Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. His _____ simplicity is one of his qualities.

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

2. 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

3. He's been elected _____?

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

4. After his operation he was _____ to bed for a week.

   1. circumscribed
   2. cramped
   3. confined
   4. limited

5. We will do out work _____.

   1. latter
   2. later
   3. long
   4. after

6. The show is worth seeing for the ________ of Judy Convoy’s vivacious performance, which ________ the stage whenever she appears.

   1. effervescence . . . enlivens
   2. verve . . . deforms
   3. torpor . . . dominates
   4. bravado . . . enervates
   5. sprightliness . . . muffles

7. The reduction of unemployment should be ______ in government's economic policy.

   1. paragon
   2. paramount
   3. paradox
   4. partition

8. God is kind and _____ to all sinners who repent.

   1. graceful
   2. gracious
   3. gaseous
   4. guessful

9. 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

10. He worked ____, because he aspired to stand first in the examination.

    1. very hard
    2. harder
    3. much hard
    4. the harder

11. 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

12. It is important that the office _____ your registration.

    1. will confirm
    2. confirm
    3. confirms
    4. must confirm

13. If one helps a criminal, he is also considered _____ of the crime.

    1. suspicious
    2. daring
    3. guilty
    4. culpable

14. The _____ from the mountain is dangerous.

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

15. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

    1. exceptional
    2. exceptionable
    3. exhaustible
    4. exhaustive

16. Thermometer is a _____ to measure one's temperature.

    1. philosophy
    2. conviction
    3. device
    4. tendency

17. If I ________ worked hard, I would have passed.

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

18. I am intent ________.

    1. to win
    2. of winning
    3. on winning
    4. for winning

19. _____ at 212 degrees F and freezes at 32 degrees F.

    1. waters boils
    2. the water boils
    3. water bills
    4. water boil

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

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

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

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

22. You will feel better when you _____ that tooth out.

    1. had
    2. have
    3. have had
    4. will have had

23. His argument is quite _____.

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

24. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

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

25. Despite his illness, Inzamam was ________ in winning his team.

    1. disappointing
    2. useless
    3. vigorous
    4. instrumental

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