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• Question 1781:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  You look very tired, a cup of tea will _____ you some good!

  Options:
  A) make
  B) do
  C) give
  D) set
  E) put
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1782:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:

  The judge blamed the plaintiff for misleading the court

  Options:
  A) defendant
  B) complainant
  C) accused
  D) prosecution
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1783: Mr Solade sent Jimi to Ibadan for the holidays in order to Options:
  A) save Jimi from Wole's bad influence
  B) heed Jimi's request to stay with his friends
  C) allow Jimi spend some time with his friends
  D) allow Jimi to know more about Ibadan
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1784:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:

  The preacher has made good his promise to visit some of his converts today

  Options:
  A) fulfilled
  B) abide to
  C) seen to
  D) accepted
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1785:

  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 1786:

  fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

  _____ Several bad air-crashes recently.

  Options:
  A) There is
  B) They are
  C) There were
  D) There have been
  E) There are
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1787:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  Nigeria is gradually experiencing economic recession?

  Options:
  A) birth
  B) discovery
  C) recovery
  D) destruction
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1788: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:The explosive growth of world population has not been caused by a sudden increase in human fertility Options:
  A) fantastic
  B) gradual
  C) combustible
  D) dangerous
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1789:

  Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

  America is the Mecca of the world

  Options:
  A) America is the commercial garden of the world
  B) America is a beautiful place in the world
  C) America is a place where people like to visit
  D) America accepts assorted races throughout the world
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1790: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s)If we must live together as one people, we must learn to tolerate disparate dispositions? Options:
  A) converging
  B) accommodating
  C) conflicting
  D) opposing
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  The correct answer is A .