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