ISEE Verbal: Sentence Completion Practice Test 7

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1. As citizens we would be ____ if we did not make these facts public.

  • A. entitled
  • B. nominative
  • C. elective
  • D. derelict

2. A ____ in the diplomatic service, she had not yet ____ such a question of protocol.

  • A. success ... dispatched
  • B. volunteer ... avoided
  • C. veteran ... battered
  • D. novice ... encountered

3. Excessive fatigue can ____ be attributed to ____ working conditions such as poor lighting.

  • A. inevitably ... archaic
  • B. occasionally ... inadequate
  • C. always ... obsolete
  • D. never ... demoralizing

4. The company received a ____ from the government to help develop new sources of energy.

  • A. reward
  • B. compendium
  • C. memorandum
  • D. subsidy

5. The ____ with which the agent calmed the anxieties and soothed the tempers of the travelers ____ by the delay was a mark of frequent experience with similar crises.

  • A. evasiveness ... angered
  • B. reverence ... pleased
  • C. facility ... inconvenienced
  • D. mannerism ... destroyed

6. The greater the ____ of a mineral in an ore, the less it costs to refine it.

  • A. expense
  • B. weight
  • C. oxidation
  • D. concentration

7. The church had traditionally served as a ____ for debtors, and those ____ it were safe from prosecution.

  • A. prison ... leaving
  • B. blessing ... obeying
  • C. court ... denying
  • D. sanctuary ... entering

8. Today's students are encouraged to absorb facts rather than to apply ____. Education is becoming ____.

  • A. understanding ... regrettable
  • B. intelligence ... invaluable
  • C. knowledge ... passive
  • D. formulas ... extensive

9. Man's survival is a result of mutual assistance, since he is essentially ____ rather than ____.

  • A. superior ... inferior
  • B. cooperative ... competitive
  • C. individualistic ... gregarious
  • D. selfish ... stingy

10. Ancient Greeks were not only concerned with the development of the ____ but also felt training of the body was of ____ importance.

  • A. muscles ... equal
  • B. psyche ... little
  • C. mind ... prime
  • D. physical ... vital

11. Although for years ____ resources had been devoted to alleviating the problem, a satisfactory solution remained ____.

  • A. natural ... costly
  • B. adequate ... probable
  • C. substantial ... elusive
  • D. capital ... decisive

12. The police department will not accept for ____ a report of a person missing from his or her residence if such ____ is located outside of the city.

  • A. convenience ... location
  • B. control ... report
  • C. filing ... department
  • D. investigation ... residence

13. The treaty cannot go into effect until it has been ____ by the Senate.

  • A. considered
  • B. debated
  • C. ratified
  • D. shelved

14. His ____ of practical experience and his psychological acuity more than ____ his lack of formal academic training.

  • A. claims ... comprise
  • B. background ... educate for
  • C. brief ... account for
  • D. wealth ... compensate for

15. Because I wanted to use a(n) ____, I looked the word up in the ____.

  • A. synonym ... thesaurus
  • B. homonym ... directory
  • C. antonym ... encyclopedia
  • D. pseudonym ... dictionary