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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.






2. Because Sal once had fallen asleep while reading War and Peace - he thought that all Russian novels were _____.






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






4. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.






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






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






7. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.






8. 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.






9. 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 _____.






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A doting mother - Emma was more likely to praise her son's childish finger paintings than to _____ them.






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






26. 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.






27. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura - she was in a _____ as to which school she should attend.






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






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






30. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's _____ remarks - Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.






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






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






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






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






35. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






36. The mayfly is an _____ creature; its adult life lasts little more than a day.






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






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






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






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






41. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behaving with _____ on the last day of school.






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






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






44. Michael's severe bout of the flue _____ him so much that for a week he was too tired to go back to work.






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






46. No matter how hard Darnell tried to lure the trout into taking the bait - the fish was too _____ to catch.






47. The Head Start program attempts to _____ prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter elementary school.






48. Rejecting the candidate's _____ comments on tax reform - the reporter pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.






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






50. When the boys first met their new stepmother - they felt some _____ - but eventually they lost that initial awkwardness and talked with her comfortably.