{"id":20428,"date":"2018-06-19T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=20428"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:41:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:41:59","slug":"isee-sentence-completion-practice-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/isee\/isee-sentence-completion-practice-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"ISEE Sentence Completion Practice Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that you’ve learned some strategies for the sentence completion portion of the ISEE<\/a>, let’s test your readiness with some practice questions.\u00a0The practice questions will be broken up into ISEE level–lower, middle, and upper, followed by some questions that are applicable to all levels.
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Lower Level Practice Questions<\/h3>
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LL Practice Question 1 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The art collector must have very ___ tastes; he owns pieces from all over the world.
\n(A) crude
\n(B) broad
\n(C) good
\n(D) old-fashioned<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

LL Practice Question 1 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

B:\u00a0<\/strong>The key phrase here is \u201cowns pieces from all over the world,\u201d since it tells us the blank should indicate a wide range of tastes, or choice (B), \u201cbroad.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>
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LL Practice Question 2 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Since moisture hastens decay, ___ vegetation can often last a long time.
\n(A) rare
\n(B) dead
\n(C) tasty
\n(D) dried<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

LL Practice Question 2 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

D:\u00a0<\/strong>The structural clue word \u201cSince\u201d tells us that the blank must be opposite in meaning to the first portion of the sentence and the key phrase \u201clast a long time\u201d tells us that the blank must mean without moisture, or \u201cdried,\u201d (D).<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>
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Middle Level Practice Questions<\/h3>
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ML Practice Question 1 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The speaker ___ on for hours, repeating herself at length and ___ her audience to tears.
\n(A) prated . . . frightening
\n(B) simpered . . . forcing
\n(C) whined . . . provoking
\n(D) droned . . . boring<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

ML Practice Question 1 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

D:\u00a0<\/strong>The speaker repeated herself at length\u2014in other words, she \u201cdroned\u201d on for hours, consequently \u201cboring\u201d her audience to tears.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>
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ML Practice Question 2 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Archaeologists ___ the documents while ___ the remains of a 1,000-year-old Roman fort in what is now northern England.
\n(A) attached . . . marring
\n(B) unearthed . . . excavating
\n(C) diverted . . . mourning
\n(D) construed . . . surmissing<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

ML Practice Question 2 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

B:\u00a0<\/strong>When archeologists dig things up, they \u201cexcavate,\u201d sometimes \u201cunearthing\u201d treasures.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>
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ML Practice Question 3 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Since Ricky\u2019s college interview had gone well, his counselor was ___ to learn that he was ___ about applying for college.
\n(A) relieved . . . ambivalent
\n(B) troubled . . . decisive
\n(C) disappointed . . . unenthusiastic
\n(D) delighted . . . aghast<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

ML Practice Question 3 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

C:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cSince\u201d is the key word here. Ricky\u2019s interview went well, but his counselor was \u201cdisappointed\u201d to learn Ricky was \u201cunenthusiastic\u201d about going to college.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>
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Upper Level Practice Questions<\/h3>
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UL Practice Question 1 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Given the ___ in today\u2019s market, our sale predictions may have been a little ___ .
\n(A) upturn . . . inexact
\n(B) boom . . . audacious
\n(C) instability . . . reckless
\n(D) stagnation . . . optimistic<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

UL Practice Question 1 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

D:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cGiven\u201d and \u201cmay have been\u201d tell us that whatever the market is doing, the \u201cpredictions\u201d were the opposite. Given the \u201cstagnation\u201d or slowness of the market, predictions were too \u201coptimistic,\u201d or positive.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>
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UL Practice Question 2 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The film has a ___ effect on viewers, leaving them emotionally ___ and physically spent.
\n(A) flippant . . . relaxed
\n(B) normal . . . intact
\n(C) stern . . . laconic
\n(D) cathartic . . . drained<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

UL Practice Question 2 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

D:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cAnd physically spent\u201d clues us that the viewers were also emotionally spent, or \u201cdrained.\u201d Something \u201ccathartic\u201d would accomplish this.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>
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All Level Practice Questions<\/h3>
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Practice Question 1 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Faced with such a paucity of ___ information about the millionaire\u2019s new husband, the newspaper has ___ printing unsubstantiated rumors.
\n(A) paramount . . . balked at
\n(B) reliable . . . resorted to
\n(C) wealthy . . . refrained from
\n(D) immediate . . . wavered about<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

Practice Question 1 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

B:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cPaucity\u201d means scarcity. \u201cUnsubstantiated\u201d means unproven. So we can assume that the newspaper has very little proven, or \u201creliable,\u201d information and has relied on, or \u201cresorted to,\u201d rumors.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

Practice Question 2 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The bears that frequent the campground are bold and occasionally ___ in their ___ for food.
\n(A) abundant . . . capacity
\n(B) emphatic . . . inclination
\n(C) aggressive . . . quest
\n(D) unbalanced . . . pressure<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

Practice Question 2 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

C:\u00a0<\/strong>If the bears are \u201cbold,\u201d it follows logically that they would be \u201caggressive\u201d in their search, or \u201cquest,\u201d for food.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

Practice Question 3 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

The firm employed many lackadaisical employees, who had a(n) ___ approach to their work.
\n(A) creative
\n(B) independent
\n(C) unproductive
\n(D) discontented<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

Practice Question 3 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

C:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cLackadaisical\u201d means showing a lack of interest or spirit, being listless or languid. If the firm employed lackadaisical workers, these workers probably had an \u201cunproductive\u201d approach to their work.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

Practice Question 4 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

It was Mount Vesuvius that erupted and ___ the city of Pompeii in the year 79 C.E.
\n(A) desiccated
\n(B) decimated
\n(C) erected
\n(D) detected<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n

Practice Question 4 Answer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

B:\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s possible to infer from the information in the sentence that Mount Vesuvius is a volcano. Regular hills and mountains don\u2019t erupt; only volcanoes do. And volcanoes don\u2019t \u201cerect\u201d cities, nor do they \u201cdetect\u201d or \u201cdesiccate\u201d cities. Indeed, volcanoes are very dangerous because they have the potential to \u201cdecimate\u201d cities.<\/p>\n <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>
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Now that you’ve learned some strategies for the sentence completion portion of the ISEE, let’s test your readiness with some practice questions.\u00a0The practice questions will be broken up into ISEE level–lower, middle, and upper, followed by some questions that are applicable to all levels.          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[410],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20428"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35536,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20428\/revisions\/35536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}