SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST – 31

1. Earlier this century Chicago acquired a reputation for colorful politicians, newspapermen
and gangsters_____.

A) simply because commerce has been a key to the city's development

B) just as today Chicago remains a city of close-knit ethnic neighborhoods

C) although the city has become a center for meat products

D) but its cultural life was less well known then

E) since it is located at the conjunction of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River
system and surrounded by the productive farmlands of the Midwest

2. Although the term "human rights" is of recent origin,_____.

A) there are certain actions that are never permissible and certain freedoms that

should never be invaded

B) after 1933 the Western world realized that it was living in an age of totalitarian
dictatorship far worse than old monarchic absolutism

C) natural rights can be seen in their origins as claims that everyone naturally makes

D) some politicians claim that any doctrine of human rights must be in some sense a
doctrine of natural rights

E) the ideal itself can be traced back through John Locke in the seventeenth century
to the great philosophers of classical antiquity

3. As unemployment is presently a major social issue,_____.

A) the strikes have really crippled the industry and, consequently, the export of manufactured
goods has come to a standstill

B) the measures introduced had little effect on the improvement of the country's
economic performance

C) its worst economic effects have been partly softened by the government's introduction of
unemployment compensation

D) the economic prospect was far from encouraging

E) people are not working as hard as their belief in the work ethnic indicates that they should

4. When a company wants to fill a vacancy, ___ .

A) there are always personnel who want to leave for various reasons

B) the candidates have all been required to write an essay on the current economic
situation in Europe

C) the applicants were invited for an interview before a committee of specialists

D) it is essential that future managers be trained as thoroughly as possible

E) it usually puts an advertisement in a newspaper

5. _______ , he rejects to accept any of their suggestions.

A) Even though the committee members had approved the plan in full

B) While the speaker considers politics to be the art of persuasion

C) Since he is so prejudiced in this matter

D) Because the discussions at the conference would have included a wide range of
issues

E) If they told him that he had to make up his mind as soon as possible

6. ______ how much this German director's films manage to communicate.

A) You didn't show any reaction

B) It really is surprising

C) The audience was suddenly startled

D) The dramatic cough is an instance

E) There are no certain advantages with black and white movies

7. As heavy rain had been forecast for the area,_____.

A) record harvests are expected this year

B) they would presumably cancel the excursion to the ruins in the valley

C) I can't imagine why they neglected to take all necessary precautions to avoid
flooding

D) farm laborers would have to work overtime and at weekends

E) the resulting floods caused extensive hardship

8. If only they had realized that our supplies were running out_____.

A) the crisis might still be prevented

B) those in charge could put the matter right

C) nobody could appreciate the gravity of the situation

D) there were reinforcements ready to be sent out

E) they would most certainly have done something about it