Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

2. The _____ arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.

   1. specious
   2. intemperate
   3. spurious
   4. convincing

3. He was quite able _____ after himself.

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

4. You will feel better when you _____ that tooth out.

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

5. Slovenia’s declared intention to ________ and Croatia’s decision to ________ the conference, aimed at preventing the breakup of the federation, are twin blows to Yugoslavian unity.

   1. secede . . . boycott
   2. withdraw . . . foster
   3. divide . . . consolidate
   4. recede . . . avoid
   5. patronize . . . exclude

6. 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

7. My land is _____ to your Land.

   1. contagious
   2. contiguous
   3. infectious
   4. touchy

8. Although we often use "speed" and "velocity" interchangeably, in a technical sense "speed" is not always _____ "velocity".

   1. alike
   2. the same as
   3. similar
   4. as

9. Comparing him to P.T. Barnum, Mencken called William Jennings Bryan a ________, a mountebank, a fake without shame or dignity.

   1. coward
   2. charlatan
   3. poltroon
   4. craven
   5. demigod

10. The ________ of Darwin’s theory of evolution on Victorian religion was to create a bitter ________ of ideas and beliefs.

    1. result . . . moderation
    2. effect . . . conflict
    3. extension . . . growth
    4. origin . . . compromise
    5. influence . . . solidarity

11. The description of the accident given by him was quite _____.

    1. bright
    2. vivid
    3. glaring
    4. telling

12. The task seemed impossible but some-how Rashid _____ very skillfully in the end.

    1. pulled it up
    2. pulled it off
    3. pulled it away
    4. pulled it out

13. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

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

14. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

    1. makes
    2. has made
    3. had made
    4. is making

15. He _____ our help.

    1. resents
    2. recants
    3. remove
    4. resign

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

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

17. He _____ get up early.

    1. used
    2. used to
    3. is used to
    4. was used to be

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

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

19. The reduction of unemployment should be ______ in government's economic policy.

    1. paragon
    2. paramount
    3. paradox
    4. partition

20. So many servants attended _____ him during his illness.

    1. only how
    2. with
    3. at
    4. upon

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

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

22. There seems to be a _____ of good young players at the moment.

    1. plague
    2. series
    3. plethora
    4. dearth

23. This legend has been _____ from father to son.

    1. handed down
    2. handed for
    3. handed in
    4. handed over

24. We _____ ourselves for difficult times.

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

25. The meager ruins of the castle, which once covered 6 acres of ground, can now be of interest only to ________.

    1. antiques
    2. antiquaries
    3. reliquaries
    4. patricians
    5. histrionics

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