ISEE Upper Level Sentence Completion Practice Test 10

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1. The racial problem is of such _____ that it makes going to the moon seem _____.

  • A. complexity ... helpful
  • B. certainty ... problematic
  • C. magnitude ... child's play
  • D. docility ... effortless

2. To be _____ a theatrical setting must resemble _____.

  • A. believable ... home
  • B. effective ... reality
  • C. reasonable ... beauty
  • D. respectable ... ideas

3. The _____ mob roamed through the streets of the city, shouting their _____ of law and order.

  • A. influential ... fear
  • B. indifferent ... horror
  • C. disciplined ... disrespect
  • D. hysterical ... hatred

4. Errors in existing theories are discovered, and the theories are either _____ or _____.

  • A. improved ... obeyed
  • B. removed ... followed
  • C. altered ... discarded
  • D. explained ... excused

5. In observing the _____ society of the ant, the scientist can learn much about the more _____ society of man.

  • A. hostile ... evil
  • B. elementary ... complicated
  • C. plain ... homogeneous
  • D. unadorned ... unsophisticated

6. Undaunted by his many setbacks, Joshua _____.

  • A. crumpled
  • B. drew back
  • C. canceled
  • D. persevered

7. Nationwide, college arts and science departments are taking _____ measures to attract students.

  • A. no
  • B. puny
  • C. innovative
  • D. few

8. With less capital available and fewer deals being done, it has clearly become a(n) _____ market.

  • A. heinous
  • B. inflationary
  • C. sellers'
  • D. buyers'

9. The penalty for violating the law would _____ for multiple offenses.

  • A. accede
  • B. nullify
  • C. diminish
  • D. escalate

10. The hotel was a world-class _____ property and, thanks to recent refurbishing and clever marketing efforts, it is experiencing a _____.

  • A. luxury ... renaissance
  • B. communal ... withdrawal
  • C. opulent ... decline
  • D. decadent ... stalemate

11. Some colleges, rather than _____ students to take arts courses, simply force them.

  • A. requiring
  • B. enticing
  • C. demanding
  • D. allowing

12. Requiring _____ by the criminal to the victim would be a far better way of dealing with many lawbreakers than _____, she argued.

  • A. punishment ... freedom
  • B. imprisonment ... pardon
  • C. restitution ... imprisonment
  • D. mea culpa ... negligence

13. Knowledge gained from books without the benefit of practical experience is usually not so profitable in everyday work as the opposite, _____ without _____.

  • A. culture ... manners
  • B. experiments ... science
  • C. experience ... scholarship
  • D. learning ... knowing

14. To _____ some of its _____ over the huge increase in state insurance premiums for employees, the school district invited one insurance expert to speak at a recent board meeting.

  • A. quell ... anxiety
  • B. dispel ... myths
  • C. aggravate ... nervousness
  • D. foment ... trepidation

15. While many elderly indeed are _____, poverty is _____ among the millions of older Americans who rely solely on Social Security.

  • A. penurious ... rampant
  • B. invalid ... abolished
  • C. absolute ... widespread
  • D. comfortable ... pervasive