GRE Big Book Text Completion Test 16

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.

This project is the first step in a long-range plan of research whose ________ goal, still many years off, is the creation of a new prototype.

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

Eric was frustrated because, although he was adept at making lies sound ________, when telling the truth, he ________ the power to make himself believed.

#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?

In certain forms of discourse such as the parable, the central point of a message can be effectively communicated even though this point is not ________.

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

Always circumspect, she was reluctant to make judgments, but once arriving at a conclusion, she was ________ in its defense.

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

The techniques now available to livestock breeders will continue to be ________, but will probably be ________ by new ones under development.

#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?

Any population increase beyond a certain level necessitates greater ________ vegetable foods; thus, the ability of a society to choose meat over cereals always arises, in part, from ________ the number of people.

#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?

Ethologists are convinced that many animals survive through learning—but learning that is ________ their genetic programming, learning as thoroughly ________ as the most instinctive of behavioral responses.

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

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

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