SAT Writing and Language Practice Tests Questions- Set 4

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

 1.For a long time, most doctors maintained that taking massive doses of vitamins was relatively harmless; now, however, some are warning that excessive dosages can be _____.

1. healthy
2. expensive
3. wasteful
4. toxic
5. inane

2. In Jamaica Kincaid’s novel Lucy, the West Indian heroine_____ her employers’ world, critically examining its assumptions and values.

1. idealizes
2. avoids
3. beautifies
4. scrutinizes
5. excludes

3. The frequent name changes that the country has undergone _____ the political turbulence that has attended its recent history.

1. argue against
2. contrast with
3. testify to
4. jeopardize
5. sustain

4.  Brachiopods, clamlike bivalves of prehistoric times, were one of the most _____ forms of life on the Earth: more than 30,000 species have been _____from fossil records.

1. plentiful .. subtracted
2. ornate .. retrieved
3. multifarious .. catalogued
4. scarce .. extracted
5. anachronistic .. extrapolated

5. Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such _____ strategies that only the most _____ player can master them.

1. byzantine .. adroit
2. nefarious .. conscientious
3. devious .. lackadaisical
4. onerous .. slipshod
5. predictable .. compulsive