Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. Salma's home looked as though it had been ________ from a rag bin; her expensive burner was her sole ________ of luxury.

   1. clean ... expensive
   2. computerized ... cost
   3. modernized ... symbol
   4. salvaged ... sign

2. As the controversial argument continued, the debaters became more _________ and their remarks became more ________.

   1. subdued . . . hostile
   2. vehement . . . acrimonious
   3. reticent . . . cliché
   4. affable . . . adverse
   5. emotional . . . adroit

3. We ________ friends since we were children.

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

4. Meekness is more attractive than _____.

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

5. 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

6. He was quite able _____ after himself.

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

7. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

   1. turbid
   2. turgid
   3. torpid
   4. turbulent

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

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

9. Because of his _____ personality he is always very difficult to handle.

   1. voluble
   2. volatile
   3. voluptuous
   4. expensive

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

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

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

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

12. They refuse to _____ defeat.

    1. grant
    2. yield
    3. own
    4. acknowledge

13. 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

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

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

15. We must _____ this accord.

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

16. Though Aslam is poor, _____ he is honest.

    1. but
    2. nevertheless
    3. yet
    4. still

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

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

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

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

19. ________ 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

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

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

21. Truman tried to continue Roosevelt’s ________ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 1946, he had adopted a much tougher policy toward the Russians.

    1. cursory
    2. strict
    3. obligatory
    4. uncompromising
    5. conciliatory

22. After his operation he was _____ to bed for a week.

    1. circumscribed
    2. cramped
    3. confined
    4. limited

23. The book is out of print and difficult to _____.

    1. achieve
    2. procure
    3. acquire
    4. attain

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

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

25. The controversy is likely to create _____ between the two rival.

    1. doubt
    2. amity
    3. bitterness
    4. revenge

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