GRE - Sentence Completion Test 32

1. Very quickly the native Californians were overwhelmed by people of all , coming from all -- by wagon train from Council Bluffs , Iowa , by horseback from ranchos to the south, by ship from China .

A. destinations - vehicles

B. nationalities - countries

C. upbringings - interests

D. backgrounds - directions

E. denominations - sectors

2. Scientists have a bright purple, bloated frog in southern India that is so unique it merits the establishment of not only a new but also a new family.

A. uncovered - topic

B. alleviated - genus

C. discovered - species

D. disseminated - disturbance

E. distinguished - categorization

3. The governor has shied from taking a position on the issue, but the Civil Liberties Union said it would actively any program that forced inmates to sign the .

A. support - interface

B. challenge - document

C. reflect - text

D. sustain - certification

E. revere - petition

4. Long waiting _, it seems, have become a defining element of the heath- care system; and nowhere is it _ than in orthopedic surgery.

A. days - more

B. times - shabbier

C. spots - better

D. periods - worse

E. eras - greater

5. Tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people a year and nearly two billion people worldwide have _ tuberculosis infection, a massive potential reservoir for the _.

A. sleeping - affliction

B. latent - disease

C. raging - affiliation

D. dozing - illness

E. rampant - circumstance The best answer is . Since there is a potential reservoir, it makes sense that the disease is dormant. Choices A, B and D all have the same meaning but only latent is a word applied to a disease. The ___________ multi-cellular creatures on earth, sponges are collections of loosely organized single cells with no true organs or ___________ . A. plain - glands B. plainest - tissue C. simpler - tools D. simplest - tissues E. small - pianos

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