Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

   1. riches wealth
   2. person
   3. wealth
   4. work

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

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

3. One cannot ________ to be impressed by the structural and ________ differences between the United States as a federal union in 1789 and the United States as a federal union today.

   1. refuse . . . legal
   2. stop . . . attitudinal
   3. begin . . . economic
   4. fail . . . operational
   5. start . . . classical

4. You ________ respect your parents and teacher.

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

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

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

6. You _____ care of your health.

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

7. The controversy is likely to create _____ between the two rival.

   1. doubt
   2. amity
   3. bitterness
   4. revenge

8. Slavery is the ____ of freedom.

   1. oxymoron
   2. paradox
   3. metaphor
   4. antithesis

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

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

10. All communication with outside world has been cut _____.

    1. out
    2. away
    3. down
    4. off

11. Although buses are _____ to depart at a certain hour, they are often late.

    1. scheduled
    2. requested
    3. obligated
    4. loaded

12. Getting this contract is _____ to the future of our company.

    1. humane
    2. crucial
    3. reciprocal
    4. brutal

13. He's been elected _____?

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

14. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

    1. be
    2. is leaving
    3. must
    4. would be

15. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

    1. was
    2. were
    3. have been
    4. are

16. Unfortunately, too many American actors in a Shakespeare play chop the verse into gobbets that are ________ to the audience and ________ to their own vocal chords.

    1. inscrutable . . . an expedience
    2. congenial . . . a danger
    3. galling . . . a panacea
    4. anodyne . . . an emollient
    5. incomprehensible . . . a threat

17. The sea at that time was perfectly _____.

    1. harmonious
    2. concordant
    3. calm
    4. in agreement

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

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

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

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

20. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

21. We will do out work _____.

    1. latter
    2. later
    3. long
    4. after

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

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

23. He keeps forgetting things: I think he is getting _____.

    1. feeble
    2. an octogenarian
    3. forgetful
    4. senile

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

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

25. We can not _____ any of out territory.

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

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