FIB Practice Set 66
Question 1: Although _____almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong _____ publicity and controversy.| conventional..interest in | |
| monotonous..reliance on | |
| shy..aversion toward | |
| retiring..penchant for | |
| evasive..impatience with |
Question 2: Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of can_____ boost sales of video clips very nicely.
| self-deprecation | |
| congeniality | |
| cynicism | |
| embarrassment | |
| self-doubt |
Question 3: Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gar¬dens were not necessarily intended to look _____; they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the _____of natural beauty and human glory.
| beautiful..immutability | |
| cheerful..transistorizes | |
| colorful..abstractness | |
| luxuriant..simplicity | |
| conventional..wildness |
Question 4: Since it is now _____to build the complex central processing unit of a computer on a single silicon chip using photolithography and chemical etching, it seems plausible that other miniature structures might be fabricated in _____ways.
| unprecedented..undiscovered | |
| difficult..related | |
| permitted..unique | |
| mandatory..congruent | |
| routine..similar |
Question 5: Given the evidence of Egyptian and Babylonian _____ later Greek civilization, it would be incorrect to view the work of Greek scientists an entirely independent creation.
| disdain for | |
| imitation of | |
| ambivalence about | |
| deference to | |
| influence on |
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