Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. If I ________ more time, I would have checked my paper again.

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

2. Do not keep asking me what to do, use your own _____.

   1. unconstrained
   2. voluntary
   3. discretion
   4. gratuitous

3. He could not _____ the incident from his memory.

   1. emboss
   2. paramount
   3. exculpate
   4. expunge

4. He is such an _____ that he's sure he will soon find a job.

   1. pessimist
   2. optimist
   3. philanthropist
   4. profiteer

5. An announcement of further increase in taxes is _____.

   1. imminent
   2. eminent
   3. immanent
   4. permanent

6. 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

7. He is _____ for promotion.

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

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

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

9. We congratulate him _____.

   1. on his success
   2. for his success
   3. at his success
   4. in his success

10. Though Aslam is poor, _____ he is honest.

    1. but
    2. nevertheless
    3. yet
    4. still

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

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

12. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

    1. receipt
    2. recipe
    3. formula
    4. technique

13. 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

14. 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

15. He often _____ from the subject while lecturing.

    1. rambles
    2. roams
    3. digresses
    4. ranges

16. The Supreme Court has a reputation for being _____.

    1. stubborn
    2. capricious
    3. just
    4. humorous

17. If you wait here, I _____ if the Manager is in.

    1. would see
    2. will have seen
    3. would have seen
    4. will see

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

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

19. Truman tried to continue Roosevelt’s ________ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 1946, he had adopted a much tougher policy toward the Russians.

    1. cursory
    2. strict
    3. obligatory
    4. uncompromising
    5. conciliatory

20. We were caught in the storm and got _____.

    1. soaked
    2. drenched
    3. damped
    4. moistened

21. 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

22. 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

23. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

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

24. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

    1. worked
    2. were working
    3. had worked
    4. are working

25. The general public _____ a large number of computers now, because prices are beginning to decrease.

    1. must buy
    2. must have bought
    3. must be buying
    4. must buying

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