May 30 - June 5, 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. For centuries the volcano lay dormant, only to erupt at a time when the inhabitants of the island expected it _____ .
A. lastly
B. lastly
C. the least
D. in the end

2. Their near-perfect relationship took an unexpected nosedive after the surprise revelation that Cindy had offspring from a previous relationship, which she, until now, _____ undisclosed.
A. keeps
B. had kept
C. is keeping
D. has been kept

3. Brian approached the committee time after time but never managed to get a hint at the _____ outcome of his proposal.
A. presume
B. presumed
C. presuming
D. presumably

4. Every year police _____ a number of criminals who are found guilty of one or other hideous crime, serious enough to warrant sending them to death row, only to subsequently be found innocent or even entirely unconnected to the crime they had been found guilty of.
A. arrest
B. arrests
C. arresting
D. has arrested

5. Few would dare to challenge the wisdom of precaution, _____ many drivers fail to buckle up on short trips.
  A. so
B. yet
C. and
D. because

6. America's prolonged wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are diverting considerable amounts of government funds from more humanitarian exploits on a national level to a cause that many believe _____ any real benefit for the people of America.
  A. had never has
B. has had never
C. never has had
D. has never had


 
 

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