Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 37

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

After adhering to a low-fat diet for what seemed to be eons, the man had ______ to consume a cheeseburger.
1. a right
2. an excuse
3. the urge
4. the opportunity
The novel experiment was intended to ______ students in one of the finer points of chemistry. ______, due to a lack of enthusiasm, it was largely unsuccessful.
1. educate...However
2. inform...Even though
3. instruct...And
4. illuminate...But
After examining the bark, the dendrologist decided that it was too difficult to ______ the tree’s genus without also examining its leaves.
1. understand
2. determine
3. see
4. derive
In order to ______ themselves as a respectable competitor in the retail sales market, they were willing to incur substantial initial losses.
1. accept
2. install
3. build
4. establish
Expert chefs often ______ techniques and ingredients from all over the world to ______ new recipes.
1. use...revise
2. combine...create
3. infuse...copy
4. contemplate...follow
The hiker had only a few ounces of water left in his canteen. He ______ he might ______ if he did not find clean drinking water soon.
1. realized...flourish
2. worried...starve
3. noticed...die
4. feared...perish
The quarterback fell and broke his ankle. _____ around the injury quickly caused the ankle to look very bruised and swollen.
1. Trauma
2. Bandages
3. Discoloration
4. Inflammation
The irascible dinner guests were so dirty that they stained the white tablecloth when they touched it. When the waitress offered them soap, they regarded her with ______.
1. disdain
2. gratitude
3. alarm
4. intensity
The students were ______ for an opportunity to take classes overseas. So, they readily ______ the offer.
1. thankful...rejected
2. grateful...accepted
3. pleased...considered
4. hungry...refused
Detective Harris is very ______; he conducts his investigations with utmost _______.
1. intelligent...idiocy
2. relaxed...intensity
3. experienced...novelty
4. careful...concern