Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

2. He _____ get up early.

   1. used
   2. used to
   3. is used to
   4. was used to be

3. Death is preferable ________ dishonor.

   1. than
   2. to
   3. from
   4. of

4. We must _____ this accord.

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

5. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

   1. be
   2. is leaving
   3. must
   4. would be

6. The bacteria in milk is destroyed when _____ to at least 62 C.

   1. it be heated
   2. it heated
   3. it is heated
   4. it will be heated

7. You will feel better when you _____ that tooth out.

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

8. The meager ruins of the castle, which once covered 6 acres of ground, can now be of interest only to ________.

   1. antiques
   2. antiquaries
   3. reliquaries
   4. patricians
   5. histrionics

9. He told me that he was not familiar ________ that subject.

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

10. The principal along with the students _____ gone on the picnic.

    1. has
    2. have
    3. were
    4. are

11. Comparing him to P.T. Barnum, Mencken called William Jennings Bryan a ________, a mountebank, a fake without shame or dignity.

    1. coward
    2. charlatan
    3. poltroon
    4. craven
    5. demigod

12. He _____ our help.

    1. resents
    2. recants
    3. remove
    4. resign

13. We will do out work _____.

    1. latter
    2. later
    3. long
    4. after

14. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

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

15. That so shameless, sentimental, and dishonest a film attracts a large and enthusiastic audience is ________ of how low the popular taste has ________.

    1. an indication . . . soared
    2. a gauge . . . refined
    3. a signatory . . . fallen
    4. a refutation . . . descended
    5. a barometer . . . plummeted

16. The war has seriously _____ attempts to achieve peace.

    1. impaired
    2. attenuated
    3. enfeebled
    4. declined

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

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

18. 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

19. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

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

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

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

21. An _____ agreement was reached between both the parties.

    1. amiable
    2. amicable
    3. likeable
    4. desirable

22. If teaching _____ more, fewer teachers would leave profession.

    1. pays
    2. is paying
    3. paid
    4. had paid

23. Virginia has adopted detailed new ________ for what students should know in English, history, mathematics, and science.

    1. maxims
    2. jurisdictions
    3. benchmarks
    4. affirmations
    5. vortices

24. 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

25. If I ________ worked hard, I would have passed.

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

Answers

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