ISEE Upper Level Verbal: Sentence Completion Practice Test 14

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1. Like many ------ diseases, mononucleosis is easily transmitted from person to person; thus, if a patient stays away from others after falling ill, the ------ can be contained.

  • A. chronic … symptoms
  • B. communicable … outbreak
  • C. curable … epidemic
  • D. infectious … recovery

2. Jesuit institutions are ------ on principles that are committed to academic excellence and that ------ coordinated collaboration and shared resources.

  • A. dependent … dispute
  • B. determined … deter
  • C. founded … advocate
  • D. razed … condemn

3. The meteorologist had an uneven record of success for the week: while she ------ the path of the blizzard, she ------ the amount of accumulation.

  • A. bungled … misjudged
  • B. directed … lionized
  • C. pinpointed … botched
  • D. predicted … assessed

4. Even though polio has been largely ------ in the United States, instances of the disease still ------ in the developing world.

  • A. beaten … diminish
  • B. eliminated … persist
  • C. exposed … arise
  • D. immunized … exercise

5. While I attended the reunion with ------, I reconnected with old classmates and attended the various events and parties with a feeling that was positively ------.

  • A. detachment … unfeeling
  • B. excitement … transitory
  • C. nostalgia … vindictive
  • D. trepidation … jubilant

6. Many of the jokes on The Simpsons are so ------ that only the most widely read viewers can understand them.

  • A. esoteric
  • B. functional
  • C. hilarious
  • D. offensive

7. Unlike otters, which build their dens above ground, badgers are ------, emerging only to hunt for food.

  • A. endangered
  • B. omnivores
  • C. predators
  • D. subterranean

8. Many people believe lack of knowledge is the same as stupidity, as if intelligence is ------ on education alone.

  • A. practiced
  • B. predicated
  • C. rehabilitated
  • D. repudiated

9. By the middle of the twentieth century, the United States, which was once mostly ------, was considered an urban country because the majority of people lived in towns and cities.

  • A. abundant
  • B. partisan
  • C. rural
  • D. unpopular

10. Social media and texting ------ the innate human instinct to communicate, connect, and interact with each other.

  • A. derail
  • B. enrage
  • C. exemplify
  • D. ignore

11. Because the couple had conducted a ------ courtship, the announcement of their ------ shocked even their closest friends.

  • A. clandestine … betrothal
  • B. fanciful … bequest
  • C. romantic … nuptials
  • D. traditional … ceremony

12. Had she shown more ------ and used a more contrite tone when she made her apology, her friends would have been more likely to have ------ her.

  • A. authority … ignored
  • B. compassion … dismissed
  • C. condescension … believed
  • D. remorse … forgiven

13. The ------ investor knows better than to buy stocks in only one type of industry and instead will build a ------ portfolio that reflects a multitude of sectors.

  • A. adept … permanent
  • B. inquisitive … challenging
  • C. novice … profitable
  • D. savvy … diversified

14. Eleanor Roosevelt was a vocal ------ of the rights of minorities and oppressed peoples, leading President Harry Truman to call her the First Lady of the World for her ------ to human rights.

  • A. antagonist … dedication
  • B. defender … commitment
  • C. opponent … access
  • D. supporter … indifference

15. The darkening clouds and gusts of wind were a clear sign of the ------ storm, and the sudden loud thunder clap ------ the storm's arrival.

  • A. departing … announced
  • B. fading … missed
  • C. impending … indicated
  • D. waning … marked