Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. I _____ him for a long time.

   1. am not met
   2. did not meet
   3. do not meet
   4. have not met

2. It is _____ to steal.

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

3. If the teams were not so evenly matched, it would be easier to _____ the outcome of the match.

   1. argue
   2. predict
   3. discuss
   4. influence

4. We _____ go to movies quite frequently.

   1. used to
   2. was used to
   3. used
   4. was used to be

5. Nadim met a _____ accident and died at the spot.

   1. fatal
   2. fateful
   3. crucial
   4. fating

6. He often _____ from the subject while lecturing.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

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

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

11. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

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

12. The show is worth seeing for the ________ of Judy Convoy’s vivacious performance, which ________ the stage whenever she appears.

    1. effervescence . . . enlivens
    2. verve . . . deforms
    3. torpor . . . dominates
    4. bravado . . . enervates
    5. sprightliness . . . muffles

13. _____ is a person who produces works of art, especially painting.

    1. beautician
    2. writer
    3. artistic
    4. artisan

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

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

15. After his operation he was _____ to bed for a week.

    1. circumscribed
    2. cramped
    3. confined
    4. limited

16. ________ 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

17. We must _____ this accord.

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

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

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

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

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

20. When the hotel burned down, fifty people died in the _____.

    1. sirocco
    2. typhoon
    3. maelstrom
    4. holocaust

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

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

22. He has _____ all the miseries heroically.

    1. born
    2. borne
    3. bane
    4. boon

23. Although they are now commercially ________, caper bushes are still found growing wild in many ________ Mediterranean areas.

    1. exported . . . fertile
    2. marketed . . . urban
    3. preempted . . . fluvial
    4. eluded . . . indigenous
    5. cultivated . . . remote

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

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

25. His argument is quite _____.

    1. sickly
    2. unconvincing
    3. fragile
    4. infirm

Answers

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