Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

2. The Oxford research team was afraid that sensationalized television reports of its work on paranormal phenomena would undermine its academic ________.

   1. responsibility
   2. questioning
   3. credibility
   4. freedom
   5. credulousness

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

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

4. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

   1. shortage
   2. deficiency
   3. poverty
   4. want

5. Your conduct is most _____.

   1. reprobate
   2. recidivist
   3. reprehensible
   4. regurgitate

6. The task seemed impossible but some-how Rashid _____ very skillfully in the end.

   1. pulled it up
   2. pulled it off
   3. pulled it away
   4. pulled it out

7. Although buses are _____ to depart at a certain hour, they are often late.

   1. scheduled
   2. requested
   3. obligated
   4. loaded

8. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

   1. the exposing
   2. from exposing
   3. from exposure
   4. expose

9. You must _____ after hard work.

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

10. We should try to avoid one who is brave in words but not in _____.

    1. actions
    2. reaction
    3. job
    4. fighting

11. He _____ get up early.

    1. used
    2. used to
    3. is used to
    4. was used to be

12. When your body does not get _____ it can not make the glucose it needs.

    1. enough food
    2. food as enough
    3. food enough
    4. enough the food

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

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

14. He is such an _____ that he's sure he will soon find a job.

    1. pessimist
    2. optimist
    3. philanthropist
    4. profiteer

15. You must _____ yourself to the new conditions.

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

16. Praise always _____ him to make greater efforts.

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

17. In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only an _____.

    1. illusion
    2. allusion
    3. delusion
    4. conclusion

18. It became _____ that he was going to die.

    1. visible
    2. distinct
    3. apparent
    4. manifest

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

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

20. He _____ a few steps when it started raining.

    1. had hardly taken
    2. hardly took
    3. hardly taken
    4. taken hardly

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

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

22. Loyalty tests are ________ in their consequences because they distract attention from truly disloyal activities, and they ________ the criticism that true loyalty inspires.

    1. salutary . . . intimidate
    2. cautionary . . . mute
    3. pernicious . . . silence
    4. unexceptional . . . abstract
    5. perilous . . . augment

23. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

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

24. America at Sea is a one-volume ________ history that covers the nation’s military and commercial activities.

    1. aquatic
    2. ancient
    3. meretricious
    4. theological
    5. maritime

25. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

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

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