Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. He was _____ a member of Assembly.

   1. formerly
   2. formally
   3. lastly
   4. old

2. Whatever he does is always contrary ________ my wishes.

   1. with
   2. from
   3. to
   4. for

3. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

   1. worked
   2. were working
   3. had worked
   4. are working

4. The _____ from the mountain is dangerous.

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

5. In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only an _____.

   1. illusion
   2. allusion
   3. delusion
   4. conclusion

6. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

   1. efface
   2. deface
   3. erase
   4. wipe away

7. Meekness is more attractive than _____.

   1. sickness
   2. naughtiness
   3. laziness
   4. clumsiness

8. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

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

9. If I ________ more time, I would have checked my paper again.

   1. had
   2. have
   3. had had
   4. have had

10. An announcement of further increase in taxes is _____.

    1. imminent
    2. eminent
    3. immanent
    4. permanent

11. I will meet him when he _____ .

    1. will come
    2. had come
    3. would have come
    4. comes

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

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

13. It is important that the office _____ your registration.

    1. will confirm
    2. confirm
    3. confirms
    4. must confirm

14. 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

15. I would like to have the newspaper as soon as you ____ it.

    1. finished
    2. are finish
    3. will finish
    4. have finished

16. Rather than ________ the commuter delays, the new toll road has ________ the problems, and the traffic jams are worse than ever.

    1. minimize . . . extenuated
    2. extol . . . compounded
    3. abate . . . decimated
    4. alleviate . . . aggravated
    5. emend . . . increased

17. _____ owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.

    1. that birds
    2. a bird
    3. the bird
    4. birds

18. Unless protected areas are established, the Bengal tiger, the blue whale, face _____ of extinction.

    1. possible
    2. the possibility
    3. to be possible
    4. possibly

19. If I ________ worked hard, I would have passed.

    1. would have
    2. had
    3. should have
    4. have

20. I can not _____ that he would wish to harm us.

    1. hatch
    2. produce
    3. breed
    4. conceive

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

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

22. We must _____ this accord.

    1. greet
    2. hail
    3. salute
    4. receive

23. His argument is quite _____.

    1. sickly
    2. unconvincing
    3. fragile
    4. infirm

24. It is usually _____ lava but gas that kills people during volcanic eruptions.

    1. not only
    2. not
    3. neither
    4. no

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

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

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