Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

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

2. Despite his illness, Inzamam was ________ in winning his team.

   1. disappointing
   2. useless
   3. vigorous
   4. instrumental

3. The belief in life after death is prevalent in both primitive societies _____ advanced culture.

   1. and
   2. and in
   3. and also
   4. also

4. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

   1. efface
   2. deface
   3. erase
   4. wipe away

5. The _____ motion of the earth as it turns on its axis creators the changes of seasons.

   1. accident
   2. rhythmic
   3. leisurely
   4. perpetual

6. Your conduct is most _____.

   1. reprobate
   2. recidivist
   3. reprehensible
   4. regurgitate

7. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

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

8. He felt great _____ for his daughter.

   1. affection
   2. affectation
   3. love
   4. defection

9. You must show _____ for out teachers.

   1. reverence
   2. adoration
   3. homage
   4. veneration

10. Salma's home looked as though it had been ________ from a rag bin; her expensive burner was her sole ________ of luxury.

    1. clean ... expensive
    2. computerized ... cost
    3. modernized ... symbol
    4. salvaged ... sign

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

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

12. Your remarks are not _____ to the matter we are discussing.

    1. pertinent
    2. prolix
    3. prolonged
    4. acrimonious

13. A highly ________ player, the champion will snarl at himself and rage at the umpire with no ________ whatsoever.

    1. reticent . . . reason
    2. demonstrative . . . provocation
    3. recusant . . . excuse
    4. obstreperous . . . corroboration
    5. emotional . . . antagonism

14. My wealthy aunt is more than economical; she is so ________ that she washes paper plates to be used again.

    1. affluent
    2. parsimonious
    3. indigent
    4. impoverished
    5. selfish

15. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

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

16. So long you are not well avoid _____ exercise.

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

17. I have no _____ motive in offering this advice, I seek no personal advantage.

    1. ulterior
    2. nominal
    3. disinterested
    4. incongruous

18. He was quite able _____ after himself.

    1. to looking
    2. for looking
    3. to look
    4. of looking

19. The writing is awkward, even ________, but the novel has nonetheless attracted a large ________.

    1. felicitous . . . following
    2. grotesque . . . vacuity
    3. elegant . . . repertoire
    4. graceful . . . audience
    5. ungainly . . . readership

20. Political dissidents complained of being _____ by the police.

    1. capitulated
    2. desecrated
    3. minimized
    4. harassed

21. Thermometer is a _____ to measure one's temperature.

    1. philosophy
    2. conviction
    3. device
    4. tendency

22. Her fears were first _____ when her son did not come here.

    1. arise
    2. arisen
    3. arouse
    4. aroused

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

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

24. You must _____ yourself to the new conditions.

    1. adopt
    2. adept
    3. adapt
    4. convert

25. The price of food here is _____.

    1. askance
    2. exorbitant
    3. outlandish
    4. usury

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