2.3 Sentence Completion Eliza: “Professor! … Professor!” Higgins: “Come in.” Eliza: “I have received a letter from ‘The Morning Star’ regarding the interview that I attended last week..” Higgins: “Are they offering you a job.” Eliza: “I don’t know.” Higgins: (With a puzzled look on his face) “Did you read the letter?” Eliza: “Yes, but there is a problem.” (She gave a sheat of paper to Higgins. It was the letter.) The letter ran thus: Dear Madam, We are sl~cl to inform you that you have elc~1-o the interview that was conducted on the 2nd of this month. We apologize for the inconvenience caused due to a negligence on the part of our staff who prepared the selection list after the interview. Thank you, Higgins: “Yes, what’s the problem?” Eliza: “Two important words are smudged and I don’t know if I am selected or rejected.” Higgins: “It’s not a big problem at all. The second sentence is a clue.” Eliza: “How?” Higgins: “It says that the staff has shown negligence while preparing the selection list. It means that your name was left out. It means you have been selected.” (Higgins took his pen, wrote something on the letter and gave it to Eliza.) Dear Madam, We are pleased to inform you that you have cleared the interview that was conducted on the 2nd of this month. We apologize for the inconvenience caused due to a negligence on the part of our staff who prepared the selection list after the interview. Thank you, Eliza: “Yes! Yes! Now, I understand.” Higgins: “Eliza, sentence completion is a skill that a professional should possess, because they might come across such problems in their daily work. Your success in filling up the gaps depends on your proficiency in a language. This is the reason, for including ‘sentence completion’ task in some of the tests.” Eliza: “How to develop this skill?” Higgins: “You must develop a good reading habit. However, when you appear for language tests, you must follow some strategies to answer these questions quickly. Let me explain.” (Prof Higgins raised his hands and began to speak.)
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Strategies to crack Sentence Completion questions. Step 1 Read the question. Do not see the options. Step 2 Try to complete the sentence with a word from your vocabulary, and that fits the context of the blank. Note words like ‘no, not, rarely, seldom, because they play a significant part in choosing the word. Step 3 If you find a word from your vocabulary, look out for the word or its synonym in the given options. If you find the word, mark it as the answer. Step 4 If you do not find any word, try to find the part of speech to which the word to be filled, belongs. Eliminate other options that are not in the same word class. If one or more options belong to the same word class, consider the options one by one, and choose the correct answer. Step 5 If you do not get any clue, consider the options one by one and choose the right option. Illustrations Question 1 If negotiations are to be fruitful, there must not only be sincerity on both sides, but there should also be ____ in each other’s sincerity. [A] quality [B] trust [C] apprehensive [D] determination [E] corruption answer After reading the sentence carefully, when you search for a word, ‘faith’ is the word that strikes your mind (in most cases). Look out for the word ‘faith’ or its synonym in the options. ‘[B] trust’ is a synonym of faith. The correct option is [B] trust. Question 2 Shyness is ____ through abnormal behaviour in various ways. [A] manifested, [B] remove [C] showed [D] development [E] enhanced Answer
