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4369

Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:
The prices …. are too high for us

  • A. you lent me
  • B. you quoted
  • C. you attended
  • D. you gave me
  • E. you want to buy
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4370

Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
Colossal means

  • A. a greek column
  • B. gigantic
  • C. something which has lost too much fluid
  • D. a calamity
  • E. the sale of colos
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4371

Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
Don’t eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around

  • A. harmful
  • B. harmless
  • C. innocent
  • D. immunized
  • E. conspicuous
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4372

Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
The bible’s prodigal son became quite wealth eventually

  • A. prestigious
  • B. phlegmatic
  • C. errant
  • D. pecuniary
  • E. extravagant
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4373

Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:
His penury gave him a lifetime of hunger

  • A. avariciousness
  • B. affluence
  • C. poverty
  • D. penny pinching
  • E. greed
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4374

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The old car …. several times this year

  • A. was repaired
  • B. has been repaired
  • C. had been repaired
  • D. has repaired
  • E. was being repaired
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4375

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
You should show some consideration …. the feelings of others

  • A. with
  • B. about
  • C. by
  • D. to
  • E. for
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4376

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
If he had entered the room, i …. him

  • A. saw
  • B. had seen
  • C. would have seen
  • D. may see
  • E. will see
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4377

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The horse is a winner, ….

  • A. you can take that from me
  • B. you can say i say so
  • C. you can take my word for it
  • D. it is my word against theirs
  • E. you may or may not believe it
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4378

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
If we went to any European country …. Britain, we should need a substantial amount of money to pay our way

  • A. like
  • B. let us say
  • C. as an example
  • D. like say
  • E. if we say
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4379

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
…., it might not look such a rosy proposition.

  • A. From his viewing proposal
  • B. when he views the proposal
  • C. Having viewed the proposal
  • D. From his point of view
  • E. From his seesing it
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4380

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
Olukayode …. as a mechanic when he was young, but now he is a driver

  • A. had been working
  • B. used to work
  • C. would work
  • D. would have worked
  • E. had worked
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4381

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options
The students …. so much noise while the lecturer had to walk out of the class

  • A. made
  • B. had been making
  • C. were making
  • D. had made
  • E. would have been making
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4382

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
In the past his father used to walk but nowadays he …. to work by bicycles

  • A. was going
  • B. is going
  • C. seldomly goes
  • D. goes
  • E. has gone
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4383

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
By the end of the next semester he …. his University education

  • A. would have completed
  • B. will be completing
  • C. shall have completed
  • D. was completing
  • E. must complete
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4384

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option:
The telephone …. in the nineteenth century and is now used in most countries in the world

  • A. had been invented
  • B. was invented
  • C. would have been invented
  • D. has been invented
  • E. was being invented
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4385

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
The Land Decree does not concern itself with achieving …. in landed property ownership, since those who already own large estates can keep them for good

  • A. equality
  • B. balance
  • C. fifty-fifty
  • D. sanity
  • E. efficiency
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4386

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
Biliaminu sent the expensive present to one Miss Sanda of the United African Organization and not to …. of the Central Bank of Nigeria

  • A. the Miss Sanda
  • B. Miss Sanda
  • C. a Miss Sanda
  • D. one Miss Sanda
  • E. some Miss Sanda
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4387

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
A society …. individuals each of whom has his attributes and distinct characteristics

  • A. is constituted of
  • B. comprises of
  • C. consists of
  • D. contains of
  • E. is made from
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4388

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
In 1966, the Military …. because of the tragic failure of the civilian politicians

  • A. took to power
  • B. undertook power
  • C. marched into power
  • D. came to power
  • E. arrived to power
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4389

Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
The neighbour’s children always make … when she is not at home

  • A. noises
  • B. lots of noise
  • C. plenty of noise
  • D. lots of noise
  • E. a lot of noise
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