ISEE Verbal: Sentence Completion Practice Test 6

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1. The Navy scoured the area for over a month, but the ____ search turned up no clues.

  • A. cursory
  • B. fruitful
  • C. present
  • D. painstaking

2. Although her personality is sometimes ____, she is a conscientious worker and is ____ better treatment than she has received.

  • A. pleasing ... conscious of
  • B. abrasive ... entitled to
  • C. gloomy ... eligible for
  • D. cheerful ... granted

3. ____ manipulation of the stock market and other ____ practices in security sales resulted in the 1933 legislation for the control of security markets.

  • A. Degenerate ... lucrative
  • B. Economic ... useless
  • C. Continual ... productive
  • D. Unscrupulous ... unethical

4. The handbook ____ for beginners was written in an elementary style.

  • A. bound
  • B. intended
  • C. paged
  • D. authored

5. When a job becomes too ____, workers get ____, their attention wanders, and they start to make careless errors.

  • A. diverse ... busy
  • B. hectic ... lazy
  • C. tedious ... bored
  • D. fascinating ... interested

6. Because of her uncompromising stands on divisive issues, she was unable to ____ broad support among the voters; however, the minority who did support her were exceptionally ____.

  • A. alienate ... many
  • B. survey ... divided
  • C. cut across ... quiet
  • D. amass ... loyal

7. His remarks were too ____ to be taken seriously.

  • A. germane
  • B. crucial
  • C. pointed
  • D. insipid

8. No training course can operate to full advantage without job descriptions that ____ those parts of the job that require the most training before the training course is ____.

  • A. list ... improved
  • B. identify ... implemented
  • C. teach ... predicted
  • D. insulate ... finished

9. Since the course was not only ____ but also had a reputation for being extremely difficult, ____ students registered for it.

  • A. enjoyable ... many
  • B. required ... some
  • C. useful ... practical
  • D. optional ... few

10. The new secretary has a more businesslike manner than her ____ in the job.

  • A. precedent
  • B. ancestor
  • C. successor
  • D. predecessor

11. Because of the ____ hazard, regulations forbid the use of highly ____ materials in certain items such as children's pajamas.

  • A. health ... synthetic
  • B. fire ... flammable
  • C. drug ... inflammatory
  • D. chemical ... flame-retardant

12. The ____ report was submitted, subject to such ____ as would be made before the final draft.

  • A. preliminary ... revisions
  • B. ubiquitous ... submissions
  • C. ultimate ... editions
  • D. committee's ... references

13. ____ action on the part of a passerby revived the victim before brain damage could occur.

  • A. Physical
  • B. Prompt
  • C. Violent
  • D. Delayed

14. As the workload ____, she ____ responsibility for many routine tasks to an assistant.

  • A. evolved ... preserved
  • B. changed ... handled
  • C. increased ... delegated
  • D. steadied ... abased

15. For many years ____ have been recognized as breeding disease, juvenile delinquency, and crime, which not only threaten the health and welfare of people who live there but also ____ the structure of society as a whole.

  • A. prisons ... rebuild
  • B. schools ... disengage
  • C. colonialization ... alienate
  • D. slums ... weaken