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.