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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.






2. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard - Stanford - and Yale. Which one would you attend? Remember - this is only a _____ situation.






3. All things change over time; nothing is _____.






4. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had trashed the frat house - I decided to _____ my offer to let them use our summer cottage over spring break.






5. The mayor was unwilling to _____ the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.






6. The doctor assured the boy's parents that his fever would eventually _____.






7. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.






8. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.






9. Nothing could shake his _____ that his children would get the best education that money could buy.






10. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.






11. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.






12. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.






13. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.






14. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.






15. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.






16. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.






17. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.






18. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.






19. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.






20. Psychoanalysts must maintain their professional _____ and stay uninvolved with their patients' personal lives.






21. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.






22. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.






23. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.






24. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.






25. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.






26. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.






27. Con artists take advantage of the _____ of inexperienced Internet users to gain access to their credit card information.






28. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.






29. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.






30. Josh is such a greedy _____ that - as soon as the earthquake struck - he tripled the price of bottled water at his store.






31. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.






32. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.






33. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.






34. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.






35. Is an old-fashioned hairstyle an apt _____ for being out of step with the times and in need of change?






36. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.






37. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a _____ violation of the state laws against nepotism.






38. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.






39. It is _____ that his success came when he least wanted it.






40. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.






41. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.






42. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.






43. To win his audience - the speaker used every _____ trick in the book.






44. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.






45. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.






46. In a brief essay - describe a person you admire - someone whose virtues and achievements you would like to _____.






47. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.






48. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.






49. Please try not to include so many _____ details in your report; the bare facts are all I need.






50. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.