face _____ with courage.

    1. misery
    2. poverty
    3. adversity
    4. affliction

21. The ________ problem of piracy has the music industry worried, because the pirates overseas are ________ by the crackdown in the United States.

    1. burgeoning . . . unabashed
    2. widespread . . . intimidated
    3. immaterial . . . incriminated
    4. minor . . . untroubled
    5. evanescent . . . undeterred

22. I can not _____ that he would wish to harm us.

    1. hatch
    2. produce
    3. breed
    4. conceive

23. I would like to have the newspaper as soon as you ____ it.

    1. finished
    2. are finish
    3. will finish
    4. have finished

24. He flew into a _____ when I would not lend him any money.

    1. overt
    2. sporadic
    3. furtive
    4. fury

25. ________ 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

Answers

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