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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological _____ to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.






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






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






4. Using only a few descriptive phrases - Austen manages to _____ the character of Mr. Collins so deftly that we can predict his every move.






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






6. The BP oil spill has caused _____ damage to the entire Gulf Coast.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.






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






16. A firm believer in democratic government - she could not understand the _____ of people who never bothered to vote.






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






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






19. After medical school - the two doctors took widely _____ paths - one becoming a wealthy plastic surgeon - the other joining the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders.






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






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






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






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






24. To John - who had never missed a meal - hunger was an _____ concept - one he understood only in theory.






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






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






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






28. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.






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






30. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. he is the most _____ man in Cayuga County.






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






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






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






34. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.






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






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






37. In a fiery speech - Mario _____ his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.






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






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






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






41. Though his fellow students considered him a gifted scholar - Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider himself truly _____.






42. The young princess made the foolish _____ that the regent would not object to her taking the reins of power.






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.






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