| For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
| 1 | A ____ person will not shout ______ in public; he or she will respect the_____of other people. |
| 2 | The President of the nation was widely ____ for refusing to ____ the excesses of the ______ Minister. |
| For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
| 3 | _____ by the long journey of life, the businessman once known for his overweening _____ was now seen by others as the possessor of a broken spirit and timid demeanor. |
| 4 | The horrifying _____ of the fire was reported on all the news stations and the arson squad worked later through the week to uncover the _____ of the tragedy. |
| 5 | The discovery that exposure to allergens through the mother's diet during the last trimester could lead to complications during the first year after birth _____ the Government to _____ dietary recommendations for expecting mothers. |
| 6 | The _____ men were just barely held at bay by a loyalist battalion _____ by its allies' reinforcements. |
| 7 | The decline of ____ was hastened by the discovery of global trade routes, which soon produced basic ____ in the supply of money and price structures, thus dooming land as the basic element of wealth and preferment. |
| For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text. |
| 8 | John Wright chose the ______ Mark Twain as a result of his knowledge of river boat piloting.
mountebank
protagonist
misanthrope
hallucination
pseudonym
alias |
| 9 | The novel was written in Sanskrit, and ideas derived from Sanskrit philoshopy were _____ in many parts of it.
altered
criticised
nullified
incorporated
translated
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| 10 | Truman tried to continue Roosevelt's ______ approach to the Soviet Union, but by 96, he had adopted a much tougher policy towards the Russians.
conciliatory
cursory
strict
obligatory
uncompromising
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| 11 | After years of unchecked exploitation of its natural resources, the state, predictably has _____ the population of its native plants and animals.
stymied
decimated
increased
reduced
normalized
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| 12 | The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the _____.
abridgment
bibliography
commentary
epitaph
title
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| Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning. |
| 13 | It was her view that the country's problems had been _______ by foreign technocrats, so that to ask for such assistance again would be counterproductive.
ameliorated
ascertained
diagnosed
exacerbated
overlooked
worsened |
| 14 | Perhaps because something in us instinctively distrusts such displays of natural fluency,some readers approach John Smith with ______.
wariness
indifference
suspicion
veneration
bewilderment
remorse |
