SENTENCE
COMPLETION TEST – 24
1. ............ how they can be expecting to make
any income at all.
a) We were puzzled
b) They didn't assume
c) I don't see
d) It has already been
e) They had been denied
2. ............ that estimation of future work force
supplies is certainly wanted.
a) From the forgoing discussion it is obvious
b) We were extremely concerned
c) The manager is wondering
d) It had been under discussion for a long time
e) The committee was asked
3. This notion would be easy to exemplify and
defend, ............ .
a) however much time they can allow us
b) so long as they had provided us with sufficient
assistance
c) for there was a great deal of disagreement among
the participants
d) if it were not for the fact that we haven't got
precise data
e) until the whole controversy has been ended
4. Isn't that the woman ............ ?
a) which is responsible for the design of the
Chinese gardens
b) that he lost his temper at the board meeting
c) who have just returned from a business conference
in Katmandu
d) if he knew how to negotiate such delicate matters
e) whose daughter has won a scholarship to pursue
her graduate studies in England
5. Don't you think it is noteworthy ............ ?
a) in case so many people would have marched in
protest
b) if the resolution had been passed
c) how quickly they had cancelled all the flights
d) whether they were re-elected
e) that 15 people have resigned since Mr. Brown was
appointed manager
6. Most of the people take it for granted _____ .
a) they realized just how serious the drug problem
had become
b) that the new interest policy contributed to the
greater degree of stability in prices at this period
c) why no survivors whatsoever were found
d) how all receipts and papers concerning the
transaction mysteriously disappeared
e) why the other passengers had absolutely no
comment to make at all about the accident
7. _____, Brooksborough was one of the few textile
towns that continued to grow in the twentieth
century.
a) If the government lifted the sanctions
b) Since its trade was both flexible and varied
c) However unpopular the scheme had seemed to many
d) As soon as the industrial revolution got under
way
e) Just as many industrial areas were competing with
each other
8. Smallpox vaccination became popular _____ .
a) that eventually this disease would gave been
completely wiped out
b) even though the success rate, according to recent
realistic, is still rather doubtful
c) even if it had not been a fatal disease that
brought death to all levels of society
d) however unlikely one is to come in contact with
the disease
e) only after Halle’s discovery that the less
dangerous cowpox material was an effective
immunizing agent
9. The hilly has the ability to take off vertically,
_____ .
a) even though the winds were blowing at gale force
b) if it can take off in a very restricted space
c) which, in certain circumstances, is its main
advantages over other types of aircraft
d) whenever the pilot felt himself obliged to make a
forced landing
e) if the cost of its uptake hadn't been a heavy
burden on the budget
10. _____ in case any one party ignores the
obligations it has undertaken in the agreement.
a) Obviously, very serious problems will arise
b) They may have rejected the offer
c) They were obviously determined to be present at
the opening of the talks
d) The last speaker was quite adamant on the need to
resume fighting
e) The observers may have been very upset
11. _____ who played an important role in the
revival of the ideals of classical antiquity.
a) There is still a lively debate going on among
scholars
b) Dr. Davies lectured on the Renaissance
c) He then went on to explain why such Renaissance
figures
d) Calpero also lived in the Renaissance
e) Bach is rightly regarded as a humanist
12. _____, even though most of the European
Countries are stepping up their own production.
a) This is just one of many developments in
international trade
b) England still imported a great deal of tropical
fruit
c) Canada's exports of fruit and vegetables will
have dropped sharply
d) Coal remains an important item of international
trade
e) By the end of the month figures concerning the
dollar reserves will have been processed
13. Before the National Health Service Act came into
force in 1938 in U.S., _____ .
a) the funding of hospitals was a major issue in
human politics
b) these people aren't able to afford medical advice
c) there have been angry debates about the necessity
for it
d) everyone realized that these were all,
fundamentally, political issues
e) many doctors would feel that the transition had
been extremely painful
14. The politician didn’t accept
a) that he had said the taxes should be raised
b) about saying the taxes should be raised
c) he hadn't said the taxes should be raised
d) if he said the taxes should be raised
e) having not said the taxes should be raised
15. Engineering is optimizing. This
is,................
a) the raw materials with which engineers work
seldom are found in useful forms
b) unlike a pure scientist, the engineer is not free
to choose the field that interests him
c) engineers can easily find high-paid jobs anywhere
in Hie world
d) most engineering problems are answered ultimately
in dollars and cents
e) the engineering solution is the most desirable
end result taking into account many factors
16. Since defence, economics and social welfare make
up a large proportion of politics,.................
a) people everywhere are being exposed to other
countries' customs and ideas owing to the
development in mass-communication
b) social stresses may occur because of the
population explosion or problems arising from mass
migration problems
c) politicians should be chosen among economists or
sociologists
d) whether politicians like it or not, scientists
are becoming involved in government and therefore in
politics itself
e) the education of all politicians in developing
countries unfits them to understand science
17. It is preferable to place a sterile or clean
cloth against the spot where a bleeding occurs,
pressing it tightly with your hand.
