Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 34

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

Although the president’s advisors often disagreed with him, they rarely ______ his decisions.
1. corroborated
2. supported
3. criticized
4. analyzed
Diagnosing and repairing airplanes ______ knowledge of general science as well as experience working with specific planes.
1. promotes
2. involves
3. anticipates
4. requires
When fallen trees and vegetation ______, they provide sustenance for other plants and animals.
1. deregulate
2. differentiate
3. disintegrate
4. decompose
Despite their efforts to ______ the incident, none of the onlookers had any useful information to give the police.
1. recall
2. forget
3. ignore
4. investigate
Ancient cave carvings of humans using hammers ______ the theory that our ancestors were using tools many thousands of years ago.
1. predicts
2. proves
3. supports
4. makes
Gazing up at the nearly ______ constellations, we ______ the vastness of the universe.
1. countless...discredited
2. gargantuan...proved
3. glowing...doubted
4. innumerable...contemplated
______ the traditional windmill design - spokes rotating round a central point - is a very old machine, it is successfully used in many modern applications.
1. However
2. Although
3. Given that
4. Therefore
Though the two fingerprints were quite ______, they were not an exact match, so no identification could be made.
1. perfect
2. identical
3. smudged
4. similar
Because a few of the measurements he made were incorrect, the architect needed to ______ his original plan.
1. discard
2. redo
3. revise
4. remove
In an attempt to ______ more parts in less time, manufacturing processes on assembly lines are frequently updated.
1. save
2. maintain
3. repair
4. make