August 22-28, 2005
Sentence Completion
The following are incomplete sentences. One or more words have been left out. Choose the word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly.

1. Since __________ is now recognised, there is hope that finally something will be done against noise pollution.
A. musical learning influence
B. music influence of learning
C. the influence of learning of music
D. the influence of music on learning

2. The ongoing discussion about improvement of the educational sector has led to a plethora of divergent curricula and has left parents with little guidance __________ school may be the most suitable for their offspring.

 

A. what
B. to which
C. as to which
D. for which of the

3. The discovery of a new planet within our own solar system has been a humbling reminder of _________ about space and the world around us.
A. how little we know yet
B. still how little we know
C. how we know still little
D. yet we know how little still

4. The reaction of police to the London Underground bombing indicates an increased readiness by both sides __________ violence even to the peril of innocent people.
A. apply
B. to apply
C. applying
D. have applied

5. __________ the great rise in fuel prices, there has been no decline in the number of people travelling over the long weekends.
  A. For
B. Since
C. Despite
D. Although

6. Compared with olden times, our diet today consists mainly of items deemed detrimental to our health __________ people live longer than at any other time in recorded history.
  A. so
B. yet
C. and
D. consequently

7. __________ of rock music few expected it to have a lasting appeal that has already spanned decades.
  A. The start up
B. Beginning time
C. In the early days
D. Since the beginning time


 
 

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