Ex: Sentence Completion 3

SENTENCE COMPLETION

1. Although the critics agreed that the book was brilliant, so few copies were sold that the work brought the author little –––– toward.

A. theoretical

B. thoughtful

C. financial

D. abstract

E. informative.

2. While the –––– student openly questioned the teacher’s explanation, she was to so –––– as to suggest that the teacher was wrong.

A. complacent–suspicious.

B. inquisitive– imprudent.

C. curious–dispassionate.

D. provocative– respectful.

E. ineffectual – brazen.

3. Since the island soil has been barren for so many years, the natives must now –––– much of their food.

A. deliver

B. import

C. produce

D. develop

E. utilize.

4. The most frustrating periods of any diet are the inevitable –––– when weight loss –––– if not stops.

A. moods – accelerates

B. feasts - halts

A. holidays – contracts

D. plateaus-slows

E. meals – ceases.

5. If it is true that morality cannot exist without religion, then does not the erosion of religion herald the –––– of morality?

A. regulation

B. basis

C. belief

D. collapse

E. value.

6. As a person who combines care with ––––, Marisa completed her duties with –––– as well as zeal.

A. levity – resignation

B. geniality - ardor

C. vitality – willingness

D. empathy - rigor

E. enthusiasm – meticulousness.

7. The stoic former general led his civilian life as he had his military life, with simplicity and –––– dignity.

A. benevolent

B. informal

C. austere

D. aggressive

E. succinct.

8. Shaken by two decades of virtual anarchy, the majority of people were ready to buy –––– at any price-

A. order

B. emancipation

C. hope

D. liberty

E. entity.

9. Sara viewed Melissa to be –––– ; she seemed to be against any position regardless of its merits -

A. heretical

B. disobedient

C. contrary

D. inattentive

E. harried.

10. Anthony’s –––––––––– expression masked an essentially cheerful nature -

A. Jubilant

B. inevitable

C. dour

D. pert

E. serene.

11. After the governor’s third trip overseas, voters complained that he was paying too little attention to –––– affairs.

A. intellectual

B. foreign

C. professional

D. aesthetic

E. domestic.

12. Communities in primitive areas where natural –––– is scarce must be resourceful in order to secure adequate nutrition.

A. education

B. competition

C. sustenance

D. agriculture

E. assistance

13. Many myths and legends, however –––– often posses a grain of truth.

A. delightful

B. accurate

C. eternal

D. important

E. unbelievable.

14. Miranda in her desire to foster –––– , often felt compelled to –––– readily to others in time situations.

A. co-operation –––– object

B. consistency –––– defer

C. dissension –––– surrender

D. discourse –––– appeal

E. harmony –––– acquiesce.

15. I –––– the newspaper to see if there was anything interesting in it.

A. glanced at

B. glimpse at

C. gazed at

D. furnished at

E. None of the above.

16. Albert Einstein expressed his –––– of relativity.

A. principal

B. principle

C. principality

D. rule

E. None of the above.

17. You must get some fresh –––– for our visitor, this loaf is terribly –––

A. milk –––– salty

B. fruits –––– sweet

C. biscuit –––– crunchy

D. bread –––– stale

E. butter - good

18. Scientists are trying to –––– an inexpensive substitute for gasoline.

A. devise

B. device

C. defies

D. initiate

E. None of the above.

19. In a time of fiscal crisis, such lavish expenditure must be ––––.

A. quickened

B. corrected

C. curtailed

D. justified

E. adjusted.

20. Because the novel was so long, Sara decided to read the –––– version.

A. lengthened

B. smaller

C. abridged

D. famous

E. humorous.

Answer Keys:

1. c 2. b 3. b 4. e 5. d 6. e 7. c 8. a 9. c 10. c 11. e 12. c 13. e 14. e 15. a 16. b 17. d 18. a 19. c 20. c