GRE BIG BOOK SENTENCE COMPLETIONS
Test 12
23.thought to spring from regret for having done something wrong, it may be that its origin is the realization that one's own nature is irremediably ____.
(A) contrition.. resilient
(B) certitude.. confident
(C) skepticism.. innocent
(D) remorse.. flawed
(E) resignation. Frivolous
24.Numerous historical examples illustrate both the overriding influence that scientists' ____ have on their interpretation of data and the consequent ____ of their intellectual objectivity.
(A) prejudices.. impairment
(B) instruments.. abandonment
(C) theories.. independence
(D) conclusions.. coloration
(E) suppositions.. reinforcement
25.From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion--that of the ____ of the oceans for reasons of national security and profit.
(A) promotion
(B) exploration
(C) surveying
(D) conservation
(E) enclosure
26.A number of writers who once greatly ____ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting ____ for their former criticism.
(A) lauded.. censure
(B) influenced.. analysis
(C) simulated.. ambivalence
(D) disparaged.. approbation
(E) honored.. adulation
GRE TEST 12 ANSWER KEY:CEDAC EBDBD BCEDC ABEBA EBDAE D
(A) contrition.. resilient
(B) certitude.. confident
(C) skepticism.. innocent
(D) remorse.. flawed
(E) resignation. Frivolous
24.Numerous historical examples illustrate both the overriding influence that scientists' ____ have on their interpretation of data and the consequent ____ of their intellectual objectivity.
(A) prejudices.. impairment
(B) instruments.. abandonment
(C) theories.. independence
(D) conclusions.. coloration
(E) suppositions.. reinforcement
25.From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion--that of the ____ of the oceans for reasons of national security and profit.
(A) promotion
(B) exploration
(C) surveying
(D) conservation
(E) enclosure
26.A number of writers who once greatly ____ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting ____ for their former criticism.
(A) lauded.. censure
(B) influenced.. analysis
(C) simulated.. ambivalence
(D) disparaged.. approbation
(E) honored.. adulation
GRE TEST 12 ANSWER KEY:CEDAC EBDBD BCEDC ABEBA EBDAE D
GRE TEST
1. Natural selection tends to eliminate genes that cause inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most severe diseases ; consequently, hereditary diseases that are ___would be expected to be very ___ , but, surprisingly, they are not.
(A) lethal.. rare
(B) untreated.. dangerous
(C) unusual.. refractory
(D) new.. perplexing
(E) widespread. .acute
2. An investigation that is ___can occasionally yield new facts , even notable ones; typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.
(A) timely
(B) unguided
(C) consistent
(D) uncomplicated
(E) subjective
3. The struggle of the generation is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in Western society during the current decade is ___critical.
(A) perennially
(B) disturbingly
(C) uniquely
(D) archetypal
(E) cautiously
4. Any population increase beyond a certain lever necessitates greater ___vegetable foods; thus, the ability of a society to choose meat over cereals always arises, in part ,from ___the number of people.
(A) reliance on. replenishing
(B) production of ..estimating
(C) spending on ..concealing
(D) recourse to ..limiting
(E) attention to ..varying
5. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look ___ ; they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the ___of natural beauty and human glory.
(A) beautiful..immutability
(B) cheerful..transitoriness
(C) colorful..abstractness
(D) luxuriant..simplicity
(E) conventional..wildness
6. The chances that a species will___ are reduced if any vital functions restricted to a single kind of organ;___ by itself possesses an enormous survival advantage.
(A) degenerate.. complexity
(B) expire.. size
(C) disappear.. variety
(D) flourish.. symmetry
(E) persist.. redundancy
7. Documenting science's___ philosophy would be ___ ; since it is almost axiomatic that many philosophers use scientific concepts as the foundations for their speculations.
(A) distrust of.. elementary
(B) influence on.. superfluous
(C) reliance on.. inappropriate
(D) dependence on.. difficult
(E) differences from. .impossible
8. 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.
(A) precedes.. anticipate
(B) incorporates.. understand
(C) transcends.. abandon
(D) imitates.. repudiate
(E) resembles.. contest
9. Nature's energy efficiency often___ human technology : despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency___ the firefly's system.
(A) engenders.. manipulates
(B) reflects.. simulates
(C) outstrips.. rivals
(D) inhibits.. matches
(E) determines.. reproduces
10. At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating ; but, as saw more of her, I found that___ was very near the surface.
(A) seriousness
(B) confidence
(C) laughter
(D) poise
(E) determination
11. People should not be praised for their virtue if they lack the energy to be ___; in such cases, goodness is merely the effect of ___.
(A) depraved.. hesitation
(B) cruel.. effortlessness
(C) wicked.. indolence
(D) unjust.. boredom
(E) iniquitous.. impiety
12. Actual events in the history of life on Earth are accidental in that any outcome embodies just one___ among millions ; yet each outcome can be___ interpreted .
