FIB Practice Set 22
Question 1: Eric was frustrated because, although he was adept at making lies sound ___, when telling the truth, he ___the power to make himself believed.| plausible..Jacked | |
| convincing..held | |
| honest..found | |
| true..acquired | |
| logical..claimed |
Question 2: In certain forms of discourse such as the parable, the central point of a message can be effectively commu¬nicated even though this point is not ____.
| preferred | |
| explicit | |
| inferable | |
| discerned | |
| illustrated |
Question 3: Always circumspect, she was reluctant to make judg¬ments, but once arriving at a conclusion, she was ____in its defense.
| nonplussed | |
| obsequious | |
| intransigent | |
| deferential | |
| negligent |
Question 4: The techniques now available to livestock breeders will continue to be ____, but will probably be ____ by new ones under development.
| fruitful..reversed | |
| refined..upgraded | |
| inconvenient..reassessed | |
| used..supplemented | |
| harmless..improved |
Question 5: Any population increase beyond a certain level necessitates greater _____ vegetable foods; thus, the ability of a society to choose meat over cereals always arises, in part, from ____ the number of people.
| reliance on..replenishing | |
| production of..estimating | |
| spending on..concealing | |
| recourse to..limiting | |
| attention to..varying |
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