Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. 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

2. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

3. _____ the gulf stream is warmer than the ocean water surrounding it.

   1. wholly
   2. whole
   3. as whole
   4. a whole as

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

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

5. Failing the exam was a _____ disappointment to him.

   1. sour
   2. tart
   3. bitter
   4. acrid

6. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

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

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. You ________ respect your parents and teacher.

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

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

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

10. What a _____ you were not hurt in the accident.

    1. prayers
    2. praise
    3. blessing
    4. consecration

11. He never _____ and never will do such a work.

    1. has
    2. has done
    3. had done
    4. is done

12. If I ________ more time, I would have checked my paper again.

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

13. 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

14. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _____ his actions.

    1. of
    2. against
    3. for
    4. about

15. 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

16. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

    1. turbid
    2. turgid
    3. torpid
    4. turbulent

17. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

    1. recipe
    2. receipt
    3. slip
    4. letter

18. If teaching _____ more, fewer teachers would leave profession.

    1. pays
    2. is paying
    3. paid
    4. had paid

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

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

20. He is _____ for promotion.

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

21. He was _____ a member of Assembly.

    1. formerly
    2. formally
    3. lastly
    4. old

22. That new law went into _____ last month.

    1. affect
    2. effect
    3. action
    4. selection

23. Unfortunately, too many American actors in a Shakespeare play chop the verse into gobbets that are ________ to the audience and ________ to their own vocal chords.

    1. inscrutable . . . an expedience
    2. congenial . . . a danger
    3. galling . . . a panacea
    4. anodyne . . . an emollient
    5. incomprehensible . . . a threat

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

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

25. Getting this contract is _____ to the future of our company.

    1. humane
    2. crucial
    3. reciprocal
    4. brutal

Answers

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