Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. The examiner made us _____ our identification in order to be admitted to the test center.

   1. showing
   2. show
   3. showed
   4. to show

2. Whatever he does is always contrary ________ my wishes.

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

3. If one helps a criminal, he is also considered _____ of the crime.

   1. suspicious
   2. daring
   3. guilty
   4. culpable

4. Urge people who smoke to _____ the habit.

   1. surrender
   2. abandon
   3. discontinue
   4. desert

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

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

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

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

7. He is _____ for promotion.

   1. illegible
   2. legible
   3. eligible
   4. ineligible

8. God is kind and _____ to all sinners who repent.

   1. graceful
   2. gracious
   3. gaseous
   4. guessful

9. _____ at 212 degrees F and freezes at 32 degrees F.

   1. waters boils
   2. the water boils
   3. water bills
   4. water boil

10. His _____ simplicity is one of his qualities.

    1. childish
    2. childlike
    3. infantile
    4. puerile

11. If a ruby is heated it _____ lose its colour.

    1. would
    2. will
    3. does
    4. had

12. 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

13. I can not _____ that he would wish to harm us.

    1. hatch
    2. produce
    3. breed
    4. conceive

14. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

    1. expensive
    2. extensive
    3. spacious
    4. spatial

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

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

16. Advertisement will _____ your sale.

    1. boost
    2. hoist
    3. lift
    4. aid

17. There is _____ among the members of the party.

    1. contention
    2. discord
    3. battle
    4. war

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

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

19. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

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

20. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

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

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

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

22. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

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

23. He's been elected _____?

    1. hasn't he
    2. didn't he
    3. isn't he
    4. doesn't he

24. The primary ________ of the region’s cuisine, such as beans, legumes, and pasta, provide high levels of complex carbohydrates and often ________ meat as the primary source of protein in the diet.

    1. requirements . . . supplement
    2. components . . . replace
    3. fads . . . subjoin
    4. facet . . . duplicate
    5. ingredients . . . indemnify

25. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

    1. oxymoron
    2. paradox
    3. metaphor
    4. antithesis

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