Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Meekness is more attractive than _____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

6. My wealthy aunt is more than economical; she is so ________ that she washes paper plates to be used again.

   1. affluent
   2. parsimonious
   3. indigent
   4. impoverished
   5. selfish

7. God is kind and _____ to all sinners who repent.

   1. graceful
   2. gracious
   3. gaseous
   4. guessful

8. He was fined Rs. 100 for _____ driving.

   1. lavish
   2. prodigal
   3. reckless
   4. unthrifty

9. They refuse to _____ defeat.

   1. grant
   2. yield
   3. own
   4. acknowledge

10. There is _____ among the members of the party.

    1. contention
    2. discord
    3. battle
    4. war

11. Heavy snows in the passes of the Pyrenees have seriously ________ rescuers trying to reach travelers surprised by the spring blizzards.

    1. excluded
    2. expedited
    3. rappelled
    4. assisted
    5. hampered

12. The ________ problem of piracy has the music industry worried, because the pirates overseas are ________ by the crackdown in the United States.

    1. burgeoning . . . unabashed
    2. widespread . . . intimidated
    3. immaterial . . . incriminated
    4. minor . . . untroubled
    5. evanescent . . . undeterred

13. All communication with outside world has been cut _____.

    1. out
    2. away
    3. down
    4. off

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

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

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

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

16. The company has accused its larger rival of trying to ________ the ________ retail market in the north by offering illegal contracts to outlets in the area.

    1. control . . . bankrupt
    2. monopolize . . . lucrative
    3. annul . . . profitable
    4. corner . . . factitious
    5. divest . . . remunerative

17. The jaw structure of a snake permits it to eat much larger than.

    1. it
    2. itself
    3. its
    4. it has

18. About fifty workers were declared _____ by the factory management.

    1. adulatory
    2. avid
    3. rhetorical
    4. redundant

19. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _____ his actions.

    1. of
    2. against
    3. for
    4. about

20. It is _____ to steal.

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

21. He ________ into the room as if he had just been ________ from a deep sleep.

    1. strode . . . ejected
    2. proceeded . . . summoned
    3. minced . . . fomented
    4. shambled . . . roused
    5. swaggered . . . awakened

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

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

23. So long you are not well avoid _____ exercise.

    1. strong
    2. lusty
    3. vigorous
    4. powerful

24. I _____ him for a long time.

    1. am not met
    2. did not meet
    3. do not meet
    4. have not met

25. The _____ from the mountain is dangerous.

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

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