Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

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

2. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

   1. to
   2. with
   3. upon
   4. over
   5. in

3. Do not keep asking me what to do, use your own _____.

   1. unconstrained
   2. voluntary
   3. discretion
   4. gratuitous

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

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

5. Those cottages _____ perfectly with the landscape.

   1. mix
   2. blend
   3. unite
   4. compound

6. Although they are now commercially ________, caper bushes are still found growing wild in many ________ Mediterranean areas.

   1. exported . . . fertile
   2. marketed . . . urban
   3. preempted . . . fluvial
   4. eluded . . . indigenous
   5. cultivated . . . remote

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

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

8. The description of the accident given by him was quite _____.

   1. bright
   2. vivid
   3. glaring
   4. telling

9. He _____ our help.

   1. resents
   2. recants
   3. remove
   4. resign

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

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

11. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

    1. oxymoron
    2. paradox
    3. metaphor
    4. antithesis

12. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

    1. to have
    2. on having
    3. to having
    4. in having
    5. with having

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

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

14. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

15. Because of his _____ personality he is always very difficult to handle.

    1. voluble
    2. volatile
    3. voluptuous
    4. expensive

16. Whatever he does is always contrary ________ my wishes.

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

17. So many servants attended _____ him during his illness.

    1. only how
    2. with
    3. at
    4. upon

18. If you wait here, I _____ if the Manager is in.

    1. would see
    2. will have seen
    3. would have seen
    4. will see

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

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

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

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

21. Though Aslam is poor, _____ he is honest.

    1. but
    2. nevertheless
    3. yet
    4. still

22. It is _____ to steal.

    1. sinful
    2. corrupt
    3. immoral
    4. wicked

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

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

24. Knowledge is like a deep well fed by _____ springs and your mind in the little bucket that you drop in it.

    1. external
    2. perennial
    3. immortal
    4. inexhaustible

25. The sea at that time was perfectly _____.

    1. harmonious
    2. concordant
    3. calm
    4. in agreement

Answers

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