Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. The Oxford research team was afraid that sensationalized television reports of its work on paranormal phenomena would undermine its academic ________.

   1. responsibility
   2. questioning
   3. credibility
   4. freedom
   5. credulousness

2. Do not keep asking me what to do, use your own _____.

   1. unconstrained
   2. voluntary
   3. discretion
   4. gratuitous

3. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

   1. receipt
   2. recipe
   3. formula
   4. technique

4. The Govt must _____ the suffering of the people.

   1. ally
   2. allay
   3. rid
   4. palliate

5. Unlike most historians, an anthropologist may not share the conventional ________ that the written word is more ________ than a tale told by a campfire.

   1. belief . . . prolix
   2. assumption . . . authentic
   3. idea . . . incredible
   4. tenet . . . specious
   5. canon . . . interesting

6. Govt must hold a _____ inquiry.

   1. intelligent
   2. judicial
   3. sensible
   4. discreetly

7. Truman tried to continue Roosevelt’s ________ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 1946, he had adopted a much tougher policy toward the Russians.

   1. cursory
   2. strict
   3. obligatory
   4. uncompromising
   5. conciliatory

8. The _____ motion of the earth as it turns on its axis creators the changes of seasons.

   1. accident
   2. rhythmic
   3. leisurely
   4. perpetual

9. I do not have any _____.

   1. confident
   2. confidant
   3. confidential
   4. confederate

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

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

11. 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

12. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

    1. doesn't it
    2. isn't it
    3. hasn't it
    4. didn't it

13. That so shameless, sentimental, and dishonest a film attracts a large and enthusiastic audience is ________ of how low the popular taste has ________.

    1. an indication . . . soared
    2. a gauge . . . refined
    3. a signatory . . . fallen
    4. a refutation . . . descended
    5. a barometer . . . plummeted

14. He said that there was no going back because his decision was _____.

    1. palatable
    2. peremptory
    3. premeditated
    4. revolutionary

15. Face _____ with courage.

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

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

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

17. 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

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

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

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

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

20. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

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

21. You must _____ enough evidence to ensure his conviction.

    1. hoard
    2. store
    3. rallied
    4. accumulate

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

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

23. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

    1. turbid
    2. turgid
    3. torpid
    4. turbulent

24. 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

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

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

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