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After reading, the word ‘show’ strikes the bell. Option [C] is ‘showed’. Shyness is showed through abnormal behaviour in various ways. This is not the correct answer: showed is in active voice, where as the structure of the sentence requires a passive voice verb – past participle. Option [A] manifested is the right answer. Question 3 _____ there is a widespread ____ among the educated youth, which makes them increasingly alienated. [A] luckily, dedication [B] coincidentally, feeling [C] obviously, enthusiasm [D] unfortunately, frustration [E] nevertheless, optimism answer After reading the sentence, the word ‘alinated’ appears to be the clue. [people becoming alienated is not a good sign], so the sentence may start with a word that expresses negative meaning. Look out for an option that has such a word. Option [D] starts with the word ‘unfortunately’. Fill the blanks with the words in option [D]: Unfortunately, there is a widespread frustration among the educated youth, which makes them increasingly alienated. Option [D] is correct. Sentence Completion – Practice Book Exercise 2.3.1 Choose the right options to complete the sentences. 1. Tropical storms do not follow a set path, therefore the course of a storm is highly _______. [A] Predictable [B] unpredictable [C] probable [D] presumable 2. Man is _______, but he can have an eternal life through his deeds. [A] Animal [B] immortal [C] mortal [D] durable 3. ‘Jack of all trades is master of none’ is a/an _______ that does not suit the present day scenario. [A] caption [B] logo [C] axiom [D] universal truth
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4. I _______ that this other goose upon the sideboard, which is about the same weight and perfectly fresh, will answer your purpose equally well?" [A] consume [B] presume [C] resume [D] present 5. Tamil is still an unexplored language, as far as Computational Linguistics is concerned. The work that has been done so far is _______. [A] comprehensive [B] inaccurate [C] complete [D] inadequate 6. Your red-headed idea was very new and _______. [A] effective [B] traditional [C] impertinent [D] familiar 7. I would like to know how he is _______ his extraordinary powers. [A] complying [B] employing [C] deploying [D] implying 8. There will _______ be some small unpleasantness. [A] presumable [B] occasional [C] probably [D] severely 9. As I grew richer, I grew more _______. [A] ambiguous [B] ambitious [C] ambivalent [D] ambidextrous 10. How could I help _______ him, when I actually saw him with the coronet in his hand? [A] inspect [B] believable [C] suspecting [D] conspiring Exercise 2.3.2 Complete the following sentences by choosing the right options. 1. Did you see nothing which arouse your suspicions when you returned on hearing the cry and found your father _______ injured? [A] futile [B] awesomely [C] fatally [D] delicately [E] pretentiously 2. His arrogant behavior and uncouth language gave a very bad impression, that at the end of the conversation, I decided that he was a _______ rogue. [A] comprehensive [B] good [C] wholesome [D] consummate [E] total 3. I often take _______ of the freedom which parents give. [A] refuge [B] umbrage [C] notice [D] advantage [E] account 4. The circumstances are of great delicacy, and every _______ has to be taken to quench what might grow to be an immense scandal. [A] precaution [B] caution [C] detail [D] information [E] measure 5. His teeth and whistled shrilly--a signal which was answered by a _______ whistle from the distance. [A] same [B] alike [C] similar [D] twin [E] reply 6. This is as much as I have been able to _______ about the families. [A] cull [B] gather [C] pool [D] acquire [E] cook 7. We must be _______, for we are dealing with a very cunning man. [A] suspect [B] retrospect [C] circumspect [D] introspect [E] respected 8. The reaction of joy was as _______ as his grief had been. [A] fashionable [B] presumable [C] passionate [D] potential [E] pivotal 9. I _______ that I have kept you waiting,
