SAT Writing and Language Practice Tests Questions- Set 9

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. Once the principal _____ that the fire alarm had been set off by accident, she apologized to the suspected students and announced that they had been_____ .

1. realized .. exonerated
2. denied .. reprimanded
3. perceived .. enlightened
4. understood .. apprehended
5. confirmed .. obligated

2. Although the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall had _____ that his papers be available only to scholars, the Library of Congress _____ his wishes and exhibited them to the general public.

1. implied .. publicized
2. denied .. repealed
3. stipulated .. disregarded
4. revealed .. executed
5. insisted .. honored

3. Royal garments found in the tombs of ancient Egyptians reveal no evidence of having been mended; this discovery suggests that the rulers of Egypt opted for _____ rather than _____ .

1. disposal .. repair
2. sacrifice .. opulence
3. wastefulness .. comfort
4. spirituality .. worldliness
5. humiliation .. charity

4. The author used a rhetorical question as a terminal flourish to _____ the section of text.

1. disclose
2. rearrange
3. simplify
4. conclude
5. ascertain

5. “Foamy” viruses cause cells cultured in laboratories to swell but produce no such _____ in cells of living organisms.

1. compression
2. disintegration
3. distension
4. deflation
5. dehydration

6. The two sisters selflessly dedicated their lives to the nursing profession; their _____ made them _____, ones whose ways are worthy of imitation.

1. aptitude .. eccentrics
2. morality .. emancipators
3. erudition .. enigmas
4. devotion .. egotists
5. altruism .. exemplars

7. Annoyed by the new employee’s excessively _____ manner, the supervisor advised him that such fawning was inappropriate.

1. obsequious
2. mysterious
3. lackadaisical
4. argumentative
5. aggressive

8. Conservationists argue that unconstrained _____ of natural resources, which might deplete them forever, should be replaced with a policy of _____ .

1. dismissal .. preparation
2. consumption .. dispersion
3. harvesting .. gathering
4. exploitation .. husbandry
5. stockpiling .. extirpation