Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. The eruption of the volcano in January was only ________ of the much larger event in March.

   1. an advent
   2. a ukase
   3. an elision
   4. a precursor
   5. a subtext

2. 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

3. They refuse to _____ defeat.

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

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

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

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

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

6. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

   1. exceptional
   2. exceptionable
   3. exhaustible
   4. exhaustive

7. You _____ care of your health.

   1. had better to take
   2. had better take
   3. had better taken
   4. had taken better

8. He is such an _____ that he's sure he will soon find a job.

   1. pessimist
   2. optimist
   3. philanthropist
   4. profiteer

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

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

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

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

11. She ________ for Karachi three days ago

    1. left
    2. is leaving
    3. had left
    4. will leave

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

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

13. All the family members will get together on the _____ day of Eid.

    1. suspicious
    2. obvious
    3. auspicious
    4. conspicuous

14. 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

15. So ________ was the sales person's tone about the qualities of the new computer system that Najam nearly missed the ________ in its calculations in his budget.

    1. Persuasive ... flaw
    2. adopted ... accuracy
    3. harsh ... amount
    4. irritating ... greatness

16. Because light travels faster then sound lightning appears to _____ thunder.

    1. prolong
    2. traverse
    3. go before
    4. repel

17. The price of food here is _____.

    1. askance
    2. exorbitant
    3. outlandish
    4. usury

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

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

19. Although they are now commercially ________, caper bushes are still found growing wild in many ________ Mediterranean areas.

    1. exported . . . fertile
    2. marketed . . . urban
    3. preempted . . . fluvial
    4. eluded . . . indigenous
    5. cultivated . . . remote

20. We congratulate him _____.

    1. on his success
    2. for his success
    3. at his success
    4. in his success

21. Face _____ with courage.

    1. misery
    2. poverty
    3. adversity
    4. affliction

22. The belief in life after death is prevalent in both primitive societies _____ advanced culture.

    1. and
    2. and in
    3. and also
    4. also

23. He became very _____ and started arguing with me angrily.

    1. subservient
    2. truculent
    3. pellucid
    4. stringent

24. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

25. The Govt must _____ the suffering of the people.

    1. ally
    2. allay
    3. rid
    4. palliate

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