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[A] respect [B] revere [C] regret [D] revert [E] resume 10. See the advantages of a cabman as a _______. They had driven him home a dozen times from theatre, and knew all about him. [A] confident [B] defident [C] delicate [D] fragile [E] confidant Exercise 2.3.3 Choose the right option to complete the sentences. 1. ______ speaking, I don’t like him very much. [A] frankly [B] certainly [C] obviously [D] clearly 2. I _____ don’t want to speak to him again. [A] surely [B] definitely [C] mostly [D] naturally 3. Nobody can tell jokes as _____ as Ravi [A] clearly [B] accurately [C] amusingly [D] funnily 4. The Moppets have _____ sold their house. [A] presumably [B] obviously [C] certainly [D] undoubtedly 5. I was on my way home when it suddenly started raining. _____ I had my rain coat with me. [A] unfortunately [B] surely [C] happily [D] fortunately 6. Vijay plays cricket but he is not very _____ at it. [A] good [B] well [C] both of these [D] none of these 7. George speaks Spanish very _____ [A] good [B] well [C] both of these [D] none of these 8. He tried _____ to get a loan, but he had no luck. [A] hard [B] hardly [C] both of these [D] none of these 9. This room is the _____ of the two vacant ones in this hotel. [A] better [B] best [C] good [D] none of these 10. Rakul appears to be a/an _____ worker. [A] obedient [B] sincere [C] both of these [D] none of these Exercise 2.3.4 Choose the right option to complete the sentence. 1. For instance, the Laplander and the Hindoo live in such a widely different manner, that one can ____ believe they belong to the same human family. [A] Certainly [B] supposing [C] scarcely [D] largely [E] mostly 2. The mingling of the world of the Web with your desktop and folders has many _____: You now have many points of access to the Web from your desktop, plus you can add Web content to your desktop and your folders, personalizing everything you see and use on your screen. [A] Shortcomings [B] features [C] advantages [D] facilities [E] dimensions 3. Open Windows Explorer or My Computer. Right-click the disk you want to free space on, and then click Properties. On the General tab, click Disk Cleanup. Click the _____ files you want to remove. [A] Obtrusive [B] outdated [C] unnecessary [D] obvious [E] obsolete
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4. They took _______ under the big tree. [A] umbrage [B] abeyance [C] providence [D] incipient [E] recondile 5. Rama did not _______ the throne afer the death of his father. [A] ascend [B] descend [C] access [D] climb [E] alight 6. The ____ of work to be done is enormous. [A] Nature [B] kind [C] volume [D] type [E] number 7. The fresh air could do little toward _____ the sickening odours. [A] dispelling [B] aggravating [C] admonishing [D] relieving [E] edifying 8. This incident had certainly brought out in him virtues which might otherwise have remained _____. [A] quite [B] dormant [C] explicit [D] skulked [E] shadowed 9. The more one drinks, the more one _____. [A] craves [B] starves [C] covets [D] aims [E] avarice 10. He _____ an interim settlement, claiming that Egypt would reject it [A] drew [B] advocated [C] contradicted [D] manifested [E] deprecated Exercise 2.3.5 Choose the right option to complete the sentence. 1. He threatened the Florentines to _______ to his demands. [A] exceed [B] accede 2. The law ____ no one. [A] accepts [B] excepts 3. There are many humorous ____ to human foibles in the drama. [A] allusions [B] illusions 4. He is _____ about your health. [A] anxious [B] eager 5. Because of their belief in the _____ of prayer, Roman legions always sought the blessings of the gods before entering the battle. [A] efficacy [B] efficiency 6. The rebels’ supporters fear they will be ____ by the army. [A] prosecuted [B] persecuted 7. He ____ from her letter that she was not interested in the project. [A] inferred [B] implied 8. Wheatley is the author of the earliest _____ volume of poetry by an African American. [A] extent [B] extant 9. She felt it was more _____ to kill the injured animal quickly than to let it suffer. [A] humane [B] human 10. Inmates at the jail held twelve ____ and demanded to meet the governor. [A] hostages [B] hostiles Exercise 2.3.6 Choose the right alternative to complete the sentence.
