FIB Practice Set 40
Question 1: Despite the apparently bewildering complexity of this procedure, the underlying ____is quite _____.| simplicity..calculated | |
| principle. .elementary | |
| confusion. .imaginary | |
| purpose. .effective | |
| theory. .modern |
Question 2: In television programming, a later viewing time often ______ a more ______ audience and, therefore, more challenging subjects and themes.
| requires. .critical | |
| evinces. .affluent. | |
| implies. .mature | |
| eliminates..realistic | |
| invites. .general. |
Question 3: The cultivation of the emotion of natsukashi, interpretable as "pleasant sorrow," brings Japanese to Kyoto in the spring, not to ______ the cherry blossoms in full bloom but to _____the fading, falling flowers.
| mourn..exclaim over | |
| honor. .protect | |
| describe. .rejoice over | |
| arrange. .preserve | |
| savor. .grieve over |
Question 4: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading, more to appreciate the current _____of Smith's valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the _____of present-day economics.
| disregard. .outgrowths | |
| reaffirmation. .concerns | |
| relevance. .precursors | |
| acceptance. .byproducts | |
| importance. _vestiges |
Question 5: At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ______ evidence when it does not support his argu¬ment, tailoring it to his needs.
| addresses . | |
| creates | |
| alters | |
| suppresses | |
| substitutes |
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