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• Question 1151: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).He isn't coming home, is he? _____ he isn't Options:
  A) yes
  B) no
  C) why
  D) now
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1152:

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

  The attitude of my students to _____ baffles me

  Options:
  A) pronunciation
  B) pronounciation
  C) pronouceation
  D) pronounceation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1153:

  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

  Options:
  A) saw
  B) had seen
  C) would have seen
  D) may see
  E) will see
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1154:

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

  What bothered me about the lecture was that the speaker _____ too many irrelevant works

  Options:
  A) slighted
  B) sighted
  C) sited
  D) cited
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1155:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  I had hardly _____ down to sleep when i heard the gunshot?

  Options:
  A) lay
  B) lied
  C) lain
  D) laid
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1156:

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

  You could see that Akpan did not give his evidence _____

  Options:
  A) honestly completely
  B) complete honestly
  C) honest completely
  D) completely honestly
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1157:

  In the passage below, the numbered gaps (11-20) indicate missing words. From the options lettered A- Ethe most appropriate option.

  The head of the -11- is called the queen bee. She is -12-than the rest of the bees. Her main task in the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the other bees are the -13- bees. These bees collect nectar and -14- from flowers. The nectar that iscarried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then -15- into honey. The worker bees also help to look after the young bees. As soon as they are -16-, the worker bees feed the young bees with pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the colony is the -17- or male bee. The main task of such a bee is to -18- with a new queen. The queen bee has a life span of about three years. During this period, she would have -19- more than half a million eggs. When the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This new queen will eventually take over the duties of the old queen when the -20- dies.

  In question number 20above choose the best option from letters A- Ethat best complete the gap

  Options:
  A) former
  B) latter
  C) earlier
  D) bee
  E) princess
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1158:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  Mr. Adeyemo is quite a conceited young man?

  Options:
  A) a resourceful
  B) an experience
  C) a practical
  D) an unassuming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1159: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined: What he received from the visitors was invaluable Options:
  A) priceless
  B) worthless
  C) valueless
  D) costly
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1160:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  Tosin refused to be _____ though he has written the same examination three times

  Options:
  A) sad
  B) placated
  C) frustrated
  D) indifferent
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  The correct answer is C .