ISEE Sentence Completion Practice Test 5

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1. That strain of cancer is so ____ that no amount of treatment can ____ it.

  • A. abundant ... describe
  • B. capricious ... enhance
  • C. virulent ... destroy
  • D. arcane ... cure

2. He is a very ____ person, always carrying a rabbit's foot in his pocket as a(n) ____.

  • A. timorous ... omen
  • B. superstitious ... talisman
  • C. gullible ... charm
  • D. conscientious ... key ring

3. Sometimes the effect of a ____ meal is to make the diner very sleepy.

  • A. hearty
  • B. haughty
  • C. healthy
  • D. hasty

4. The ____ garden is ____ and fragrant.

  • A. formal ... overgrown
  • B. artificial ... infested
  • C. public ... forbidding
  • D. vernal ... verdant

5. The ____ vending machine spewed change all over the floor.

  • A. recalcitrant
  • B. zealous
  • C. hulking
  • D. rambunctious

6. The fire trucks arriving at the scene of the ____ created a massive traffic jam.

  • A. convocation
  • B. simulation
  • C. conflagration
  • D. mutiny

7. A ____ tends to rely on ____ evidence.

  • A. visionary ... prodigious
  • B. pragmatist ... empirical
  • C. jury ... spurious
  • D. scientist ... theoretical

8. I am pleased that I will be able to go swimming wearing my ____ watch.

  • A. aquamarine
  • B. digital
  • C. liquefied
  • D. submersible

9. Caring for younger siblings can be a(n) ____ responsibility for the child of a(n) ____.

  • A. onerous ... alcoholic
  • B. preordained ... acrobat
  • C. negligible ... supplicant
  • D. appreciable ... parent

10. The clergyman was so highly respected that no one could believe that he was a(n) ____.

  • A. transgressor
  • B. hemophiliac
  • C. executor
  • D. altruist

11. His theory is not ____; it only sounds plausible to the uninformed because he ____ several facts and fails to mention the mountain of evidence that contradicts his ideas.

  • A. tenable ... distorts
  • B. pliable ... pursued
  • C. predominant ... embellished
  • D. sufficient ... invokes

12. That organization ____ its concern for endangered species of wildlife by encouraging congresspeople to pass laws that ____ these animals.

  • A. imposes ... promote
  • B. manipulates ... defend
  • C. manifests ... protect
  • D. supplants ... prohibit

13. His filing system was so ____ that no one else in the department could locate material quickly.

  • A. specific
  • B. appropriate
  • C. intense
  • D. peculiar

14. When the last item on the ____ had been taken care of, the meeting was ____.

  • A. roster ... called to order
  • B. itinerary ... finalized
  • C. table ... sequestered
  • D. agenda ... adjourned

15. It has been predicted that the new ____ barring discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation will dramatically ____ hiring practices.

  • A. morality ... effect
  • B. permissiveness ... reflect
  • C. legislation ... affect
  • D. rulings ... reset