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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!






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






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






4. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.






5. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.






6. Acetone is an extremely _____ liquid: it vaporizes instantly.






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






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






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






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






11. Othello's false friend lago uses considerable _____ to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him






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






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






14. The bottle of wine I brought to Sharon's party was certainly _____: how was I to know that Sharon owned a winery?






15. In class - she tried to stay alert and listen to the professor - but the stuffy room made her _____; she felt as if she were about to nod off.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Shrewdly purchasing valuable plots of land for small sums - John Jacob Astor gained a reputation as an _____ investor.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. Historically - traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be _____ explorers - bravely venturing into new territories despite the dangers involved.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.






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






41. Matilda thought it was somewhat _____ of the young man to have addressed her without first having been introduced. Perhaps manners were freer here in the New World.






42. 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.






43. A radical committed to social change - Reed had no patience with the conservative views _____ in the America of his day.






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






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






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






47. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch - Joan of Arc refused to _____ her belief that her voices came from God.






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






49. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to _____ his weak case.






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