Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Her fears were first _____ when her son did not come here.

   1. arise
   2. arisen
   3. arouse
   4. aroused

2. Meekness is more attractive than _____.

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

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 officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

   1. worked
   2. were working
   3. had worked
   4. are working

5. All communication with outside world has been cut _____.

   1. out
   2. away
   3. down
   4. off

6. Those cottages _____ perfectly with the landscape.

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

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

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

8. He is _____ for promotion.

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

9. Heavy _____ were reported in the battle

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

10. I _____ have to remind him of his responsibilities.

    1. continually
    2. continuously
    3. continually
    4. persistently

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

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

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

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

13. The war has seriously _____ attempts to achieve peace.

    1. impaired
    2. attenuated
    3. enfeebled
    4. declined

14. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

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

15. Fauzia presents herself as a bold journalist by asking people in politics the kinds of ________ questions that other reporters do not ask.

    1. controversial
    2. circumnutating
    3. abnormal
    4. irrelevant

16. The Govt must _____ the suffering of the people.

    1. ally
    2. allay
    3. rid
    4. palliate

17. The company’s ________ produce new, daring, and socially relevant plays has made it the most ________, though not the most popular, theater group in the city.

    1. reluctance to . . . esoteric
    2. avidity to . . . congenial
    3. commitment to . . . provocative
    4. inability to . . . liberal
    5. eagerness to . . . regressive

18. The ________ of Darwin’s theory of evolution on Victorian religion was to create a bitter ________ of ideas and beliefs.

    1. result . . . moderation
    2. effect . . . conflict
    3. extension . . . growth
    4. origin . . . compromise
    5. influence . . . solidarity

19. Praise always _____ him to make greater efforts.

    1. bores
    2. stimulates
    3. entices
    4. enervates

20. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

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

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

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

22. Some flowers bloomed, while others _____.

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

23. 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

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

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

25. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

    1. was
    2. were
    3. have been
    4. are

Answers

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