Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. Alarmist newspaper stories present the pit bull terrier as ________ killer, but owners insist that the dog is friendly and ________.

   1. an invidious . . . malleable
   2. a malign . . . philanthropic
   3. a ferocious . . . docile
   4. an infamous . . . self-serving
   5. a dissolute . . . venal

2. ____ the events of Aslam's resigning his job, his family would starve.

   1. intelligent
   2. on
   3. at
   4. within

3. In one fierce battle the enemy were completely wiped _____.

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

4. Rather than ________ the commuter delays, the new toll road has ________ the problems, and the traffic jams are worse than ever.

   1. minimize . . . extenuated
   2. extol . . . compounded
   3. abate . . . decimated
   4. alleviate . . . aggravated
   5. emend . . . increased

5. Unless protected areas are established, the Bengal tiger, the blue whale, face _____ of extinction.

   1. possible
   2. the possibility
   3. to be possible
   4. possibly

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

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

7. The reduction of unemployment should be ______ in government's economic policy.

   1. paragon
   2. paramount
   3. paradox
   4. partition

8. So long you are not well avoid _____ exercise.

   1. strong
   2. lusty
   3. vigorous
   4. powerful

9. The jury _____ him of murder.

   1. discharged
   2. acquitted
   3. absolved
   4. finished

10. He could not _____ the incident from his memory.

    1. emboss
    2. paramount
    3. exculpate
    4. expunge

11. The Supreme Court has a reputation for being _____.

    1. stubborn
    2. capricious
    3. just
    4. humorous

12. We were caught in the storm and got _____.

    1. soaked
    2. drenched
    3. damped
    4. moistened

13. He has _____ all the miseries heroically.

    1. born
    2. borne
    3. bane
    4. boon

14. Like human, animals must have a dentist _____ their teeth.

    1. fill
    2. filled
    3. filling
    4. to be filled

15. He is such an _____ that he's sure he will soon find a job.

    1. pessimist
    2. optimist
    3. philanthropist
    4. profiteer

16. She ________ for Karachi three days ago

    1. left
    2. is leaving
    3. had left
    4. will leave

17. 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

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

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

19. You must _____ yourself to the new conditions.

    1. adopt
    2. adept
    3. adapt
    4. convert

20. Some historians contend that the ________ Germany was forced to pay after World War I ________ made possible the rise of Nazism.

    1. restorations . . . indefinitely
    2. recriminations . . . finally
    3. expenditures . . . gratuitously
    4. reparations . . . ultimately
    5. disbursements . . . immediately

21. Unless the prevailing ________ attitude toward genetically altered food is changed, the biotech industry will have little ________ to pursue research and development.

    1. rampant . . . motive
    2. auspicious . . . occasion
    3. censorious . . . disinclination
    4. negative . . . incentive
    5. unassailed . . . reason

22. If one know the facts one ________ not be so quiet to criticize.

    1. could
    2. can
    3. would
    4. will

23. You must show _____ for out teachers.

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

24. The thought of a nuclear ________ sparked by a misunderstanding poses an awesome ________.

    1. device . . . reverberation
    2. holocaust . . . specter
    3. danger . . . spectacle
    4. liaison . . . probability
    5. explosion . . . calamity

25. 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

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