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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Icebreakers were needed to _____ the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.






10. 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.






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






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






13. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result - he was tried for _____.






14. With its worn-out dialogue and predictable plot - the sitcom struck me as unbearably _____.






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






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






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






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






19. The reviewers praised the new restaurant's _____ selection of dishes - which ranged from Asian stir fries to French ragouts and stews.






20. Thirty years after the war - she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with _____ against the foe.






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






22. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.






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






24. 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.






25. After the quarrel - Gina said nothing could _____ her to talk to Pedro again.






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






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






28. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions - Max talked only of _____ matters - such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.






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






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






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






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






33. Disappointed in love - Miss Emily became a _____; she shut herself away in her empty mansion and refused to see another living soul.






34. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system - in many ways - Cal Berkeley is _____ - for it runs several programs that are not subject to state control.






35. 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.






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






37. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively _____ and should have no ill effect on you.






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






39. Because Carmen believed in Juan's fidelity - she _____ the notion that he might be having an affair.






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






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






42. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied; be _____ about what's bothering you.






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New year's Eve _____ their accepting the gig in London.






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






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






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