Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

2. The jury _____ him of murder.

   1. discharged
   2. acquitted
   3. absolved
   4. finished

3. _____ is a person who produces works of art, especially painting.

   1. beautician
   2. writer
   3. artistic
   4. artisan

4. Penguins an aquatic bird, may live _____ twenty years.

   1. since
   2. before
   3. for
   4. from

5. You must _____ enough evidence to ensure his conviction.

   1. hoard
   2. store
   3. rallied
   4. accumulate

6. The _____ from the mountain is dangerous.

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

7. Unless the prevailing ________ attitude toward genetically altered food is changed, the biotech industry will have little ________ to pursue research and development.

   1. rampant . . . motive
   2. auspicious . . . occasion
   3. censorious . . . disinclination
   4. negative . . . incentive
   5. unassailed . . . reason

8. 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

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

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

10. My wealthy aunt is more than economical; she is so ________ that she washes paper plates to be used again.

    1. affluent
    2. parsimonious
    3. indigent
    4. impoverished
    5. selfish

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

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

12. 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

13. He told me that he was not familiar ________ that subject.

    1. to
    2. on
    3. with
    4. about

14. We congratulate him _____.

    1. on his success
    2. for his success
    3. at his success
    4. in his success

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

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

16. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

    1. riches wealth
    2. person
    3. wealth
    4. work

17. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

18. 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

19. I am astonished ________ his behavior.

    1. to
    2. from
    3. with
    4. on

20. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

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

21. This legend has been _____ from father to son.

    1. handed down
    2. handed for
    3. handed in
    4. handed over

22. The ____ of the headlights of the car almost blinded me.

    1. shine
    2. glare
    3. dazzle
    4. luminosity

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

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

24. the child ________ crying for three hours.

    1. is
    2. has
    3. has been
    4. have been

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

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

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