Sentence Completion Practice

SAT Critical Reading

November 2009

The journalist’s claim of ___ is belied by her record of contributing to the campaign funds of only one party’s candidates.

innocence

corruption

impartiality

affluence

loyalty

The repeated breakdown of negotiations only ____ the view that the two sides were not truly committed to the goal of ___ a military confrontation.

established ..escalating

undermined..avoiding

distorted..financing

strengthened..initiating

reinforced..averting

These are times of national budgetary ___ now that a long era of sustained growth has been succeeded by a period of painful ___.

turmoil..acquisition

stringency..decline

expansion..stagnation

indecision..renewal

prudence..development

The prospective actors commented on the ___ of having to audition for a program that ___ to tape real people in everyday situations.

contradiction..declines

incongruity..purports

plight..endeavors

necessity..prefers

utility..claims

Elephant distress calls are so low-frequency as to be ___ to humans, who can recognize that an alarm has been sounded only by observing the animal’s behavior.

vexatious

inaudible

dormant

indifferent

cacophonous

As the ___ of recovered fossil specimens from the Cretaceous period attests, terrestrial life during that time was not ___ the dinosaurs.

sturdiness..dominated by

paucity..eradicated by

variety..limited to

preservation..extinguished with

plethora..advantageous for

Although the president did not publicly ___ the strategy he had been espousing, he ___ its serious pursuit.

explicate..recognized

acknowledge..forbade

condemn..encouraged

recant..abandoned

endorse..hindered

As snow crystals descend through the atmosphere, they join up with one another, forming ___ known as snowflakes.

aggregations

junctures

accessories

juggernauts

collages

To cultural anthropologists, what a society ate and drank ___ not just its requirements for ___ but its customs, knowledge, and environment as well.

mirrored..civility

met..survival

skirted..consumption

obviated..appetite

reflected..sustenance

Considering ___ necessary for the creative process, the architect ___ the offer to design the airport because no one had set any guidelines for the project.

autonomy..spurned

preparation..contemplated

constraints..declined

inspiration..waived

solitude..seized