Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. My wealthy aunt is more than economical; she is so ________ that she washes paper plates to be used again.

   1. affluent
   2. parsimonious
   3. indigent
   4. impoverished
   5. selfish

2. The jury _____ him of murder.

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

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

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

4. We must _____ this accord.

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

5. He _____ get up early.

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

6. We _____ ourselves for difficult times.

   1. prop
   2. support
   3. brace
   4. refresh

7. Getting this contract is _____ to the future of our company.

   1. humane
   2. crucial
   3. reciprocal
   4. brutal

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

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

9. We were _____ by the result.

   1. surprise
   2. surprised
   3. surprising
   4. to surprise of

10. 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

11. I will meet him when he _____ .

    1. will come
    2. had come
    3. would have come
    4. comes

12. The greater the demand, _____ the price.

    1. higher
    2. high
    3. the higher
    4. the high

13. 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

14. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

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

15. When he _____ his hair cut, he went to the cinema.

    1. has had
    2. have had
    3. will have had
    4. had had

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

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

17. You must show _____ for out teachers.

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

18. If teaching _____ more, fewer teachers would leave profession.

    1. pays
    2. is paying
    3. paid
    4. had paid

19. The Oxford research team was afraid that sensationalized television reports of its work on paranormal phenomena would undermine its academic ________.

    1. responsibility
    2. questioning
    3. credibility
    4. freedom
    5. credulousness

20. He told me that he was not familiar ________ that subject.

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

21. Ignoring the increasing cloudiness and the ________ rumblings in the sky, they opened the picnic basket on the shore of the lake.

    1. ominous
    2. blithe
    3. monetary
    4. arduous
    5. auspicious

22. 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

23. Comparing him to P.T. Barnum, Mencken called William Jennings Bryan a ________, a mountebank, a fake without shame or dignity.

    1. coward
    2. charlatan
    3. poltroon
    4. craven
    5. demigod

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

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

25. Heavy _____ were reported in the battle

    1. depreciation
    2. despoliation
    3. obsolescence
    4. casualties

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