FIB Practice Set 39

Question 1: Noting the murder victim's flaccid musculature and pear like figure, she deduced that the unfortunate fellow had earned his living in some ______occupa¬tion.
treacherous
prestigious
ill-paying
illegitimate
sedentary

Question 2: In Germany her startling powers as a novelist are widely ____, but she is almost unknown in the English-speaking world because of the difficulties of ____ her eccentric prose.
ignored..editing
admired..translating
espoused...revealing
obscured..comprehending
dispersed..transcribing

Question 3: Liberty is not easy, but far better to be an ___fox, hungry and threatened on its hill, than a ____canary, safe and secure in its cage.
unfriendly . fragile
aging..young
angry..content
imperious..lethargic
unfettered..well-fed

Question 4: Remolding old metal cans rather than making primary aluminum from bauxite ore shipped from overseas saves producers millions of dollars in _____and production costs.
distribution
salvage
storage
procurement
research

Question 5: Johnson never ____to ignore the standards of decent conduct mandated by company policy if ____compliance with instructions from his supe¬riors enabled him to du so, whatever the effects on his subordinates.
deigned ..tacit
attempted..halfhearted
intended..direct
scrupled ..literal
wished..feigned

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