Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. He was fined Rs. 100 for _____ driving.

   1. lavish
   2. prodigal
   3. reckless
   4. unthrifty

5. Knowledge is like a deep well fed by _____ springs and your mind in the little bucket that you drop in it.

   1. external
   2. perennial
   3. immortal
   4. inexhaustible

6. If the teams were not so evenly matched, it would be easier to _____ the outcome of the match.

   1. argue
   2. predict
   3. discuss
   4. influence

7. The police arrested him and his one _____.

   1. friend
   2. colleague
   3. accomplice
   4. operator

8. So many servants attended _____ him during his illness.

   1. only how
   2. with
   3. at
   4. upon

9. The _____ arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.

   1. specious
   2. intemperate
   3. spurious
   4. convincing

10. Advertisement will _____ your sale.

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

11. It is _____ that students do not repay their loans.

    1. laudable
    2. unfortunate
    3. unforgivable
    4. regrettable

12. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

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

13. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

    1. was
    2. were
    3. have been
    4. are

14. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

    1. riches wealth
    2. person
    3. wealth
    4. work

15. It is usually _____ lava but gas that kills people during volcanic eruptions.

    1. not only
    2. not
    3. neither
    4. no

16. Fauzia presents herself as a bold journalist by asking people in politics the kinds of ________ questions that other reporters do not ask.

    1. controversial
    2. circumnutating
    3. abnormal
    4. irrelevant

17. There seems to be a _____ of good young players at the moment.

    1. plague
    2. series
    3. plethora
    4. dearth

18. He ________ into the room as if he had just been ________ from a deep sleep.

    1. strode . . . ejected
    2. proceeded . . . summoned
    3. minced . . . fomented
    4. shambled . . . roused
    5. swaggered . . . awakened

19. The government was _____ of incompetence.

    1. charged
    2. accused
    3. impeached
    4. censured

20. 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

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

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

22. We must _____ this accord.

    1. greet
    2. hail
    3. salute
    4. receive

23. 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

24. The controversy is likely to create _____ between the two rival.

    1. doubt
    2. amity
    3. bitterness
    4. revenge

25. An _____ agreement was reached between both the parties.

    1. amiable
    2. amicable
    3. likeable
    4. desirable

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