Text Completion questions include a
passage composed of one to five sentences with one to three blanks.
There are three answer choices per blank, or five answer choices if
there is a single blank. There is a single correct answer, consisting
of one choice for each blank. The examinee receives no credit for
partially correct answers.
Sample Text Completion Questions
Directions: For each blank
select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all
blanks in the way that best completes the text.
Text Completion Question 1.
It is refreshing to read a book about
our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be BLANK
by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects
of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not
permit them to BLANK his comprehensive description of
what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in
our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the BLANK,
calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that
must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the
condition of our planet.
Answer choices for question 1.
| Blank 1 | Blank 2 | Blank 3 |
| overshadowed | enhance | plausibility of our hypotheses |
| invalidated | obscure | certainty of our entitlement |
| illuminated | underscore | superficiality of our theories |
Answer: overshadowed,
obscure, and superficiality of our
theories
Answer to Question 1 in Context:
It is refreshing to read a book about
our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be overshadowed
by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects
of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not
permit them to obscure his comprehensive description of
what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in
our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the
superficiality of our
theories, calling attention to the many aspects
of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can
accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.
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