FIB Practice Set 4
Question 1: In an age without radio or recordings, an age ___by print, fiction gained its greatest ascendancy.| decimated | |
| denigrated | |
| dominated | |
| emphasized | |
| resurrected |
Question 2: Scientists' pristine reputation as devotees of the disinterested pursuit of truth has been _________ by recent evidence that some scientists have deliberately __________ experimental results to further their own careers.
| reinforced...published | |
| validated...suppressed | |
| exterminated…replicated | |
| compromised...fabricated | |
| resuscitated...challenged |
Question 3: Although Johnson's and Smith's initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm _______ after a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be.
| revived | |
| emerged | |
| intensified | |
| flagged | |
| persisted |
Question 4: A war, even if fought for individual liberty and democratic rights, usually requires that these principles be __________, for they are _________ the regimentation and discipline necessary for military efficiency.
| espoused...contrary to | |
| suppressed…fulfilled through | |
| suspended…incompatible with | |
| followed...disruptive of | |
| rejected…inherent in |
Question 5: To test the ______ of borrowing from one field of study to enrich another, simply investigate the extent to which terms from the one may, without forcing, be ______ the other.
| risk...confused with | |
| universality...applied to | |
| decorum…illuminated by | |
| rate…superseded by | |
| efficacy…utilized by |
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