Practice Test Set 1 (Sentence Completion)

1. He _____ our help.

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

2. The jury _____ him of murder.

   1. discharged
   2. acquitted
   3. absolved
   4. finished

3. We will do out work _____.

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

4. If one know the facts one ________ not be so quiet to criticize.

   1. could
   2. can
   3. would
   4. will

5. Failing the exam was a _____ disappointment to him.

   1. sour
   2. tart
   3. bitter
   4. acrid

6. The price of food here is _____.

   1. askance
   2. exorbitant
   3. outlandish
   4. usury

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

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

8. 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

9. As the controversial argument continued, the debaters became more _________ and their remarks became more ________.

   1. subdued . . . hostile
   2. vehement . . . acrimonious
   3. reticent . . . cliché
   4. affable . . . adverse
   5. emotional . . . adroit

10. 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

11. He _____ a few steps when it started raining.

    1. had hardly taken
    2. hardly took
    3. hardly taken
    4. taken hardly

12. We were _____ by the result.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Face _____ with courage.

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

16. When he _____ his hair cut, he went to the cinema.

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

17. Urge people who smoke to _____ the habit.

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

18. the child ________ crying for three hours.

    1. is
    2. has
    3. has been
    4. have been

19. It is _____ to steal.

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

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

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

21. You _____ care of your health.

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

22. If I ________ more time, I would have checked my paper again.

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

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

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

24. All the family members will get together on the _____ day of Eid.

    1. suspicious
    2. obvious
    3. auspicious
    4. conspicuous

25. The government was _____ of incompetence.

    1. charged
    2. accused
    3. impeached
    4. censured

Answers

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