Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

2. 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

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

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

4. 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

5. That so shameless, sentimental, and dishonest a film attracts a large and enthusiastic audience is ________ of how low the popular taste has ________.

   1. an indication . . . soared
   2. a gauge . . . refined
   3. a signatory . . . fallen
   4. a refutation . . . descended
   5. a barometer . . . plummeted

6. The task seemed impossible but some-how Rashid _____ very skillfully in the end.

   1. pulled it up
   2. pulled it off
   3. pulled it away
   4. pulled it out

7. A _____ of the medal was put on show at the museum.

   1. fable
   2. facsimile
   3. allegory
   4. cosmos

8. He _____ get up early.

   1. used
   2. used to
   3. is used to
   4. was used to be

9. Briefly popular in the ’40s, the ’60s, and the ’80s, Brazilian music is now making one of its periodic ________ into the American ________.

   1. forays . . . consciousness
   2. escapes . . . miasma
   3. appearances . . . discourse
   4. eclipses . . . scene
   5. invasions . . . liturgy

10. 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

11. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

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

12. The jury _____ him of murder.

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

13. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

    1. expensive
    2. extensive
    3. spacious
    4. spatial

14. The government was _____ of incompetence.

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

15. 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

16. You must show _____ for out teachers.

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

17. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _____ their clients funds.

    1. defalcate
    2. devastate
    3. devour
    4. embezzle

18. Walters and Torres ________ seven other candidates in the special election, but because neither ________ more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will have to be held for the two of them.

    1. trailed . . . captured
    2. defeated . . . recaptured
    3. out-polled . . . garnered
    4. eliminated . . . reclaimed
    5. evaded . . . achieved

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

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

20. The ____ of the rocket was so swift that it was out of sight in a few seconds.

    1. assent
    2. ascent
    3. descent
    4. jump

21. You must _____ enough evidence to ensure his conviction.

    1. hoard
    2. store
    3. rallied
    4. accumulate

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

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

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

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

24. I do not have any _____.

    1. confident
    2. confidant
    3. confidential
    4. confederate

25. Pretending in his works to be gauche, uneducated, and ________, the real Chaucer was a sophisticated, widely read, and ________ man.

    1. provincial . . . cosmopolitan
    2. exiguous . . . vigorous
    3. avuncular . . . shrewd
    4. inept . . . dauntless
    5. incompetent . . . flaccid

Answers

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