FIB Practice Set 73
Question 1: Scientists who are on the cutting edge of research must often violate common sense and make seem-ingly _____assumptions because existing theories simply do not _____newly observed phenomena.| radical..confirm | |
| vague..incorporate | |
| absurd..explain | |
| mistaken..reveal | |
| inexact..corroborate |
Question 2: The _____with which the French aristocracy greeted the middle class Rousseau was all the more _____because he showed so little respect for them.
| deference..remarkable | |
| suspicion..uncaring | |
| reserve..unexpected | |
| anger. .ironic | |
| appreciation..deserved |
Question 3: Agronomists are increasingly worried about "desert¬ification," the phenomenon that is turning many of the world's ____fields and pastures into ____wastelands, unable to support the people living on them.
| fertile..barren | |
| productive. ,blooming | |
| arid..thriving | |
| poorest..marginal | |
| largest..saturated |
Question 4: Old beliefs die hard: even when jobs became the long-standing fear that unemployment could .return at a moment's notice ____.
| vacant..perished | |
| easier..changed | |
| plentiful..persisted | |
| protected..subsided | |
| available..receded |
Question 5: Intellectual ____and flights from boredom have caused him to rush pell-mell into situations that less ____spirits might hesitate to approach.
| restlessness..adventurous | |
| agitation..passive | |
| resilience..quiescent | |
| tranquility..versatile | |
| curiosity..lethargic |
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