October 24-30, 2005
Sentence Completion.
The following questions are incomplete sentences. One or more words have been left out of each sentence. Choose the word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly.

1. On his deathbed he repeatedly implored his children __________ the old family tradition of placing a gold coin in the coffin to pay the ferryman across the Styx.
A. donÕt forget honouring
B. not to forget to honour
C. wonÕt forget honouring
D. to not forget to honour

2. Our memory is so fickle that many innocent people __________ eyewitness accounts that were given in good faith but, nevertheless, were seriously flawed.
A. have convicted their end on base
B. have ended up convicted based on
C. have based the end of conviction on
D. have ended their conviction on base

3. If the unrelenting wind __________ , the rain would have ruined the entire grain harvest within the hour, such was the fierceness of the downpour.
A. tears the roof of the barn
B. managed to tear the barn roof off
C. had managed to tear the roof off the barn
D. would have managed to tear off the barn roof

4. Looking into the mirror, he __________ the traces that the passage of time had engraved upon his face.
A. persistently refused to acknowledge
B. acknowledged the persistent refusal of
C. refused persistent acknowledgement of
D. persisted refusing acknowledgement of

5. Whatever joyful celebration they had planned for their anniversary evaporated the moment they __________ the quotation of the caterers.
  A. see
B. saw
C. had seen
D. have seen

6. While in America classical music is used as background music for comics and celebrity actors __________ animated movies, many countries donÕt enjoy this kind of support for their youth programmes.
  A. dub
B. dubbed
C. are dubbing
D. have dubbed



 
 

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