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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'






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






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






4. Mother was a _____ housekeeper - unwilling to allow a single speck of dirt to mar her perfect home.






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






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






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






8. 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 _____.






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






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






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






12. On certain issues of principle - the senator refused to take a _____ stand - but let her conscience be her guide.






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






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






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






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






17. Covering the Olympic Games - the sportscasters _____ every American victory and grumbled about every American defeat.






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






19. Dirt poor and out of work - she did not give up but continued to fight against _____.






20. The museum curator placed the Eskimo-carved wooden totem pole in _____ with two contemporary stone masks from Africa - creating a stunning effect.






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






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






23. Paradoxically - _____ reasoning does not always produce incorrect results; even though your logic may be flawed - the conclusion you reach may still be correct.






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






25. Compared to Jo - who was perfectly ready to chat with anyone about anything - Beth was _____ about what she considered personal matters.






26. In Tibet today - the common people still _____ their traditional spiritual leader - the Dalai Lama.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next - she was confused by the _____ of her feelings.






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. The recent corruption scandals have _____ many people's faith in the city government.






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






39. Someone mute cannot talk; someone _____ can hardly stop talking.






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






41. A born storyteller - my father loved to _____ anecdotes about his early years in New York.






42. The store manager tried to _____ the angry customer by offering to replace the damaged merchandise or return her money.






43. By their use of the Internet - propagandists have been able to _____ their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.






44. 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.






45. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew; such _____ is improper in church.






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.