If my father had not arrived, I would have starved. This sentence means
- A. My father did arrive and I didn't starve
- B. I had to starve because my father didn't come
- C. my father didn't arrive and I didn't starve
- D. I should have starved but I didn't
- E. I had starved before my father arrived
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Mr. Jack could be a successful businessman if he paid more attention to the more intricate aspects of his account
- A. Mr Jack will undoubtedly succeed
- B. Mr Jack cannot succeed
- C. Jack will have a very good chance of succeeding
- D. Mr. Jack will find it difficult to succeed
- E. Mr Jack will succeed in spite of all odds
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Mrs. Dada has been deserted by her husband because he feels she has a heart of stone
- A. she has a heavy heart
- B. she has little warmth of feeling
- C. she has a hard heart
- D. she is hard hearted
- E. she has a strong heart
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The traffic situation in Lagos can lead to disastrous consequences; a man lost a very lucrative job because he was held up by it.
- A. confused
- B. delayed
- C. annoyed
- D. intrigued
- E. obstructed
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The state government appointed a commission of inquiry to go into the community’s complaints carefully and without prejudice
- A. investigate
- B. search
- C. look for
- D. account for
- E. ascertain
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Being an optimist, our professor always sees the bright side of most things
- A. charming
- B. illumined
- C. brilliant
- D. pleasing
- E. cheerful
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The result of his experiment represents a break through in medical science
- A. an outstanding success
- B. catastrophe
- C. an end to such experiments
- D. breaking point
- E. a colossal failure
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He was appointed specifically to put the recruits through
- A. assign them to work
- B. train them
- C. discipline them
- D. assist them at work
- E. supervise them at work
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The balance sheet at the end of the business year shows that we broke even
- A. lost heavily
- B. made profit
- C. neither lost nor gained
- D. had no money to continue business
- E. were heavily indebted to our bankers
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All his plans fell through
- A. failed
- B. were accomplished
- C. had to be reviewed
- D. were rejected
- E. fell
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The bill has to wait as we are now insolvent
- A. overworked
- B. bankrupt
- C. unsettled
- D. insoluble
- E. affluent
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There is some obvious symmetry in the whole presentation
- A. confusion
- B. hesitation
- C. excitement
- D. orderliness
- E. dissatisfaction
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His jail terms were to run concurrently
- A. simultaneously
- B. uniformly
- C. laboriously
- D. consecutively
- E. judiciously
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From the ways my friend talks, you can see he is such a bore
- A. rude
- B. brilliant
- C. uninteresting
- D. overbearing
- E. humorous
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The leader in today’s issue of our popular newspaper focuses on inflation
- A. president
- B. headline
- C. editorial
- D. columnist
- E. proprietor
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He spoke with his heart in his mouth
- A. courageously
- B. with such unusual cowardice
- C. with a lot of confusion in his speech
- D. without being able to make up his mind
- E. with fright and agitation
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Only the small fry gets punished for such social misdemeanours.
- A. small boys
- B. unimportant people
- C. frightened people
- D. frivolous people
- E. inexperienced people
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In the match against the uplanders team, the sub mariners turned out to be the dark horse
- A. played most brilliantly
- B. played below their usual form
- C. won unexpectedly
- D. lost as expected
- E. won as expected