SAT Sentence Completion练习题

1. The success of the business venture ____ his expectations; he never thought that the firm would prosper.

A. confirmed

B. belied

C. nullified

D. fulfilled

E. ratified

2. For centuries there was no ___ between their descendents; in fact ____ strife continued until modern times.

A. peace - internecine

B. hostility - intermittent

C. malevolence - intense

D. amity - contrived

E. difference - feudal

3. The journalist ____ the efforts of the drug squad to control drug peddling, claiming that they had actually ____ the problem.

A. commended - increased

B. lauded - intensified

C. decried - solved

D. deprecated - exacerbated

E. noted - caused

4. Since the Romans failed to ____ the tribes in Northern Britain, they built a wall to ____ the tribes.

A. conquer - alienate

B. impress - intimidate

C. subjugate - exclude

D. pacify - enrage

E. neutralize - barricade