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Text Completion strategy:

• Read the Sentence first:

Just read the sentence first without looking the answer choices, If you look answer choices first, they may mislead you about the sentence. So just go through the sentence.

• Hunt for the clue:

There will be always clue for the text completion explicitly or implicitly. Just find the clue to determine answer. For instance, supporting, contrasting, emphasizing etc.

• Come up with own words:

Come with your own words before looking the answer choice, if not, at least get the sense about it, whether it is positive or negative.

Here is a sample of text completion and how to breakdown it:

Although the affable scientist is known for his geniality in his public life, he is ..........................in his private life, misbehaving with his daughters and wife.

1. vehemently calm
2. ludicrously mad
3. utterly unamicable
4. scandalously rogue
5. severely spartan 

So Clue is here: Although and Geniality
So the answer should be opposite of geniality, lets come up with our own word, so it should be "unfriendly"
Now go through the answer choice and match your prediction.
The matched answer choice is 3. utterly unamicable which means unfriendly.