Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

2. The task seemed impossible but some-how Rashid _____ very skillfully in the end.

   1. pulled it up
   2. pulled it off
   3. pulled it away
   4. pulled it out

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

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

4. It is usually _____ lava but gas that kills people during volcanic eruptions.

   1. not only
   2. not
   3. neither
   4. no

5. I have no _____ motive in offering this advice, I seek no personal advantage.

   1. ulterior
   2. nominal
   3. disinterested
   4. incongruous

6. That new law went into _____ last month.

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

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

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

8. Some historians contend that the ________ Germany was forced to pay after World War I ________ made possible the rise of Nazism.

   1. restorations . . . indefinitely
   2. recriminations . . . finally
   3. expenditures . . . gratuitously
   4. reparations . . . ultimately
   5. disbursements . . . immediately

9. 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

10. If the teams were not so evenly matched, it would be easier to _____ the outcome of the match.

    1. argue
    2. predict
    3. discuss
    4. influence

11. Non-violence is the law of saints as violence is the law of the _____.

    1. coward
    2. foolish
    3. brute
    4. ignorant

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

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

13. Thermometer is a _____ to measure one's temperature.

    1. philosophy
    2. conviction
    3. device
    4. tendency

14. 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

15. At its _____ the Roman empire covered almost the whole of Europe.

    1. equinox
    2. nadir
    3. zenith
    4. solstice

16. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

17. Meekness is more attractive than _____.

    1. sickness
    2. naughtiness
    3. laziness
    4. clumsiness

18. He _____ our help.

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

19. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

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

20. Here is a _____ for chocolate cake.

    1. receipt
    2. recipe
    3. formula
    4. technique

21. Government did not realize the _____ of people's feeling on this issue.

    1. fragments
    2. attrition
    3. intensity
    4. barbarism

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

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

23. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

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

24. 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

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

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

Answers

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