Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

   1. to
   2. with
   3. upon
   4. over
   5. in

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

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

3. We were _____ by the result.

   1. surprise
   2. surprised
   3. surprising
   4. to surprise of

4. Thermometer is a _____ to measure one's temperature.

   1. philosophy
   2. conviction
   3. device
   4. tendency

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

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

6. It is _____ that students do not repay their loans.

   1. laudable
   2. unfortunate
   3. unforgivable
   4. regrettable

7. His argument is quite _____.

   1. sickly
   2. unconvincing
   3. fragile
   4. infirm

8. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

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

9. You must _____ after hard work.

   1. relax
   2. repose
   3. compose
   4. depose

10. You _____ care of your health.

    1. had better to take
    2. had better take
    3. had better taken
    4. had taken better

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

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

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

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

13. 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

14. It is _____ to steal.

    1. sinful
    2. corrupt
    3. immoral
    4. wicked

15. _____ owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.

    1. that birds
    2. a bird
    3. the bird
    4. birds

16. Because of his _____ personality he is always very difficult to handle.

    1. voluble
    2. volatile
    3. voluptuous
    4. expensive

17. The company has accused its larger rival of trying to ________ the ________ retail market in the north by offering illegal contracts to outlets in the area.

    1. control . . . bankrupt
    2. monopolize . . . lucrative
    3. annul . . . profitable
    4. corner . . . factitious
    5. divest . . . remunerative

18. Pretending in his works to be gauche, uneducated, and ________, the real Chaucer was a sophisticated, widely read, and ________ man.

    1. provincial . . . cosmopolitan
    2. exiguous . . . vigorous
    3. avuncular . . . shrewd
    4. inept . . . dauntless
    5. incompetent . . . flaccid

19. You must show _____ for out teachers.

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

20. The Supreme Court has a reputation for being _____.

    1. stubborn
    2. capricious
    3. just
    4. humorous

21. If one helps a criminal, he is also considered _____ of the crime.

    1. suspicious
    2. daring
    3. guilty
    4. culpable

22. I _____ him for a long time.

    1. am not met
    2. did not meet
    3. do not meet
    4. have not met

23. 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

24. Like human, animals must have a dentist _____ their teeth.

    1. fill
    2. filled
    3. filling
    4. to be filled

25. Time and time again, the power of the mob in Chicago appears to have been annihilated, but it has always ________ itself.

    1. reappeared
    2. eliminated
    3. returned
    4. regenerated
    5. exhumed

Answers

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