Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Some flowers bloomed, while others _____.

   1. withered
   2. delivered
   3. gathered
   4. scattered

2. Praise always _____ him to make greater efforts.

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

3. There was a lot of hustle and _____ in the market.

   1. bustle
   2. stir
   3. flutter
   4. ado

4. Face _____ with courage.

   1. misery
   2. poverty
   3. adversity
   4. affliction

5. We were _____ by the result.

   1. surprise
   2. surprised
   3. surprising
   4. to surprise of

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

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

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

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

8. 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

9. I will meet him when he _____ .

   1. will come
   2. had come
   3. would have come
   4. comes

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. If a ruby is heated it _____ lose its colour.

    1. would
    2. will
    3. does
    4. had

14. He felt great _____ for his daughter.

    1. affection
    2. affectation
    3. love
    4. defection

15. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

    1. doesn't it
    2. isn't it
    3. hasn't it
    4. didn't it

16. _____ owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.

    1. that birds
    2. a bird
    3. the bird
    4. birds

17. A highly ________ player, the champion will snarl at himself and rage at the umpire with no ________ whatsoever.

    1. reticent . . . reason
    2. demonstrative . . . provocation
    3. recusant . . . excuse
    4. obstreperous . . . corroboration
    5. emotional . . . antagonism

18. The jury _____ him of murder.

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

19. The Supreme Court has a reputation for being _____.

    1. stubborn
    2. capricious
    3. just
    4. humorous

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

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

21. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

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

22. Puzzled passersby occasionally see the ________ message “Nowhere in Particular” on the destination signs of Culver City buses.

    1. minatory
    2. exclamatory
    3. enigmatic
    4. surreptitious
    5. ameliorative

23. Govt must hold a _____ inquiry.

    1. intelligent
    2. judicial
    3. sensible
    4. discreetly

24. A _____ of the medal was put on show at the museum.

    1. fable
    2. facsimile
    3. allegory
    4. cosmos

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

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

Answers

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