Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

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

2. He was quite able _____ after himself.

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

3. The book is out of print and difficult to _____.

   1. achieve
   2. procure
   3. acquire
   4. attain

4. We congratulate him _____.

   1. on his success
   2. for his success
   3. at his success
   4. in his success

5. 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

6. Some historians contend that the ________ Germany was forced to pay after World War I ________ made possible the rise of Nazism.

   1. restorations . . . indefinitely
   2. recriminations . . . finally
   3. expenditures . . . gratuitously
   4. reparations . . . ultimately
   5. disbursements . . . immediately

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. the child ________ crying for three hours.

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

11. The reduction of unemployment should be ______ in government's economic policy.

    1. paragon
    2. paramount
    3. paradox
    4. partition

12. 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

13. Penguins an aquatic bird, may live _____ twenty years.

    1. since
    2. before
    3. for
    4. from

14. The price of food here is _____.

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

15. 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

16. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

17. Walters and Torres ________ seven other candidates in the special election, but because neither ________ more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will have to be held for the two of them.

    1. trailed . . . captured
    2. defeated . . . recaptured
    3. out-polled . . . garnered
    4. eliminated . . . reclaimed
    5. evaded . . . achieved

18. Getting this contract is _____ to the future of our company.

    1. humane
    2. crucial
    3. reciprocal
    4. brutal

19. Death is preferable ________ dishonor.

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

20. Because light travels faster then sound lightning appears to _____ thunder.

    1. prolong
    2. traverse
    3. go before
    4. repel

21. As the controversial argument continued, the debaters became more _________ and their remarks became more ________.

    1. subdued . . . hostile
    2. vehement . . . acrimonious
    3. reticent . . . cliché
    4. affable . . . adverse
    5. emotional . . . adroit

22. About fifty workers were declared _____ by the factory management.

    1. adulatory
    2. avid
    3. rhetorical
    4. redundant

23. All the family members will get together on the _____ day of Eid.

    1. suspicious
    2. obvious
    3. auspicious
    4. conspicuous

24. The task seemed impossible but some-how Rashid _____ very skillfully in the end.

    1. pulled it up
    2. pulled it off
    3. pulled it away
    4. pulled it out

25. What a _____ you were not hurt in the accident.

    1. prayers
    2. praise
    3. blessing
    4. consecration

Answers

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