Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 26

Directions: Choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence.

The cross, a nearly ubiquitous religious symbol, is formed by one ______ line and one ______ line bisecting it.
1. holy...crooked
2. shaped...formed
3. vertical...horizontal
4. curved...straight
After several days without food, the hiker was famished and exhausted. After stumbling upon a bush full of ripe blackberries, she was ______ to devour them.
1. eager
2. reluctant
3. disappointed
4. careful
Before, Joanie's diet had consisted primarily of imported foods. However, lately she has begun to enjoy more ______ cuisine.
1. rancid
2. local
3. foreign
4. hard
The maid polished the cloudy window until it became ______ once more.
1. blemished
2. smudged
3. blurry
4. transparent
Dita generally preferred spicy foods, but during her pregnancy she preferred more ______ fare.
1. mild
2. tasty
3. healthy
4. fine
Because they need to see ______ animals from far away, hawks have ______ eyesight.
1. gigantic...sharp
2. native...clear
3. miniscule...keen
4. large...cloudy
Han was told by a classmate that he was not good at anything. He found the insult rude and ______.
1. unhealthy
2. offensive
3. erratic
4. forgivable
It is ______ for planets to orbit in a nearly circular pattern; ovular orbits are fairly uncommon.
1. simple
2. rare
3. typical
4. unfortunate
It was uncommonly ______ in the crowded train station. Despite the need to get where they were going, travelers remained surprisingly ______.
1. hectic...pushy
2. tranquil...chaotic
3. busy...active
4. quiet...calm
Marcie was a very good student who typically made good grades; it was ______ for her to fail a test.
1. predicable
2. anticipated
3. senseless
4. unusual