GRE Big Book Text Completion Test 20

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.

Vaillant, who has been particularly interested in the means by which people attain mental health, seems to be looking for ________ answers: a way to close the book on at least a few questions about human nature.

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

The well-trained engineer must understand fields as diverse as physics, economics, geology, and sociology; thus, an overly ________ engineering curriculum should be avoided.

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

Although supernovas are among the most ________ of cosmic events, these stellar explosions are often hard to ________, either because they are enormously far away or because they are dimmed by intervening dust and gas clouds.

#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?

During the widespread fuel shortage, the price of gasoline was so that suppliers were generally thought to be ________ the consumer.

#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?

Art ________ science, but that does not mean that the artist must also be a scientist; an artist uses the fruits of science but need not ________ the theories from which they derive.

#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?

Imposing steep fines on employers for on-the-job injuries to workers could be an effective ________ to creating a safer workplace, especially in the case of employers with poor safety records.

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

Literature is inevitably a ________ rather than ________ medium for the simple reason that writers interpose their own vision between the reader and reality.

#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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