Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

2. So ________ was the sales person's tone about the qualities of the new computer system that Najam nearly missed the ________ in its calculations in his budget.

   1. Persuasive ... flaw
   2. adopted ... accuracy
   3. harsh ... amount
   4. irritating ... greatness

3. We were _____ by the result.

   1. surprise
   2. surprised
   3. surprising
   4. to surprise of

4. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

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

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

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

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

7. I don't know _____ to value your qualities.

   1. only how
   2. how
   3. so how
   4. that how

8. Wasim was so good at Mathematics that his friends considered him to be a _____.

   1. prodigy
   2. prodigal
   3. primeval
   4. profligate

9. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

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

10. 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

11. He became very _____ and started arguing with me angrily.

    1. subservient
    2. truculent
    3. pellucid
    4. stringent

12. Prices for bikes can run _____ Rs. 30000/-.

    1. as high as
    2. as high to
    3. so high to
    4. so high as

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

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

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. If you wait here, I _____ if the Manager is in.

    1. would see
    2. will have seen
    3. would have seen
    4. will see

16. The police arrested him and his one _____.

    1. friend
    2. colleague
    3. accomplice
    4. operator

17. We ________ friends since we were children.

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

18. America at Sea is a one-volume ________ history that covers the nation’s military and commercial activities.

    1. aquatic
    2. ancient
    3. meretricious
    4. theological
    5. maritime

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. Fauzia presents herself as a bold journalist by asking people in politics the kinds of ________ questions that other reporters do not ask.

    1. controversial
    2. circumnutating
    3. abnormal
    4. irrelevant

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

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

24. The _____ from the mountain is dangerous.

    1. decent
    2. descent
    3. ascent
    4. jump

25. So many servants attended _____ him during his illness.

    1. only how
    2. with
    3. at
    4. upon

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