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1. The management wants a _____ reason for your behaviour. [A] palpable [B] palatable 2. The heroin decides to _____ her child’s death. [A] revenge [B] avenge 3. It is a common _____ that men are good at maths. [A] fantasy [B] fallacy 4. These cuts _____ our project. [A] affect [B] impact 5. An ____ plan will be one of the choices. [A] alternate [B] alternative 6. Words like Sonar, unesco, and radar are _______. [A] abbreviations [B] acronyms 7. I would like to offer some _______. [A] advice [B] advise 8. The boss do not like to listen to these _______. [A] alterations [B] altercations 9. Her face turned red in _______. [A] anguish [B] languish 10. It is necessary to _______ the situation. [A] appraise [B] apprise Exercise 2.3.7 Choose the right options to complete the sentences. 1. _______ bloodthirstiness arises when one civilization, no matter how advanced, encounters another. [A] repugnant [B] pugnacious [C] ambitious [D] comistable [E] immutable 2. Terror tactics were first established in the Civil War, culminated with the firebombing of Germany and Japan during World War II, and _______ later during the Vietnam War. [A] retraced [B] recurred [C] reappeared [D] regenerated [E] rebuked 3. The term Black Muslim generally _______ up images of the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad. [A] dvides [B] culls [C] annotates [D] conjures [E] portrays 4. The United States _______ very little from acts of terrorism compared with Europe and the developing world. [A] refers [B] offers [C] defers [D] confers [E] suffers 5. These are but a few insights provided in this volume by Henderson as part of the publisher's "Library in a Book" _______. [A] episodes [B] series [C] issues [D] versions [E] copies 6. Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies brings together essays that attend to both the _______ and criticism of human rights. [A] allure [B] illure [C] thaumaturgy [D] zeitguist [E] representation 7. Homeland security _______ five distinct missions: domestic preparedness and civil support in case of attacks on civilians, continuity of government, continuity of military -operations, border and coastal defense, and national missile defense.
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[A] engulfs [B] ensures [C] encompasses [D] enumerates [E] enlists 8. They also _______ the adequacy of the doctrine, organizations, training, leadership, materiel, and soldier systems. [A] excess [B] assess [C] access [D] address [E] advice 9. This often fascinating, accessible tome skillfully contends that the terrorizing of civilians has a long and _______ history [A] acceptable [B] predicatable [C] controversial [D] contradictory [E] culminating 10. The appeal of Islam to the Blacks dates back to slavery, when many Africans _______ their religion, defying attempts to Christianize them. [A] retained [B] constrained [C] restrained [D] deprived [E] devoted Exercise 2.3.8 Choose the right option to complete the sentence. 1. His education had been such as would have _______ even a vigorous intellect, and perverted even a generous disposition. [A] energized [B] encouraged [C] enthusiastic [D] enervated [E] engulfed 2. It is impossible not to admire the even-handed justice with which he deals out _______ to right and left on the rival persecutors. [A] bias [B] prejudice [C] castigation [D] skepticism [E] cynecism 3. Arlington's replies were for some time couched in cold and _______ terms. [A] ambitios [B] ambivalent [C] ambivert [D] ambiguious [E] ambidexturous 4. He took his own stand upon those which the great body of his countrymen reprobated as criminal, or _______ as paradoxical. [A] approved [B] praised [C] declared [D] deraded [E] deprecated 5. At this _______, it is rumoured that a Popish Plot has been discovered. [A] juncture [B] situation [C] circumstance [D] surrounding [E] movement. 6. It may be said that, as in religion, so in politics, few even of those who are enlightened enough to comprehend the meaning _______ under the emblems of their faith can resist the contagion of the popular superstition. [A] embellished [B] superscribed [C] latent [D] depicted [E] freezed 7. The Revolution had saved the nation from one class of evils, but had at the same time -- such is the imperfection of all things human – _______ or aggravated another class of evils which required new remedies. [A] conjured [B] manifested [C] mortified [D] personified [E] engendered 8. By making concessions apparently candid and ample, the lawyers elude the great accusation. And thus they save their client from the full penalty of his _______, by entering a plea of guilty to the minor offence. [A] progression [B] congression [C] regression [D] transgression [E] retrogression 9. We firmly believe that if, even at this eleventh hour, Charles had acted fairly towards his people, if he had even acted fairly towards
