Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

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

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

2. We can not _____ any of out territory.

   1. exceed
   2. accede
   3. concede
   4. precede

3. All the family members will get together on the _____ day of Eid.

   1. suspicious
   2. obvious
   3. auspicious
   4. conspicuous

4. The principal along with the students _____ gone on the picnic.

   1. has
   2. have
   3. were
   4. are

5. Some flowers bloomed, while others _____.

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

6. Alarmist newspaper stories present the pit bull terrier as ________ killer, but owners insist that the dog is friendly and ________.

   1. an invidious . . . malleable
   2. a malign . . . philanthropic
   3. a ferocious . . . docile
   4. an infamous . . . self-serving
   5. a dissolute . . . venal

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

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

8. Slovenia’s declared intention to ________ and Croatia’s decision to ________ the conference, aimed at preventing the breakup of the federation, are twin blows to Yugoslavian unity.

   1. secede . . . boycott
   2. withdraw . . . foster
   3. divide . . . consolidate
   4. recede . . . avoid
   5. patronize . . . exclude

9. 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

10. You must show _____ for out teachers.

    1. reverence
    2. adoration
    3. homage
    4. veneration

11. Prices for bikes can run _____ Rs. 30000/-.

    1. as high as
    2. as high to
    3. so high to
    4. so high as

12. Those cottages _____ perfectly with the landscape.

    1. mix
    2. blend
    3. unite
    4. compound

13. The examiner made us _____ our identification in order to be admitted to the test center.

    1. showing
    2. show
    3. showed
    4. to show

14. Union leader tried to calm down _____ workers.

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

15. The bacteria in milk is destroyed when _____ to at least 62 C.

    1. it be heated
    2. it heated
    3. it is heated
    4. it will be heated

16. I _____ have to remind him of his responsibilities.

    1. continually
    2. continuously
    3. continually
    4. persistently

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

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

18. The ____ of the headlights of the car almost blinded me.

    1. shine
    2. glare
    3. dazzle
    4. luminosity

19. He flew into a _____ when I would not lend him any money.

    1. overt
    2. sporadic
    3. furtive
    4. fury

20. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

    1. was
    2. were
    3. have been
    4. are

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

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

22. The meager ruins of the castle, which once covered 6 acres of ground, can now be of interest only to ________.

    1. antiques
    2. antiquaries
    3. reliquaries
    4. patricians
    5. histrionics

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

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

24. Your remarks are not _____ to the matter we are discussing.

    1. pertinent
    2. prolix
    3. prolonged
    4. acrimonious

25. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

Answers

Practice Test Set 1
Practice Test Set 2
Practice Test Set 3