Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

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

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

3. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

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

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

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

5. We must _____ this accord.

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

6. He was fined Rs. 100 for _____ driving.

   1. lavish
   2. prodigal
   3. reckless
   4. unthrifty

7. The police arrested him and his one _____.

   1. friend
   2. colleague
   3. accomplice
   4. operator

8. His _____ simplicity is one of his qualities.

   1. childish
   2. childlike
   3. infantile
   4. puerile

9. 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

10. Govt must hold a _____ inquiry.

    1. intelligent
    2. judicial
    3. sensible
    4. discreetly

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

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

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

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

13. He's been elected _____?

    1. hasn't he
    2. didn't he
    3. isn't he
    4. doesn't he

14. He worked _____ for ten year to make the project successful.

    1. deliberately
    2. assiduously
    3. ingenuously
    4. deliriously

15. He never _____ and never will do such a work.

    1. has
    2. has done
    3. had done
    4. is done

16. The sea at that time was perfectly _____.

    1. harmonious
    2. concordant
    3. calm
    4. in agreement

17. Praise always _____ him to make greater efforts.

    1. bores
    2. stimulates
    3. entices
    4. enervates

18. The government was _____ of incompetence.

    1. charged
    2. accused
    3. impeached
    4. censured

19. The price of food here is _____.

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

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

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

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

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

22. He keeps forgetting things: I think he is getting _____.

    1. feeble
    2. an octogenarian
    3. forgetful
    4. senile

23. We ________ friends since we were children.

    1. had been
    2. have been
    3. are
    4. were

24. Urge people who smoke to _____ the habit.

    1. surrender
    2. abandon
    3. discontinue
    4. desert

25. 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

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