Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

   1. to have
   2. on having
   3. to having
   4. in having
   5. with having

2. The ____ of the headlights of the car almost blinded me.

   1. shine
   2. glare
   3. dazzle
   4. luminosity

3. We have _____ trust in you.

   1. perfect
   2. entire
   3. imperative
   4. absolute

4. 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

5. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

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

6. 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

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

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

8. 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

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

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

10. We ________ friends since we were children.

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

11. The greater the demand, _____ the price.

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

12. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _____ his actions.

    1. of
    2. against
    3. for
    4. about

13. All communication with outside world has been cut _____.

    1. out
    2. away
    3. down
    4. off

14. 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

15. Nadim met a _____ accident and died at the spot.

    1. fatal
    2. fateful
    3. crucial
    4. fating

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

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

17. Ignoring the increasing cloudiness and the ________ rumblings in the sky, they opened the picnic basket on the shore of the lake.

    1. ominous
    2. blithe
    3. monetary
    4. arduous
    5. auspicious

18. He worked ____, because he aspired to stand first in the examination.

    1. very hard
    2. harder
    3. much hard
    4. the harder

19. The ____ of the rocket was so swift that it was out of sight in a few seconds.

    1. assent
    2. ascent
    3. descent
    4. jump

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

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

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

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

22. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

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

23. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

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

24. So many servants attended _____ him during his illness.

    1. only how
    2. with
    3. at
    4. upon

25. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

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