GRE Big Book Text Completion Test 2

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.

The senator’s reputation, though ________ by false allegations of misconduct, emerged from the ordeal ________.

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

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

This poetry is not ________; it is more likely to appeal to an international audience than is poetry with strictly regional themes.

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

Experienced employers recognize that business students who can ________ different points of view are ultimately more effective as managers than are the brilliant and original students who _______ dogmatically to their own formulations.

#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?

Poe’s ________ reviews of contemporary fiction, which often find great merit in otherwise ________ literary gems, must make us respect his critical judgment in addition to his well-known literary talent.

#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?

The significance of the Magna Carta lies not in its ________ provisions, but in its broader impact: it made the king subject to the law.

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

The theory of cosmic evolution states that the universe, having begun in a state of simplicity and ________, has ________ into great variety.

#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?

Not wishing to appear ________, the junior member of the research group refrained from ________ any criticism of the senior members’ plan for dividing up responsibility for the entire project.

#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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