English (Sentence Completion – 1)

 

1:            We lost confidence in Salim because he never ____ the grandiose promises he had made.

A.      Tired of

B.      Delivered on

C.      Retreated from

D.      Forgot about

 

2:            The driver suddenly applied the brakes when he saw a ____ truck ahead of him.

A.      Stationary

B.      Moving

C.      Static

D.      Immobile

 

3:            Knowledge is like a deep well fed by ____ springs, and your mind in the little bucket that you drop in it.

A.      External

B.      Perennial

C.      Immortal

D.      Inexhaustible

 

4:            Salma is much too ____ to have anything to do with that obnoxious affair.

A.      Noble

B.      Proud

C.      Happy

D.      Difficult

 

5:            There is no incentive for America to sign the treaty since there is every reason to ____ no other nation intends to hour its provisions.

A.      Regret

B.      Inform

C.      Believe

D.      Occupy

 

6:            A legislation was passed to punish brokers who ____ their clients’ funds.

A.      Defalcate

B.      Devastate

C.       Devour

D.      Embezzle

 

7:            Normally an individual thunderstorm ____ about 4.5 minutes.

A.      Lasts

B.      Ends

C.      Remains

D.      Continues

 

8:            The task seemed impossible but somehow Jalil ____ very skillfully in the end.

A.      Pulled it up

B.      Pulled it off

C.      Pulled it away

D.      Pulled it out

 

9:            The unruly behavior of the children ____ their parents.

A.      Aggrieved 

B.      Impeached

C.      Incensed

D.      Tempered

 

10:          We were amazed that a man who had been heretofore the most ____ of public speakers could, in a single speech, electrify an audience and bring them cheering.

A.      Pedestrian

B.      Accomplished

C.      Masterful

D.      Auspicious

 

11:          The Chairperson is a scintillating speaker whose lectures completely ____ students.

A.      Entertain

B.      Absorb

C.      Enthrall

D.      Alienate

 

12:          Ali ____ force himself to work on till late in the night.

A.      Would

B.      Would be

C.      Could

D.      Used to

 

13:          The officers threatened to take reprisals if the lives of their men were ____ by the conquered natives.

A.      Destroyed

B.      Endangered

C.      Enhanced

D.      Irritated

 

14:          His moral decadence was marked by his ____ from the ways of integrity and honesty.

A.      Obsession

B.      Declivity

C.      Departure

D.      Opprobrium

 

15:          Her reaction was not the only ____ one.

A.      Workable

B.      Possible

C.      Likely

D.      Good

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