GRE Big Book Text Completion Test 39

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.

Although economists have traditionally considered the district to be solely an agricultural one, the ________ of the inhabitants’ occupations makes such a classification obsolete.

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

The author of this book ________ overlooks or minimizes some of the problems and shortcomings in otherwise highly successful foreign industries in order to _______ the points on which they excel and on which we might try to emulate them.

#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?

Crosby’s colleagues have never learned, at least not in time to avoid embarrassing themselves, that her occasional ________ air of befuddlement ________ a display of her formidable intelligence.

#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?

To ensure the development and exploitation of a new technology, there must be a constant ________ of several nevertheless distinct activities.

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

Some customs travel well; often, however, behavior that is considered the epitome of ________ at home is perceived as impossibly rude or, at the least, harmlessly bizarre abroad.

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

The ________ of the early Greek philosophers’ attempts to explain the operations of the cosmos led certain later thinkers to inquire into the ________of human reason.

#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?

Ever prey to vagrant impulses that impelled him to ________ his talents on a host of unworthy projects, his very ________ nonetheless enhanced his reputation, for the sheer energy of his extravagance dazzled observers.

#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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