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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Although her _____ smile and gentle bearing made Miss Marple seem to be a sweet little old lady - in reality she was a tough-minded - shrewd observer of human nature.






2. Pointing out that the candidate consistently had voted against strengthening antipollution legislation - the reporter _____ her claim that she was a fervent environmentalist.






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






4. Judy's great fear was that she might _____ omit a question on the exam and mismark her entire answer sheet.






5. The legendary athlete Jim Thorpe - who _____ all his competitors at the 1912 Olympic Games - made a name for himself in baseball - football - and track.






6. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.






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






8. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.






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






10. These endorsements written by satisfied customers _____ our claim that Barron's SAT is the best SAT-prep book on the market.






11. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.






12. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.






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






14. The boss prefaced his speech by telling a pointless _____ about an encounter he'd had with former President Bush.






15. In providing college scholarships for economically disadvantaged youths - Eugene Lang performed a truly _____ deed.






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






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






18. The headmaster's _____ demeanor tended to care off the more timid students - who never visited his study willingly.






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






20. The special prosecutor determined that the attorney general - though inept - had not intentionally set out to _____ the progress of the investigation.






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






22. 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.






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






24. Looking for any inconsistency in the testimony that might exonerate his client - the defense lawyer pounced on a _____ between the two witnesses' versions of what had occurred.






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






26. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty - her _____ stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks.






27. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.






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






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






30. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.






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






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






33. Noticing the _____ glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter - the clerk wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter in the store.






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






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






36. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.






37. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.






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






39. Although Alfred _____ in fulfilling his duties at work - he is less conscientious about meeting his obligations at home.






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






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






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






43. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.






44. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.






45. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.






46. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.






47. At the protest rally - the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal _____.






48. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.






49. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.






50. Politicians of both the extreme right and left annoy me because they do not sound like people but parrots mindlessly repeating _____ clich