Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

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

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

3. 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

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

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

5. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

   1. was
   2. were
   3. have been
   4. are

6. Ozone in the Earth's atmosphere ________ living organisms from damaging ultraviolet radiation.

   1. protects
   2. warms
   3. reflects
   4. absorbs

7. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

   1. receipt
   2. recipe
   3. formula
   4. technique

8. the child ________ crying for three hours.

   1. is
   2. has
   3. has been
   4. have been

9. The results of this policy will remain _____ for some times.

   1. outstanding
   2. dubious
   3. impressive
   4. remarkable

10. Because light travels faster then sound lightning appears to _____ thunder.

    1. prolong
    2. traverse
    3. go before
    4. repel

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

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

12. Urge people who smoke to _____ the habit.

    1. surrender
    2. abandon
    3. discontinue
    4. desert

13. Students at Pennsylvania State University have ________ the Liberty Bell’s original tone, a ________ of four notes, E flat, F sharp, G sharp, and B flat.

    1. relegated . . . combination
    2. replicated . . . melding
    3. decanted . . . concurrence
    4. reproduced . . . disjunction
    5. intimated . . . knell

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

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

15. We were caught in the storm and got _____.

    1. soaked
    2. drenched
    3. damped
    4. moistened

16. 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

17. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

    1. exceptional
    2. exceptionable
    3. exhaustible
    4. exhaustive

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

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

19. _____ is a person who produces works of art, especially painting.

    1. beautician
    2. writer
    3. artistic
    4. artisan

20. You must _____ after hard work.

    1. relax
    2. repose
    3. compose
    4. depose

21. The greater the demand, _____ the price.

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

22. The ________ problem of piracy has the music industry worried, because the pirates overseas are ________ by the crackdown in the United States.

    1. burgeoning . . . unabashed
    2. widespread . . . intimidated
    3. immaterial . . . incriminated
    4. minor . . . untroubled
    5. evanescent . . . undeterred

23. 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

24. The government was _____ of incompetence.

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

25. The general public _____ a large number of computers now, because prices are beginning to decrease.

    1. must buy
    2. must have bought
    3. must be buying
    4. must buying

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