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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Through the comments of the characters in his cartoon strip - Doonesbury - Gary Trudeau ridicules political corruption; his humor is _____ in nature.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.






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






22. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.






23. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.






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






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






26. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.






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






28. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.






29. The Beatles expressed themselves through capricious - flip humor and _____ displays of carefree abandon.






30. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official them; his _____ were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.






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






32. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.






33. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.






34. At evening block inspection - the recruits' bunk room - washroom - and gear come under the inspecting officer's close _____.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.






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






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






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






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






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






48. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.






49. To be low man on the totem pole is to have a decidedly inferior place in the _____.






50. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.