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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. Matilda thought it was somewhat _____ of the young man to have addressed her without first having been introduced. Perhaps manners were freer here in the New World.






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






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






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






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






13. Some of the newer - less formal passages on the SAT have a _____ tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.






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






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






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






17. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for city council the mayor would _____.






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






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






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






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






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






23. My editors must assume I'm a _____ writer; they expect me to revise six books this year.






24. Her wealthy suitors wooed her with _____ gifts.






25. Unlike Widow Douglas - who _____ Huck's minor offenses - Miss Watson did nothing but scold.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to _____ an investigation into the department's activities.






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Seeking the end of slavery - the abolitionists _____ freedom for the slaves.






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






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






42. Without additional funding - it may not be _____ to build a new stadium for the team on the city's highly developed West Side.






43. Rather than live in the crowded city center - we chose to buy a house in one of the _____ suburbs ringing the metropolis.






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






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






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






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. She kept all the receipts form her business trip in order to _____ her expenses for the Internal Revenue Service.






49. The winter storm was ______; it changed course constantly.






50. The classic cowboy hero is a _____ figure - someone generally described as the strong - silent type.