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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. Although her early poetry was clearly _____ in nature - the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.






11. We made an _____ choice to eat at the first restaurant we saw.






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. His coarse - hard-bitten exterior _____ his inner sensitivity.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. When acacias are in bloom - the increase of pollen in the air _____ Richard's hay fever.






27. 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 _____.






28. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his formidable _____.






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






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






31. Katya's _____ love of justice moved her to champion the cause of anyone she considered unfairly treated by society.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Their _____ in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.






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






42. Although Eric knew the boss had no sense of humor - he couldn't resist making one _____ remark.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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