SAT Critical Reading: Two Blank Sentences

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The once-trendy restaurant"s popularity had __________ to the point that we were able to __________ a reservation for that very night.

At the end of the long line, the last two men spoke with irritation.  The __________ man was particularly __________, and continually voiced his annoyance to the man at the very end of the line.

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Desperate to __________ the results of the survey, which indicated that he was strongly disliked by the general public, the congressman attempted to __________ the company not to publish it.

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The __________ information he provided about his childhood wasn"t necessary; he needed to be more __________ and spend less time talking about his past and more time talking about the deficiencies of the public school system.

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Despite the advice he had received to project a confident __________, James realized that being __________ with the interviewers made him much more endearing than bragging about his accomplishments could have.

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The promotion to supervisor was all that Larry had been working for, and when it went to a coworker to whom Larry considered himself superior, he was __________ and considered __________ his position.

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. Although the math course began with relatively simple problems for the first several weeks, the topics increased in __________ rapidly as the semester __________.

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. A river gushing forth from a nearby mountain spring was not only a(n) __________ source of drinking water for the city, but also a(n) __________ source of stones used to construct the city’s buildings.

Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence. The parents scolded their son for attempting to __________ his mistake, rather than __________ his wrongdoing.

Choose the set of words that best completes the following sentence. The professor worked for decades on what he intended to be a truly __________ work.  In reality, the text fell short of its soaring expectations and was in reality nothing more than a rather pitiful and __________ outline.