Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

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

2. A legislation was passed to punish brokers who _____ their clients funds.

   1. defalcate
   2. devastate
   3. devour
   4. embezzle

3. The police arrested him and his one _____.

   1. friend
   2. colleague
   3. accomplice
   4. operator

4. I do not have any _____.

   1. confident
   2. confidant
   3. confidential
   4. confederate

5. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

   1. exceptional
   2. exceptionable
   3. exhaustible
   4. exhaustive

6. You must show _____ for out teachers.

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

7. Truman tried to continue Roosevelt’s ________ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 1946, he had adopted a much tougher policy toward the Russians.

   1. cursory
   2. strict
   3. obligatory
   4. uncompromising
   5. conciliatory

8. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

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

9. the child ________ crying for three hours.

   1. is
   2. has
   3. has been
   4. have been

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

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

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

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

12. The ____ of the rocket was so swift that it was out of sight in a few seconds.

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

13. He worked _____ for ten year to make the project successful.

    1. deliberately
    2. assiduously
    3. ingenuously
    4. deliriously

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

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

15. By the twenty-first century, the computer _____a necessity in every home.

    1. became
    2. becoming
    3. has become
    4. will have become

16. 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

17. The results of this policy will remain _____ for some times.

    1. outstanding
    2. dubious
    3. impressive
    4. remarkable

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

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

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

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

20. The price of food here is _____.

    1. askance
    2. exorbitant
    3. outlandish
    4. usury

21. If I ________ more time, I would have checked my paper again.

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

22. He's been elected _____?

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

23. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

24. The officer waited until the clerks ________ busily.

    1. worked
    2. were working
    3. had worked
    4. are working

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

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

Answers

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