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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Despite Tom's _____ of innocence - Aunt Polly suspected he had eaten the pie.






2. Bobby was such a _____ eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.






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






4. Despite airing her clothes for several hours - she could not rid them of the _____ odor of mothballs that clung to them.






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






6. Since both interpretations seemed possible - the judge could not decide which way to interpret a particularly _____ passage in the law.






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






8. Because a _____ examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson - we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more thorough investigation of the fire's cause.






9. 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.






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






11. This alleged fiscal crisis is no crisis at all. it is based on _____ claims about financial institutions and on scare stories about impending economic ruin.






12. To revise a textbook properly - you must do more than make a few _____ changes to the manuscript.






13. The infant Mozart's parents quickly realized that their son had an _____ gift for music.






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






15. Drinking alcohol can _____ your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink - don't drive.






16. The airline customer service agent tried to _____ the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The stereotypical cowboy is a _____ soul - answering lengthy questions with a simple 'yep' or 'nope.'






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






28. After separating from Tony - Tina announced that she would _____ all debts incurred by her soon-to-be-ex-husband.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's _____ sense.






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






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






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






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






40. Cool - calm - and collected - James Bond shows remarkable _____ in the face of danger.






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






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






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






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






46. Whenever Sue was angry - she tried to avoid raising her voice because she had no wish to sound _____.






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






48. Flat prose and flat ginger are equally _____; both lack sparkle.






49. Tina was still angry despite Tony's soft and _____ words.






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