Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

2. Alarmist newspaper stories present the pit bull terrier as ________ killer, but owners insist that the dog is friendly and ________.

   1. an invidious . . . malleable
   2. a malign . . . philanthropic
   3. a ferocious . . . docile
   4. an infamous . . . self-serving
   5. a dissolute . . . venal

3. Govt must hold a _____ inquiry.

   1. intelligent
   2. judicial
   3. sensible
   4. discreetly

4. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

5. He felt great _____ for his daughter.

   1. affection
   2. affectation
   3. love
   4. defection

6. He was quite able _____ after himself.

   1. to looking
   2. for looking
   3. to look
   4. of looking

7. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

8. We were _____ by the result.

   1. surprise
   2. surprised
   3. surprising
   4. to surprise of

9. At its _____ the Roman empire covered almost the whole of Europe.

   1. equinox
   2. nadir
   3. zenith
   4. solstice

10. The examiner made us _____ our identification in order to be admitted to the test center.

    1. showing
    2. show
    3. showed
    4. to show

11. I am intent ________.

    1. to win
    2. of winning
    3. on winning
    4. for winning

12. If teaching _____ more, fewer teachers would leave profession.

    1. pays
    2. is paying
    3. paid
    4. had paid

13. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

    1. venal
    2. venial
    3. voracious
    4. veracious

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

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

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

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

16. It became _____ that he was going to die.

    1. visible
    2. distinct
    3. apparent
    4. manifest

17. An _____ agreement was reached between both the parties.

    1. amiable
    2. amicable
    3. likeable
    4. desirable

18. Knowledge is like a deep well fed by _____ springs and your mind in the little bucket that you drop in it.

    1. external
    2. perennial
    3. immortal
    4. inexhaustible

19. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _____ their clients funds.

    1. defalcate
    2. devastate
    3. devour
    4. embezzle

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

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

21. the child ________ crying for three hours.

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

22. The show is worth seeing for the ________ of Judy Convoy’s vivacious performance, which ________ the stage whenever she appears.

    1. effervescence . . . enlivens
    2. verve . . . deforms
    3. torpor . . . dominates
    4. bravado . . . enervates
    5. sprightliness . . . muffles

23. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

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

24. Penguins an aquatic bird, may live _____ twenty years.

    1. since
    2. before
    3. for
    4. from

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

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

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