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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.






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






3. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.






4. Because Webster's dictionary had grown so large and unwieldy - the publishers decided to _____ it and bring out a condensed version.






5. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.






6. Youth's beauty is _____; it quickly fades with age.






7. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper - 'One hundred bucks? What do you want - a pound of flesh?' she was making an _____ to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.






8. Although defeat appeared inevitable - the general was _____ in his refusal to surrender.






9. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.






10. Although you can still hear _____ outbursts of laughter and signing outside - the Halloween parade has passed; the party is over till next year.






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






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






13. When Elizabeth realized that Darcy considered himself too good to dance with his inferiors - she took great offense at his _____.






14. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the _____ of the principal's expression.






15. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.






16. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.






17. When you place a phone call from an airplane - _____ is essential; you are charged for every minute.






18. Because the student body at their daughter's prep school was so _____ - they decided to send her to a school that offered greater cultural diversity.






19. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.






20. 'Judicial activism' is the alleged tendency of some judges to _____ the power of elected legislatures by making the law rather than merely interpreting it.






21. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.






22. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.






23. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.






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






25. Because solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and increase energy efficiency - conversion to the use of solar energy may help _____ the threat of global warming.






26. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such _____ remarks?






27. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.






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






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






30. As far as I'm concerned - Apple's claims about its new computer are pure _____; no machine is that good!






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






32. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.






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






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






35. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.






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






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






38. The president _____ the astronauts - whom he called 'the pioneers of the Space Age.'






39. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.






40. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of _____ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.






41. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.






42. You can _____ your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well.






43. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.






44. There is a fine line between speech that is _____ and to the point and speech so abrupt that it verges on rudeness.






45. After Ralph dropped his second try of drinks that week - the manager swiftly _____ him to a minor post behind the bar.






46. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.






47. Tourists are urged not to _____ the sanctity of holy places by wearing immodest garb.






48. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.






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






50. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.