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1

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

If I_____ you, l would forgive the boy.

  • A. am
  • B. am being
  • C. have been
  • D. was
  • E. were
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2

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

The introduction of religious fanaticism in state affairs is an ill wind that blows no one any good. This means that if is a ……….development.

  • A. Dangerous
  • B. global
  • C. recent
  • D. strange
  • E. tempestuous
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3

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

Many people watched the kidnapper_________ by the angry mob.

  • A. about to lynch
  • B. been lynched
  • C. being lynched
  • D. lynch
  • E. was to be lynched
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4

Choose from the options A to E the one that is NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD.

Some people believe that it is ominous for the dog to bark at night.

  • A. dangerous
  • B. fearful
  • C. frightening
  • D. horrible
  • E. threatening
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5

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

If he_______ there, he would have met him at home

  • A. can go
  • B. goes
  • C. had gone
  • D. went
  • E. would go
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6

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

To keep our bodies healthy, we need a_________ diet.

  • A. Balanced
  • B. complete
  • C. mixed
  • D. nutritious
  • E. proteomics
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7

Choose from the options A to E the one that is NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD.

No sensible government will welcome subversive criticisms from the public.

  • A. destructive
  • B. retrogressive
  • C. substantive
  • D. uncontrolled
  • E. unfair
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8

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

In computing, data is processed to give ___________

  • A. an information
  • B. complete informations
  • C. information
  • D. informations
  • E. many informations
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9

Choose from the options A to E the one that is the MOST APPROPRIATE INTERPRETATION for each of the following statements.
 

The impertinent woman has just left here with her bag and baggage. This means she left with all her________.

  • A. bags and boxes
  • B. clothes and shoes
  • C. jewellery
  • D. luggage
  • E. possessions
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10

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

Wole Soyinka gave his _________country a great award.

  • A. Ethnic
  • B. foreign
  • C. home
  • D. indigenous
  • E. local
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11

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

He denied that he________ the man.

  • A. didnβ€˜t see
  • B. doesn’t see
  • C. had seen
  • D. hadn’t seen
  • E. hasn’t seen
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12

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

The new refinery will turn______ five million barrels of oil daily.

  • A. around
  • B. in
  • C. out
  • D. over
  • E. up
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13

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

The jilted woman eventually found herself at_______.

  • A. a crossroad
  • B. a crossroads
  • C. some crossroads
  • D. the crossroad
  • E. the crossroads
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14

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

It may be unwise to consider any________ man your enemy.

  • A. Moral
  • B. morbid
  • C. mortal
  • D. serious
  • E. total
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15

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

The man said that he________________

  • A. would sleep here a month ago
  • B. will sleep there a month ago
  • C. slept there next week
  • D. had slept there a month before
  • E. sleep here a month ago
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16

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

I am not going to do______________.

  • A. any more work today
  • B. any work more today
  • C. today any more work
  • D. today any work more
  • E. work any more today
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17

Choose from the options A to E the one that is NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD.

The boy is patently a rogue.

  • A. Generally
  • B. habitually
  • C. obviously
  • D. possibly
  • E. probably
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18

Choose from options A to E the one that MOST APPROPRIATELY COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.

Tolu___________ here before my arrival.

  • A. could have leave
  • B. had left
  • C. must had left
  • D. must have to leave
  • E. must leave
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19

Choose from the options A to E the one that is NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED WORD.

The tax rebate was a concession given to the civil servants.

  • A. Discount
  • B. pension
  • C. prize
  • D. relief
  • E. reward
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20

Choose from options A to E the one that is MOST NEARLY OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the underlined word.

He was instructed to catch the thief dead or ______.

  • A. alive
  • B. deceased
  • C. killed
  • D. living
  • E. unconscious
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21

Choose from the options A to E the one that is the MOST APPROPRIATE INTERPRETATION for each of the following statements.
 

After the successful operation, he recovered by leaps and bound.
This means  ___________

  • A. He got well very rapidly
  • B. His well-bound wounds aided his recovery in the middle of the night.
  • C. He did a lot of keep-fit exercises.
  • D. He used to enjoy regularly
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