SAT Prep : Sentence Completion Question Collection 2

Sample Sentence Completion Question

The majority of the villagers in this seemingly forgotten land, are ________ vegetarians; that is, they only eat meat during a holy celebration, or whenever they can afford it, which, because of the ludicrously high prices, is practically never.
A. sometimes
B. clandestine
C. staunch
D. adamant
E. reluctant

Related Sentence Completion Questions

# Key Pattern : that is

1. In Anglo-Saxon days in England there were many _________, that is, men who wandered around the country pretending to have a knowledge of medicine. Such a man made a living by selling to gullible audience certain "cure-alls" that he himself had prepared.
(A) experts
(B) peddlers
(C) quacks
(D) swindlers
(E) surgeons

2. Everyone knows what histoiy is, that is to say, everyone is ___ with the word, and has a confident notion of what it means.
(A) familiar
(B) obvious
(C) credited
(D) treasured

3. The first philosophical style of exposition is the one adopted by Plato in his Dialogues. The style is conversational; a number of men discuss a subject with Socrates; Socrates embarks on a series of questions and comments that help to elucidate the subject. This style is ________ , that is, it allows the reader to discover things for himself.
(A) heuristic
(B) theological
(C) geometrical
(D) aphoristic

4. I think they were once a great football powerhouse in this country, but their play is _________ these days. I guess too many easy victories caused them to lose their fire - that is to say, their desire to win.
(A) incorrigible
(B) effete
(C) effusive
(D) exuberant

5. We have to earn silence, to work for it and to make it not an absence but a presence, that is, not emptiness but ________ .
(A) repast
(B) reconnaissance
(C) repletion
(D) repulsion

6. It is the same thing as the ___ of the artist. That is to say, it is direct knowledge of the world as it is and direct acquaintance with things in the world, and this is the primary knowledge of the artist.
(A) genius
(B) intuition
(C) syllogism
(D) dilettantism

7. Found in the rain-forests of Central and South America, the morpho butterfly is famous for its iridescent blue wings. Grind up these wings, however, and you'll get a drab powder. The butterfly's hue is ________ called structural color. That is, the gorgeous color is created by the way light hits the wings - some light waves get reflected, others absorbed.
(A) a partial metamorphosis
(B) an optical illusion
(C) a gene mutation
(D) an insect breeding

8. Science itself is not only morally neutral, that is, ___ to the value of the ends for which the means are used; it is also totally unable to give any moral direction.
(A) differential
(B) indifferent
(C) intertwined
(D) officious

9. Socrates said that, if one thinks right, right action will follow. Some critics claim that current American practice seems to be based on the reverse of Socrates' thesis, that is, right thinking will take care of itself _____________ .
(A) if will-power is exercised
(B) if correct action is taken
(C) if proper training has been done
(D) if decisions for action are postponed

10. American universities have increasingly sought to participate in the free market. No longer is higher education dedicated solely to the ideals of learning and scholarship. Rather, it is driven by ________. Universities are preoccupied with ways of generating income, such as sports programs, commercial research, and partnerships with large corporations. In other words, the traditional goals of the university are now taking a backseat to more ________ concerns.
(A) profits - worldly
(B) commitments - erudite
(C) pursuits - academic
(D) faculties - mutual

11. In spite of the objectively proven inaccuracy of a referee's decision, the decision will not be overturned; it is set in stone. In other words, football contains the possibility of _________, and this possibility sometimes becomes real in the most dramatic fashion.
(A) irreversible injustice
(B) human dignity
(C) divine revenge
(D) democratic principle

12. Boys' groups have a leader and followers; in other words, they are ________ structured. The leader tells others what to do and resists taking orders from anyone else.
(A) democratically
(C) loosely
(B) liberally
(D) hierarchically

13. "Winners never quit" is classic advice that turns out to be terrible advice. There's a huge difference between giving up and letting go, so if you're doing something that isn't working, you should stop. Successful people never flit from idea to idea without any evaluation or learning process, but they also aren't afraid to _____________ . In other words, the saying 'Try, try again" should be modified to add ''...but not in the same way." That's when you're more likely to be successful.
(A) tackle demanding situations
(B) break the rules in order to get results
(C) walk away from a non-winning situation
(D) carry out the futile task on a whim

14. Noam Chomsky wrote the sentence "Colorless ideas sleep furiously" to illustrate that a grammatically correct sentence can be _________, or in other words, it does not make sense.
(A) didactic
(B) nonsensical
(C) nonperipheral
(D) syntactic

15. The king conducted the rites of praying for rain at the altars of the guardian gods of the state. These gods were also thought of as the __________ spirits of the earth and the grain it produced; in other words, they were the protectors of agriculture and were thus a prime focus of the rainmaking effort.
(A) sycophantic
(B) tutelary
(C) cantankerous
(D) waggish

16. Because of her open __________ of established rules, her parents grounded her for two weeks. In other words, she cannot go out on evening or weekends for two weeks.
(A) defiance
(B) embracement
(C) acceptance
(D) approval