GRE Big Book Text Completion Test 42

GRE Text Completion
Directions

The purpose of the Text Completion questions is to measure the ability to recognize words or phrases that both logically and stylistically complete the meaning of a sentence.

In deciding which of words or sets of words can best be substituted for blank spaces in a sentence, one must analyze the relationships among the component parts of the incomplete sentence.

One must consider each answer choice and decide which completes the sentence in such a way that the sentence has a logically satisfying meaning and can be read as a stylistically integrated whole.

Because no comprehensive ________ exist regarding personal reading practices, we do not know, for example, the greatest number of books read in an individual lifetime.

#1
Which of the following is the BEST fit in the blank?

In our corporation there is a ________ between male and female ________ because 73 percent of the men and 34 percent of the women polled believe that our company provides equal compensation to men and women.

#2
Which of the following is the BEST fit in the FIRST blank?

Which of the following is the BEST fit in the SECOND blank?

The wonder of De Quincey is that although opium dominated his life, it never _______ him; indeed, he turned its use to _______ when he published the story of its influence in the London Magazine.

#3
Which of the following is the BEST fit in the FIRST blank?

Which of the following is the BEST fit in the SECOND blank?

The reduction of noise has been ________ in terms of ________ its sources, but the alternative of canceling noise out by adding sound with the opposite wave pattern may be more useful in practice.

#4
Which of the following is the BEST fit in the FIRST blank?

Which of the following is the BEST fit in the SECOND blank?

While Parker is very outspoken on issues she cares about, she is not ________; she concedes the ________ of opposing arguments when they expose weaknesses inherent in her own.

#5
Which of the following is the BEST fit in the FIRST blank?

Which of the following is the BEST fit in the SECOND blank?

Hampshire’s assertions, far from showing that we can_______ the ancient puzzles about objectivity, reveal the issue to be even more than we had thought.

#6
Which of the following is the BEST fit in the FIRST blank?

Which of the following is the BEST fit in the SECOND blank?

Usually the first to spot data that were inconsistent with other findings, in this particular experiment she let a number of ___ results slip by.

#7
Which of the following is the BEST fit in the blank?

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