Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. Ignoring the increasing cloudiness and the ________ rumblings in the sky, they opened the picnic basket on the shore of the lake.

   1. ominous
   2. blithe
   3. monetary
   4. arduous
   5. auspicious

2. Failing the exam was a _____ disappointment to him.

   1. sour
   2. tart
   3. bitter
   4. acrid

3. He is _____ for promotion.

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

4. 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

5. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

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

6. A seventeen-year-old is not _____ to vote in an election.

   1. old enough
   2. as old enough
   3. enough old
   4. enough old as

7. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

   1. was
   2. were
   3. have been
   4. are

8. An announcement of further increase in taxes is _____.

   1. imminent
   2. eminent
   3. immanent
   4. permanent

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

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

10. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

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

11. We must _____ this accord.

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

12. A _____ of the medal was put on show at the museum.

    1. fable
    2. facsimile
    3. allegory
    4. cosmos

13. He often _____ from the subject while lecturing.

    1. rambles
    2. roams
    3. digresses
    4. ranges

14. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

    1. recipe
    2. receipt
    3. slip
    4. letter

15. ________ must be distinguished from ________, which is the recognition of different categories of people without the inputing of any differences in rank.

    1. Totalitarianism . . . brotherhood
    2. Modification . . . ossification
    3. Classification . . . ramification
    4. Stratification . . . differentiation
    5. Finitude . . . infinitude

16. It is usually _____ lava but gas that kills people during volcanic eruptions.

    1. not only
    2. not
    3. neither
    4. no

17. Although buses are _____ to depart at a certain hour, they are often late.

    1. scheduled
    2. requested
    3. obligated
    4. loaded

18. 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

19. Slovenia’s declared intention to ________ and Croatia’s decision to ________ the conference, aimed at preventing the breakup of the federation, are twin blows to Yugoslavian unity.

    1. secede . . . boycott
    2. withdraw . . . foster
    3. divide . . . consolidate
    4. recede . . . avoid
    5. patronize . . . exclude

20. Unless protected areas are established, the Bengal tiger, the blue whale, face _____ of extinction.

    1. possible
    2. the possibility
    3. to be possible
    4. possibly

21. He flew into a _____ when I would not lend him any money.

    1. overt
    2. sporadic
    3. furtive
    4. fury

22. His knowledge of the subject is _____.

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

23. Face _____ with courage.

    1. misery
    2. poverty
    3. adversity
    4. affliction

24. At its _____ the Roman empire covered almost the whole of Europe.

    1. equinox
    2. nadir
    3. zenith
    4. solstice

25. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

    1. worked
    2. were working
    3. had worked
    4. are working

Answers

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