FIB Practice Set 7

Question 1: Since many casual smokers develop lung cancer and many _________ smokers do not, scientists believe that individuals differ in their __________ the cancer-causing agents known to be present in cigarette smoke.

	heavy...susceptibility to
	chronic…concern about
	habitual...proximity to
	devoted...reliance upon
	regular...exposure to

Question 2: We accepted the theory that as people become more independent of one another, they begin to feel so isolated and lonely that freedom becomes _____ condition that most will seek to _____.

	a permanent...postpone
	a common...enter
	a negative...escape
	a political...impose
	an irreparable...avoid

Question 3: If animal parents were judged by human standards, the cuckoo would be one of nature's more _______ creatures, blithely laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, and leaving the incubating and nurturing to them.

	mettlesome
	industrious
	domestic
	lackluster
	feckless

Question 4: The current penchant for _________ a product by denigrating a rival, named in the advertisement by brand name, seems somewhat _______: suppose the consumer remembers only the rival's name?

	criticizing...inefficient
	touting...foolhardy
	enhancing...insipid
	evaluating...cumbersome
	flaunting...gullible

Question 5: His imperturbability in the face of evidence indicating his deliberate fraud failed to reassure supporters of his essential ____; instead, it suggested a talent for _____that they had never suspected.