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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
Bola broke …. when he heard the news of the arrest of his twin brother

  • A. up
  • B. of
  • C. away
  • D. down
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44

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
The Director is …. pains to ensure the success of the programme.

  • A. in
  • B. at
  • C. on
  • D. having
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45

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

I can always depend …. my father for my survival.

  • A. on
  • B. in
  • C. upon
  • D. by
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46

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
The answers to the questions were discussed …. the students

  • A. between
  • B. by
  • C. for
  • D. to
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47

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Silk materials ought be be prohibited …. being brought into the country

  • A. about
  • B. in
  • C. from
  • D. by
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48

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
We cannot explain his objection …. the new law

  • A. for
  • B. with
  • C. at
  • D. to
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49

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
…. all probability, the train will arrive today

  • A. In
  • B. Under
  • C. For
  • D. By
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50

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
If it had rained, we would have had to postpone the concert. It didn’t rain, so ….

  • A. we won't have to
  • B. we would have had to
  • C. we wouldn't have to
  • D. we didn't have to
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51

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
A number of teachers in secondary schools are not so well disposed to …. these days, …. they?

  • A. teach/aren't
  • B. teaching/are
  • C. teach/do
  • D. teach/are
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52

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
The competitor who …. earlier on has started …. again

  • A. fainted/to run
  • B. had fainted/to run
  • C. fainted/running
  • D. fainted/on running
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53

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
I heard that Kayode’s car was stolen last night. It …. be true because i saw him …. it, this morning.

  • A. should not/driving
  • B. should not/drive
  • C. cannot/drive
  • D. cannot/driving
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54

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
…. to help him, being the only person in the vicinity.

  • A. it was not possible
  • B. There was no one
  • C. He had no nobody
  • D. No person was around
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55

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Attention has shifted to the teaching of science nowadays …. the usefulness of the Arts

  • A. in spite of
  • B. not minding
  • C. oblivious to
  • D. forgetting
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56

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
One can no longer take for granted today what …. enjoyed in the university some years ago, can ….?

  • A. you/you
  • B. one/one
  • C. he/he
  • D. one/you
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57

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Dan and Tina met on the ship and greeted ….

  • A. one another
  • B. themselves
  • C. each other
  • D. theirselves
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58

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Now, i am used …. bread without butter.

  • A. to eat
  • B. in eating
  • C. of eating
  • D. to eating
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59

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
The pastor said ‘lay …. your hearts to God’

  • A. bier
  • B. bear
  • C. bare
  • D. bar
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60

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
I have the …. of meeting him

  • A. previlege
  • B. privilege
  • C. previledge
  • D. priviledge
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61

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
We are not surprised he was not elected; every one of his constituents …. that he is unreliable

  • A. know
  • B. knows
  • C. will know
  • D. do know
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62

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
Ladies and gentlemen, our guest speaker, Dr. Oni …. also a resident doctor at the teaching hospital.

  • A. who is
  • B. which is
  • C. who was
  • D. is
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63

In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:
He …. during the whole of last month

  • A. was sick
  • B. has been sick
  • C. had been sick
  • D. had sicken
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