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English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 135
American Presidents - William Jefferson Clinton
Q1 Bill Clinton, whose father ....... a few months before he was born, wanted to be President from a very early
age.
(a) passed out (b) passed through (c) passed away (d) passed up
Q2 Clinton defied his critics by surviving an ....... of personal scandals.
(a) arraign (b) array (c) arrant (d) arrow
Q3 Clinton ....... himself as a "New Democrat" and has frequently been referred to as the "Comeback Kid."
(a) fashioned (b) dressed (c) clothed (d) clad
Q4 In 1978, at the age of thirty-two, Bill Clinton became the youngest governor in the ....... and in Arkansas
history.
(a) nation (b) native (c) nativity (d) national
Q5 As President-elect, Clinton vowed to focus on economic issues like a "laser beam," working especially to
overcome the ....... growth of the American economy.
(a) slugger (b) sluggish (c) slummy (d) slurry
Q6 Clinton suffered two major ....... during his administration.
(a) quarterbacks (b) outbacks (c) setbacks (d) comebacks
Q7 Clinton's partner in his political ....... and marriage, Hillary Rodham Clinton, emerged as a key player in his
administration.
(a) career (b) job (c) trade (d) work
Q8 Future history books may well begin by noting that Bill Clinton was the second President to have been ....... by
the U.S. House of Representatives.
(a) beseeched (b) reached (c) impeached (d) preached
Q9 Clinton had a significant influence on the ....... of the Democratic Party.
(a) road (b) path (c) direction (d) course
Q10 Clinton succeeded in brokering peace negotiations in Northern Ireland between ....... Catholics and
Protestants.
(a) sparring (b) warring (c) barring (d) jarring
