Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. You will feel better when you _____ that tooth out.

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

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

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

3. There is _____ among the members of the party.

   1. contention
   2. discord
   3. battle
   4. war

4. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

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

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

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

6. Although we often use "speed" and "velocity" interchangeably, in a technical sense "speed" is not always _____ "velocity".

   1. alike
   2. the same as
   3. similar
   4. as

7. I am intent ________.

   1. to win
   2. of winning
   3. on winning
   4. for winning

8. Rashid walked boldly upto the platform without _____.

   1. faltering
   2. flexible
   3. unsteady
   4. wavering

9. 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

10. It is difficult to take sides with either party because both of the combatants are so ________ to ________.

    1. indifferent . . . evasion
    2. reluctant . . . compromise
    3. hostile . . . interference
    4. impenetrable . . . rhetoric
    5. averse . . . expectation

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

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

12. 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

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

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

14. Unlike most historians, an anthropologist may not share the conventional ________ that the written word is more ________ than a tale told by a campfire.

    1. belief . . . prolix
    2. assumption . . . authentic
    3. idea . . . incredible
    4. tenet . . . specious
    5. canon . . . interesting

15. 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

16. 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

17. I am astonished ________ his behavior.

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

18. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

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

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

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

20. That new law went into _____ last month.

    1. affect
    2. effect
    3. action
    4. selection

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

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

22. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

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

23. ____ the events of Aslam's resigning his job, his family would starve.

    1. intelligent
    2. on
    3. at
    4. within

24. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

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

25. Though Aslam is poor, _____ he is honest.

    1. but
    2. nevertheless
    3. yet
    4. still

Answers

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