Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. An _____ agreement was reached between both the parties.

   1. amiable
   2. amicable
   3. likeable
   4. desirable

2. Some historians contend that the ________ Germany was forced to pay after World War I ________ made possible the rise of Nazism.

   1. restorations . . . indefinitely
   2. recriminations . . . finally
   3. expenditures . . . gratuitously
   4. reparations . . . ultimately
   5. disbursements . . . immediately

3. He _____ a few steps when it started raining.

   1. had hardly taken
   2. hardly took
   3. hardly taken
   4. taken hardly

4. _____ owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.

   1. that birds
   2. a bird
   3. the bird
   4. birds

5. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

   1. oxymoron
   2. paradox
   3. metaphor
   4. antithesis

6. Walters and Torres ________ seven other candidates in the special election, but because neither ________ more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will have to be held for the two of them.

   1. trailed . . . captured
   2. defeated . . . recaptured
   3. out-polled . . . garnered
   4. eliminated . . . reclaimed
   5. evaded . . . achieved

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

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

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

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

9. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

   1. the exposing
   2. from exposing
   3. from exposure
   4. expose

10. 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

11. We can not _____ any of out territory.

    1. exceed
    2. accede
    3. concede
    4. precede

12. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _____ their clients funds.

    1. defalcate
    2. devastate
    3. devour
    4. embezzle

13. As the controversial argument continued, the debaters became more _________ and their remarks became more ________.

    1. subdued . . . hostile
    2. vehement . . . acrimonious
    3. reticent . . . cliché
    4. affable . . . adverse
    5. emotional . . . adroit

14. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

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

15. The _____ arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.

    1. specious
    2. intemperate
    3. spurious
    4. convincing

16. 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

17. We must _____ this accord.

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

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

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

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

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

20. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

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

21. You must show _____ for out teachers.

    1. reverence
    2. adoration
    3. homage
    4. veneration

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

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

23. We _____ ourselves for difficult times.

    1. prop
    2. support
    3. brace
    4. refresh

24. Heavy snows in the passes of the Pyrenees have seriously ________ rescuers trying to reach travelers surprised by the spring blizzards.

    1. excluded
    2. expedited
    3. rappelled
    4. assisted
    5. hampered

25. In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only an _____.

    1. illusion
    2. allusion
    3. delusion
    4. conclusion

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