Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

2. Heavy _____ were reported in the battle

   1. depreciation
   2. despoliation
   3. obsolescence
   4. casualties

3. The ________ problem of piracy has the music industry worried, because the pirates overseas are ________ by the crackdown in the United States.

   1. burgeoning . . . unabashed
   2. widespread . . . intimidated
   3. immaterial . . . incriminated
   4. minor . . . untroubled
   5. evanescent . . . undeterred

4. The general public _____ a large number of computers now, because prices are beginning to decrease.

   1. must buy
   2. must have bought
   3. must be buying
   4. must buying

5. Advertisement will _____ your sale.

   1. boost
   2. hoist
   3. lift
   4. aid

6. 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

7. It is _____ to steal.

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

8. Wasim was so good at Mathematics that his friends considered him to be a _____.

   1. prodigy
   2. prodigal
   3. primeval
   4. profligate

9. You must _____ after hard work.

   1. relax
   2. repose
   3. compose
   4. depose

10. The bacteria in milk is destroyed when _____ to at least 62 C.

    1. it be heated
    2. it heated
    3. it is heated
    4. it will be heated

11. Slovenia’s declared intention to ________ and Croatia’s decision to ________ the conference, aimed at preventing the breakup of the federation, are twin blows to Yugoslavian unity.

    1. secede . . . boycott
    2. withdraw . . . foster
    3. divide . . . consolidate
    4. recede . . . avoid
    5. patronize . . . exclude

12. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

    1. more quickly
    2. more quick
    3. quickly
    4. as quickly more

13. If one know the facts one ________ not be so quiet to criticize.

    1. could
    2. can
    3. would
    4. will

14. _____ is necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth.

    1. it is calcium
    2. that calcium
    3. calcium
    4. although calcium

15. He felt great _____ for his daughter.

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

16. Those cottages _____ perfectly with the landscape.

    1. mix
    2. blend
    3. unite
    4. compound

17. The controversy is likely to create _____ between the two rival.

    1. doubt
    2. amity
    3. bitterness
    4. revenge

18. I will meet him when he _____ .

    1. will come
    2. had come
    3. would have come
    4. comes

19. Non-violence is the law of saints as violence is the law of the _____.

    1. coward
    2. foolish
    3. brute
    4. ignorant

20. A highly ________ player, the champion will snarl at himself and rage at the umpire with no ________ whatsoever.

    1. reticent . . . reason
    2. demonstrative . . . provocation
    3. recusant . . . excuse
    4. obstreperous . . . corroboration
    5. emotional . . . antagonism

21. Face _____ with courage.

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

22. Urge people who smoke to _____ the habit.

    1. surrender
    2. abandon
    3. discontinue
    4. desert

23. Meekness is more attractive than _____.

    1. sickness
    2. naughtiness
    3. laziness
    4. clumsiness

24. He ________ into the room as if he had just been ________ from a deep sleep.

    1. strode . . . ejected
    2. proceeded . . . summoned
    3. minced . . . fomented
    4. shambled . . . roused
    5. swaggered . . . awakened

25. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

Answers

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