ISEE Sentence Completion Practice Test 1

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1. Although fortune-tellers claim to _____ future happenings, there is no scientific evidence of their _____.

  • A. cloud ... ability
  • B. effect ... knowledge
  • C. foretell ... fees
  • D. predict ... accuracy

2. Great ideas have _____ youth: they are _____.

  • A. no ... petrified
  • B. eternal ... immortal
  • C. constant ... ephemeral
  • D. little ... frivolous

3. Each human relationship is unique, and the lovers who think there never was a love like theirs are _____.

  • A. foolish
  • B. blind
  • C. prejudiced
  • D. right

4. Rats give some _____ as scavengers, but this is over-balanced by their _____ activities.

  • A. help ... useful
  • B. service ... harmful
  • C. problems ... nocturnal
  • D. trouble ... breeding

5. Ancient societies gave authority to those who knew and preserved _____, for the idea of what was right lay in the past.

  • A. order
  • B. law
  • C. intelligence
  • D. tradition

6. The rare desert rains often come in _____, causing loss of life and property; thus, people living in an oasis think of rain with _____.

  • A. floods ... longing
  • B. torrents ... terror
  • C. sprinkles ... fear
  • D. winter ... snow

7. His admirers were not _____, for his essays were not widely known.

  • A. respected
  • B. numerous
  • C. ardent
  • D. interested

8. Archaeologists found ruins of temples and palaces, but no _____; it was as though these people never _____.

  • A. food ... lived
  • B. tombs ... died
  • C. plans ... built
  • D. monasteries ... worshipped

9. Safe driving prevents _____ and the endless _____ of knowing you have caused others pain.

  • A. disease ... reminder
  • B. tragedy ... remorse
  • C. accidents ... hope
  • D. lawsuits ... expense

10. A true amateur plays because he _____ the game and will not cheat because that would _____ the game.

  • A. studies ... lose
  • B. understands ... improve
  • C. knows ... forfeit
  • D. loves ... degrade

11. Companies have found it pays to have _____ handy when a meeting is likely to be _____.

  • A. food ... prolonged
  • B. secretaries ... enjoyable
  • C. telephones ... successful
  • D. money ... interesting

12. He _____ apart, for he prefers _____ to the company of others.

  • A. lives ... books
  • B. stays ... throngs
  • C. remains ... vivacity
  • D. dwells ... solitude

13. The Constitutional duty to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” makes the president the head of law _____.

  • A. development
  • B. interpretation
  • C. education
  • D. enforcement

14. A reduction of the workweek to four days would certainly _____ the _____ industry.

  • A. destroy ... automobile
  • B. stimulate ... steel
  • C. improve ... electrical
  • D. benefit ... leisure

15. History tells us it took Athens less than a generation to change from a champion of _____ into a ruthless _____.

  • A. democracy ... republic
  • B. freedom ... tyrant
  • C. independence ... commonwealth
  • D. dictatorship ... liberator