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• Question 1281:

  One fact that we have to complement is that, in our unconscious mind, we cannot distinguish between a wish and a deed. We are all aware of some of our illogical dreams in which two completely opposite statements can exist side by side – very acceptable in our dreams but unthinkable and illogical in our waking state. Just as our unconscious mind cannot differentiate between the wish to kill somebody in anger and the act of having done so, the young child is unable to make this distinction. The child who angrily wishes his mother to drop dead for not having gratified his needs will traumatized greatly by the actual death of his mother – even if this event is not linked closely in the time with his destructive wishes. He will always take part of or the whole of the blames for the loss of his mother. He will always say to himself - rarely to others - I did it. I am responsible. I was bad, therefore mummy left me. ‘It is well to remember that the child will react in the same manner if he loses a parent by divorce, separation or desertion.

  Death is often seen by a child as an impermanent thing and has therefore little distinction from a divorce which he may have an opportunity to see the parent again.

  From the child's point of view, in what way is death likened to a divorce? Options:
  A) Both are losses
  B) Both are temporary
  C) Both would involve his mother
  D) He feels responsible in each case
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1282: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.There are several _____. in the farmyard? Options:
  A) sheep
  B) ewe
  C) lamb
  D) goat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1283:

  Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

  I am afraid you cannot use this telephone; it is _____

  Options:
  A) out of order
  B) in order
  C) for order
  D) at order
  E) with order
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1284: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the unerlined word(s).The teacher recounted two events that were analogous with each other? Options:
  A) similar with
  B) distant from
  C) advantageous to
  D) different from
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1285:

  Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questionsAlice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

   

  The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease.

  Options:
  A) Limits
  B) Anticipates
  C) Monitors
  D) Increases
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1286:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  If you are confused_______anything, phone my office.

  Options:
  A) of
  B) with
  C) about
  D) for
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1287:

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

  The new singlet factory is built on the _____ of Aba township

  Options:
  A) outstretch
  B) outskates
  C) outskirts
  D) outskirt
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1288:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  Most of his personal _____ stolen.

  Options:
  A) effects were
  B) affects was
  C) effects was
  D) defects
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1289: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What reward was Omar expecting for his achievement?

  Options:
  A) a bag
  B) a shoe
  C) a phone
  D) a laptop
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1290:

  This question is based on Bolaji Abdullahi's Sweet Sixteen

  KOTLmeans ___________

  Options:
  A) Kiss on the lips
  B) Kiss on the lab
  C) kiss on-top the lips
  D) Kiss on-top the legs
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  The correct answer is A .