Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Whatever he does is always contrary ________ my wishes.

   1. with
   2. from
   3. to
   4. for

2. He worked ____, because he aspired to stand first in the examination.

   1. very hard
   2. harder
   3. much hard
   4. the harder

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

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

4. He _____ satisfactory progress in the school.

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

5. Get a _____ for the merchandise.

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

6. Government did not realize the _____ of people's feeling on this issue.

   1. fragments
   2. attrition
   3. intensity
   4. barbarism

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

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

8. I am astonished ________ his behavior.

   1. to
   2. from
   3. with
   4. on

9. 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

10. Her fears were first _____ when her son did not come here.

    1. arise
    2. arisen
    3. arouse
    4. aroused

11. That new law went into _____ last month.

    1. affect
    2. effect
    3. action
    4. selection

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

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

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

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

14. Students at Pennsylvania State University have ________ the Liberty Bell’s original tone, a ________ of four notes, E flat, F sharp, G sharp, and B flat.

    1. relegated . . . combination
    2. replicated . . . melding
    3. decanted . . . concurrence
    4. reproduced . . . disjunction
    5. intimated . . . knell

15. Urge people who smoke to _____ the habit.

    1. surrender
    2. abandon
    3. discontinue
    4. desert

16. 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

17. Beauty is to ugliness and adversity is to _____.

    1. prosperity
    2. cowardice
    3. miser
    4. happiness

18. Though Aslam is poor, _____ he is honest.

    1. but
    2. nevertheless
    3. yet
    4. still

19. Ozone in the Earth's atmosphere ________ living organisms from damaging ultraviolet radiation.

    1. protects
    2. warms
    3. reflects
    4. absorbs

20. I will meet him when he _____ .

    1. will come
    2. had come
    3. would have come
    4. comes

21. He became very _____ and started arguing with me angrily.

    1. subservient
    2. truculent
    3. pellucid
    4. stringent

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

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

23. 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

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

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

25. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

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

Answers

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