Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. When the hotel burned down, fifty people died in the _____.

   1. sirocco
   2. typhoon
   3. maelstrom
   4. holocaust

2. _____ is a person who produces works of art, especially painting.

   1. beautician
   2. writer
   3. artistic
   4. artisan

3. The bacteria in milk is destroyed when _____ to at least 62 C.

   1. it be heated
   2. it heated
   3. it is heated
   4. it will be heated

4. I don't know _____ to value your qualities.

   1. only how
   2. how
   3. so how
   4. that how

5. 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

6. We will do out work _____.

   1. latter
   2. later
   3. long
   4. after

7. The ________ songs of Irving Berlin captured the uninhibited joy and ________ verve of New York in the twenties.

   1. jaunty . . . insouciant
   2. tuneful . . . timorous
   3. cacophonous . . . careless
   4. catchy . . . lurid
   5. popular . . . flagrant

8. His argument is quite _____.

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

9. 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

10. Failing the exam was a _____ disappointment to him.

    1. sour
    2. tart
    3. bitter
    4. acrid

11. He was _____ a member of Assembly.

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

12. You must show _____ for out teachers.

    1. reverence
    2. adoration
    3. homage
    4. veneration

13. 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

14. A highly ________ player, the champion will snarl at himself and rage at the umpire with no ________ whatsoever.

    1. reticent . . . reason
    2. demonstrative . . . provocation
    3. recusant . . . excuse
    4. obstreperous . . . corroboration
    5. emotional . . . antagonism

15. You must _____ enough evidence to ensure his conviction.

    1. hoard
    2. store
    3. rallied
    4. accumulate

16. The chair is in the garden, please _____ it.

    1. bring
    2. fetch
    3. carry
    4. transport

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

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

18. Ozone in the Earth's atmosphere ________ living organisms from damaging ultraviolet radiation.

    1. protects
    2. warms
    3. reflects
    4. absorbs

19. Walters and Torres ________ seven other candidates in the special election, but because neither ________ more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will have to be held for the two of them.

    1. trailed . . . captured
    2. defeated . . . recaptured
    3. out-polled . . . garnered
    4. eliminated . . . reclaimed
    5. evaded . . . achieved

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

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

21. If one helps a criminal, he is also considered _____ of the crime.

    1. suspicious
    2. daring
    3. guilty
    4. culpable

22. 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

23. If the teams were not so evenly matched, it would be easier to _____ the outcome of the match.

    1. argue
    2. predict
    3. discuss
    4. influence

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

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

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

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

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