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English Test Preparation TOEFL Sentence Completion Exam Practice Questions (P. 4)

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Question #16
Although is seems to have been a fixture of the square since the city's origin, the produce market actually opened only
  1. A
    enthusiastically
  2. B
    recently
  3. C
    frequently
  4. D
    illegally
  5. E
    graciously

Correct Answer:
B
The use of the conjunction 'although' indicates a contradiction within the sentence. If the market seems to have been in existence since the city began, it must have been opened a long time ago. But the use of the conjunction 'although' implies that this is not so. So, it must have been opened only recently. So, B is the answer.

Question #17
The grave problems that afflicted him were the purely _______ones of hunger, pain and fatigue.
  1. A
    physical
  2. B
    imaginary
  3. C
    irrelevant
  4. D
    hereditary
  5. E
    coincidental

Correct Answer:
A
Hunger, pain and fatigue cannot be described as imaginary, or irrelevant, or hereditary, or coincidental problems. They can best be described as physical problems. So. A is the answer.

Question #18
Her ability to analyze issues fairly and competently has earned her the_____ of even her most peers.
  1. A
    solicitation...unbiased
  2. B
    attention...sympathetic
  3. C
    suspicion...discerning
  4. D
    reputation...knowledgeable
  5. E
    respect...exacting

Correct Answer:
E
An ability to analyze issue and competently will not result in solicitation (meaning begging) or suspicion. So, A and C can first be ruled out. The use of the phrase
'even her' in the second part of the sentence rules out the adjectives sympathetic and knowledgeable in B and D. It is the pair of words in E which completes a meaningful sentence, and is the answer.

Question #19
Until the mid- 1800's, the occasional reports by European explorers of the existence of gorillas were generally disbelieved and swiftly _______ the realm of tall tales.
  1. A
    extracted from
  2. B
    confused with
  3. C
    relegated to
  4. D
    compared to
  5. E
    exalted to

Correct Answer:
C
Stories that are generally disbelieved would be pushed into the category of tall tales (meaning lies), Among the choices, it is phrase 'relegated to' that has this meaning. So, C is the answer.

Question #20
The historian's assertion that there is a verifiable information about nineteenth-century Native Americans is _______, for there exist many transcripts of authentic oral accounts of their activities.
  1. A
    wealth...fallacious
  2. B
    shortage...legitimate
  3. C
    depletion...irrefutable
  4. D
    paucity...erroneous
  5. E
    surfeit...implausible

Correct Answer:
D
The second part of the sentence says that there exist many transcripts of genuine accounts of the activities of Native Americans. So, the first part must mean either that the historian 'correctly asserted that there is a lot of verifiable information', or that he wrongly asserted that there is little of verifiable information'. Among the choices, it is D which means the latter, and is the answer.

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