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Avant-garde Language School Enrollment Test Part 1 : Language Test : Grammar and Vocabulary Sentence Completion Directions 1. Read the sentence 2. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 1. Because King Philips desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeths insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------. ? (A) reconciliation . . assured ? (B) warfare . . avoidable ? (C) ruination . . impossible ? (D) conflict . . inevitable ? (E) diplomacy . . simple 2. The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account. ? (A) invalidate ? (B) objectify ? (C) incite ? (D) celebrate ? (E) enrich 3. There is no doubt that Larry is a genuine ------- : he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners. ? (A) braggart ? (B) dilettante ? (C) pilferer ? (D) prevaricator ? (E) raconteur 4. Although some think the terms bug and insect are ------- , the former term actually refers to ------- group of insects. ? (A) parallel . . an identical ? (B) precise . . an exact ? (C) interchangeable . . a particular ? (D) exclusive . . a separate 1 ? (E) useful . . a useless 5. The novels protagonist, a pearl diver, na?vely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to ------- him. ? (A) venture . . reward ? (B) pretend . . praise ? (C) conspire . . reimburse ? (D) refuse . . cheat ? (E) collude . . swindle Improving Sentences Directions 1. Read the entire sentence carefully but quickly and ask yourself whether the underlined portion is correct or whether it needs to be revised. 2. Read choices (A) through (E), replacing the underlined part with each answer choice to determine which revision results in a sentence that is clear and precise and meets the requirements of standard wri