SAT Sentence Completion Questions

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

In film history, technological changes did not become the norm overnight; on the contrary, the change from silent film to sound film for example was ___.

When will Hollywood directors stop producing technically slick but emotionally __ movies and begin creating films filled with authenticity and poignancy?

Because theatres refused to show it when it was first released, Citizen Kane was a __ failure, though now it is considered one of the greatest American films ever made.

Some countries have been extremely _, creating new jobs, markets and successful industries.

Lavender has a __ effect; its aroma alleviates tension and anxiety.

Ironically, many of the family-owned small businesses located in the newly revitalized neighbourhood downtown are so threatened by increasing rents that they may be __ by the very economic redevelopment that the city has pursued for so long.

Many old ruins and historical landmarks, rather than letting them disappear, are now being ___.

The __ student openly questioned the professor’s explanation, however she was not so __ to suggest that the professor was outright wrong.

Fran’s family thinks she has the most ___ job, however Fran knows that she mostly spends her working hours on ____ errands.

Ruskin’s vitriolic attack was the climax of the __ heaped on paintings that today seem amazingly ___.