April 04-10, 2005
Sentence Completion
The following questions are not complete sentences. One or more words have been left out of each sentence. Choose the word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly.

1. While any critical reader will agree that Sherlock Holmes' deductions were __________ presumptions, some countries made it mandatory for police officers to study the work of this fictitious detective.
A. nothing more than
B. less than
C. empty
D. no

2. New technology is often blamed for the decline in __________ although most online information is in written form.
A. common pursuit reading
B. pursuit of common reading
C. pursuing reading commonly
D. reading as a common pursuit

3. Some archaeologists claim to have found the fabled Atlantis __________ adequate proof.
A. unproviding
B. providing not
C. without providing
D. proofing adequately

4. Diseases that kill thousands of Africans annually are practically ignored compared to illnesses that have caused __________ in more developed countries.
A. few fatalities
B. mortal fatalities
C. permanent fatalities
D. momentary fatalities

5. The policy to make children more interested in sports is laudable except that no measures __________ to actually provide increased access to sporting facilities.
  A. taken
B. were taken
C. have yet taken
D. have been taken yet

6. Erich Fromm maintains that meaningful discourse is only possible if all parties involved have an equal understanding of the background and subject matter __________ .
  A. they have conversation
B. of their conversation
C. being conversed
D. conversing

7. It is ironic that countries advertise and export their cuisine, and __________ change their own diet to incorporate imported dishes.
  A. in turn
B. turning
C. alternating
D. in response
 
 

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