FIB Practice Set 58
Question 1: The First World War began in 'a context of jargon and verbal delicacy and continued in a cloud of _____ as _____as language and literature, skillfully used, could make it.| circumlocution..literal | |
| cliché..lucid | |
| euphemism ..impenetrable | |
| particularity ..deliberate | |
| subjectivity..enthralling |
Question 2: Because no comprehensive _____ exist regarding personal reading practices, we do not know, for example, the greatest number of books read in an individual lifetime.
| records | |
| instincts | |
| remedies | |
| proposals | |
| commercials |
Question 3: In our corporation there is a _____ between male and female _____ because 73 percent of the men and 34 percent of the women polled believe that our company provides equal compensation to men and women.
| contrast..stereotypes | |
| difference..perceptions | |
| variation..salaries | |
| resemblance..employees | |
| similarity..aspirations |
Question 4: The wonder of De Quincy is that although opium dominated his life, it never _____ him; indeed, he turned its use to _____ when he published the story of its influence in the London Magazine.
| overcame..altruism | |
| intimidated ..triumph | |
| distressed ..pleasure | |
| conquered ..gain | |
| released..necessity |
Question 5: The reduction of noise has been _____ in terms of _____ its sources, but the alternative of canceling noise out by adding sound with the opposite wave pattern may be more useful in practice.
| justified ..diffusing | |
| accomplished ..tracking | |
| conceived..concealing | |
| explained ..isolating | |
| approached..eliminating |
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