Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. The sea at that time was perfectly _____.

   1. harmonious
   2. concordant
   3. calm
   4. in agreement

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

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

3. The eruption of the volcano in January was only ________ of the much larger event in March.

   1. an advent
   2. a ukase
   3. an elision
   4. a precursor
   5. a subtext

4. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

   1. shortage
   2. deficiency
   3. poverty
   4. want

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

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

6. We must _____ this accord.

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

7. The success of the English-Spanish simulcast must be ________ to Margo Quiroz, who interprets 40 different news items in each nightly newscast.

   1. attested
   2. censured
   3. interpreted
   4. transliterated
   5. attributed

8. This disease is _____ do not sit near him.

   1. contagious
   2. contiguous
   3. infectious
   4. touchy

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

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

10. Government did not realize the _____ of people's feeling on this issue.

    1. fragments
    2. attrition
    3. intensity
    4. barbarism

11. The jaw structure of a snake permits it to eat much larger than.

    1. it
    2. itself
    3. its
    4. it has

12. He keeps forgetting things: I think he is getting _____.

    1. feeble
    2. an octogenarian
    3. forgetful
    4. senile

13. You will feel better when you _____ that tooth out.

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

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

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

15. We should try to avoid one who is brave in words but not in _____.

    1. actions
    2. reaction
    3. job
    4. fighting

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. It is _____ to steal.

    1. sinful
    2. corrupt
    3. immoral
    4. wicked

20. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

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

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

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

22. 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

23. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

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

24. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

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

25. ________ 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

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