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GRE - Sentence Completion - Test 15
Choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. The term conservationist had been defined by some as a person who believes that the natural world is endlessly __________ and beautiful, and therefore as much of it as possible should be __________.
A. irrational - preservedB. abhorrent - salvaged
C. fascinating - saved
D. exhilarative - promoted
E. appealing - distinguished
2. The country is a regional __________, an absolute but highly dynamic monarchy that has created an economic __________ out of little more than vision, geography and will.
A. anomaly - powerhouseB. synchronicity - giant
C. incongruity - dwarf
D. paradox - dependency
E. discrepancy - power
3. Airspan Airline's long and __________ search for a partner finally __________ last week when the bankrupt Dutch airline agreed to merge with Airlex .
A. arduous - endedB. extended - concluded
C. joyous - consigned
D. fortuitous - stopped
E. laborious - proceeded
4. Savvy leaders know that there is no single map for __________ leadership; the rules change depending on whom you are guiding and the __________ around you.
A. altruistic - contradictionsB. effective - conditions
C. successful - natives
D. abysmal - situation
E. topical - criteria
5. Founded in 1976, the Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society has become a leading ___________ of information on health and medicine for the general ___________.
A. source - publicB. well - citizenry
C. scourge - populous
D. font - community
E. resource - civilians
6. ___________ in the University's Research Park , the Patton Center is the catalyst that brings together the people and ideas necessary for ___________ successful enterprises.
A. Found - beginningB. Stationed - setting
C. Lying - inaugurating
D. Facing - fixating
E. Located - launching
7. Every healthy body at rest ___________ a certain amount of energy just keeping the organs functioning and blood ___________.
A. expends - circulatingB. puts off - clotting
C. using - pushing
D. burning - flow
E. endeavors - mingling
8. Businessmen and investors may be ___________ a little easier now that the initial fears ___________ by the elections of leftist presidents in neighboring countries have been muffled.
A. living - releasedB. working - tipped off
C. breathing - unleashed
D. thinking - forestalled
E. pondering - untapped
9. First hired in 1972 as ___________ staff writer for The Examiner, Frank Gordon has since fashioned a career in journalism ___________ over three decades.
A. a budding - takingB. a novice - reeling
C. an introductory - sponging
D. an eager - spanning
E. a top - straddling
10. Researchers say it will be several years before computer programs will accurately ___________ fire behavior the way television weathermen tell viewers where a hurricane or a ___________ is heading.
A. precede - rainfallB. predict - cloud
C. prepare - shower
D. forecast - blizzard
E. forbear - tornado