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SAT - Sentence Completion Test 19

Choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Questions 1 - 5 of 10

1. Tony Benito and his sister, Margarita Benito, face 15-month jail terms in Britain on __________ of court charges after they __________ to appear in court to testify about the family's assets.

A. contempt - failed
B. misconduct - refused
C. rudeness - agreed
D. love - promised
E. scorn - swore

2. Very quickly the native Californians were overwhelmed by people of all __________, coming from all __________ -- by wagon train from Council Bluffs , Iowa , by horseback from ranchos to the south, by ship from China .

A. destinations - vehicles
B. nationalities - countries
C. upbringings - interests
D. backgrounds - directions
E. denominations - sectors

3. Founded in 1976, the Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society has become a leading ___________ of information on health and medicine for the general ___________.

A. source - public
B. well - citizenry
C. scourge - populous
D. font - community
E. resource - civilians

4. Every healthy body at rest ___________ a certain amount of energy just keeping the organs functioning and blood ___________.

A. expends - circulating
B. puts off - clotting
C. using - pushing
D. burning - flow
E. endeavors - mingling

5.

A. Talks - chronicles
B. Stories - verbiage
C. Legends - writings
D. Quips - meanderings
E. Tales - traditions