Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. One cannot ________ to be impressed by the structural and ________ differences between the United States as a federal union in 1789 and the United States as a federal union today.

   1. refuse . . . legal
   2. stop . . . attitudinal
   3. begin . . . economic
   4. fail . . . operational
   5. start . . . classical

2. I will meet him when he _____ .

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

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

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

4. A _____ of the medal was put on show at the museum.

   1. fable
   2. facsimile
   3. allegory
   4. cosmos

5. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

   1. to have
   2. on having
   3. to having
   4. in having
   5. with having

6. Time and time again, the power of the mob in Chicago appears to have been annihilated, but it has always ________ itself.

   1. reappeared
   2. eliminated
   3. returned
   4. regenerated
   5. exhumed

7. His argument is quite _____.

   1. sickly
   2. unconvincing
   3. fragile
   4. infirm

8. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

9. Briefly popular in the ’40s, the ’60s, and the ’80s, Brazilian music is now making one of its periodic ________ into the American ________.

   1. forays . . . consciousness
   2. escapes . . . miasma
   3. appearances . . . discourse
   4. eclipses . . . scene
   5. invasions . . . liturgy

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

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

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

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

12. Students at Pennsylvania State University have ________ the Liberty Bell’s original tone, a ________ of four notes, E flat, F sharp, G sharp, and B flat.

    1. relegated . . . combination
    2. replicated . . . melding
    3. decanted . . . concurrence
    4. reproduced . . . disjunction
    5. intimated . . . knell

13. Alarmist newspaper stories present the pit bull terrier as ________ killer, but owners insist that the dog is friendly and ________.

    1. an invidious . . . malleable
    2. a malign . . . philanthropic
    3. a ferocious . . . docile
    4. an infamous . . . self-serving
    5. a dissolute . . . venal

14. There is _____ among the members of the party.

    1. contention
    2. discord
    3. battle
    4. war

15. Face _____ with courage.

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

16. Some flowers bloomed, while others _____.

    1. withered
    2. delivered
    3. gathered
    4. scattered

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. We _____ ourselves for difficult times.

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

19. Enemy movement on the border look a bit _____.

    1. acute
    2. ominous
    3. unusual
    4. insipid

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

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

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

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

22. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

    1. to
    2. with
    3. upon
    4. over
    5. in

23. There seems to be a _____ of good young players at the moment.

    1. plague
    2. series
    3. plethora
    4. dearth

24. Political dissidents complained of being _____ by the police.

    1. capitulated
    2. desecrated
    3. minimized
    4. harassed

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

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

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