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TOEFL TOEFL SENTENCE COMPLETION Exam
TOEFL Sentence Completion (Page 2 )

Updated On: 26-Jan-2026
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It is ironic and somehow tragic that good people are often dull while evil people can be endlessly

  1. ordinary
  2. stubborn
  3. skeptical
  4. fascinating
  5. unobtrusive

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The word "ironic" signifies a contradiction of ideas within the sentence, and the conjunction "while:" indicates that the characteristics of the good people and the evil people are being contrasted. Therefore, if the good people are often 'dull', the evil people must be having a characteristic which is the opposite of being 'dull'.
Among the given choices, it is only the word 'fascinating' that is opposite in meaning to the world 'dull'. So, D is the answer.



Instances of reticence in the ancient chronicler's recording of calamitous events may simply be an indication of ______________to appear critical of the pharaoh handling of such ______________situations.

  1. predisposition...stressful
  2. refusal promising
  3. tendency...catastrophic
  4. reluctance...adverse
  5. aversion...trivial

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Calamitous events cannot be described as promising or trivial situations. So, B and E can straightway be ruled out on consideration of the choices for the second missing word. A chronicler (meaning palace historian) would not have a predisposition or a tendency to appear critical of the pharaoh's (meaning the Egyptian ruler's) actions, because he would not then have been retained as the palace historian. His reluctance to criticize the king is understandable, because pharaohs were dictators, and would not easily tolerate criticism. So, D is the answer.



Canos Saura is not given to explicit statement; his films, which seem hazy because of their psychological

  1. causality
  2. poignancy
  3. conditioning
  4. allusiveness
  5. ardor

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The phrase, "Carlos Saura is not given to explicit statement" mans that he tries to communicate his thoughts though indirect references or allusions. This obviously would puzzle those who cannot understand indirect statements. So, D is the answer.



The metric system is deliberately designed to be simple arithmetically and yet capable of ______________expansion as it becomes necessary to ______________new units of measure.

  1. confusing...record
  2. mathematical memorize
  3. rigid...discard
  4. indefinite...invent
  5. limited...correct

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The use of the phrase 'and' yet implies that the first missing word must mean the opposite of the phrase 'simple arithmetically'. Among the choices for the first missing word this only the phrase 'capable of indefinite expansion' that has this meaning. Its pair word 'invent' completes a logical sentence. So, D is the answer.



The attorney general was ______________woman, and even on those ______________occasions where she did lose her temper, she quickly reigned her natural imperturbability.

  1. a trying., rare
  2. a peaceable., infrequent
  3. an informed., memorable
  4. a belligerent., challenging
  5. an inarticulate...particular

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

If the attorney general had such a disposition that she quickly regained her natural imperturbability even when she lost her temper, she cannot be called trying, or informed, or belligerent (meaning quarrelsome) or inarticulate (meaning 'not clear in expression'). The most appropriate adjective to describe her is 'peaceable'. The use of the phrase 'even on those occasions' implies that such occasions were not common. So, the word 'infrequent' also fits in well in the sentence, So, B is the answer.



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