Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. If a ruby is heated it _____ lose its colour.

   1. would
   2. will
   3. does
   4. had

2. 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

3. We have _____ trust in you.

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

4. The general public _____ a large number of computers now, because prices are beginning to decrease.

   1. must buy
   2. must have bought
   3. must be buying
   4. must buying

5. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

   1. venal
   2. venial
   3. voracious
   4. veracious

6. We should try to avoid one who is brave in words but not in _____.

   1. actions
   2. reaction
   3. job
   4. fighting

7. Time and time again, the power of the mob in Chicago appears to have been annihilated, but it has always ________ itself.

   1. reappeared
   2. eliminated
   3. returned
   4. regenerated
   5. exhumed

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

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

9. Nadim met a _____ accident and died at the spot.

   1. fatal
   2. fateful
   3. crucial
   4. fating

10. After his operation he was _____ to bed for a week.

    1. circumscribed
    2. cramped
    3. confined
    4. limited

11. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

    1. large amount
    2. large number
    3. little amount
    4. big amount

12. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

13. It is important that the office _____ your registration.

    1. will confirm
    2. confirm
    3. confirms
    4. must confirm

14. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

    1. recipe
    2. receipt
    3. slip
    4. letter

15. A highly ________ player, the champion will snarl at himself and rage at the umpire with no ________ whatsoever.

    1. reticent . . . reason
    2. demonstrative . . . provocation
    3. recusant . . . excuse
    4. obstreperous . . . corroboration
    5. emotional . . . antagonism

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

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

17. Advertisement will _____ your sale.

    1. boost
    2. hoist
    3. lift
    4. aid

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Virginia has adopted detailed new ________ for what students should know in English, history, mathematics, and science.

    1. maxims
    2. jurisdictions
    3. benchmarks
    4. affirmations
    5. vortices

24. You must _____ after hard work.

    1. relax
    2. repose
    3. compose
    4. depose

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

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

Answers

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