Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. This legend has been _____ from father to son.

   1. handed down
   2. handed for
   3. handed in
   4. handed over

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

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

3. 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

4. Those cottages _____ perfectly with the landscape.

   1. mix
   2. blend
   3. unite
   4. compound

5. Many chemicals react _____ in acid solutions.

   1. more quickly
   2. more quick
   3. quickly
   4. as quickly more

6. You _____ care of your health.

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

7. They refuse to _____ defeat.

   1. grant
   2. yield
   3. own
   4. acknowledge

8. Honest poverty is better than dishonest _____.

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

9. That so shameless, sentimental, and dishonest a film attracts a large and enthusiastic audience is ________ of how low the popular taste has ________.

   1. an indication . . . soared
   2. a gauge . . . refined
   3. a signatory . . . fallen
   4. a refutation . . . descended
   5. a barometer . . . plummeted

10. Walters and Torres ________ seven other candidates in the special election, but because neither ________ more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will have to be held for the two of them.

    1. trailed . . . captured
    2. defeated . . . recaptured
    3. out-polled . . . garnered
    4. eliminated . . . reclaimed
    5. evaded . . . achieved

11. Vitamin _____ can lead to illness.

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

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

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

13. So ________ was the sales person's tone about the qualities of the new computer system that Najam nearly missed the ________ in its calculations in his budget.

    1. Persuasive ... flaw
    2. adopted ... accuracy
    3. harsh ... amount
    4. irritating ... greatness

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

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

15. The results of this policy will remain _____ for some times.

    1. outstanding
    2. dubious
    3. impressive
    4. remarkable

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

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

17. He suggest that the meeting _____ postponed.

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

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

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

19. Meekness is more attractive than _____.

    1. sickness
    2. naughtiness
    3. laziness
    4. clumsiness

20. Puzzled passersby occasionally see the ________ message “Nowhere in Particular” on the destination signs of Culver City buses.

    1. minatory
    2. exclamatory
    3. enigmatic
    4. surreptitious
    5. ameliorative

21. An _____ agreement was reached between both the parties.

    1. amiable
    2. amicable
    3. likeable
    4. desirable

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

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

23. He is such an _____ that he's sure he will soon find a job.

    1. pessimist
    2. optimist
    3. philanthropist
    4. profiteer

24. He is _____ for promotion.

    1. illegible
    2. legible
    3. eligible
    4. ineligible

25. 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

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