February 06 - 12, 2005

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Sentence Completion
The following questions are not complete sentences. One or more words are left out of each sentence. Choose the word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly.

1. ___________ , the fact that twenty-four-hour news channels struggle to fill their airtime might lead one to the - however erroneous - presumption that our planet is at least at times at peace.
A. Reported are only given bad news
B. Bad reporters usually give only news
C. Usually only badly given news gets reported
D. Given that usually only bad news gets reported

2. Infringements on freedom of choice, the frontline argument of smokers ___________ their habit, can hardly be taken earnest since there are only a comparatively small number of situations in which a real choice exists for passive smokers.
A. restricting against imposed
B. against imposed restrictions on
C. imposed against restricting over
D. against imposing more restricting

3. Although one of the most highly valued strengths of character in the Western world, integrity appears to have a great divergence of definitions ___________ manage to unite one commonly understood virtue.
A. that in all their discrepancy
B. that all discrepant in
C. all discrepancies
D. discrepantly

4. Every year the police arrest a number of criminals who are found guilty of one or another hideous crime, ___________ them to death row, only to subsequently be found innocent or even entirely unconnected to the crime they had been found guilty of.
A. seriously warranting sending
B. enough serious to warrant to send
C. serious enough to warrant sending
D. sending enough seriously warrants

5. There is a striking inconsistency between parents sending their children to formal arts classes and __________ selfsame children too young to be able to appreciate art in the first place.
  A. deeming them
B. their deeming these
C. these deeming those
D. those deeming them these

6. Industrialisation has led to an increasing disconnection ___________ to the point that many would prefer a sunset colourised by air pollution over its counterpart in unspoilt nature.
  A. nature between man
B. between natural man
C. between man and nature
D. man between man nature

7. Youth in its impatience ___________ the wisdom in Socrates saying that a problem is neither too big nor too serious as not to solve itself and acts in haste, aggravating more than resolving the situation.
  A. comprehends
B. fails to comprehend
C. comprehensively fails
D. fails the comprehensive


 

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