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Test Taker GRE Verbal Reasoning Samples
Test Taker GRE Verbal Reasoning Samples
The GRE Verbal Reasoning section of the GRE revised General Test contains three types of questions: Reading Comprehension Text Completion Sentence Equivalence Reading Comprehension questions appear in sets Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions are independent!
provide three ans#er choices and as$ you to select all that are correct one% t#o% or all three of the ans#er choices may be correct! To gain credit for these questions% you must select all the correct ans#ers% and only those there is no credit for partially correct ans#ers! Select-in-$assage: The question as$s you to clic$ on the sentence in the passage that meets a certain description! To ans#er the question% you choose one of the sentences and clic$ on it clic$ing any#here on a sentence #ill highlight it!
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Reading comprehension passages are dra#n from the physical sciences% the biological sciences% the social sciences% the arts and humanities% and everyday topics% and are based on material found in boo$s and periodicals% both academic and nonacademic! The passages range in length from one paragraph to four or five paragraphs!
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generating electricity+ ,! '! C! .! E! -t is higher than it #ould be if better technologies for capturing carbon -t is some#hat less than the cost of electricity transmission and -t constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity! -t is d#elt on by policyma$ers to the exclusion of other costs associated -t is not fully recovered by the prices charged directly to electricity
#ith electricity delivery! consumers! !ns"er: C! -t constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity!
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time% have #hich of the follo#ing consequences+ ,! '! C! The burning of fossil fuels #ould eventually cease to produce atmospheric The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation #ould &o#er plants #ould consume progressively lo#er quantities of fossil fuels!
!ns"er: '! The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation #ould rise and then decline!
might have been expected #ould not occur! !ns"er: percent!2 1'ut because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity
transmission and distribution% delivered prices #ill rise less% by no more than ()
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of popular elements in his classical compositions+ ,! '! C! .! E! ;o# it is regarded by listeners #ho prefer roc$ to the classics ;o# it has affected the commercial success of Glass6s music =hether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers =hether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass6s reputation as a =hether it has caused certain of Glass6s #or$s to be derivative in quality
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qualities+ ,! '! C! , return to the use of popular music in classical compositions ,n attempt to elevate roc$ music to an artistic status more closely , long"standing tendency to incorporate elements from t#o apparently
approximating that of classical music disparate musical styles !ns"er: , 7, return to the use of popular music in classical compositions9 and C 7, long"standing tendency to incorporate elements from t#o apparently disparate musical styles9
classical music! !ns"er: classics!2 1;is music is not a version of popular music pac$aged to attract
classical listeners it is high art for listeners steeped in roc$ rather than the
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!ns"er: E, appropriation !ns"er to Question ) in #onte+t: >rom the outset% the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary claims of nations #as challenged by a contrary notionAthat of the appropriation of the oceans for reasons of national security and profit!
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characteri?e the #or$ as -.!/0! ,! '! C! .! E! >! orthodox eccentric original trifling conventional innovative
!ns"er: C 7original9 and > 7innovative9 /! The corporation expects only -.!/0 increases in sales next year despite
a yearlong effort to revive its retailing business! ,! '! C! .! E! >! dynamic predictable expanding modest slight volatile
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