Practice Test Set 3 (Sentence Completion)

1. We have _____ trust in you.

   1. perfect
   2. entire
   3. imperative
   4. absolute

2. Although they are now commercially ________, caper bushes are still found growing wild in many ________ Mediterranean areas.

   1. exported . . . fertile
   2. marketed . . . urban
   3. preempted . . . fluvial
   4. eluded . . . indigenous
   5. cultivated . . . remote

3. I am astonished ________ his behavior.

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

4. Everyone in this universe is accountable to God _____ his actions.

   1. of
   2. against
   3. for
   4. about

5. We were _____ by the result.

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

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

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

7. 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

8. We _____ go to movies quite frequently.

   1. used to
   2. was used to
   3. used
   4. was used to be

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

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

10. Face _____ with courage.

    1. misery
    2. poverty
    3. adversity
    4. affliction

11. _____ the gulf stream is warmer than the ocean water surrounding it.

    1. wholly
    2. whole
    3. as whole
    4. a whole as

12. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

    1. the exposing
    2. from exposing
    3. from exposure
    4. expose

13. He was quite able _____ after himself.

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

14. He _____ our help.

    1. resents
    2. recants
    3. remove
    4. resign

15. 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

16. I don't know _____ to value your qualities.

    1. only how
    2. how
    3. so how
    4. that how

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

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

18. I _____ have to remind him of his responsibilities.

    1. continually
    2. continuously
    3. continually
    4. persistently

19. _____ is a person who produces works of art, especially painting.

    1. beautician
    2. writer
    3. artistic
    4. artisan

20. ________ must be distinguished from ________, which is the recognition of different categories of people without the inputing of any differences in rank.

    1. Totalitarianism . . . brotherhood
    2. Modification . . . ossification
    3. Classification . . . ramification
    4. Stratification . . . differentiation
    5. Finitude . . . infinitude

21. Neither the officer nor the clerks _____ absent.

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

22. Alarmist newspaper stories present the pit bull terrier as ________ killer, but owners insist that the dog is friendly and ________.

    1. an invidious . . . malleable
    2. a malign . . . philanthropic
    3. a ferocious . . . docile
    4. an infamous . . . self-serving
    5. a dissolute . . . venal

23. 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

24. I am intent ________.

    1. to win
    2. of winning
    3. on winning
    4. for winning

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

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

Answers

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