Deck 3: English test preparation.braindumps.toefl sentence completion.v2020-09-12.by.matt.45q.ete

Question 1

Those who seek the advice of scientists in this matter should recognize that, because the knowledge available is_______. The reliability of the advice cannot be

A) technical documented
B) coherent...explained
C) explicit...understood
D) inadequate...guaranteed
E) extraneous...denied

Answer 1

inadequate...guaranteed

Question 2

The_______ of modernist architecture _______ the natural human desire to celebrate the decorate, to take delight in ornament.

A) elaborateness...neglects
B) austerity...recognize
C) embellishment...undermines
D) severity...opposes
E) uniformity...reflects

Answer 2

severity...opposes

Question 3

People, being prisoners of_______, have made failing a basic metaphor for failure, from the fall of the stock market to the fall of government.

A) politics
B) gravity
C) greed
D) turbulence
E) emotion

Answer 3

gravity

Question 4

He makes his attack with a massive display of scholarship but no great _______; all to often the_______ rather than the rapier is his chosen weapon.

A) pedantry...bomb
B) elaboration...axe
C) emphasis...pen
D) Discrimination., dart
E) subtlety...bludgeon

Question 5

Although is seems to have been a fixture of the square since the city's origin, the produce market actually opened only

A) enthusiastically
B) recently
C) frequently
D) illegally
E) graciously

Question 6

Explanations given to the patient by the anesthetist prior to surgery often______ anxiety and_______ the need for analgesics.

A) intensify...counteract
B) parallel assume
C) explore...prepare
D) relieve...reduce
E) ignore...preclude

Question 7

The historian's assertion that there is a verifiable information about nineteenth-century Native Americans is _______, for there exist many transcripts of authentic oral accounts of their activities.

A) wealth...fallacious
B) shortage...legitimate
C) depletion...irrefutable
D) paucity...erroneous
E) surfeit...implausible

Question 8

Far from exercising a counter influence to intellectual orthodoxy, the movement itself has become a center of

A) conformity
B) notoriety
C) enmity
D) theology
E) idealism

Question 9

She was _______ success and eager to create a name for herself.

A) deprecatory toward
B) impatient for
C) querulous about
D) sated by
E) impassive to

Question 10

The grave problems that afflicted him were the purely _______ones of hunger, pain and fatigue.

A) physical
B) imaginary
C) irrelevant
D) hereditary
E) coincidental

Question 11

His brilliant prose style is sometimes _______by his lapses into_______ respecting and pretentious languages.

A) achieveclfacile
B) extende….whimsical
C) disrupted...understated
D) anticipated...personal
E) marred...banal

Question 12

Since what constitutes a proper diet remains a _______ subject on which few experts agree, additional research is

A) controversial required
B) neglected...deplored
C) popular...unexpected
D) favored...prohibited
E) complex...redundant

Question 13

Although the Civil War _______ much of South's railroad network, it_______" growth of railroads in the North and West.

A) eliminated...decreased
B) accounted for., encouraged
C) displaced...dismantled
D) destroyed...stimulated
E) depended on., established

Question 14

The production's slight romantic appeal depends on its two stars, who are_____ to watch oven when they are delivering speeches.

A) overbearing...innocent
B) farcical complex
C) attractive...creative
D) impossible...dull
E) pleasant...empty

Question 15

The movie avoids many of the_______ novel, bringing into sharper focus characters that originally were amiable or disagreeable

A) subtleties...monsters
B) excellencies...stereotypes
C) allusions...individuals
D) particulars...nonentities
E) shortcomings...blur

Question 16

Until the mid- 1800's, the occasional reports by European explorers of the existence of gorillas were generally disbelieved and swiftly _______ the realm of tall tales.

A) extracted from
B) confused with
C) relegated to
D) compared to
E) exalted to

Question 17

This book has neither merit nor distinction, and it all but _______ whatever prestige the author may once have had.

A) challenges
B) maximizes
C) epitomizes
D) nullifies
E) encompasses

Question 18

Her ability to analyze issues fairly and competently has earned her the_____ of even her most peers.

A) solicitation...unbiased
B) attention...sympathetic
C) suspicion...discerning
D) reputation...knowledgeable
E) respect...exacting

Question 19

The murderous capriciousness of Nero infused the Roman Empire with such pervasive _______ that not even the most citizens felt safe.

A) distaste...vulgar
B) paranoia...suspicious
C) enthusiasm...apathetic
D) unease...oppressed
E) panic distinguished

Question 20

As a people, the Aztecs were full of contradictions; _______ and yet prizing humility, _______ and yet obliging and kind.

A) arrogant...benevolent
B) pious...gallant
C) provincial sullen
D) tolerant...competitive
E) proud...implacable

Question 21

Some travelers from United States experience culture shock when they suddenly find themselves in a place where "yes" may mean "no" where a fixed price is, where laughter may signify

A) alterable...joy
B) unchangeable...insult
C) sovereign...merriment
D) incalculable...harmony
E) negotiable...anger

Question 22

Many of Eleanor-Roosevelt's harshest critics during the years she lived in the White House late _______ her compassion for all people and praised her work to social justice.

A) reemphasizes…spread
B) vindicated...dispel
C) overlooked...declare
D) denied...repress
E) acknowledged...promote

Question 23

The attorney general was _______ woman, and even on those_______ occasions where she did lose her temper, she quickly reigned her natural imperturbability.

