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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The wealthy - self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict - _____ lifestyle practiced by members of some monastic orders.






2. Denying that she advocated total _____ - Katya maintained she wished only to change our government - not to destroy it utterly.






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of _____ - Judy was put off by it - for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness.






8. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry - Diana was famous for her _____ taste.






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






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






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






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






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






14. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case - sure that she could answer his arguments in her _____.






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






16. 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 _____.






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Warned of _____ weather conditions ahead - the pilot told the passengers to fasten their seat belts.






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






23. The architect realized that her design for the new school had to be in _____ with the local building code.






24. At commencement - the dean praised Ellen for her _____ behavior as class president.






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






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






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






28. You had better _____ your accounting errors before the auditors arrive.






29. No wonder Ted doesn't think straight! His mind is so cluttered with _____ information that he can't concentrate on the essentials.






30. Though Aunt Bea at times had to _____ Opie for inattention in church - she believed he was at heart a God-fearing lad.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The costume designer _____ the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.






43. Towering over the nearby houses - the MacMansion looked wholly _____ in the historic neighborhood of small Craftsman bungalows.






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






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






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






47. Government agents have been known to use wiretapping and other _____ methods to spy on suspected terrorists.






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






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






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