Sentence Completion Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 3

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This third sentence completion test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topic of sentence completion of English language. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of sentence completion.

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Question 1

1. Last week I went to Amsterdam,______.

A	that cost me too much money
B	where there is a superb collection of pictures by Van Gogh
C	why she couldn't meet me at the airport
D	otherwise I'd prefer another airway company
E	which they will have picked me from the station

Question 2

2. Faced by demands for them to cut . down on staff, _____.

A	he will try to increase the number of employees in his firm
B	there is an incredible amount of work in the education department
C	which led to a disaster
D	the police may soon be unable to afford the expense of allowing officers to walk the streets
E	that took us a long time to calculate the amount of profit we've gained so far

Question 3

3. _____ unless you present some means of identification.

A	They will readily let you take money from your safe
B	You're not allowed to withdraw money from your account
C	The reason why you have been detained here is that
D	It's not worth crossing this line
E	That kind of music doesn't appeal to me very much

Question 4

4.____ , mass tourism raised the living standards of the local people as well as making a profit for the tour operators.

A	Since it destroyed the forests
B	Whereas mass tourism is a well - known profit occupation worldwide
C	Despite the fact that they’ve caused traffic congestion in the downtown
D	Whenever we want to travel in a touristic city
E	In spite of the pollution it caused

Question 5

5. _____ , the US authorities could well have prevented any incident of torture in Iraq.

A	Even if they’ve taken a number of measures
B	The war which had been ongoing for awhile
C	By taking the most basic precautions
D	Although she knew it would end in a disaster
E	Because none of us can believe the reconciliation of the sides

Question 6

6.Should your data-bank not cover meanings of a phrase or idiom,____ _.

A	a number of data had been compiled in a new computer programme
B	there is a connection available to the net where a further research can be made
C	what any pupil could do was to go to an internet cafe for updating the dictionary
D	whichever library I'd rather you had gone is your choice
E	the user might have used another service as well

Question 7

7. I'm afraid we're out of bread and there is no fruit left, ____ .

A	although there's hardly anything left in the cupboard
B	so we'll just have to have soup and make the best of it
C	while she's preparing the dinner
D	and then we had to go out for a little shopping
E	therefore I think I'll be better off soon

Question 8

8. I only understood how much I had enjoyed my stay____.

A	when we had to leave the resort
B	despite their poverty
C	only by going there again
D	if you had come, too
E	yet I couldn't tell it to the owners

Question 9

9. After having made his name playing gangsters,_____

A	he was finally offered the part of the hero
B	Ingrid Bergman was one of the few Hollywood stars not to have changed her name to something else
C	there was hardly anything left to do for the actor
D	she was the only woman to have swum the English channel
E	the missing dog is believed to have spent the night in a hut

Question 10

10. What is making a tonsillitis operation strangely charming for my son is______.

A	he's really courageous and this is appreciated by everybody
B	because nobody cares about him
C	which we've never imagined such a surgery before
D	its being an absolutely complicated and exhausting operation
E	that he will be able to eat as much ice-cream as he wants

Question 11

11. The commentators are so afraid of upsetting the footballers ______.

A	I can't tell the difference between them
B	that it's out of the question to blame them for missing goals
C	to be able to shoot the ball straight
D	although they don't want to make them sad
E	therefore, they always criticize them

Question 12

12. _____ they were able to prove his involvement in the crime.

A	Because the firm is under threat of closure
B	As soon as Sue confessed her guilt to the officers
C	When the police examined the evidence in more detail
D	If we approached them again on the subject
E	Having stolen the jewellery

Question 13

13. Since John was employed as Dick's assistant for many years,_____.

A	we regarded it as a foregone conclusion that he would succeed him when he retired
B	Dick's daughter took over the position
C	some members of staff objected to smoking in the office
D	he is quite thin but fit
E	they will find the sharpest brain in the country some day

Question 14

14 ._____ , many Westerners are cancelling their holidays to Nepal so as not to risk their lives

A	Although there is still an on going war
B	Since there had been an epidemic
C	Due to increasing political instability and violent civil war
D	Whoever goes to tour operators for their holiday arrangements
E	According to the news, in spite of the heavy tropical rains

Question 15

15 ._____ , it was too late to help thousands of people

A	Unless they have the information
B	Until they told the news to the government
C	By the time they informed the international aid agencies
D	Instead of warning the Red Cross
E	As soon as the police discovered whom the murderer had been

Question 16

16. Martin did not look well after his holiday in Egypt,_____

A	and so did his wife
B	but his wife had as well
C	but his wife had
D	and neither did his wife
E	nor was his wife

Question 17

17. Some people say that if the Israelis and the Palestinians had wanted to live together in peace,_____

A	they would have found a way by now
B	journalists had better think about it
C	the United Nations can find the solution
D	the Palestinians will have to pay the price
E	they should seek the ways of living together

Question 18

18. It was not until he had sent his book to more than 20 publishers_____

A	though he was an efficient writer
B	where they demanded too much money
C	who refused his offer
D	when the agreement was signed
E	that one agreed to publish it

Question 19

19 ._____ when fresh fighting broke out.

A	No sooner had Jason left the town
B	Hardly had the peace agreement been signed
C	She neither abandoned the war field
D	Not only did they evacuate the city
E	The more fiercely the war goes on

Question 20

20. Not knowing anyone in her new neighbourhood,____.

A	he was too desperate to find a friend
B	it barked all day
C	she could find nothing to do except going for a walk on her own
D	no one visited her in her new apartment
E	John moved to his mother's home back-again

Question 21

21. Unless the two countries begin to negotiate seriouslvi,______.

A	there won't be any wars from now on
B	the both sides can find a solution easily
C	a violence in the region will be unavoidable
D	regional similarities were in front
E	one of them would have given an end to the going on retaliation

Question 22

22. ______Turkey tries to persuade the authorities to have it in our country

A	If the powerful nations try to use â conflict to their advantage
B	Although athletic competitions didn’t stimulate good-will between nations
C	When the United Nations was not able to solve the problem
D	Because Unesco organizes aid programmes for poorer nations
E	Whenever there is an international incident

Question 23

23. The citizens will hold a big protest______.

A	just as the farmers were cutting down many trees
B	provided that the council went on pulling the historical buildings down
C	if the government builds a road through the region which involves residential areas and parks
D	if only the amount of taxes has been brought down a little by the government
E	while the committee was organizing a ceremony for the opening of the new high way

Question 24

24. ______the town managed to resist against the marauders until the aid arrived.

A	Although it was defended by a few volunteer armed men
B	Since most of them had no actual war experience
C	If it took long for the invaders to capture the fortress
D	Whether they knew how many there really were
E	Thanks to the lack of ammunition and food

Question 25

25. It is quite clear from the evidence______.

A	because nobody but him could ever get that information about the victim's habits
B	that she is the only person who could have committed the crime
C	about the circumstances in which the family lived
D	whether she really did it is a still difficult question we must .answer
E	so obvious that they had kidnapped the child