Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

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

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

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

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

4. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

   1. more quickly
   2. more quick
   3. quickly
   4. as quickly more

5. 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

6. The results of this policy will remain _____ for some times.

   1. outstanding
   2. dubious
   3. impressive
   4. remarkable

7. the child ________ crying for three hours.

   1. is
   2. has
   3. has been
   4. have been

8. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

   1. riches wealth
   2. person
   3. wealth
   4. work

9. It is _____ to steal.

   1. sinful
   2. corrupt
   3. immoral
   4. wicked

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

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

11. By the twenty-first century, the computer _____a necessity in every home.

    1. became
    2. becoming
    3. has become
    4. will have become

12. I am astonished ________ his behavior.

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

13. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

    1. to have
    2. on having
    3. to having
    4. in having
    5. with having

14. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

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

15. You ________ respect your parents and teacher.

    1. should
    2. would
    3. should have
    4. would have

16. The _____ arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.

    1. specious
    2. intemperate
    3. spurious
    4. convincing

17. My land is _____ to your Land.

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

18. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

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

19. The government was _____ of incompetence.

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

20. Penguins an aquatic bird, may live _____ twenty years.

    1. since
    2. before
    3. for
    4. from

21. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

    1. venal
    2. venial
    3. voracious
    4. veracious

22. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

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

23. I will meet him when he _____ .

    1. will come
    2. had come
    3. would have come
    4. comes

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

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

25. A _____ of the medal was put on show at the museum.

    1. fable
    2. facsimile
    3. allegory
    4. cosmos

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