Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

   1. large amount
   2. large number
   3. little amount
   4. big amount

2. Thermometer is a _____ to measure one's temperature.

   1. philosophy
   2. conviction
   3. device
   4. tendency

3. He never _____ and never will do such a work.

   1. has
   2. has done
   3. had done
   4. is done

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

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

5. He _____ get up early.

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

6. If a ruby is heated it _____ lose its colour.

   1. would
   2. will
   3. does
   4. had

7. 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

8. He felt great _____ for his daughter.

   1. affection
   2. affectation
   3. love
   4. defection

9. Penguins an aquatic bird, may live _____ twenty years.

   1. since
   2. before
   3. for
   4. from

10. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

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

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

12. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

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

13. An announcement of further increase in taxes is _____.

    1. imminent
    2. eminent
    3. immanent
    4. permanent

14. 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

15. 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

16. The writing is awkward, even ________, but the novel has nonetheless attracted a large ________.

    1. felicitous . . . following
    2. grotesque . . . vacuity
    3. elegant . . . repertoire
    4. graceful . . . audience
    5. ungainly . . . readership

17. The Supreme Court has a reputation for being _____.

    1. stubborn
    2. capricious
    3. just
    4. humorous

18. 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

19. He told me that he was not familiar ________ that subject.

    1. to
    2. on
    3. with
    4. about

20. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

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

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

22. Face _____ with courage.

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

23. When he _____ his hair cut, he went to the cinema.

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

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

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

25. The primary ________ of the region’s cuisine, such as beans, legumes, and pasta, provide high levels of complex carbohydrates and often ________ meat as the primary source of protein in the diet.

    1. requirements . . . supplement
    2. components . . . replace
    3. fads . . . subjoin
    4. facet . . . duplicate
    5. ingredients . . . indemnify

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