Sentence Completion Questions and Answers

Answer: D

The word ironic signifies a contradiction of ideas within the sentence, and the conjunction while indicates that the characteristics of the good and evil people are being contrasted. Therefore, if the good people are often dull, the evil people must be having a characteristics which is the opposite of being dull. Among the given choices, it is only the word fascinating that has such a meaning, and is the answer.

Answer: D

We can surmise from the sentence that Maroon societies are African groups. The sentence says that their culture has not remained static at the seventeenth- century level, but has been adapted creatively to their changing lives.

The missing verb must therefore be a synonym of this italicized phrase. Among the choices, it is modified which has a similar meaning and is the answer.

Answer: B

Correct answer: atrophied

Damaged nerves mean the muscles cannot be used, and through disuse names the cause directly. Muscles that are not used waste away, which is what atrophy means.

Invigorated is the opposite of what disuse produces. Elongated and contracted describe changes in length rather than in bulk or strength, and neither is a consequence of not using a muscle.

Answer: D

If we are being forced to surrender to the authority of the clock, then systematic timekeeping cannot be said to be imposing a form of anarchy or permanence or provincialism on us. The three words in the first part of the sentence above indicate that it is imposing a form of tyranny on us. So (D) is the answer.

Answer: B

Correct answer: temerity

Foolhardy means recklessly bold, and the semicolon tells you the second clause illustrates it. The blank therefore needs a noun for reckless boldness.

Temerity is precisely that. Trepidation is its opposite - fear - and someone afraid would not challenge a senior professor; wisdom contradicts foolhardy; and interest is too mild to explain why the behaviour is called foolish.

Answer: B

It is similar.

Even though sets up a contrast, so the second half must oppose looking different. Distinct, unique and original all restate the difference instead of contradicting it.

Answer: C

Exemplifies means is an example of : protagonist means the chief character, particularly in a novel written in the first person). A novel usually has dialogues spoken by the various characters laced with additional descriptions and commentary by its author. This sentence refers to a novel which is an eminent example of a first person narrative (in which the story is written as if it is told by its principal character herself without any such additional commentary or description). If according to this reader, the protagonist tells her own story so effectively, any additional commentary can be considered to be unnecessary or superfluous So, (C) is the answer.

Answer: D

The word not in the second half of the sentence indicates a contradiction in ideas within the sentence. It is stated that Rumel's political strength had enhanced (meaning increased) even while he was fighting for his people's freedom. Because of the suggestion of a contradiction within the sentence, the missing word must mean the opposite of enhancement of strength. Among the choices, down fall is the only word that has this meaning, and is the answer.

Answer: B

Renewable resources are those that can be grown again and again, like timber. Timber can also be preserved in large quantities (stockpiled) for use by future generations. Though wild-life can be multiplied by suitable conservation measures, they cannot be stockpiled, since wild-life, just as human beings, will also die periodically. So, (B) is the answer. You can easily see that none of the other choices fits in with the meaning of the sentence.

Answer: C

Correct answer: simple

The semicolon signals that the second clause explains the first, and it only took one day to finish is evidence about difficulty, not about interest. A job finished in a day is an easy one.

Impossible contradicts the fact that it was finished at all. Boring and exciting describe how the work felt, which the evidence given cannot support either way.