GRE Text Completion Practice Set 1

In recent years, the city has been plagued by _____, and the mayor’s chances of reelection appear _____.

Once we came to know Andreas better, it became clear to us that all of his stories of wealth and fame were just a _____.

Thomas, who is a musical _____, began to demonstrate his remarkable _____at an early age.

Janet’s chronic _____is a (an) _____ for everyone; she makes plans and then arrives late anyway.

Because she grew up in southern Florida, Zoe was ____to harsh winters, and became quite ____when she found herself driving through a Chicago snowstorm.

By the time he was thirty, David had already won wide ____ as a documentary filmmaker.

Thousands of _____ manuscripts were an unfortunate _____of the region’s latest conflict.

He could hardly have imagined that he would be _____ into a scheme to outwit the government.

In a study of linguistics, researchers _____ the typical speech patterns of adolescent women in eight _____ countries.

I didn’t earn my degree with the intention of using it to pursue a career; I did it for my own _____.