FIB Practice Set 17
Question 1: Charlotte Salomon's biography is a reminder that the currents of private life, however diverted, dislodged, or twisted by ____public events, retain their hold on the ___ recording them.| transitory.. culture | |
| dramatic.. majority | |
| overpowering.. individual | |
| conventional..audience | |
| relentless.. institution |
Question 2: Philosophical problems arise when people ask questions that, though very ____, have certain characteristics in common.
| relevant | |
| elementary | |
| abstract | |
| diverse | |
| controversial |
Question 3: Although Johnson ____great enthusiasm for his employees' project, in reality his interest in the project was so ____as to be almost non¬existent.
| generated..redundant | |
| displayed.. preemptive | |
| expected..indiscriminate | |
| feigned.. perfunctory | |
| demanded..dispassionate |
Question 4: Her ____ should not be confused with miserli¬ness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need.
| intemperance | |
| intolerance | |
| apprehension | |
| diffidence | |
| frugality |
Question 5: Natural selection tends to eliminate genes that cause inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most severe diseases; consequently, hereditary diseases that are ______would be expected to be very _____, but, surprisingly, they are not.
| lethal..rare | |
| untreated..dangerous | |
| unusual.. refractory | |
| new..perplexing | |
| widespread..acute |
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