A) a trying., rare
B) a peaceable., infrequent
C) an informed., memorable
D) a belligerent., challenging
E) an inarticulate...particular

Question 24

Today science, like philosophy, has been _______in scope: each has_______ its claim to survey all existence and has accepted a province which, it great, is yet smaller than the whole.

A) limited...reiterated
B) narrowed...resigned
C) expanded...repudiated
D) fluctuating...denied
E) receding...amplified

Question 25

In her crusade to make public servants accountable to voters, she _______ the nation's unscrupulous and self-indulgent politicians

A) exposed
B) dramatized
C) accepted
D) foreshadowed
E) promoted

Question 26

Freedom for Hanson meant experiencing _______previously_______; once unable to do more than peer over prison walls, he could now wander wherever he pleased.

A) a visibility., unexpected
B) an incarceration., unknown
C) an isolation., threatening
D) a notoriety., inconceivable
E) a mobility., unattainable

Question 27

The athlete's insistence on self-discipline had become_______; rarely, it seemed, did he allow himself even a minor indulgence.

A) dilatory
B) obsessive
C) spontaneous
D) infectious
E) unemotional

Question 28

The metric system is deliberately designed to be simple arithmetically and yet capable of_______ expansion as it becomes necessary to _______ new units of measure.

A) confusing...record
B) mathematical memorize
C) rigid...discard
D) indefinite...invent
E) limited...correct

Question 29

Though there was much_______ among critics over whether or not the play portrayed the "real" Paul Robeson, James Earl Jones's performance was _______deemed outstanding by audiences and critics.

A) commentary...silently
B) controversy...unanimously
C) harassment...evasively
D) Disappointment, instructively
E) discussion...privately

Question 30

Until the nineteenth century, history was largely written by private scholars and literary amateurs and was not seen as an, but rather as a branch of iterator.

A) artifact
B) entity
C) offshoot
D) accomplishment
E) undertaking

Question 31

"Meaning" and "truth" are profound and yet _______ pms, for they seem to resist even out most determined attempts at definitive explanation.

A) equivocal
B) manageable
C) insignificant
D) unwarranted
E) tractable

Question 32

Instances of reticence in the ancient chronicler's recording of calamitous events may simply be an indication of _______ to appear critical of the pharaoh handling of such ________ situations.

A) predisposition...stressful
B) refusal promising
C) tendency...catastrophic
D) reluctance...adverse
E) aversion...trivial

Question 33

According to Burgess, a novelist should not _______ for sermonizing has no place in good fiction.

A) invent
B) offend
C) inform
D) preach
E) distort

Question 34

My suggestion was not so casual as it appeared; I_______ mentioned the election because I know that she wanted to discuss it.

A) ineptly
B) incessantly
C) inadvertently
D) intentionally
E) inconsiderately

Question 35

Despite her fear of heights, she was to be so far up the mountain

A) dismayed
B) unwilling
C) ashamed
D) thrilled
E) alarmed

Question 36

Alice Walker's prize winning novel exemplifies the strength of first person narratives; the protagonist tells her own story so effectively that any additional commentary would be_______.

A) subjective
B) eloquent
C) superfluous
D) incontrovertible
E) impervious

Question 37

Lie to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie_______ the _______ attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing one's professional reputation.

A) applauded.... conscientious
B) condoned.... aggressive
C) lamented.... mercenary
D) adopted.... egotistical
E) belittled.... magnanimous

Question 38

With these_______ sites as evidence, it would be _______ to draw definite conclusions as to the places typically selected as settlements by the people of the Neolithic age.

A) imperfect.... feasible
B) few.... unsound
C) complete.... ridiculous
D) abundant.... presumptuous
E) scatter.... prudent

Question 39

Scientists have discovered that our sense of smell is surprisingly _______ capable of distinguishing thousands of chemical odors

A) rigid
B) inert
C) erratic
D) keen
E) innate

Question 40

The study crowds and groups is more than_______ in an age characterized by interdependence and ________ action.

A) academic collective
B) difficult...intellectual
C) vigorous...assertive
D) erudite...formal
E) general...specific

Question 41

The Supreme Court's reversal of its previous ruling on the issue of State's right _______ its reputation for

A) sustained...infallibility
B) compromised...consistency
C) bolstered...doggedness
D) exacerbated...inflexibility
E) dispelled...vacillation

Question 42

Medieval illuminated manuscripts art too _______for exhibition except under rigorously controlled conditions of light, temperature, and humidity, and thus are the majority of art lovers.

A) intricate...imperceptible to
B) immaculate...idolized by
C) fragile...available to
D) valuable...scorned by
E) vulnerable...inaccessible to

Question 43

The archaeologist enjoyed the _______ she led while gathering artifacts; she never stayed at any one site long enough to get bored.

A) stealthy
B) nomadic
C) clamorous
D) indiscreet
E) rustic

Question 44

Denise was astounded to hear that her brother, whom she knew to be quite _______ was described as taciturn and aloof by his colleagues at the university.

A) insular
B) placid
C) anguished
D) vacuous
E) garrulous

Question 45

The artistry of cellist Yo Yo Ma is essentially_______; the melodic line rises _______, imbued with feeling and totally lacking in apparent calculation.

A) carefree...stiffly
B) reserved...involuntarily
C) lyrical passionately
D) detache…carefully
E) deliberate...methodically