SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST - 27
1. Do not buy a boat which is much bigger than you
and your family can handle; .................._
A) Especially if summer is coining and if your
friends will envy you when you go sailing.
B) Before you buy one make sure you learn everything
about handling it remember «o mechanics off shore.
C) but do not buy a fairly expensive one since you
can invite a friend of yours to travel with you.
D) Unless you are feeling lonesome, consider buying
a sailboat,which is quite large.
E) On the other hand do not buy one that is too
small for all your "longlost" friends who will
appear immediately.
2. ..................; consequently, we should learn
more about history and faults in the past.
A) Time is precious
B) Once passed, soon forgotten
C) He, who laughs last, laughs the best
D) There is no way of avoiding faults
E) repeats itself
3. Most people complain..................,
A) that their jobs are boning and that they are sick
and tired of their jobs' fixed routines.
B) However, police officers, journalists and
detectives seldom full into this group.
C) Nevertheless, jobs with fixed routines are
usually boring.
D) but nobody can he very effective if their jobs
aren't routine.
E) Now that these people often see their doctors and
receive appropriate
treatment.
4. My much loved comics character is Charlie
Brown,.................._
A) that "Peanuts" be came famous all over the world.
B) which the comic series "Peanuts" consists of.
C) who is one of the characters in C.M Schultz's
"Peanuts".
D) whom supplied me all the comic series on the
market. ,
E) where you can buy all sorts of comic books.
5. Ten out of twenty parents in the survey say they
would choose to have children..................
A) whether only or more died.
B) unless they weren't given a change. .
C) especially when they have family conflicts.
D) if they had it to do again.
E) since they didn't have any.
6. He was probably to be fired if he asked for more
pay.
A) since there were always plenty of other workers
to take his job.
B) while the boss himself was also fired just last
week.
C) although he was a good worker, he didn't like his
job very much.
D) because his wife was expecting a third baby and
they needed more
money.
E) as the fire brigade had vacant positions that
year.
7. .................................... some of it
evaporates and some of it sinks into the earth.
A) The ground absorbs all the rainwater especially
in dry seasons,
B) While the rainwater refreshes the flowers and
plants,
C) Rain falls when the air is saturated with
moisture,
D) In some regions, it never rains,
E) When rainwater collects on the surface of the
ground,
8. If erosion goes on at the same
rate...............
A) people will have to do something about explosives
to stop it.
B) it will never be a problem for people living in
this part of the
country.
C) we'll have to do something to accelerate its
speed.
D) the country will be worn completely down to sea
level in about 23
million years.
E) the rate will never cease in the coming centuries
due to our deep
interest.
9. ...............that would be able to make long
ocean voyages without having to hug the shore.
A) The principle was to be in line with the method
B) What we want is a strong boat
C) His goal was to design and equip vessels
D) The pirates were looking for a weapon
E) The plane was a real miracle, elegant and strong
10. ..............., but it at the same time varied
widely depending on the input.
A) Not only professors worked on the system
B) Not only was the system over complicated
C) Never had I seen a more complex system
D) Never were the scientists at a loss for words
E) The system was a complete success
11. Unfortunately, later measurements
displayed...............
A) all that we were looking for, enabling us to
finish the project successfully.
B) that the unit designated was not exactly that
fraction, but they continued to use it.
C) us exactly what we had been looking for - nothing
more – nothing less.
D) the engineers the way to the building they had
constructed.
E) the direction toward the east of the newly built
factory.
12. ............... how a person experiences or
perceives the world around her.
A) The question at hand should be
B) As a child grows he has to cope with many
obstacles
C) While trying to grow up and become a nature man
D) What I and my colleagues are wondering about
E) Many psychologists today are working to try to
determine just
13. They have gradualty assumed a typical American
flavour………….
A) and thus I now like coffee much more than I did
in my youth.
B) although New Years' resolutions in the United
States stem from as
many cultures as do the people themselves.
C) since Americans fought for their independence but
Indians didn't.
D) as well as keeping their own customs and
traditions.
E) and Japanese never accepted the American way of
living.
14. .................................... is the
explanation of the factors underlying the general
tendency to which we have just referred.
A) Whom they work with enthusiastically
B) What is the general reader's interesting
expectation
C) Why are people interested in
D) Of interest to the general reader
E) Looking for reasonable solutions
15. The tendency of average man in megalopolis.
............................
A) can distinguish between urban life and rural
life.
B) is to dwell far out in an undistinguished
community.
C) may live far away from civilization.
D) can explain why the individual in modern society
is lonely.
E) was to give warmth and a sense of belonging.
16. If people are influenced at all by the huge
commercial entertainments
industry,....................................
A) they are likely to be worse at developing real
personal relationships.
B) this is the minimum for their getting along in
our world.
C) teachers should prepare their pupils to find a
place in society.
D) they are largely engaged in repetitive and
insignificant tasks in industry.
E) one's own circumstances are unhappy, tedious,
insecure,and unattractive.
17. ...................................., tradition
is usually a sufficient guide to action.
A) Despite the lack of very powerful leaders
B) At all levels of development of the legal system
C) The society's capacity to respond to a breach of
law
D) When law and custom are most closely linked
E) Where the rate of culture change is relatively
slow
18. .................., there were few others.
A) Some people lacked the ability to learn from
every experience
B) Scant as these clues are to the formation of
greatness
C) George was scarcely in his teens when his father
died
D) No one could have guessed that he would prove
capable
E) They crossed the mountains on horseback
19. It is for all time rather less
insulting..................____.
A) to take slimming pills than to eat less.
B) cutting out sweet things entirely than going easy
on the starch.
C) to call somebody "plump" than to call her "fat".
D) to stick to bananas than to eat as much as
possible.
E) calling someone "thin" than "skinny".
20. Their parents did everything they
could....................................
A) to try to save the marriage.
B) to get divorced all the same.
C) make me change my mind.
D) reunite the divorced couple.
E) determine not be play in the garden.
21. ...................................., I shall
decide to change my approach and behave.
A) Because acting is a steady job
B) If the recruiting system was ineffective
C) Due to the fact that the British imperialism was
good
D) When the time comes
E) In spite of all my determination
22. Millions of Americans believe in UFOs ………...
A) though nothing has been found to confirm their
existence
B) after they had watched "Star Wars".
C) because they travel faster than our fastest
spacecraft
D) so the idea of space travels used to gain in
importance
E) for there has been significant progress in
astronomy
23. After a full day's work at a souvenir shop
yesterday, .................
A) Betty has desired nothing but a good rest
B) she had put in another six hours as a waitress in
a café before heading home
C) her friends have asked her to go to the cinema
D) Janine had better look for another job now
E) the manager should make an increase in my
salary
24. .................. because they had run out of
ammo.
A) the allied forces have decided to send help
B) the commander is disappointed
C) the enemy forces had to surrender
D) about one hundred soldiers were deployed to the
battle-field
E) the soldiers have fled from the battle-ground
25. Although we have made a significant reduction in
costs,..........
A) clients had desired some more decrease in prices
B) almost everyone seems eager to do shopping here
C) we still haven't observed a noticeable increase
in the number of our
customers
D) people got used to asking for further discounts
E) we were determined to give 5%
discount for cash
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