Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

2. Thermometer is a _____ to measure one's temperature.

   1. philosophy
   2. conviction
   3. device
   4. tendency

3. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

   1. oxymoron
   2. paradox
   3. metaphor
   4. antithesis

4. You must show _____ for out teachers.

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

5. I do not have any _____.

   1. confident
   2. confidant
   3. confidential
   4. confederate

6. 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

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

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

8. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

   1. recipe
   2. receipt
   3. slip
   4. letter

9. 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

10. We _____ go to movies quite frequently.

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

11. _____ owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.

    1. that birds
    2. a bird
    3. the bird
    4. birds

12. Getting this contract is _____ to the future of our company.

    1. humane
    2. crucial
    3. reciprocal
    4. brutal

13. I can not _____ that he would wish to harm us.

    1. hatch
    2. produce
    3. breed
    4. conceive

14. We must _____ this accord.

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

15. If teaching _____ more, fewer teachers would leave profession.

    1. pays
    2. is paying
    3. paid
    4. had paid

16. 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

17. He said that there was no going back because his decision was _____.

    1. palatable
    2. peremptory
    3. premeditated
    4. revolutionary

18. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _____ their clients funds.

    1. defalcate
    2. devastate
    3. devour
    4. embezzle

19. In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only an _____.

    1. illusion
    2. allusion
    3. delusion
    4. conclusion

20. He flew into a _____ when I would not lend him any money.

    1. overt
    2. sporadic
    3. furtive
    4. fury

21. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

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

22. We will do out work _____.

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

23. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _____ his actions.

    1. of
    2. against
    3. for
    4. about

24. Knowledge is like a deep well fed by _____ springs and your mind in the little bucket that you drop in it.

    1. external
    2. perennial
    3. immortal
    4. inexhaustible

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

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

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