SAT Sentence Completion练习题.

1.Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management.

(A) enforce . . usul (B) end . . divisive (C) overcome . . unattractive (D) extend . . satisfactory (E) resolve . . acceptable

2.Because King Philip&aposs desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth&aposs insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.

(A) reconciliation . . assured (B) warfare . . avoidable (C) ruination . . impossible (D) conflict . . inevitable (E) diplomacy . . simple

3.There is no doubt that Larry is a genuine ------- : he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners.

(A) braggart (B) dilettante (C) pilferer (D) prevaricator (E) raconteur

4.A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.

(A) supplant (B) dramatize (C) finagle (D) winnow (E) overhaul

5.Although some think the terms "bug" and "insect" are ------- , the former term actually rers to ------- group of insects.

(A) parallel . . an identical (B) precise . . an exact (C) interchangeable . . a particular (D) exclusive . . a separate (E) usul . . a useless

6.The novel&aposs protagonist, a pearl diver, na?vely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to ------- him.

(A) venture . . reward (B) pretend . . praise (C) conspire . . reimburse (D) ruse . . cheat (E) collude . . swindle

7.The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.

(A) invalidate (B) objectify (C) incite (D) celebrate (E) enrich

8.Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor ------- through the descriptions of others.sat

(A) vicariously (B) heedlessly (C) innocuously (D) mystically (E) voluminously

9.Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the project&aposs inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .

(A) concentration . . incidental (B) disagreement . . incongruous (C) collaboration . . predictable (D) hostility . . dazzling (E) cooperation . . remarkable

10.Joshua&aposs radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.

(A) heretical (B) meticulous (C) precise (D) incoherent (E) sagacious

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