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his own _______, the House of Commons would have given him a fair chance of retrieving the public confidence. [A] citizens [B] partisans [C] enemies [D] betrayers [E] gamut 10. When he was a child, he was _______ with a longing to see George the First, and gave his mother no peace till she had found a way of gratifying his curiosity. [A] soothed [B] haunted [C] visited [D] encroached [E] kindled Exercise 2.3.9 Choose the right option to complete the sentence. 1. There is the _Journal of John Woolman_ (1774), written by a gentle member of the society of Friends, which records a spiritual rather than a worldly experience, and which in contrast with the general _______ of Revolutionary literature is as a thrush song in the woods at twilight. [A] lethargy [B] tumult [C] spiritual [D] potent [E] progressive 2. No sooner were they written than Time began to winnow them over and over, giving them to all the winds of opinion, one generation after another, till the hosts of _______ works were swept aside, and only a remnant was left in the hands of the winnower. [A] permanent [B] ephemeral [C] doubious [D] precious [E] dormant 3. In the drama of all ages there seems to be a terrible fatality which turns the stage first to _______, then to wickedness, and which sooner or later calls for reformation. [A] levity [B] malignance [C] disaster [D] elegy [E] gleeful 4. It may not be amiss, however, to record this personal opinion: that these playwrights added little to the drama and still less to literature, and that it is hardly worth while to search out their good passages amid a _______ of repulsive details. [A] decade [B] array [C] welter [D] deport [E] gallery 5. In view of the scarcity of books in 1620, one volume of a certain collection, which were common in all the New England settlements, was _______ to a modern library of thirty or forty thousand volumes [A] equivocal [B] equanimity [C] equilibrium [D] equivalent [E] equivocator 6. The lack of harmony results in rubbish, so far as philosophy is concerned, but in the heap of _______ statements which Pope brings together are a large number of quotable lines. [A] coherent [B] palpable [C] incongruous [D] organized [E] deviced 7. The tastes of the couple were hopelessly different; the end was estrangement, with _______ and sorrow. [A] humiliation [B] relief [C] jubilation [D] penury [E] humour 8. For an odious dead despot like Frederick, who happens to please him, he turns criticism into _______; and for a living poet like
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Wordsworth he tempers praise by spiteful criticism. [A] satire [B] irony [C] parady [D] eulogy [E] allegy 9. Both fragments contain beautiful lines, but as a whole they are wandering, disjointed, _______, -- mere sketches, they seem, of some weird dream of mystery or terror which Coleridge is trying in vain to remember. [A] cohesive [B] planned [C] inconsequent [D] logical [E] sequencial 10. Before entering college (and there was never another land with so few people and so many colleges as Colonial America) boys of fourteen passed a classical examination which few graduates would now care to face; and the men of our early legislatures produced state papers which for force of reasoning and _______ of expression have never been surpassed. [A] ambiguity [B] verbose [C] lucidity [D] verbiage [E] equivocal Exercise 2.3.10 Choose the right option to complete the sentence. 1. The book is valued for its vast content with ____ researched, ____ presented and wellorganized material. [A] Swiftly, delibrately [B] cautiously, covertly [C] thoroughly, impeccably [D] perfectly, profoundly 2. It is hard to find seriously funny oxymoron in _____ documents. [A] lengthy legible [B] convoluted complex [C] meticulously manipulated [D] obviously obscure 3. Presented in small, easily _____ doses, you get a sample big enough to ____ if this book is right for you. [A] Digestible, decide [B] readable, evaluate [C] consumable, consider [D] edible, elucidate 4. This website contains ____ of horror novels and ____ of readers. [A] summaries, opines [B] abstracts, observations [C] excerpts, reviews [D] annotations, remarks 5. We ____ think that the ground we stand on is rock solid and stable. An earthquake can shatter that _____ instantly. [A] realy, illusion [B] generally, perception [C] normally, idea [D] usually, belief 6. He maintains that Madison possessed qualities that served him well early in his _______ but proved to be a _______ during his Presidency. [A] days, havack [B] epode, farce [C] career, handicap [D] office, nuisance [E] era, wrong 7. The president knew that the revolution not only had legally _______ the United States, but also had produced all of the great hopes and values of the American _______. [A] destroy, public [B] cook, commonplace [C] divided, quotidian [D] created, people [E] none of these 8. It is a complicated and at times ironic story that needs to be explained and _______, not blindly celebrated or condemned. [A] understood [B] narrated [C] underlaid [D] reproached [E] recommended 9. Bergen _______ that bin Laden's hostility _______ from his religious opposition to an American military presence in Saudi Arabia.
