LANGUAGE WORKSHEET 1 (SENTENCE COMPLETION)

You're given 1 minute to answer 10 items. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Check your answers at the end of this worksheet.


1. Even if you don't _______________ what I have to say, I'd appreciate your listening to me with an open mind.
a. concur with
b. clarify
c. anticipate
d. deviate

2. Most mammals give birth to live offspring, but few rare species _____________ eggs in the soil until they hatch.
a. they incubate
b. to have incubated
c. to incubate
d. incubate

3. With age, veins and arteries lose their elasticity and ability to quickly transport blood throughout the body, ___________________ them less efficient.
a. which it makes
b. makes
c. thereby making
c. and to make

4. The explorers of the moon have gone _____________ earlier explorers.
a. further of
b. farther than
c. further than
d. farther on

5. Natural gas, _______________ of methane is considered the cleanest of all fossil fuels.
a. it is composed primarily
b. which is composed primarily
c. is primarily composed
d. that is a primarily composition

6. We had not realized how much people ___________________ the library's old borrowing policy until we received complaints once it had been _______________.
a. appreciated... superseded
b. disliked... administered
c. respected... irritated
d. enjoyed... continued

7. Many hours of practice are required of a successful musician , so it is often not so much ____________ as ____________, which distinguishes the professional from the amateur.
a. talent... discipline
b. technique... pomposity
c. genius... understanding
d. money... education

8. Psychologists agree that a good marriage is based on the _____________ of the partners as well as on their _________________ one another.
a. infallibility... manipulation of
b. conformity... denial of
c. financial security... animosity toward
d. compatibility... independence from

9. The _____________ treatment of the zoo animals resulted in a community-wide _______________.
a. adequate... revolution
b. popular... neglect
c. critical... distension
d. inhumane... criticism

10. Andrea had ________________ taste in clothing and always dressed fashionably but she was totally ____________________ her surroundings, and her apartment and office were drab and disorganized.
a. impeccable... indifferent to
b. bizarre... suspicious of
c. dreadful... dependent on
d. pedestrian... fascinated by


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Answers:
1.a, 2.d, 3.b, 4.b, 5.b, 6.b, 7.a, 8.d, 9.d, 10.a