FIB Practice Set 3
Question 1: Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the National Institutes of Health, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which ____ treatments are unsatisfactory.| similar | |
| most | |
| dangerous | |
| uncommon | |
| alternative |
Question 2: It was her view that the country's problems had been ____by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counterproductive.
| foreseen | |
| attacked | |
| ascertained | |
| exacerbated | |
| analyzed |
Question 3: Winsor McCay, the cartoonist, could draw with incredible ___: his comic strip about Little Nemo was characterized by marvelous draftsmanship and sequencing.
| sincerity | |
| efficiency | |
| virtuosity | |
| rapidity | |
| energy |
Question 4: The actual ____of Wilson's position was always____ by his refusal to compromise after having initially agreed to negotiate a settlement.
| outcome...foreshadowed | |
| logic...enhanced | |
| rigidity...betrayed | |
| uncertainty...alleviated | |
| cowardice...highlighted |
Question 5: Although the feeding activities of whales and walruses give the seafloor of the Bering Shelf a devastated appearance, these activities seem to be actually to the area, ___ its productivity.
| destructive…counterbalancing | |
| rehabilitative...diminishing | |
| beneficial…enhancing | |
| detrimental...redirecting | |
| superfluous...encumbering |
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