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In answer to the question as to how life is treating him, the stranger said ‘it never rains but it pours?
- A. the blessings of life shower on him like heavy rain
- B. he is contented with his improved fortunes
- C. things are getting decidedly worse
- D. his financial status is deteriorating
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This time, she will be competing with a dark horse?
- A. a weak and low-spirited person
- B. a person about whom little is known
- C. an unpopular candidate
- D. a person as strong as a horse
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Surely, Ahmed is a ball of fire?
- A. quarrelsome person
- B. a hot-headed activist
- C. a fiery speaker or writer
- D. a very energetic person
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Ohiokhen had a brainwave as to how she could deal with the problem?
- A. an imagination
- B. a desire
- C. a headache
- D. an idea
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The material in the book is presented within an eclectic framework?
- A. simple
- B. a broad
- C. a restricted
- D. clumsy
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The presidential aspirant warned of the political catastrophe that would follow if the elections were rigged ?
- A. problem
- B. turmoil
- C. success
- D. conflagration
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If we must live together as one people, we must learn to tolerate disparate dispositions?
- A. converging
- B. accommodating
- C. conflicting
- D. opposing
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She is immune to the flattery of young men?
- A. resistant
- B. susceptible
- C. insensible
- D. unresponsive
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Events in South Africa indicate a kind of political renascence?
- A. rejuvenation
- B. decline
- C. turbulence
- D. upheaval
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Those were the days of the fallacy that some languages are primitive while others are not?
- A. argument
- B. excuse
- C. misconception
- D. truth
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Once he has decided that something needs doing, my brother is very unswerving of purpose?
- A. erratic
- B. tenacious
- C. stubborn
- D. simple
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The girl’s idiosyncrasy was a passion for bread and butter?
- A. stupid outburst
- B. general tendency
- C. singular characteristic
- D. occupational calling
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He devoted too much time to the peripheral aspects?
- A. unimportant
- B. superficial
- C. minor
- D. main
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It was an inopportune moment for you to make that suggestion?
- A. an ideal
- B. a wrong
- C. an exact
- D. a sad
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Adamu was so vociferous during the meeting of the congregation that he succeeded in incurring the wrath of the charming?
- A. anger
- B. admiration
- C. displeasure
- D. sympathy
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To almost everyone in the little village, Ada’s behaviour was almost odious?
- A. repulsive
- B. difficult
- C. attractive
- D. charming
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The Lion’s of Cameroun is really an indomitable team?
- A. a powerful
- B. a prominent
- C. a weak
- D. a cowardly
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Akoso thought that her father was very callous?
- A. indifferent
- B. compassionate
- C. wicked
- D. careless
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Travelling in the night can be an ordeal?
- A. a great exercise
- B. a great fear
- C. a great endurance
- D. a great pleasure
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Mrs. Kofi is very provocative in her style of dressing?
- A. modest
- B. happy
- C. angry
- D. beautiful
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Uche could not travel last December because of the severity of the harmattan?
- A. cold
- B. mildness
- C. warmth
- D. moderation