GRE Big Book Text Completion Test 44

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.

Despite the fact that the two council members belonged to different political parties, they ________ the issue of how to finance the town debt.

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

The breathing spell provided by the ________ arms shipments should give all the combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions.

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

The notion that cultural and biological influences ________ determine cross-cultural diversity is discredited by the fact that, in countless aspects of human existence, it is cultural programming that overwhelmingly accounts for cross-population variance.

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

Because medieval women’s public participation in spiritual life was not welcomed by the male establishment, a compensating ________ religious writings, inoffensive to the members of the establishment because of its ________, became important for many women.

#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?

This final essay, its prevailing kindliness ________ by occasional flashes of savage irony, bespeaks the ________ character of the author.

#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?

Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so ________ as to be almost _________, there is evidence that Ezra Pound was able to avoid standing trial for treason merely by faking symptoms of mental illness.

#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?

The ________ questions that consistently structure the study of history must be distinguished from merely ________ questions, which have their day and then pass into oblivion.

#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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