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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