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[A] doubts, springs [B] asserts, emanates [C] exclaims, generates [D] remarks, rotates [E] none of these 10. Nehru has pulled together a _______ amount of solid information, which he _______ with perception and without grand swings of passion. [A] large, portrays [B] dimunutive, narrates [C] imprecise, gives [D] enumerated, divulges [E] significant, presents Exercise 2.3.11 Choose the right option to complete the sentence. 1. The pain inflicted by rubber bullets is ______ [A] Intensive [B] excruciating [C] extensive [D] mortal 2. Collecting data concerning people is a _____ task. [A] Daunting [B] demanding [C] predominant [D] exhaustive 3. His innovative techniques were well ______ [A] Arrived [B] accepted [C] received [D] absorbed 4. While cars are considered as necessities, a _____ is considered as luxury. [A] Omnibus [B] limousine [C] boxcar [D] caboose 5. Negotiations on this problem are at a critical ____ [A] Junction [B] jurisdiction [C] juncture [D] gesture 6. The life of a vagabond is ____ in its own way. [A] Rupture [B] rapture [C[ craterous [D] appalling 7. Her success is wholly her ability to _____ the public. [A] manipulate [B] manifest [C] mortify [D] mismanage 8. Have you considered all the _____ of changing careers at this stage of your life? [A] Reasons [B] justifications [C] arguments [D] ramifications 9. He poured ample amount of water to ____ the soil. [A] Satiate [B] saturate [C] supplement [D] solute 10. Many houses had their entrances were richly ____ [A] Embarrassed [B] meliorated [C] embellished [D] enticed Exercise 2.3.12 Choose the right option to complete the blank. 1. His _____ manners and indifferent attitude towards the panel overshadowed his qualifications. [A] tacit [B] banal [C] nonchalant [D] ebullient [E] eclectic 2. The smell of scent _____ a dream in which he was in a perfume shop. [A] Conjured [B] abated [C] elicited [D] impaired [E] vacillated 3. Brushes and hand-mirrors, each ____ with woodwork were displayed. [A] Manicured [B] designed [C] decorated [D] thwarted [E] foiled 4. He considers art-lovers as _____ beings and adores them. [A] Solicitous [B] taciturn [C] rarefied [D] immutable [D] daunting [E] homogeneous 5. The two medical students seemed to look on the _____ sickman with so little hope [A] Immutable [B] impermeable [C] impassive [D] nonchalant [E] salubrious
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6. The old man gave a long _____ on discipline and every one of us was exhausted at the end. [A] Tirade [B] advice [C] growling [D] sleep feast [E] vindication 7. Law is ______, even if it results in injustice. [A] Objective [B] immutable [C] tangential [D] transparent [E] tenuous 8. Kavitha argues from the start that terrorism must be viewed in terms of "military history, rather than political science or sociology," and that the refusal to _______ terrorists as soldiers, rather than criminals, is a mistake. [A] lable [B] enlist [C] enumerate [D] introduce [E] recognize 9. As Western civilization spread throughout the 17th and 18th centuries via imperialism, and Europe's seemingly more disciplined armies _______ strange peoples such as the Aztecs, Native Americans and south Asian Indians the wholesale slaughter of noncombatants became commonplace. [A] faced [B] encountered [C] met [D] found [E] saw 10. He _______ the manner in which politicians and intellectuals have sought to justify and then curtail attacks on civilians throughout history. [A] detects [B] discoveries [C] traces [D] deduces [E] assumes Exercise 2.3.13 Choose the right option to complete the sentence. 