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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Although Georgia O'Keeffe painted many subjects over the years - she had a definite _____ for painting flowers.






2. Instead of delivering a spoken _____ at Genny's memorial service - Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.






3. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.






4. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. The conceited rap star relished the _____ he received from his groupies and yes-men.






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






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






18. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.






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






20. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Violently disagreeing with the referees' ruling - Coach Ben became so _____ that they threw him out of the game.






28. The reviewers heaped _____ on the novice playwright - ridiculing his pretentious dialogue - flat characters - and simple-minded plot.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. After a decade of popularity - Hurston's works had fallen into _____; no one bothered to read her novels and short stories any more.






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






44. Though Huck was quite willing to _____ Tom's story - Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.






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






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






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






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






49. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.






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