Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

2. Loyalty tests are ________ in their consequences because they distract attention from truly disloyal activities, and they ________ the criticism that true loyalty inspires.

   1. salutary . . . intimidate
   2. cautionary . . . mute
   3. pernicious . . . silence
   4. unexceptional . . . abstract
   5. perilous . . . augment

3. We will do out work _____.

   1. latter
   2. later
   3. long
   4. after

4. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

   1. shortage
   2. deficiency
   3. poverty
   4. want

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 government was _____ of incompetence.

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

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

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

8. 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

9. I _____ him for a long time.

   1. am not met
   2. did not meet
   3. do not meet
   4. have not met

10. He _____ get up early.

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

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

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

12. This legend has been _____ from father to son.

    1. handed down
    2. handed for
    3. handed in
    4. handed over

13. We can not _____ any of out territory.

    1. exceed
    2. accede
    3. concede
    4. precede

14. He said that there was no going back because his decision was _____.

    1. palatable
    2. peremptory
    3. premeditated
    4. revolutionary

15. I do not have any _____.

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

16. There seems to be a _____ of good young players at the moment.

    1. plague
    2. series
    3. plethora
    4. dearth

17. I don't know _____ to value your qualities.

    1. only how
    2. how
    3. so how
    4. that how

18. Virginia has adopted detailed new ________ for what students should know in English, history, mathematics, and science.

    1. maxims
    2. jurisdictions
    3. benchmarks
    4. affirmations
    5. vortices

19. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

    1. to
    2. with
    3. upon
    4. over
    5. in

20. The company has accused its larger rival of trying to ________ the ________ retail market in the north by offering illegal contracts to outlets in the area.

    1. control . . . bankrupt
    2. monopolize . . . lucrative
    3. annul . . . profitable
    4. corner . . . factitious
    5. divest . . . remunerative

21. A seventeen-year-old is not _____ to vote in an election.

    1. old enough
    2. as old enough
    3. enough old
    4. enough old as

22. Time and time again, the power of the mob in Chicago appears to have been annihilated, but it has always ________ itself.

    1. reappeared
    2. eliminated
    3. returned
    4. regenerated
    5. exhumed

23. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

    1. be
    2. is leaving
    3. must
    4. would be

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

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

25. A highly ________ player, the champion will snarl at himself and rage at the umpire with no ________ whatsoever.

    1. reticent . . . reason
    2. demonstrative . . . provocation
    3. recusant . . . excuse
    4. obstreperous . . . corroboration
    5. emotional . . . antagonism

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