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  It is customary nowadays among fashionable ladies and gentlemen to acquire strange and sometimes quaint cloths which are scarcely ever used. Sometimes it may be an approaching festival; sometimes a two hour ceremony and sometimes to honour a dead colleague – something triggers off the modern craze to sew new materials whose use does not outlast the moment of craze. And so, people who just occupy small apartments in their parents’ homes, or have rented one room in a densely – peopled house find that more than two- thirds of their rooms are filled with bongo trousers which they cannot wear, worn out jeans which stinks, or specially made clothes for occasions that are not recurrent.

  Although plagued by the problem of school fees for their children, parents have had to swallow their own phlegm and humour their children who need special clothes for important events. Newly employed youths soon find that their comrades getting married, and a new and special attire must be used to grace the occasion. University students see matriculation ceremonies or induction ceremonies into club membership as special reasons to make new attire which – you may be sure they would not wear on another occasion that parallels the one for which these clothes were made.

  Medical doctors may soon find another cause for the incidence of high blood pressure among the youth. The desire to acquire new clothes is one strong possible cause, but a more subtle one which haunts like a ghost is the problem of choice of what to wear. The youths have so stuffed their apartments, wardrobes, drawers and trunks with so many clothes that the greatest problem they face is the choice of what to wear.

In this passage we learn that parents

  • A. admire their children's craze for new clothes
  • B. do not provide the money for the fashion craze
  • C. endure a lot of handship to provide for their children
  • D. gladly provide the money for the fashion craze
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  It is customary nowadays among fashionable ladies and gentlemen to acquire strange and sometimes quaint cloths which are scarcely ever used. Sometimes it may be an approaching festival; sometimes a two hour ceremony and sometimes to honour a dead colleague – something triggers off the modern craze to sew new materials whose use does not outlast the moment of craze. And so, people who just occupy small apartments in their parents’ homes, or have rented one room in a densely – peopled house find that more than two- thirds of their rooms are filled with bongo trousers which they cannot wear, worn out jeans which stinks, or specially made clothes for occasions that are not recurrent.

  Although plagued by the problem of school fees for their children, parents have had to swallow their own phlegm and humour their children who need special clothes for important events. Newly employed youths soon find that their comrades getting married, and a new and special attire must be used to grace the occasion. University students see matriculation ceremonies or induction ceremonies into club membership as special reasons to make new attire which – you may be sure they would not wear on another occasion that parallels the one for which these clothes were made.

  Medical doctors may soon find another cause for the incidence of high blood pressure among the youth. The desire to acquire new clothes is one strong possible cause, but a more subtle one which haunts like a ghost is the problem of choice of what to wear. The youths have so stuffed their apartments, wardrobes, drawers and trunks with so many clothes that the greatest problem they face is the choice of what to wear.

The youth acquire clothes for

  • A. burials, great occasions or for matriculation ceremonies
  • B. occasions that are not recurrent
  • C. boosting their ego
  • D. the purpose of praising their parents
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  It is customary nowadays among fashionable ladies and gentlemen to acquire strange and sometimes quaint cloths which are scarcely ever used. Sometimes it may be an approaching festival; sometimes a two hour ceremony and sometimes to honour a dead colleague – something triggers off the modern craze to sew new materials whose use does not outlast the moment of craze. And so, people who just occupy small apartments in their parents’ homes, or have rented one room in a densely – peopled house find that more than two- thirds of their rooms are filled with bongo trousers which they cannot wear, worn out jeans which stinks, or specially made clothes for occasions that are not recurrent.

  Although plagued by the problem of school fees for their children, parents have had to swallow their own phlegm and humour their children who need special clothes for important events. Newly employed youths soon find that their comrades getting married, and a new and special attire must be used to grace the occasion. University students see matriculation ceremonies or induction ceremonies into club membership as special reasons to make new attire which – you may be sure they would not wear on another occasion that parallels the one for which these clothes were made.

  Medical doctors may soon find another cause for the incidence of high blood pressure among the youth. The desire to acquire new clothes is one strong possible cause, but a more subtle one which haunts like a ghost is the problem of choice of what to wear. The youths have so stuffed their apartments, wardrobes, drawers and trunks with so many clothes that the greatest problem they face is the choice of what to wear.

