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GRE Prep Text Completion from Big Book Part 1

1. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when ------ was valued much more highly than it is today.

   (A) scent @

   (B) beauty

   (C) elegance

   (D) color

   (E) variety

Clue : Heavily perfumed ~ favorites / when(positive signal)

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2. In a most impressive demonstration, Pavarotti sailed through Verdi's "Celeste Aida," normally a tenor's ------, with the casual enthusiasm of a folk singer performing one of his favorite ------.

   (A) pitfall..recitals

   (B) glory..chorales

   (C) nightmare..ballads @

   (D) delight..chanteys

   (E) routine..composers

Clue : "impressive" means the song is very difficult for many normal singers, but Pavarotti is good.

3. Dependence on foreign sources of heavy metals, though ------, remains ------ for United States foreign policy.

   (A) deepening..a challenge

   (B) diminishing..a problem @

   (C) excessive..a dilemma

   (D) debilitating..an embarrassment

   (E) unavoidable..a precedent

Clue : Due to "though(negative signal)" , the opposite meaning words should be put in the first blank and second blank. The fact that dependence on foreign heavy metals diminishes is good sign to U.S.

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• It is a pity that James Hohmann’s March 9 The Daily 202 column, “On elephants and all else, actions speak louder than tweets,” skirted the dilemma of whether elephants should be hunted.
  Washington PostMar 13, 2018
• “That’s one of the selection dilemmas we are looking at,” Jones said on Monday.
  Washington TimesMar 12, 2018
• “What are teachers and principals supposed to do if their job is dependent on meeting unrealistic goals? It’s a moral dilemma,” said Patrick Pope, who worked in D.C.
  Washington PostMar 10, 2018

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4. Cynics believe that people who ------ compliments do so in order to be praised twice.

   (A) bask in

   (B) give out

   (C) despair of

   (D) gloat over

   (E) shrug off @

Clue : cynic

• And kids learn to soldier into the world with what a cynicmight describe as naiveté.
  Wall Street JournalMar 12, 2018
• It is the tone of the cynic or the pessimist who sees the worst interpretation for everything.
  Washington PostMar 7, 2018
• As for firms’ staying power, a cynic would argue that their moves are driven by public-relations considerations.
  EconomistMar 1, 2018
• And beware the cynics who might misuse this information.
  New York TimesFeb 27, 2018

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5. Although nothing could be further from the truth, freight railroads have been ------ of ------ the nation's shift from oil to coal by charging exorbitant fees to transport coal.

   (A) accused..impeding @

   (B) proud..accelerating

   (C) guilty..delaying

   (D) conscious..contributing to

   (E) wary..interfering with

clue : If one charge exorbitant fees to transport coal, the plan to shift from oil to coal will be difficult to proceed. 

• Players create distance from the auntie, and impending marriage, by drawing cards with commands like "You were seen at the mall with boys. The auntie moves three spaces away from you."
  BBCMar 13, 2018
• Felicity says the impending changes put that security at risk.
  BBCMar 11, 2018
• Last week, Oakland’s mayor warned residents of an impending immigration raid - a move that Trump called disgraceful and said put law enforcement officers at risk.
  Washington TimesMar 11, 2018

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6. Although the revelation that one of the contestants was a friend left the judge open to charges of lack of ------, the judge remained adamant in her assertion that acquaintance did not necessarily imply ------.

   (A) prudence..tolerance

   (B) detachment..foreknowledge

   (C) exoneration..impropriety

   (D) prejudice..preference

   (E) disinterestedness..partiality @

clue : It is common sense that if the contestant is a friend of the judge, the judge is in favor of friend. Therefore, people criticize him(the judge) for lack of fairness. / Despite this criticism, the judge will be fair.

disinterested vs uninterested If you want a disinterested, or unbiased opinion, don't ask your ex-boyfriend if you can ask his brother out. He will not be disinterested. Disinterested means impartial, having no bias or profit from something: There is no convincing evidence for this convoluted advice, disinterested researchers say. (New York Times) Disinterested service is a virtue ordinary human intelligence cannot grasp. (F.E. Mills) Uninterested means neutral or indifferent, having no interest in something. Once your former sweetheart has a new girlfriend, he might be bored, or uninterested, enough for you to ask him about his cute brother. Here are some uninterested examples: The coach had put some thoughts on paper and gave his friend the name of a possible publisher who turned out to be uninterested. (New York Times) "He was dedicated to the automobile," Mr. Joyce said, and uninterested in mass transit. (New York Times)

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7. Within the next decade, sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the Earth will determine whether the continents really are moving, ------ the incipient ------ among geologists about the validity of the theory of continental drift.

   (A) obviating..consensus

   (B) forestalling..rift @

   (C) escalating..debates

   (D) engendering..speculation

   (E) resolving..rumors

clue : determine => debate will be eliminated.

• On all those issues, Mr. Trump is courting disaster — from a confrontation with Tehran for which the United States is ill-prepared, to a rift with its closest ally.
  Washington PostMar 13, 2018
• Other tutors say rifts in families often arise due to the high-flying and transient nature of the parents’ jobs or lifestyles.
  The GuardianMar 13, 2018
• Even when populists don’t manage to win back power, they often turn the divide between their supporters and their opponents into a country’s most important political rift.
  Washington PostMar 9, 2018