Though,.................
a) large arteries lie close to the surface of the
body along the bones of the arms and legs
b) a tourniquet is a device used for stopping
bleeding by shutting off the flow of blood
c) it is more important to stop bleeding than to use
a clean cloth, if necessary, apply pressure to the
wound with your bare hand
d) many people either do not know how to give first
aid or they immediately panic
e) when we say that we give first aid, we mean that
we provide immediate and temporary care for the
victim of an accident or sudden illness
18. When astronomers observe the
sky,.................
a) it can be noticed that the universe is expanding
like a balloon
b) they see it not as it is now, like the man in the
street does, but also as it was in the past
c) they broadcast powerful radio waves which vary in
length
d) the difference between astronomy and astrology
becomes obvious
e) within a year, thirty-five astonishing objects
called quasars had been found
19. Farmers in this machine age can produce more
food with less labor. This means.................
a) they need to hire extra workers all the time
b) the number of larger farms and more prosperous
farmers will rise
c) a typical mechanized farm should be 150 acres
d) there is no great improvement on the farms in
developing countries
e) it takes a long time and a lot of money to build
a farm house
20. The telephone brought Bell fame and fortune
before he was thirty. He never ceased inventing,
nevertheless, .................
a) he didn't have a telephone in his laboratory so
that he wouldn't be disturbed while working
b) as an aid to surgery, he developed a telephonic
probe which located bullets and other metal in the
body
c) some country audiences almost panicked when they
heard a voice coming from an iron box called
telephone
d) in July 1877, when Bell Telephone Company was
formed, over 100 telephones were in operation
e) in his later discoveries he was never able to
equal his first success, the telephone
21. The contributions made by the Middle Ages to
pure science were not very
essential..................
a) However, there was considerable progress in the
application of science to the industrial arts, and,
in general, to the affairs of everyday life
b) To illustrate, glassmaking, which had been
developed in antiquity, flourished during this
period
c) Perhaps the outstanding industrial development in
this period was the invention of printing press
d) William Caxton brought the printing press to
England in 1476; other pioneers set up presses in
Holland, France and Italy
e) There is a clear distinction between pure science
and technology; the latter applies the laws set by
pure scientist to everyday life
22. No account of the solar system would be complete
without mention of comets,.................
a) if you are fortunate enough to see a comet,
notice just where it is in relation to the stars
b) because a comet's tail regularly grows in size
and brightness as the comet gets closer to the sun
c) quite a large number of comets are discovered
every century, but most of them are enormously faint
objects
d) for they are just as much members of the sun's
family as are the major and minor planets
e) some people have superstitions about comets, for
instance they believe comets cause natural disasters
23. Not like the sulpha drugs, which are hard
crystals,................
a) penicillin was accidentally discovered by Fleming
b) some people are allergic to penicillin
c) there is always a hope of discovering more
powerful drugs someday
d) penicillin has saved thousands of lives since it
was first invented
e) the penicillin is made up of plant material that
the body eventually absorbs
24. ................ On account of the weakened bone
structure, the legs bow under the body's weight.
a) Rabbies is an acute, infectious disease of the
brain with fatal results
b) Anthrax is one of the most dreaded infectious
diseases of animals and is transmissible to man
c) Tuberculosis is one of the most important
infectious diseases of the world, and one that has
made its impact felt down through the ages
d) Rickets is a disease in which an improper
metabolism results in poor calcification of bones in
the growing animal
e) Although rheumatism is thought to be an illness
of old age, young people can also suffer from it
25. Darwin's theory of evolution was based on the
observation____.
a) while amassing evidence for 25 years in support
of it
b) why many people of his own age were reluctant to
confess it
c) whether his insight really was revolutionary
d) that all individuals of the same species are not
identical
e) as the multiplicity of forms seemed unending
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