January 02-08, 2006
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. When Emily saw Jack ________ peanut-butter sandwiches, she reminded him of his diabetes.
A. eaten
B. to eat
C. eating
D. to eating

2. In our survey, Group A scored rather low in the aptitude test ________ the excellent performance of each and every one in Group B.
A. contrast
B. in contrast
C. in contrast to
D. in contrast against

3. If it ________ for John, nobody would have heard the old woman screaming for help.
A. wasnÕt
B. hadnÕt been
C. wouldnÕt be
D. wouldnÕt have been

4. SamsonÕs incredible exertions finally paid off and he managed to prevent his enemies ________ prisoner.
A. take him
B. of taken him
C. from him taking
D. from taking him

5. The question is whether a more equitable distribution of wealth also leads to a situation in which the better-off ________ since household helpers are more difficult to come by and more expensive to keep.
  A. increasingly have to take care of their domestic needs
B. have to take increasingly care of their domestic needs
C. have to take care increasingly of their domestic needs
D. have to take care of their domestic needs increasingly

6. Ironically, ________ has become increasingly an international holiday and lost much of its religious overtones.
  A. ChristmasÕ pagan origin
B. the origin of pagan Christmas
C. the origin pagan of Christmas
D. Christmas with its pagan origin

7. . Firefighters spent Sunday night discussing with environmental authorities ________ the blaze with fire-quenching foam without polluting local water supplies.
  A. to tackle
B. how tackle
C. how tackling
D. how to tackle

 
 

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