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Sentence Completion Set 2

Authored by Nguyen Phuong Ly Ly

English

12th Grade

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Sentence Completion  Set 2
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Male ostriches are extremely -------: they can be perceived by the human eye at a distance of 900 meters.

swift

aggressive

cumbersome

conspicuous

raucous

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Business letters are largely -------, conveying unadorned information in a clear and concise manner.

functional

patronizing

superfluous

opaque

individualistic

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The ------- between the mayor's idealistic speeches and his reprehensible conduct led his constituents to ------- his claim to be a true reformer.

tension . . endorse

discrepancy . . disparage

contradiction . . vindicate

resemblance . . mimic

parallelism . . undermine

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ayn Rand can be considered a ------- novelist; her ------- ideas have provoked irate rebuttal from her philosophical opponents.

polemical . . controversial

charismatic . . fulsome

visionary . . traditional

soporific . . hackneyed

savvy . . ingenuous

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The exterminators ------- increased the fire ant population by using a pesticide that killed a natural predator of the species.

inadvertently

auspiciously

unsuccessfully

tediously

ideally

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During her interview with local students, the dignitary exchanged her ------- public manner for a friendlier, less pretentious one.

lofty

modest

gushing

amicable

precocious

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Dine (Navajo) weavers have been ------- in their use of design, drawing on ------- motifs as well as on motifs from Spain, Asia, and other parts of the world.

artful . . foreign

antagonistic . . stereotypical

comprehensive . . distant

eclectic . . indigenous

pedestrian . . exotic

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