Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Unless protected areas are established, the Bengal tiger, the blue whale, face _____ of extinction.

   1. possible
   2. the possibility
   3. to be possible
   4. possibly

2. He's been elected _____?

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

3. The _____ motion of the earth as it turns on its axis creators the changes of seasons.

   1. accident
   2. rhythmic
   3. leisurely
   4. perpetual

4. Pretending in his works to be gauche, uneducated, and ________, the real Chaucer was a sophisticated, widely read, and ________ man.

   1. provincial . . . cosmopolitan
   2. exiguous . . . vigorous
   3. avuncular . . . shrewd
   4. inept . . . dauntless
   5. incompetent . . . flaccid

5. Ignoring the increasing cloudiness and the ________ rumblings in the sky, they opened the picnic basket on the shore of the lake.

   1. ominous
   2. blithe
   3. monetary
   4. arduous
   5. auspicious

6. Rashid walked boldly upto the platform without _____.

   1. faltering
   2. flexible
   3. unsteady
   4. wavering

7. 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

8. The thought of a nuclear ________ sparked by a misunderstanding poses an awesome ________.

   1. device . . . reverberation
   2. holocaust . . . specter
   3. danger . . . spectacle
   4. liaison . . . probability
   5. explosion . . . calamity

9. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

10. 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

11. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

    1. makes
    2. has made
    3. had made
    4. is making

12. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

    1. venal
    2. venial
    3. voracious
    4. veracious

13. Death is preferable ________ dishonor.

    1. than
    2. to
    3. from
    4. of

14. He was fined Rs. 100 for _____ driving.

    1. lavish
    2. prodigal
    3. reckless
    4. unthrifty

15. Time alone will ____ those unpleasant memories.

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

16. His _____ simplicity is one of his qualities.

    1. childish
    2. childlike
    3. infantile
    4. puerile

17. Churchill was cordial to Beria when they first met, but that was the last show of ________ between them.

    1. charity
    2. enmity
    3. amiability
    4. pathology
    5. austerity

18. ________ must be distinguished from ________, which is the recognition of different categories of people without the inputing of any differences in rank.

    1. Totalitarianism . . . brotherhood
    2. Modification . . . ossification
    3. Classification . . . ramification
    4. Stratification . . . differentiation
    5. Finitude . . . infinitude

19. He was quite able _____ after himself.

    1. to looking
    2. for looking
    3. to look
    4. of looking

20. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

21. You must _____ after hard work.

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

22. You ________ respect your parents and teacher.

    1. should
    2. would
    3. should have
    4. would have

23. You must _____ yourself to the new conditions.

    1. adopt
    2. adept
    3. adapt
    4. convert

24. Rather than ________ the commuter delays, the new toll road has ________ the problems, and the traffic jams are worse than ever.

    1. minimize . . . extenuated
    2. extol . . . compounded
    3. abate . . . decimated
    4. alleviate . . . aggravated
    5. emend . . . increased

25. The laboratory has a _____ of equipment.

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

Answers

Practice Test Set 1
Practice Test Set 2
Practice Test Set 3