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TOEFL TOEFL SENTENCE COMPLETION Exam
TOEFL Sentence Completion (Page 7 )

Updated On: 26-Jan-2026
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The puzzles that physicists solve are usually those lying about in plain sight, often things so ______________that they are overlooked by all but the keenest observers.

  1. hidden
  2. vital
  3. ordinary
  4. vague
  5. small

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The puzzles often solved by physicists are described as those 'usually lying about in plain sight. Among the given choices, 'ordinary' is the most suitable adjective for them. So, C is the answer.



Freedom for Hanson meant experiencing ______________previously ______________; once unable to do more than peer over prison walls, he could now wander wherever he pleased.

  1. a visibility., unexpected
  2. an incarceration., unknown
  3. an isolation., threatening
  4. a notoriety., inconceivable
  5. a mobility., unattainable

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

We can understand from the sentence that Hanson had been in prison earlier. If he is now able to under wherever he pleased, his previous plight must have been one in which he was not allowed to walk about, or which denied him mobility. So, the pair of phrases in E completes a logical sentence, and is the answer. (The use of the phrase 'once unable to do more than peer over prison walls' would qualify 'a visibility' as suitable for the first missing phrase, but its pair word 'unexpected' does not fit into the sentence logically.)



Eric maintained the poet, perhaps the most of the Romantic and thus most likely to be ruled by emotion, nevertheless may have possessed a greater capacity for than his famous contemporaries.

  1. severe...feeling
  2. exuberant...enjoyment
  3. passionate...discipline
  4. delicate...exaggeration
  5. ruminative...observation

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The use of the word 'thus' means that the first missing word must mean the same as 'most likely to be ruled by emotion'. Among the choices for the first word, it is only passionate' which has this meaning. The uses of the conjunction 'nevertheless' implies a contradiction between the statements in the first and the second parts. So, the word 'discipline' first in well in the second blank. The sentence now means that, though the poet was the most passionate, he was also the most discipline among his contemporaries. So, C is the answer.



Many of Eleanor-Roosevelt's harshest critics during the years she lived in the White House late ______________her compassion for all people and praised her work to social justice.

  1. reemphasizes…spread
  2. vindicated...dispel
  3. overlooked...declare
  4. denied...repress
  5. acknowledged...promote

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

If Eleanor Roosevelt had compassion for all people, and even her critics praised her word, such work, such work would not have been intended to dispel or to repress social justice. Mere declaration of social justice will not be considered to be "word" that would invite praise from critics. So, B, C and D are wrong. It does not make sense to state that her former critics reemphasized her compassion for all people; they could well have belatedly acknowledged her compassion for all people. So, it is the pair of words in E which completes a meaningful sentence, and is the answer.



Despite her fear of heights, she was to be so far up the mountain

  1. dismayed
  2. unwilling
  3. ashamed
  4. thrilled
  5. alarmed

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The occurrence of the word 'despite' shows that there is a contradiction within the sentence. A woman who has a fear for heights must normally be afraid to be far up in the mountain. But the use of the word 'despite' implies that, on the contrary, she was happy to be there. Among the choices, it is only the word thrilled' that has this meaning. So, D is the answer.



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