Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. One cannot ________ to be impressed by the structural and ________ differences between the United States as a federal union in 1789 and the United States as a federal union today.

   1. refuse . . . legal
   2. stop . . . attitudinal
   3. begin . . . economic
   4. fail . . . operational
   5. start . . . classical

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

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

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

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

4. When the hotel burned down, fifty people died in the _____.

   1. sirocco
   2. typhoon
   3. maelstrom
   4. holocaust

5. 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

6. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

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

7. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

   1. oxymoron
   2. paradox
   3. metaphor
   4. antithesis

8. It is _____ to steal.

   1. sinful
   2. corrupt
   3. immoral
   4. wicked

9. He is _____ for promotion.

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

10. Beauty is to ugliness and adversity is to _____.

    1. prosperity
    2. cowardice
    3. miser
    4. happiness

11. The description of the accident given by him was quite _____.

    1. bright
    2. vivid
    3. glaring
    4. telling

12. Non-violence is the law of saints as violence is the law of the _____.

    1. coward
    2. foolish
    3. brute
    4. ignorant

13. We congratulate him _____.

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

14. 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

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. _____ the gulf stream is warmer than the ocean water surrounding it.

    1. wholly
    2. whole
    3. as whole
    4. a whole as

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

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

18. By the twenty-first century, the computer _____a necessity in every home.

    1. became
    2. becoming
    3. has become
    4. will have become

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

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

20. 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

21. So ________ was the sales person's tone about the qualities of the new computer system that Najam nearly missed the ________ in its calculations in his budget.

    1. Persuasive ... flaw
    2. adopted ... accuracy
    3. harsh ... amount
    4. irritating ... greatness

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

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

23. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

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

24. He worked _____ for ten year to make the project successful.

    1. deliberately
    2. assiduously
    3. ingenuously
    4. deliriously

25. Your conduct is most _____.

    1. reprobate
    2. recidivist
    3. reprehensible
    4. regurgitate

Answers

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