In the name of ALLAH, the most beneficient, the most merciful

Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

  1. He worked ____, because he aspired to stand first in the examination.

    1. very hard
    2. harder
    3. much hard
    4. the harder
  2. The success of the English-Spanish simulcast must be ________ to Margo Quiroz, who interprets 40 different news items in each nightly newscast.

    1. attested
    2. censured
    3. interpreted
    4. transliterated
    5. attributed
  3. The government was _____ of incompetence.

    1. charged
    2. accused
    3. impeached
    4. censured
  4. He keeps forgetting things: I think he is getting _____.

    1. feeble
    2. an octogenarian
    3. forgetful
    4. senile
  5. It is _____ that students do not repay their loans.

    1. laudable
    2. unfortunate
    3. unforgivable
    4. regrettable
  6. We congratulate him _____.

    1. on his success
    2. for his success
    3. at his success
    4. in his success
  7. A _____ of the medal was put on show at the museum.

    1. fable
    2. facsimile
    3. allegory
    4. cosmos
  8. The ____ of the rocket was so swift that it was out of sight in a few seconds.

    1. assent
    2. ascent
    3. descent
    4. jump
  9. Although they are now commercially ________, caper bushes are still found growing wild in many ________ Mediterranean areas.

    1. exported . . . fertile
    2. marketed . . . urban
    3. preempted . . . fluvial
    4. eluded . . . indigenous
    5. cultivated . . . remote
  10. We were caught in the storm and got _____.

    1. soaked
    2. drenched
    3. damped
    4. moistened
  11. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

    1. receipt
    2. recipe
    3. formula
    4. technique
  12. We ________ friends since we were children.

    1. had been
    2. have been
    3. are
    4. were
  13. It became _____ that he was going to die.

    1. visible
    2. distinct
    3. apparent
    4. manifest
  14. He _____ our help.

    1. resents
    2. recants
    3. remove
    4. resign
  15. The Oxford research team was afraid that sensationalized television reports of its work on paranormal phenomena would undermine its academic ________.

    1. responsibility
    2. questioning
    3. credibility
    4. freedom
    5. credulousness
  16. Unless the prevailing ________ attitude toward genetically altered food is changed, the biotech industry will have little ________ to pursue research and development.

    1. rampant . . . motive
    2. auspicious . . . occasion
    3. censorious . . . disinclination
    4. negative . . . incentive
    5. unassailed . . . reason
  17. 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
  18. He felt great _____ for his daughter.

    1. affection
    2. affectation
    3. love
    4. defection
  19. _____ 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
  20. the child ________ crying for three hours.

    1. is
    2. has
    3. has been
    4. have been
  21. 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
  22. We can not _____ any of out territory.

    1. exceed
    2. accede
    3. concede
    4. precede
  23. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

    1. be
    2. is leaving
    3. must
    4. would be
  24. Whatever he does is always contrary ________ my wishes.

    1. with
    2. from
    3. to
    4. for
  25. So long you are not well avoid _____ exercise.

    1. strong
    2. lusty
    3. vigorous
    4. powerful

Answers

1 D 2 E 3 B 4 D 5 B
6 A 7 B 8 B 9 E 10 A
11 B 12 B 13 C 14 A 15 C
16 D 17 E 18 A 19 D 20 C
21 C 22 C 23 A 24 C 25 B

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