Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. It is important that the office _____ your registration.

   1. will confirm
   2. confirm
   3. confirms
   4. must confirm

2. The ________ of Darwin’s theory of evolution on Victorian religion was to create a bitter ________ of ideas and beliefs.

   1. result . . . moderation
   2. effect . . . conflict
   3. extension . . . growth
   4. origin . . . compromise
   5. influence . . . solidarity

3. Praise always _____ him to make greater efforts.

   1. bores
   2. stimulates
   3. entices
   4. enervates

4. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

   1. makes
   2. has made
   3. had made
   4. is making

5. An announcement of further increase in taxes is _____.

   1. imminent
   2. eminent
   3. immanent
   4. permanent

6. The war has seriously _____ attempts to achieve peace.

   1. impaired
   2. attenuated
   3. enfeebled
   4. declined

7. 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

8. ____ the events of Aslam's resigning his job, his family would starve.

   1. intelligent
   2. on
   3. at
   4. within

9. Lahore is a city of gardens _____?

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

10. The chair is in the garden, please _____ it.

    1. bring
    2. fetch
    3. carry
    4. transport

11. 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

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

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

13. The _____ arguments put forth for not disclosing the facts did not impress anybody.

    1. specious
    2. intemperate
    3. spurious
    4. convincing

14. We can not _____ any of out territory.

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

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

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

16. He's been elected _____?

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

17. That so shameless, sentimental, and dishonest a film attracts a large and enthusiastic audience is ________ of how low the popular taste has ________.

    1. an indication . . . soared
    2. a gauge . . . refined
    3. a signatory . . . fallen
    4. a refutation . . . descended
    5. a barometer . . . plummeted

18. Nadim met a _____ accident and died at the spot.

    1. fatal
    2. fateful
    3. crucial
    4. fating

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

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

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

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

21. The ________ songs of Irving Berlin captured the uninhibited joy and ________ verve of New York in the twenties.

    1. jaunty . . . insouciant
    2. tuneful . . . timorous
    3. cacophonous . . . careless
    4. catchy . . . lurid
    5. popular . . . flagrant

22. He was _____ a member of Assembly.

    1. formerly
    2. formally
    3. lastly
    4. old

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

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

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

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

25. He said that there was no going back because his decision was _____.

    1. palatable
    2. peremptory
    3. premeditated
    4. revolutionary

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