FIB Practice Set 60
Question 1: The newborn human infant is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively _____ one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.| adaptive | |
| selective | |
| inquisitive | |
| receptive | |
| intuitive |
Question 2: Opponents of the expansion of the market economy, although in _____, continued to constitute _____ political force throughout the century.
| error..an inconsequential | |
| retreat..a powerful | |
| disarray..a disciplined | |
| jeopardy..an ineffective | |
| command..a viable |
Question 3: Nature's energy efficiency often _____ human technology: despite the intensity of the light fire¬flies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency _____the firefly's system.
| engenders..manipulates | |
| reflects..simulates | |
| outstrips..rivals | |
| inhibits..matches | |
| determines..reproduces |
Question 4: Scholars' sense of the uniqueness of the central concept of "the state" at the time when political science became an academic field quite naturally led to striving for a correspondingly _____ mode of study.
| thorough | |
| distinctive | |
| dependable | |
| scientific | |
| dynamic |
Question 5: Just as astrology was for centuries _____faith countering the strength of established churches, so today believing in astrology is an act of _____ the professional sciences.
| an individual..rebellion by | |
| an accepted..antagonism toward | |
| an underground..defiance against | |
| a heretical..support for | |
| an unknown..concern about |
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