1. ____ of splintered bone stuck out like toothpicks. [A] blocks [B] bits [C] pieces [D] shards [E] skeletal 2. Indignantly she ____ the accusation. [A] Rejected [B] released [C] referred [D] refuted [E] rehearsed 3. This is an occupational disease, ____ among social-service workers. [A] Laconic [B] lassitude [C] implacable [D] recondite [E] endemic 4. For all her hefty bosom, she was ____ on her feet. [A] Lethargic [B] tractable [C] nebulous [D] tenuous [E] none of these 5. He ____ the warmth of the room after getting drenched in this rain for 20 minutes. [A] Satiated [B] saturated [C] belied [D] savored [E] emulated 6. You can use Synchronization Manager to synchronize your offline items automatically every time you log on to your computer. This _____ that you have the latest information from your network or the Internet when you are disconnected and working offline. [A] ensures [B] assures [C] certifies [D] assumes [E] ascribes 7. If you want to work on files at home or on the road, you can use My Briefcase to help keep the various ____ of your files updated. [A] types [B] forms [C] parts [D] divisions [E] copies 8. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.Right-click the icon for the printer you are using, and then click Properties. The settings you can change depend on the type of ____ you have. [A] computer [B] printer [C] OS [D] documents [D] editor 9. You can use Calculator in standard view to perform simple calculations, or in scientific view to _____ advanced scientific and statistical calculations. [A] enter [B] depict [C] operate [D] perform [E] type
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10. Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or ____ this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. [A] destroying [B] showing [C] redistributing [D] renaming [E] changing Exercise 2.3.14 Choose the right option to complete the sentence. 1. The hammock, distorted by his body, casts a _____ shadow. [A] grotesque [B] unique [C] evanescent [D] ersatz [E] luminous 2. The foolish boy expressed his gay mood by tying a ______ turban round his head. [A] expensive [B] preposterous [C] fantastic [D] colorful [E] contemptible 3. It is unbelievable that he has emerged _____ from an ordeal where he should have failed. [A] renovated [B] rejuvenated [C] triumphant [D] latent [E] potent 4. Gun fire came from everywhere, from every _______ angle. [A] consummate [B] comprehensive [C] complete [D] controversial [E] conceivable 5. We were very rapidly using up a certain kind of irreplaceable capital asset, namely the tolerance margins which _____ nature always provides. [A] beneficent [B] benign [C] beholden [D] bemused [E] belittled 6. It is an assignment that takes up his time and requires _____ coaching. [A] applied [B] garrulous [C] sedulous [D] censured [E] invalidate 7 Her resonant voice covers the _____ from an emphatic whisper to an almost Rabelaisian roar. [A] raucous [B] bitonality [C] canorous [D] gamut [E] supreme 8. Even my _____ diary has preserved a few details of that march. [A] perishable [B] insignificant [C] obsolete [D] obscure [E] exiguous 9. A sort of ‘question-everything’ attitude was the _____ of the 14th and the 15th centuries. [A] zeitgeist [B] zest [C] zealous [D] zenith [E] zodiac 10. He began to show _______ signs of unrest. [A] frantic [B] incipient [C] profound [D] paramount [E] significant Sentence Completion – Answer key Exercise 2.3.1 1 A 2 C 3 C 4 B 5 D 6 A 7 B 8 c 9 B 10 C Exercise 2.3.2 1 C 2 D 3 D 4 A 5 C 6 B 7 C 8 C 9 C 10 E Exercise 2.3.3 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 D 6 A 7 B 8 A 9 A 10 B Exercise 2.3.4 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 A 5 A 6 C7 A 8 B 9 A 10 E
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Exercise 2.3.5 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 B 7 A 8 B 9 A 10 A Exercise 2.3.6 1 A 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 B 7 A 8 B 9 A 10 A Exercise 2.3.7 1 A 2 C 3 D 4 E 5 B 6 A 7 C 8 B 9 C 10 A Exercise 2.3.8 1 D 2 C 3 D 4 D 5 A 6 C 7 E 8 D 9 B 10 B Exercise 2.3.9 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 D 6 C 7 A 8 D 9 C 10 C Exercise 2.3.10 1 C 2 D 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 C 7 D 8 A 9 B 10 E Exercise 2.3.11 1 B 2 A 3 C
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