Sentence Completion - 3
It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be (i) _________ .
A) predictable
B) unexpected
C) admirable
D) explicit
E) confusing
Like Béla Bartók, Ruth Crawford not only brought a composer’s acumen to the notation of folk music, she also had a marked (i)_________ the task. This was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details of a performance in a written text, and this (ii)_________ makes her work a landmark in ethnomusicology.
Political advertising may well be the most (i)_________ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii)_________, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.
Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others, the novelist Chase was likewise often the object of _________ analyses by his contemporaries.
A) exacting
B) copious
C) respectful
D) acerbic
E) scathing
F) meticulous
Her _________ should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need.
A) stinginess
B) diffidence
C) frugality
D) illiberality
E) intolerance
F) thrift
A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought: the more convoluted the structure, the more (i) _______ the ideas.
A) predictable
B) unexpected
C) admirable
D) explicit
E) confusing
Like Béla Bartók, Ruth Crawford not only brought a composer’s acumen to the notation of folk music, she also had a marked (i)_________ the task. This was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details of a performance in a written text, and this (ii)_________ makes her work a landmark in ethnomusicology.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| A) reverence for | D) fastidiousness |
| B) detachment from | E) didacticism |
| C) curiosity about | F) iconoclasm |
Political advertising may well be the most (i)_________ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii)_________, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| A) polemical | D) interchangeable |
| B) effective | E) dissimilar |
| C) deceptive | F) vocal |
Richard M. Russell said 52 percent of the nation’s growth since the Second World War had (i)_________ invention. He said, (ii)_________ research, the government’s greatest role in assuring continuing innovation is promoting a strong, modern patent office. “Unless we can (iii)_________ original ideas, we will not have invention,” Mr. Russell said. Speculating on the state of innovation over the next century, several inventors agreed that the future lay in giving children the tools to think creatively and the motivation to invent.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iiI) |
| A) been at the expense of | D) in addition to restricting | G) evaluate |
| B) no bearing on | E) aside from supporting | H) protect |
| C) come through | F) far from exaggerating | I) disseminate |
Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others, the novelist Chase was likewise often the object of _________ analyses by his contemporaries.
A) exacting
B) copious
C) respectful
D) acerbic
E) scathing
F) meticulous
Her _________ should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need.
A) stinginess
B) diffidence
C) frugality
D) illiberality
E) intolerance
F) thrift
A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought: the more convoluted the structure, the more (i) _______ the ideas.
| Blank (i) |
|---|
| complicated |
| inconsequential |
| elementary |
| fanciful |
| blatant |
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