Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. _____ the gulf stream is warmer than the ocean water surrounding it.

   1. wholly
   2. whole
   3. as whole
   4. a whole as

2. The ____ of the rocket was so swift that it was out of sight in a few seconds.

   1. assent
   2. ascent
   3. descent
   4. jump

3. 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

4. The success of the English-Spanish simulcast must be ________ to Margo Quiroz, who interprets 40 different news items in each nightly newscast.

   1. attested
   2. censured
   3. interpreted
   4. transliterated
   5. attributed

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

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

6. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

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

7. Napoleon's army was completely _____ in the battle of Waterloo.

   1. annihilated
   2. destroyed
   3. repeated
   4. finished

8. The results of this policy will remain _____ for some times.

   1. outstanding
   2. dubious
   3. impressive
   4. remarkable

9. We were caught in the storm and got _____.

   1. soaked
   2. drenched
   3. damped
   4. moistened

10. He often _____ from the subject while lecturing.

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

11. He is _____ for promotion.

    1. illegible
    2. legible
    3. eligible
    4. ineligible

12. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

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

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

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

14. 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

15. The government was _____ of incompetence.

    1. charged
    2. accused
    3. impeached
    4. censured

16. You _____ care of your health.

    1. had better to take
    2. had better take
    3. had better taken
    4. had taken better

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

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

18. 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

19. I will meet him when he _____ .

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

20. The price of food here is _____.

    1. askance
    2. exorbitant
    3. outlandish
    4. usury

21. It is usually _____ lava but gas that kills people during volcanic eruptions.

    1. not only
    2. not
    3. neither
    4. no

22. I am astonished ________ his behavior.

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

23. By the twenty-first century, the computer _____a necessity in every home.

    1. became
    2. becoming
    3. has become
    4. will have become

24. They refuse to _____ defeat.

    1. grant
    2. yield
    3. own
    4. acknowledge

25. I do not have any _____.

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

Answers

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