SAT阅读完成句子精选练习题

　　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