Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. You _____ care of your health.

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

2. The company has accused its larger rival of trying to ________ the ________ retail market in the north by offering illegal contracts to outlets in the area.

   1. control . . . bankrupt
   2. monopolize . . . lucrative
   3. annul . . . profitable
   4. corner . . . factitious
   5. divest . . . remunerative

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

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

4. 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

5. We _____ go to movies quite frequently.

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

6. He told me that he was not familiar ________ that subject.

   1. to
   2. on
   3. with
   4. about

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

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

8. Unless the environmentalists can draft a more ________ proposal, the courts will disallow their proposition as too vague.

   1. legal
   2. restrictive
   3. encompassing
   4. specific
   5. ecological

9. He is _____ for promotion.

   1. illegible
   2. legible
   3. eligible
   4. ineligible

10. The _____ motion of the earth as it turns on its axis creators the changes of seasons.

    1. accident
    2. rhythmic
    3. leisurely
    4. perpetual

11. The ________ problem of piracy has the music industry worried, because the pirates overseas are ________ by the crackdown in the United States.

    1. burgeoning . . . unabashed
    2. widespread . . . intimidated
    3. immaterial . . . incriminated
    4. minor . . . untroubled
    5. evanescent . . . undeterred

12. Although buses are _____ to depart at a certain hour, they are often late.

    1. scheduled
    2. requested
    3. obligated
    4. loaded

13. In one fierce battle the enemy were completely wiped _____.

    1. out
    2. off
    3. away
    4. over

14. We can not _____ any of out territory.

    1. exceed
    2. accede
    3. concede
    4. precede

15. She ________ for Karachi three days ago

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

16. Fauzia presents herself as a bold journalist by asking people in politics the kinds of ________ questions that other reporters do not ask.

    1. controversial
    2. circumnutating
    3. abnormal
    4. irrelevant

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

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

18. The primary ________ of the region’s cuisine, such as beans, legumes, and pasta, provide high levels of complex carbohydrates and often ________ meat as the primary source of protein in the diet.

    1. requirements . . . supplement
    2. components . . . replace
    3. fads . . . subjoin
    4. facet . . . duplicate
    5. ingredients . . . indemnify

19. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

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

20. This disease is _____ do not sit near him.

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

21. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

    1. large amount
    2. large number
    3. little amount
    4. big amount

22. ________ 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

23. Heavy snows in the passes of the Pyrenees have seriously ________ rescuers trying to reach travelers surprised by the spring blizzards.

    1. excluded
    2. expedited
    3. rappelled
    4. assisted
    5. hampered

24. The writing is awkward, even ________, but the novel has nonetheless attracted a large ________.

    1. felicitous . . . following
    2. grotesque . . . vacuity
    3. elegant . . . repertoire
    4. graceful . . . audience
    5. ungainly . . . readership

25. Government did not realize the _____ of people's feeling on this issue.

    1. fragments
    2. attrition
    3. intensity
    4. barbarism

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