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Date ________________
● Sentence Completion 1 (high-intermediate level)
Directions: Choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence.

1. Despite the unfavorable attention brought 5. The famous pop singer tragically died at age
on by the media, the press had a positive fifty. This was an ______ event for his ______
effect on the campaign. fans.
A. positive A. awful ... healthy
B. negative B. amazing ... dubious
C. inert C. unthinkable ... devoted
D. amplified D. amicable ... strange
E. equal E. emotional ... heavy

2. It is no secret that prison can be rather 6. Unlike the misleading television

______; grim conditions and severe documentary, the biography was ______.
treatment have been known to ______ even
A. interesting
the most hardened criminals.
B. accurate
A. cruel ... entertain C. fantastic
B. harsh ... dishearten D. phony
C. pleasant ... encourage E. false
D. strange ... prevent
E. hard ... ridicule 7. The doctor takes note of any ______
blemishes on the patient’s skin; such
3. Although Kate’s report on her scientific abnormalities are often ______ of skin
findings was lengthy, the presentation she cancer.
held was rather ______.
A. irregular ... symptoms
A. brief B. typical ... clues
B. neutral C. interesting ... signs
C. mundane D. small ... indications
D. straightforward E. common ... causes
E. elaborate
8. Psychopaths ______ inflict harm on others
4. The new building was expansive; its ______ because they lack a moral compass.
foundation allowed for wider hallways than
A. sympathetically
the previous building.
B. desperately
A. shallow C. politely
B. small D. viciously
C. broad E. carefully
D. fancy
E. thin