Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 35

1. In order to ______ the healthy exchange of ideas, organizers of the symposium ______ the meeting of many great minds.
   1.   ?    encourage...facilitated
   2.   ?    impart...scheduled
   3.   ?    cajole...attended
   4.   ?    stifle...participated in
2. The actors were exhausted after multiple performances of the ______ play. No matter how hard they tried to make the show come to life, their audiences continually ______ applause.
   1.   ?    terrible...delivered
   2.   ?    wonderful...refused
   3.   ?    amazing...denied
   4.   ?    forgettable...withheld
3. During cellular ______, genetic material is ______ at an astounding rate.
   1.   ?    formation...dissolved
   2.   ?    breakdown...constructed
   3.   ?    division...replicated
   4.   ?    composition...decomposed
4. The archeological information gathered from the new excavation was ______; it corroborated many old theories that had been previously held in question, and discounted those which had been accepted as true.
   1.   ?    illuminating
   2.   ?    exciting
   3.   ?    predictable
   4.   ?    infuriating
5. Newspaper reporters frequently ______ the presidential election.
   1.   ?    cover
   2.   ?    challenge
   3.   ?    understand
   4.   ?    discover
6. The ancient city was often attacked in past centuries, but its thick wrought-iron gates were typically successful at ______ invaders.
   1.   ?    retreating
   2.   ?    trapping
   3.   ?    defeating
   4.   ?    repelling
7. During the military exercise, soldiers learned to ______ their commander’s orders.
   1.   ?    respect
   2.   ?    regard
   3.   ?    recognize
   4.   ?    understand
8. Onlookers quickly ______ that the emu was not native to their area, and had probably escaped from a farm or zoo.
   1.   ?    doubted
   2.   ?    accepted
   3.   ?    denied
   4.   ?    surmised
9. Most companies have ______ procedures in place to check the quality of their products. If they ______ these procedures, their products are more likely to fail.
   1.   ?    strict...follow
   2.   ?    stringent...neglect
   3.   ?    written...omit
   4.   ?    clear...forget
10. _____ national park employees ask their visitors not to litter, they typically do not _____ harsh fines.
    1.   ?    While...reject
    2.   ?    Although...enforce
    3.   ?    Even though...deny
    4.   ?    If...impose