Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

   1. the exposing
   2. from exposing
   3. from exposure
   4. expose

2. An _____ agreement was reached between both the parties.

   1. amiable
   2. amicable
   3. likeable
   4. desirable

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

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

4. We _____ ourselves for difficult times.

   1. prop
   2. support
   3. brace
   4. refresh

5. Unless the environmentalists can draft a more ________ proposal, the courts will disallow their proposition as too vague.

   1. legal
   2. restrictive
   3. encompassing
   4. specific
   5. ecological

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

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

7. 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

8. When the hotel burned down, fifty people died in the _____.

   1. sirocco
   2. typhoon
   3. maelstrom
   4. holocaust

9. The government was _____ of incompetence.

   1. charged
   2. accused
   3. impeached
   4. censured

10. Failing the exam was a _____ disappointment to him.

    1. sour
    2. tart
    3. bitter
    4. acrid

11. I am astonished ________ his behavior.

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

12. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

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

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

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

14. 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

15. His argument is quite _____.

    1. sickly
    2. unconvincing
    3. fragile
    4. infirm

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

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

17. She ________ for Karachi three days ago

    1. left
    2. is leaving
    3. had left
    4. will leave

18. I would like to have the newspaper as soon as you ____ it.

    1. finished
    2. are finish
    3. will finish
    4. have finished

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

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

20. You will feel better when you _____ that tooth out.

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

21. I will meet him when he _____ .

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

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

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

23. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

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

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

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

25. _____ is necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth.

    1. it is calcium
    2. that calcium
    3. calcium
    4. although calcium

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