Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. When he _____ his hair cut, he went to the cinema.

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

2. So ________ was the sales person's tone about the qualities of the new computer system that Najam nearly missed the ________ in its calculations in his budget.

   1. Persuasive ... flaw
   2. adopted ... accuracy
   3. harsh ... amount
   4. irritating ... greatness

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

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

4. 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

5. The _____ from the mountain is dangerous.

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

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

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

7. He is _____ for promotion.

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

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

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

9. Comparing him to P.T. Barnum, Mencken called William Jennings Bryan a ________, a mountebank, a fake without shame or dignity.

   1. coward
   2. charlatan
   3. poltroon
   4. craven
   5. demigod

10. Nadim met a _____ accident and died at the spot.

    1. fatal
    2. fateful
    3. crucial
    4. fating

11. You ________ respect your parents and teacher.

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

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

15. 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

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

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

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

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

18. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

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

19. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

    1. more quickly
    2. more quick
    3. quickly
    4. as quickly more

20. You must _____ after hard work.

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

21. The company’s ________ produce new, daring, and socially relevant plays has made it the most ________, though not the most popular, theater group in the city.

    1. reluctance to . . . esoteric
    2. avidity to . . . congenial
    3. commitment to . . . provocative
    4. inability to . . . liberal
    5. eagerness to . . . regressive

22. Urge people who smoke to _____ the habit.

    1. surrender
    2. abandon
    3. discontinue
    4. desert

23. It is difficult to take sides with either party because both of the combatants are so ________ to ________.

    1. indifferent . . . evasion
    2. reluctant . . . compromise
    3. hostile . . . interference
    4. impenetrable . . . rhetoric
    5. averse . . . expectation

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

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

25. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

Answers

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