FIB Practice Set 12
Question 1: The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an_________ process closed to the uninitiated listener, however enthusiastic.| unreliable | |
| arcane | |
| arrogant | |
| elementary | |
| intuitive |
Question 2: Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth cen¬tury, when___ was valued much more highly than it is today.
| scent | |
| beauty | |
| Elegance | |
| Color | |
| Variety |
Question 3: In a most impressive demonstration, Pavarotti sailed through Verdi's "Celeste Aida," normally a tenor's ____, with the casual enthusiasm of a folk singer performing one of his favorite
| pitfall..recitals | |
| glory..chorales | |
| nightmare.. ballads | |
| delight..chanteys | |
| routine..composers |
Question 4: Dependence on foreign sources of heavy metals, though , remain____ for United States foreign policy.
| deepening..a challenge | |
| diminishing..a problem | |
| excessive..a dilemma | |
| debilitating..an embarrassment | |
| unavoidable..a precedent |
Question 5: Cynics believe that people who____ compliments do so in order to be praised twice.
| bask in | |
| give out | |
| despair of | |
| gloat over | |
| shrug off |
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