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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. What _____ did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner?






10. The rich new student tried to attract friends by making an _____ display of his wealth.






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






12. Because she was a firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy - Miss Post _____ the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.






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






14. I was bowled over by the _____ of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!






15. I am a _____ about the proposed new health plan; I want some proof that it will work.






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






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






18. The coming trip to France should provide a _____ test of the value of my conversational French class.






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






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






21. When Johnny came down with a bad case of poison oak - the doctor recommended calamine lotion to _____ the itching.






22. Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage; be _____.






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






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






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






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






27. Though Widow Douglas had hopes of reforming Huck - Miss Watson considered him _____ and swore he would come to no good end.






28. 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.






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






30. In the film Funny Face - the bookish heroine _____ fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the _____ of objects around them.






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. The senator was _____ for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.






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






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






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






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






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






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