Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. He often _____ from the subject while lecturing.

   1. rambles
   2. roams
   3. digresses
   4. ranges

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

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

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

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

4. The average height of Himalayas is twenty thousand feet, and Mount Everest _____ to more than twenty-nine thousand feet at its apex.

   1. raise
   2. rises
   3. roses
   4. arises

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

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

6. Ignoring the increasing cloudiness and the ________ rumblings in the sky, they opened the picnic basket on the shore of the lake.

   1. ominous
   2. blithe
   3. monetary
   4. arduous
   5. auspicious

7. 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

8. The task seemed impossible but some-how Rashid _____ very skillfully in the end.

   1. pulled it up
   2. pulled it off
   3. pulled it away
   4. pulled it out

9. The _____ motion of the earth as it turns on its axis creators the changes of seasons.

   1. accident
   2. rhythmic
   3. leisurely
   4. perpetual

10. Salma's home looked as though it had been ________ from a rag bin; her expensive burner was her sole ________ of luxury.

    1. clean ... expensive
    2. computerized ... cost
    3. modernized ... symbol
    4. salvaged ... sign

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

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

12. Death is preferable ________ dishonor.

    1. than
    2. to
    3. from
    4. of

13. He was quite able _____ after himself.

    1. to looking
    2. for looking
    3. to look
    4. of looking

14. He is such an _____ that he's sure he will soon find a job.

    1. pessimist
    2. optimist
    3. philanthropist
    4. profiteer

15. He is _____ for promotion.

    1. illegible
    2. legible
    3. eligible
    4. ineligible

16. Napoleon's army was completely _____ in the battle of Waterloo.

    1. annihilated
    2. destroyed
    3. repeated
    4. finished

17. A highly ________ player, the champion will snarl at himself and rage at the umpire with no ________ whatsoever.

    1. reticent . . . reason
    2. demonstrative . . . provocation
    3. recusant . . . excuse
    4. obstreperous . . . corroboration
    5. emotional . . . antagonism

18. He has _____ all the miseries heroically.

    1. born
    2. borne
    3. bane
    4. boon

19. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

20. We were caught in the storm and got _____.

    1. soaked
    2. drenched
    3. damped
    4. moistened

21. Despite his illness, Inzamam was ________ in winning his team.

    1. disappointing
    2. useless
    3. vigorous
    4. instrumental

22. Loyalty tests are ________ in their consequences because they distract attention from truly disloyal activities, and they ________ the criticism that true loyalty inspires.

    1. salutary . . . intimidate
    2. cautionary . . . mute
    3. pernicious . . . silence
    4. unexceptional . . . abstract
    5. perilous . . . augment

23. Your conduct is most _____.

    1. reprobate
    2. recidivist
    3. reprehensible
    4. regurgitate

24. The book is out of print and difficult to _____.

    1. achieve
    2. procure
    3. acquire
    4. attain

25. The greater the demand, _____ the price.

    1. higher
    2. high
    3. the higher
    4. the high

Answers

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Practice Test Set 2
Practice Test Set 3