ISEE Sentence Completion Practice Test 2

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1. The society was not _____ and required much outside aid.

  • A. philanthropic
  • B. destitute
  • C. democratic
  • D. self-sufficient

2. The _____ climate of the country _____ the delicate electronic equipment.

  • A. intolerable ... restored
  • B. dry ... vaporized
  • C. changeable ... demoralized
  • D. humid ... corroded

3. The value of _____ science to modern progress is _____.

  • A. research ... unimportant
  • B. physical ... unquestionable
  • C. medical ... unlikely
  • D. statistical ... unreliable

4. The final end of a nonadapting society is the same as for a nonadapting animal: _____.

  • A. admiration
  • B. resignation
  • C. extinction
  • D. immortality

5. Some temperamental actresses fail to understand that a director’s criticism is aimed at their _____ and not at their _____.

  • A. weaknesses ... conduct
  • B. stupidity ... graciousness
  • C. performance ... personality
  • D. prosperity ... inability

6. The Spanish dancer stamped her feet and ____ the rhythm with the click of ____.

  • A. ignored ... dice
  • B. kept ... cutlery
  • C. accented ... castanets
  • D. diffused ... a guitar

7. A bustling hospital floor is not ____ to a good night's sleep.

  • A. related
  • B. conducive
  • C. necessary
  • D. productive

8. The job applicant was so ____ as he approached the interview that his hands were ____ and his knees shook.

  • A. confident ... agitated
  • B. impressed ... clean
  • C. unhappy ... stiff
  • D. nervous ... clammy

9. A serious side effect of some drugs is recurrent ____.

  • A. elucidations
  • B. hallucinations
  • C. formulations
  • D. flagellations

10. Disgruntled ____ often become highly effective spies.

  • A. defectors
  • B. officers
  • C. anarchists
  • D. censors

11. I wish I could guarantee that the machine is ____ reliable, but in truth its performance is somewhat ____.

  • A. invariably ... sporadic
  • B. often ... skittish
  • C. serially ... erratic
  • D. consistently ... invincible

12. He extolled the juicy sweet fruit as being nothing less than ____.

  • A. surreal
  • B. saccharine
  • C. cloying
  • D. succulent

13. The military ____ of the burning buildings led the investigator to conclude that the fires had been set in an act of ____.

  • A. location ... arson
  • B. significance ... sabotage
  • C. stance ... sobriety
  • D. discipline ... treason

14. As the name of the prize winner was _____, the runner-up looked totally ______.

  • A. extolled ... exonerated
  • B. awarded ... devastated
  • C. announced ... crestfallen
  • D. proclaimed ... credulous

15. The unexploded device found rusting in the weeds must have been a ____.

  • A. bomb
  • B. decoy
  • C. calamity
  • D. dud