Tài liệu 501 xentence completion questions part 21 pptx

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351.
Teachers should not only be knowledgeable but also ______;
students should feel comfortable approaching them with questions
or problems.
a. wheedling
b. patronizing
c. laconic
d. affable
e. frugal
352.
The pain medication Kristy received after surgery offered relief;
however, the overwhelming feeling of ______ was an unexpected
side effect, and she didn’t like being groggy.
a. extortion
b. compellation
c. acquisition
d. affirmation
e. lethargy
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353.
The ski lodge had a window that looked out upon a beautiful
mountain ______.
a. vista
b. melee
c. fray
d. foray
e. frieze
354.
The palace’s great hall was rich in history and splendor, the walls
hung with ______ tapestries.

a. mellifluous
b. malleable
c. prudent
d. illusive
e. ornate
355.
After weeks of heavy rains, the earth gave way; mud and trees
______ down the mountain swallowing cars and houses in their path.
a. ascended
b. inculcated
c. aspersed
d. hurtled
e. entreated
356.
The ______ butter had been left in the refrigerator for years.
a. complacent
b. scandalous
c. riveting
d. dire
e. rancid
357.
Several weeks of extremely hot, dry weather ______ the land, so
instead of rowing across a river, we walked across a cracked,
parched riverbed.
a. oscillated
b. desiccated
c. subverted
d. coalesced
e. thwarted
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358.
The pitcher’s ______ workout regimen was the most grueling of all
his teammates, and he never took a day off.
a. Spartan
b. spasmodic
c. exclusive
d. turgid
e. truculent
359.
Ethan’s responses when he spoke on the telephone were ______
and he nearly always made his customers think he was rude.
a. receptive
b. laconic
c. uncanny
d. suave
e. ponderous
360.
I was bored with the ______ conversation of my roommates and
longed for some intellectual stimulation.
a. egregious
b. pronounced
c. vapid
d. intriguing
e. exonerating
361.
Ned’s fear was ______ as he watched the 60-foot waves approach
his little boat.
a. futile

b. genteel
c. innovative
d. palpable
e. detrimental
362.
Moving swiftly and gracefully through the backyard, the cat
suddenly ______ when she hit the thorny bush.
a. recoiled
b. recuperated
c. invigorated
d. fabricated
e. throttled
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363.
Although others were fooled by “Doctor” Winston’s speech, Lily
knew him for what he was: a(n) ______.
a. panacea
b. charlatan
c. prevarication
d. accolade
e. primadonna
364.
The task of building the cabin was a ______ one, but Rob was up
to the challenge.
a. laborious
b. venerable
c. archaic
d. cynical
e. unbiased
365.

After the neighbor’s stereo woke her up for the fifth night in a row,
Brenda felt ______ to complain.
a. impelled
b. rebuked
c. augmented
d. implicated
e. destined
366.
Carter is writing a letter of recommendation that I can include in
my ______ for prospective employers.
a. denunciation
b. panacea
c. dossier
d. incantation
e. restitution
367.
______ laughter came from the upstairs apartment where Trang
was having a graduation party.
a. Scurrilous
b. Deleterious
c. Fatuous
d. Uproarious
e. Malicious
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368.
In the middle of his eloquent ______, the audience suddenly broke
into applause.
a. ovation

b. oration
c. inclination
d. provocation
e. illusion
369.
I like the ______ style of these essays; they make complex issues
accessible by presenting them in everyday language.
a. colloquial
b. obsolete
c. pristine
d. exacting
e. furtive
370.
A diamond ring is the ______ symbol of love and affection.
a. precocious
b. fugacious
c. supplemental
d. quintessential
e. barbarous
371.
Allen’s ______ distanced him from his family, but he was still
unwilling to apologize.
a. regeneration
b. contingency
c. equivalence
d. impenitence
e. innovation
372.
Nothing will ______ my memory of the night we first met; the
images are forever burned in my mind.

a. appease
b. undulate
c. inculcate
d. efface
e. truncate
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