Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. Churchill was cordial to Beria when they first met, but that was the last show of ________ between them.

   1. charity
   2. enmity
   3. amiability
   4. pathology
   5. austerity

2. Thermometer is a _____ to measure one's temperature.

   1. philosophy
   2. conviction
   3. device
   4. tendency

3. The chair is in the garden, please _____ it.

   1. bring
   2. fetch
   3. carry
   4. transport

4. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

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

5. If one helps a criminal, he is also considered _____ of the crime.

   1. suspicious
   2. daring
   3. guilty
   4. culpable

6. You ________ respect your parents and teacher.

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

7. Although buses are _____ to depart at a certain hour, they are often late.

   1. scheduled
   2. requested
   3. obligated
   4. loaded

8. So ________ was the sales person's tone about the qualities of the new computer system that Najam nearly missed the ________ in its calculations in his budget.

   1. Persuasive ... flaw
   2. adopted ... accuracy
   3. harsh ... amount
   4. irritating ... greatness

9. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

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

10. I am astonished ________ his behavior.

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

11. The results of this policy will remain _____ for some times.

    1. outstanding
    2. dubious
    3. impressive
    4. remarkable

12. The jury _____ him of murder.

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

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

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

14. The sea at that time was perfectly _____.

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

15. _____ the gulf stream is warmer than the ocean water surrounding it.

    1. wholly
    2. whole
    3. as whole
    4. a whole as

16. Govt must hold a _____ inquiry.

    1. intelligent
    2. judicial
    3. sensible
    4. discreetly

17. If I ________ more time, I would have checked my paper again.

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

18. He worked ____, because he aspired to stand first in the examination.

    1. very hard
    2. harder
    3. much hard
    4. the harder

19. Her fears were first _____ when her son did not come here.

    1. arise
    2. arisen
    3. arouse
    4. aroused

20. What a _____ you were not hurt in the accident.

    1. prayers
    2. praise
    3. blessing
    4. consecration

21. Because light travels faster then sound lightning appears to _____ thunder.

    1. prolong
    2. traverse
    3. go before
    4. repel

22. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

    1. oxymoron
    2. paradox
    3. metaphor
    4. antithesis

23. When the hotel burned down, fifty people died in the _____.

    1. sirocco
    2. typhoon
    3. maelstrom
    4. holocaust

24. In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only an _____.

    1. illusion
    2. allusion
    3. delusion
    4. conclusion

25. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

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

Answers

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