All ISEE Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 :完成句子:形容词和副词
Each sentence completion question is made up of a sentence with one blank. Each blank indicates that a word is missing. The sentence is followed by five answer choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Jennifer is a(n) _____ reader; she frequently reads books and seems to gain a high level of pleasure from reading.
avid
deliberate
apathetic
thoughtful
repetitive
avid
Since Jennifer reads frequently and with enthusiasm, she is best described as anavidor devoted reader.
Example Question #2 :完成句子:形容词和副词
Each sentence completion question is made up of a sentence with one blank. Each blank indicates that a word is missing. The sentence is followed by five answer choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The water in the lake where her family vacationed was dark blue and _____; she could not see to the bottom of the lake, which made her afraid of what was under the surface of the water.
mysterious
luminous
foggy
transparent
opaque
opaque
In this statement, the best answer choice is that the lake water isopaque.The key to this question is that she cannot see the bottom of the lake.
Example Question #1 :Sentence Completions: Parts Of Speech
Each sentence completion question is made up of a sentence with one blank. Each blank indicates that a word is missing. The sentence is followed by five answer choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Due to the high heat index and the fact that he was out of shape, Joe felt that the five-mile run was _____.
effortless
excruciating
feasible
nonsensical
mild
excruciating
The key to this question is noting that Joe ran in high heat and was out of shape before undertaking a lengthy run of five miles. Thus, the run was presumably excruciating or painful.
Example Question #2 :Sentence Completions: Parts Of Speech
Each question below is made up of a sentence with one blank. Each blank indicates that a word is missing. The sentence is followed by five answer choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
A letter of rejection from the college Tom wanted to attend caused him to be _____ and miserable.
melancholy
hostile
timid
listless
indifferent
melancholy
Since he got a rejection letter from his first-choice college, Tom was presumably miserable and sad. Thus, another way to express his gloom is to say he wasmelancholyafter receiving the news.
Example Question #226 :Sentence Completions
Each question below is made up of a sentence with one blank. Each blank indicates that a word is missing. The sentence is followed by five answer choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Rebecca is so _____ that she believed her brother when he told her that deer have the ability to fly.
foolish
gullible
astute
cautious
discerning
gullible
The sentence demonstrates how Rebecca is sogullible,or easily fooled, to the point that she believes even radically incorrect statements.
Example Question #1 :Sentence Completions: Parts Of Speech
He was so __________ that he could not be trusted with the simplest of tasks.
lucky
inept
dexterous
knowledgeable
respectful
inept
He was soineptthat he could not be trusted with the simplest of tasks.
Inept most nearly means incompetent. Someone who is inept has a very low threshold for what they are capable of handling.
Example Question #7 :完成句子:形容词和副词
She was __________, so we had no choice but to do it her way.
submissive
flexible
open
adamant
amicable
adamant
She wasadamant, so we had no choice but to do it her way. Someone who is adamant about something is convinced that their way or opinion is correct, and is unyielding on this point.
Example Question #1 :完成句子:形容词和副词
Your computer is ten years old? Throw that away: it is __________.
new
foreign
obsolete
broken
up-to-date
obsolete
Your computer is ten years old? Throw that away, it is obsolete. Something that is obsolete is out of date and is not current.
Though it is ten years old, that does not mean the computer is broken. And while it may be foreign, that is not a reason to throw it away.
Example Question #3 :完成句子:形容词和副词
Many professors grow_________when discussing their field of study, and their excitement is often contagious.
mendacious
angry
bored
fervent
improbable
fervent
We can infer from the sentence's context that we need to pick out a word that means something like "excited." "Mendacious" is an adjective that means "not telling the truth; lying," so it can't be the correct answer because it's not close in meaning to "excited." While "bored" and "angry" both describe emotions, neither emotion fits the context of the sentence, so neither word can be the correct answer. "Fervent," an adjective that means "having or displaying a passionate intensity," best fits the context of the sentence, so it is the correct answer.
Example Question #2 :Sentence Completions: Parts Of Speech
At the sight of the beach near his childhood home, the old man grew __________ and began to tell stories of the many adventures he had had there as a child.
miserly
reminiscent
willful
self-assured
ostentatious
reminiscent
We can infer that because the old man "began to tell stories of the many adventures he had had [at the beach] as a child," that he was feeling nostalgic. So, we need to pick out an adjective that means something like "nostalgic." "Reminiscent" is an adjective that can mean "absorbed in or suggesting absorption in memories" when describing a person or his or her manner, so "reminiscent" is the correct answer because it best fits the sentence's context.
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