Friday, April 25, 2008

BIG BOOK SENTENCE COMPLETIONS PART-4

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

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