GRE® Text Completion Exercises 2

Before outsiders first visited their land they knew nothing about the (1) ---- of others or the government or the modern life. However in the 1980s miners found gold in the region and soon thousands of miners rushed into the area which resulted in the (2) ---- of the Yanomamis' homeland. During that time 20 % of them died due to many reasons. Today they try hard to (3) ---- their land and traditions, which doesn't seem so easy to do.

1.
A) existence
B) effrontery
C) submissiveness

2.
A) extolment
B) palatability
C) exploitation

3.
A) maintain
B) sequester
C) ensue

Text 2

Facebook is the largest social network on the web in terms of traffic. Primarily (1) ---- on students, Facebook has been gaining market share (2) ---- and more significantly a supportive user base nowadays. Since their launch in 2004, they have been able to obtain over 20 million users in the U.S. alone and (3) ---- worldwide to other English-speaking countries, with more to follow in the future.

4.
A) reinforced
B) focused
C) emerged

5.
A) constantly
B) deliberately
C) reluctantly

6.
A) immigrate
B) decline
C) expand

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