FIB Practice Set 27
Question 1: The labor union and the company's management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have neverthe¬less reached an unexpectedly _____, albeit still tenta¬tive, agreement on next year's contract.| swift | |
| onerous | |
| hesitant | |
| reluctant | |
| conclusive |
Question 2: In response to the follies of today's commercial and political worlds, the author does not — inflamed indignation, but rather — the detachment and smooth aphoristic prose of an eighteenth-century wit.
| display. Jails at | |
| rely on..avoids | |
| suppress..clings to | |
| express..affects | |
| resort to..spurns |
Question 3: Valliant, who has been particularly interested in the means by which people attain mental health, seems to be looking for _______ answers: a way to close the book on at least a few questions about human nature.
| definitive | |
| confused | |
| temporary | |
| personal | |
| derivative |
Question 4: The well-trained engineer must understand fields as diverse as physics, economics, geology, and soci-ology; thus, an overly _______ engineering curriculum should be avoided.
| narrow | |
| innovative | |
| competitive | |
| rigorous | |
| academic |
Question 5: Although supernovas are among the most _______ of cosmic events, these stellar explosions are often hard to _______ either because they are enormously far away or because they are dimmed by inter¬vening dust and gas clouds.
| remote..observe | |
| luminous..detect | |
| predictable..foresee | |
| ancient..determine | |
| violent..disregard |
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