All Levels ISEE Sentence Completion Practice Test 21

1. Despite their seemingly ------- architecture, the pyramids of Giza are actually intricate marvels of ancient engineering.

• A. revolutionary
• B. complex
• C. archaic
• D. simplistic

2. Unlike animals, which must seek sustenance in their surrounding environment, plants are able to ------- their own food.

• A. find
• B. digest
• C. gather
• D. manufacture

3. Great variations in successive layers of polar ice make it possible for scientists to determine how the climate has ------- over the past millennium.

• A. migrated
• B. altered
• C. tended
• D. petrified

4. Because of the rigors of mountain climbing, the team needs equipment that is both ------- enough to support two members and completely reliable.

• A. weighty
• B. consistent
• C. sturdy
• D. innovative

5. For a student to qualify for the foreign study program, good language skills are absolutely necessary; however, prior travel to the host country is -------.

• A. inevitable
• B. mandatory
• C. plausible
• D. optional

6. The task was very ------- because certain parts needed to be carried out over and over again.

• A. standard
• B. enjoyable
• C. tiresome
• D. common

7. Because the ground there was steep and dangerous, the mountain guide told us that it was ------- to approach the edge.

• A. encouraged
• B. forbidden
• C. important
• D. possible

8. Most members of the drama club, though reserved in real life, are quite ------- once they get on stage.

• A. dynamic
• B. quarrelsome
• C. threatening
• D. behaved

9. Physicians offer recommendations about food groups and eating habits in order to help their patients follow a more ------- diet.

• A. total
• B. hearty
• C. balanced
• D. fulfilling

10. Fund-raising is effective only when ------- individuals are available, showing their concern by their readiness to give.

• A. popular
• B. famous
• C. selfless
• D. meaningful