Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

2. It is _____ to steal.

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

3. 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

4. I will meet him when he _____ .

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

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

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

6. The company’s ________ produce new, daring, and socially relevant plays has made it the most ________, though not the most popular, theater group in the city.

   1. reluctance to . . . esoteric
   2. avidity to . . . congenial
   3. commitment to . . . provocative
   4. inability to . . . liberal
   5. eagerness to . . . regressive

7. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

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

8. The show is worth seeing for the ________ of Judy Convoy’s vivacious performance, which ________ the stage whenever she appears.

   1. effervescence . . . enlivens
   2. verve . . . deforms
   3. torpor . . . dominates
   4. bravado . . . enervates
   5. sprightliness . . . muffles

9. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

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

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

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

11. His argument is quite _____.

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

12. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

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

13. 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

14. ________ must be distinguished from ________, which is the recognition of different categories of people without the inputing of any differences in rank.

    1. Totalitarianism . . . brotherhood
    2. Modification . . . ossification
    3. Classification . . . ramification
    4. Stratification . . . differentiation
    5. Finitude . . . infinitude

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

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

16. the child ________ crying for three hours.

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

17. Students at Pennsylvania State University have ________ the Liberty Bell’s original tone, a ________ of four notes, E flat, F sharp, G sharp, and B flat.

    1. relegated . . . combination
    2. replicated . . . melding
    3. decanted . . . concurrence
    4. reproduced . . . disjunction
    5. intimated . . . knell

18. Pretending in his works to be gauche, uneducated, and ________, the real Chaucer was a sophisticated, widely read, and ________ man.

    1. provincial . . . cosmopolitan
    2. exiguous . . . vigorous
    3. avuncular . . . shrewd
    4. inept . . . dauntless
    5. incompetent . . . flaccid

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

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

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

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

21. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

    1. makes
    2. has made
    3. had made
    4. is making

22. She ________ for Karachi three days ago

    1. left
    2. is leaving
    3. had left
    4. will leave

23. Loyalty tests are ________ in their consequences because they distract attention from truly disloyal activities, and they ________ the criticism that true loyalty inspires.

    1. salutary . . . intimidate
    2. cautionary . . . mute
    3. pernicious . . . silence
    4. unexceptional . . . abstract
    5. perilous . . . augment

24. I _____ him for a long time.

    1. am not met
    2. did not meet
    3. do not meet
    4. have not met

25. He has _____ all the miseries heroically.

    1. born
    2. borne
    3. bane
    4. boon

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