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• Question 1291: Bassey is as hard as nails? Options:
  A) Bassey is very strong
  B) Bassey is very brave
  C) Bassey is determined
  D) Bassey is unsympathetic
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1292: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.If I left the country, I would arrange for my family to join me? Options:
  A) He left the country and his family joined him
  B) In the event of his leaving the country, his family would join him
  C) He did not leave the country and his family did not join him
  D) He may not leave the country
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1293:

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

  Many a man _____ done without milk in _____ tea these days

  Options:
  A) had/their
  B) has/his
  C) have/their
  D) had/his
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1294:

  In the question below fill in the right word/phrase:

  He _____ the book to the library last week

  Options:
  A) has returned
  B) had returned
  C) was returning
  D) returned
  E) was to be returning
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1295:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Caught?

  Options:
  A) hot
  B) water
  C) sup
  D) wrong
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1296:

  In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:

  North Africa is _____ than Northern Europe.

  Options:
  A) hotter
  B) more hot
  C) more hotter
  D) the hottest
  E) hot
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1297:

  In this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The solution lies in choosing between various negative alternatives.

  Options:
  A) The solutions are many
  B) The solution lies in choosing between the positive and negative
  C) The solution can be found in one of the negative options
  D) The solution is a negative one
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1298:

  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.

   

  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.

  Options:
  A) Attracted
  B) Visited
  C) Noticed
  D) Alerted
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1299:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  Did the boys enjoy _____ when they went on vacation?

  Options:
  A) each other
  B) one other
  C) themselves
  D) theirselves
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1300:

  Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

  Options:
  A) embrace
  B) suspect(V)
  C) member
  D) project(V)
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  The correct answer is C .