Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

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

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

3. The jury _____ him of murder.

   1. discharged
   2. acquitted
   3. absolved
   4. finished

4. Like human, animals must have a dentist _____ their teeth.

   1. fill
   2. filled
   3. filling
   4. to be filled

5. Unless the prevailing ________ attitude toward genetically altered food is changed, the biotech industry will have little ________ to pursue research and development.

   1. rampant . . . motive
   2. auspicious . . . occasion
   3. censorious . . . disinclination
   4. negative . . . incentive
   5. unassailed . . . reason

6. Death is preferable ________ dishonor.

   1. than
   2. to
   3. from
   4. of

7. 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

8. 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

9. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

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

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

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

11. Despite his illness, Inzamam was ________ in winning his team.

    1. disappointing
    2. useless
    3. vigorous
    4. instrumental

12. We _____ ourselves for difficult times.

    1. prop
    2. support
    3. brace
    4. refresh

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

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

14. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

15. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

    1. the exposing
    2. from exposing
    3. from exposure
    4. expose

16. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

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

17. ________ must be distinguished from ________, which is the recognition of different categories of people without the inputing of any differences in rank.

    1. Totalitarianism . . . brotherhood
    2. Modification . . . ossification
    3. Classification . . . ramification
    4. Stratification . . . differentiation
    5. Finitude . . . infinitude

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

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

19. There was a lot of hustle and _____ in the market.

    1. bustle
    2. stir
    3. flutter
    4. ado

20. Her fears were first _____ when her son did not come here.

    1. arise
    2. arisen
    3. arouse
    4. aroused

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

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

22. It is _____ that students do not repay their loans.

    1. laudable
    2. unfortunate
    3. unforgivable
    4. regrettable

23. 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

24. It is difficult to take sides with either party because both of the combatants are so ________ to ________.

    1. indifferent . . . evasion
    2. reluctant . . . compromise
    3. hostile . . . interference
    4. impenetrable . . . rhetoric
    5. averse . . . expectation

25. Some flowers bloomed, while others _____.

    1. withered
    2. delivered
    3. gathered
    4. scattered

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