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Complete Advanced Sentences

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.






2. A miser hoards money - not because he is _____ - but because he is stingy.






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






4. _____ to his downtrodden existence - the day laborer was too meek to protest his supervisor's bullying.






5. Although Nancy enjoyed Bill's _____ - lighthearted companionship - she sometimes wondered whether he could ever be serious.






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






7. 'Any publicity is good publicity - 'said the starlet. 'If I can't have a good reputation - I'll settle for _____.'






8. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to _____ the lying testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






17. Stories in The New York Times often include _____ allusions to obscure people and events.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Uncertain which suitor she ought to accept - the princess _____ - first favoring one and then the other.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Typically - partygoers are _____; hermits are not.






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






35. Though Glenn was devout - he was no _____; he never tried to force his beliefs on friends.






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






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






38. When you send a message on Twitter - be _____; a tweet cannot be more than 140 characters long.






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






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






41. Although the movie star was no genius - she was sufficiently _____ to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A pragmatic politician - he was guided more by what was _____ than by what was right.






49. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the _____ of countless get-rich-quick schemes.






50. 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.