In this passage the expression ‘Parent have had to swallow their own phlegm’ means parents

  • A. had to swallow the sputum in their mouths
  • B. have been phlegmatic all along
  • C. have had to overcome their own pride or prejudice
  • D. no longer had to swallow
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  It is customary nowadays among fashionable ladies and gentlemen to acquire strange and sometimes quaint cloths which are scarcely ever used. Sometimes it may be an approaching festival; sometimes a two hour ceremony and sometimes to honour a dead colleague – something triggers off the modern craze to sew new materials whose use does not outlast the moment of craze. And so, people who just occupy small apartments in their parents’ homes, or have rented one room in a densely – peopled house find that more than two- thirds of their rooms are filled with bongo trousers which they cannot wear, worn out jeans which stinks, or specially made clothes for occasions that are not recurrent.

  Although plagued by the problem of school fees for their children, parents have had to swallow their own phlegm and humour their children who need special clothes for important events. Newly employed youths soon find that their comrades getting married, and a new and special attire must be used to grace the occasion. University students see matriculation ceremonies or induction ceremonies into club membership as special reasons to make new attire which – you may be sure they would not wear on another occasion that parallels the one for which these clothes were made.

  Medical doctors may soon find another cause for the incidence of high blood pressure among the youth. The desire to acquire new clothes is one strong possible cause, but a more subtle one which haunts like a ghost is the problem of choice of what to wear. The youths have so stuffed their apartments, wardrobes, drawers and trunks with so many clothes that the greatest problem they face is the choice of what to wear.

A suitable tittle for this passage is

  • A. Fashion craze
  • B. Fashion craze among the youth
  • C. University students and induction ceremonies
  • D. Parents and the money for fashion craze
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
Wada said that two of his chickens …. eggs yesterday morning

  • A. layed
  • B. lied
  • C. laid
  • D. lain
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
If you are going to the market, may I …. please?

  • A. for follow you
  • B. come with you
  • C. come by you
  • D. come as your second
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
I forgot to bring a pen with me. Would you, please … me yours

  • A. borrow
  • B. loan
  • C. provide
  • D. lend
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
When he had arranged the furniture, he …. the picture on the wall

  • A. hanged
  • B. hung
  • C. hang
  • D. hunged
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
We are trying to study for the examinations last night when the light …..

  • A. were taken away
  • B. came off
  • C. quenched
  • D. went off
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
Thank you for the party, we really ….

  • A. enjoyed ourselves
  • B. enjoyed
  • C. enjoyed very much
  • D. enjoyed too much
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
He decided to wait for the bus because he had  ______________

  • A. too many luggage
  • B. many luggages
  • C. a lot of luggage
  • D. plenty luggages
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
We later on discovered that some members …. another meeting before the one advertised.

  • A. were holding
  • B. have held
  • C. have been holding
  • D. had held
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
The only set of loud speakers available …. to be connected according to the instruction

  • A. is
  • B. are
  • C. were
  • D. have
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
A number of doctors are not so all well disposed to …. in government hospitals these days …. they?

  • A. working/do
  • B. work/are
  • C. working/are
  • D. work/aren't
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
We saw him … over a wall as the police approached

  • A. leaped
  • B. leap
  • C. leapt
  • D. leaping
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
‘We are gradually …. to the end of the programme this afternoon’, remarked the chairman of the wedding reception

  • A. arriving
  • B. getting
  • C. approaching
  • D. going
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
If only we …. we could have overcome the difficulty

  • A. had persevered
  • B. have persevered
  • C. had persevere
  • D. persevered
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
If you want peace, you …. prepared for war

  • A. had better
  • B. have better
  • C. had better got
  • D. had better get
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
A number of suspects were paraded …. the victim of the robbery

  • A. in front
  • B. before
  • C. for
  • D. to
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
The brave officer …. the time bomb.

  • A. diffused
  • B. devused
  • C. defused
  • D. difused
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
Their high …. was an advantage

  • A. moral
  • B. morality
  • C. morale
  • D. morals
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