(A) coincidence.. randomly
(B) relationship. .predictably
(C) fact.. readily
(D) happening. .uniquely
(E) possibility.. rationally
13. No one is ___about Stephens; he inspires either uncritical adulation or profound___ in those who work for him.
(A) neutral.. antipathy
(B) infuriated.. aversion
(C) worried.. anxiety
(D) enthusiastic.. veneration
(E) apprehensive.. consternation
14. Industrialists seized economic power only after industry had___ agriculture as the preeminent form of production; previously such power had___ land ownership.
(A) sabotaged.. threatened
(B) overtaken.. produced
(C) toppled.. culminated
(D) joined.. relied on
(E) supplanted. .resided in
15. The old man could not have been accused of ___his affection; his conduct toward the child betrayed his___ her.
(A) lavishing. .fondness for
(B) sparing ..tolerance of
(C) rationing. .antipathy for
(D) stinting.. adoration of
(E) promising.. dislike of
ANSWER KEY:1-15: ABCDB EBBCC CEAED
1. Natural selection tends to eliminate genes that cause inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most severe diseases ; consequently, hereditary diseases that are ___would be expected to be very ___ , but, surprisingly, they are not.
(A) lethal.. rare
(B) untreated.. dangerous
(C) unusual.. refractory
(D) new.. perplexing
(E) widespread. .acute
2. An investigation that is ___can occasionally yield new facts , even notable ones; typically the appearance of such facts is the result of a search in a definite direction.
(A) timely
(B) unguided
(C) consistent
(D) uncomplicated
(E) subjective
3. The struggle of the generation is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in Western society during the current decade is ___critical.
(A) perennially
(B) disturbingly
(C) uniquely
(D) archetypal
(E) cautiously
4. Any population increase beyond a certain lever necessitates greater ___vegetable foods; thus, the ability of a society to choose meat over cereals always arises, in part ,from ___the number of people.
(A) reliance on. replenishing
(B) production of ..estimating
(C) spending on ..concealing
(D) recourse to ..limiting
(E) attention to ..varying
5. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look ___ ; they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the ___of natural beauty and human glory.
(A) beautiful..immutability
(B) cheerful..transitoriness
(C) colorful..abstractness
(D) luxuriant..simplicity
(E) conventional..wildness
6. The chances that a species will___ are reduced if any vital functions restricted to a single kind of organ;___ by itself possesses an enormous survival advantage.
(A) degenerate.. complexity
(B) expire.. size
(C) disappear.. variety
(D) flourish.. symmetry
(E) persist.. redundancy
7. Documenting science's___ philosophy would be ___ ; since it is almost axiomatic that many philosophers use scientific concepts as the foundations for their speculations.
(A) distrust of.. elementary
(B) influence on.. superfluous
(C) reliance on.. inappropriate
(D) dependence on.. difficult
(E) differences from. .impossible
8. 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.
(A) precedes.. anticipate
(B) incorporates.. understand
(C) transcends.. abandon
(D) imitates.. repudiate
(E) resembles.. contest
9. Nature's energy efficiency often___ human technology : despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency___ the firefly's system.
(A) engenders.. manipulates
(B) reflects.. simulates
(C) outstrips.. rivals
(D) inhibits.. matches
(E) determines.. reproduces
10. At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating ; but, as saw more of her, I found that___ was very near the surface.
(A) seriousness
(B) confidence
(C) laughter
(D) poise
(E) determination
11. People should not be praised for their virtue if they lack the energy to be ___; in such cases, goodness is merely the effect of ___.
(A) depraved.. hesitation
(B) cruel.. effortlessness
(C) wicked.. indolence
(D) unjust.. boredom
(E) iniquitous.. impiety
12. Actual events in the history of life on Earth are accidental in that any outcome embodies just one___ among millions ; yet each outcome can be___ interpreted .
(A) coincidence.. randomly
(B) relationship. .predictably
(C) fact.. readily
(D) happening. .uniquely
(E) possibility.. rationally
13. No one is ___about Stephens; he inspires either uncritical adulation or profound___ in those who work for him.
(A) neutral.. antipathy
(B) infuriated.. aversion
(C) worried.. anxiety
(D) enthusiastic.. veneration
(E) apprehensive.. consternation
14. Industrialists seized economic power only after industry had___ agriculture as the preeminent form of production; previously such power had___ land ownership.
(A) sabotaged.. threatened
(B) overtaken.. produced
(C) toppled.. culminated
(D) joined.. relied on
(E) supplanted. .resided in
15. The old man could not have been accused of ___his affection; his conduct toward the child betrayed his___ her.
(A) lavishing. .fondness for
(B) sparing ..tolerance of
(C) rationing. .antipathy for
(D) stinting.. adoration of
(E) promising.. dislike of
ANSWER KEY:1-15: ABCDB EBBCC CEAED
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