Advanced Sentence Completion Exercise 14

1. Given the substantial cutbacks in social welfare funding, plans for the new initiative to curb homelessness must be ______ .
   1.   ?    absolved
   2.   ?    truncated
   3.   ?    remanded
   4.   ?    stifled
   5.   ?    capped
2. Due to substantial fluctuations in altitudinal and barometric pressure readings, the pilot lost her bearing and rapidly became ______; after a final evaluation of the situation, she deemed it ______ to start heading for the nearest viable runway.
   1.   ?    shaky...important
   2.   ?    anxious...fair
   3.   ?    intoxicated...wise
   4.   ?    disoriented...prudent
   5.   ?    bewildered...safe
3. The warring tribes were weary of conflict; both were eager to forge a peaceful ______.
   1.   ?    negotiation
   2.   ?    victory
   3.   ?    insurgency
   4.   ?    resolution
   5.   ?    feud
4. Tyrants demand that others do their wishes, while ______ take a softer approach, considering the individual interests of all others.
   1.   ?    dictators
   2.   ?    socialists
   3.   ?    diplomats
   4.   ?    fascists
   5.   ?    communists
5. Because the test has been deemed inaccurate, the findings we obtained are ______.
   1.   ?    valuable
   2.   ?    interesting
   3.   ?    inconclusive
   4.   ?    worthwhile
   5.   ?    inestimable
6. In a ______ country, private individuals have the right to own property; conversely, under ______ leadership, private ownership is forbidden.
   1.   ?    free...corrupt
   2.   ?    republic....socialist
   3.   ?    democratic...communist
   4.   ?    egalitarian…capitalist
   5.   ?    independent...monarchial
7. The expedition was ______ with ______; it rained every day, someone broke their ankle, and sickness plagued the crew from day one.
   1.   ?    rife...misdirection
   2.   ?    rampant...catastrophe
   3.   ?    fraught...misfortune
   4.   ?    full...despair
   5.   ?    stuffed...calamity
8. In ______ tropical atolls, there are sometimes hundreds of species of fish in search of precious sustenance; the ______ resources can be intense.
   1.   ?    teeming...garnering of
   2.   ?    dense...exploitation of
   3.   ?    crowded...interest in
   4.   ?    populated...competition for
   5.   ?    overpopulated...disdain of
9. Despite the unfavorable attention brought on by the media, the press had a(n) ______ effect on the campaign.
   1.   ?    positive
   2.   ?    negative
   3.   ?    inert
   4.   ?    amplified
   5.   ?    equal
10. It is no secret that prison can be rather ______; grim conditions and severe treatment have been known to ______ even the most hardened criminals.
    1.   ?    cruel...instigate
    2.   ?    harsh...deter
    3.   ?    difficult...encourage
    4.   ?    hard...influence
    5.   ?    strange...prevent