Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. The belief in life after death is prevalent in both primitive societies _____ advanced culture.

   1. and
   2. and in
   3. and also
   4. also

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

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

3. If one know the facts one ________ not be so quiet to criticize.

   1. could
   2. can
   3. would
   4. will

4. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

5. 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

6. He never _____ and never will do such a work.

   1. has
   2. has done
   3. had done
   4. is done

7. 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

8. Truman tried to continue Roosevelt’s ________ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 1946, he had adopted a much tougher policy toward the Russians.

   1. cursory
   2. strict
   3. obligatory
   4. uncompromising
   5. conciliatory

9. Wasim was so good at Mathematics that his friends considered him to be a _____.

   1. prodigy
   2. prodigal
   3. primeval
   4. profligate

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

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

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

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

12. We congratulate him _____.

    1. on his success
    2. for his success
    3. at his success
    4. in his success

13. He is _____ for promotion.

    1. illegible
    2. legible
    3. eligible
    4. ineligible

14. We _____ go to movies quite frequently.

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

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

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

16. The success of the English-Spanish simulcast must be ________ to Margo Quiroz, who interprets 40 different news items in each nightly newscast.

    1. attested
    2. censured
    3. interpreted
    4. transliterated
    5. attributed

17. _____ is necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth.

    1. it is calcium
    2. that calcium
    3. calcium
    4. although calcium

18. Your remarks are not _____ to the matter we are discussing.

    1. pertinent
    2. prolix
    3. prolonged
    4. acrimonious

19. Failing the exam was a _____ disappointment to him.

    1. sour
    2. tart
    3. bitter
    4. acrid

20. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

    1. efface
    2. deface
    3. erase
    4. wipe away

21. The Govt must _____ the suffering of the people.

    1. ally
    2. allay
    3. rid
    4. palliate

22. Heavy snows in the passes of the Pyrenees have seriously ________ rescuers trying to reach travelers surprised by the spring blizzards.

    1. excluded
    2. expedited
    3. rappelled
    4. assisted
    5. hampered

23. Rashid walked boldly upto the platform without _____.

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

24. The ________ songs of Irving Berlin captured the uninhibited joy and ________ verve of New York in the twenties.

    1. jaunty . . . insouciant
    2. tuneful . . . timorous
    3. cacophonous . . . careless
    4. catchy . . . lurid
    5. popular . . . flagrant

25. Enemy movement on the border look a bit _____.

    1. acute
    2. ominous
    3. unusual
    4. insipid

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