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SENTENCE COMPLETION 1.The team’s manager, Eric Gorton has ____________ Nick Fenand in his squad for next months qualifying match against Liechtenstein despite doubts ____________ the player’s fitness. A. included ….about B. hospitalized… by C. joined… on D. removed…. over E. replaced… concerning The best answer is A. Doubts by, on or over are not idiomatic expressions. The team’s manager has done something despite doubts about the player’s fitness so it is logical that he included the player in his squad. 2.The Anasazi, a civilization that arose as early as 1500 BC, occupied the region now __________ as the Four Corners, where Utah Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet, for centuries. A. invoked B. known C. labeled D. denoted E. assumed The best answer is B. Choices A, C, D and E cannot precede the preposition as. 3.Over the ___________, different New York neighborhoods have played ___________ to the cutting edge: Greenwich Village in the 1950s, SoHo in the 1970s, the Lower East Side in the 1980s. A. decades… host B. centuries… guest C. time… games D. moments… along E. way… coy The best answer is A. Host, games, along and coy can logically follow played, but not guest. It is idiomatic to say over time, not over the time. Moments does not fit with the broad time span indicated in the rest of the sentence. Way is illogical. 4.A groundbreaking exhibition is showcasing Iraqs rich roots in Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that gave __________to the worlds first urban civilization some 5,000 years ago. A. support B. water C. floods D. birth E. itself The best answer is D. Gave birth is idiomatic. It ties in with the mention of roots and the world’s first urban civilization. 5.Originally, the project was planned to take at least 15 years, but effective resource and technological advances have ________ the team’s progress. A. energized B. postponed C. accelerated D. deferred E. reduced The best answer is C. The word but indicates that the proj