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• Question 1821: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.The adventurers run into many _____ in the forest? Options:
  A) dear
  B) dears
  C) deers
  D) deer
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1822:

  In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:

  'To ask after a friend' is to

  Options:
  A) Ask questions about the friend
  B) inquire about the friend's welfare
  C) go after the friend
  D) like the friend
  E) tak after the friend
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1823:

  From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:

  Had he known that it would rain, he _____ his umbrella with him.

  Options:
  A) would have taking
  B) was going to take
  C) would be taking
  D) would have taken
  E) would take
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1824:

  As the stranger approached, shola noticed that he was handsome and her excitement increased. It was of such a man she had dreamt. He had fine, arrogant carriage, like a soldier or someone in authority. When he reached the end of the pier, he addressed them in a rich, deep voice that disturbed her as the voluptuous rising of the tide had gone.

  ‘You’re Tunde Onu, I’m told’, he said to her father.

  ‘That’s right, said her father.

  ‘The bus conductor told me you take people to the islands’, the man continued. I’d like to go there if you can take me.

  Her father examined the man from head to foot, shrewdly measuring his capacity to pay. Then he said:

  ‘When were you thinking of going?’

  ‘Right away’.

  ‘That’s different story, for my boatman is gone to Badagry and he won’t be back before nightfall.

  ‘Oh!’ said the stranger. That’s too bad. You couldn’t get someone else instead of him?

  ‘I would have to think hard’, he said gloomily, for its not everyone would do for the job of going with me beyond the bay to the islands at this time of the year.

  Shola understood her father’s manoeuvre and felt ashamed.

  Which of the following is NOT true of the passage? Options:
  A) shola did not approve of her father's behaviour towards the stranger
  B) shola's father could roe the stranger to the islands aolne had he wished
  C) shola's father exaggerated the difficulties in order to raise his fee
  D) shola had recently been disturbed by the tide
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1825:

  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 1826: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).His success may be described as a Pyrrhic victory? Options:
  A) costly
  B) a deserving victory
  C) an easy victory
  D) indecisive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1827:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one provided
  /θ/

  Options:
  A) without
  B) health
  C) mouth
  D) neither
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1828:

  From the list of words or group of wordslettered A to D, choose the one that is mostnearest opposite in meaning to the underlined word or group of words and that will, at the same time correctly fill in the gap in the sentence.

  The University has a large intake, very few ________ take place

  Options:
  A) turnouts
  B) rejections
  C) explusions
  D) obstructions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1829: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Who narrated the story of ''the quiet one'' to Ummi?

  Options:
  A) Hakimi
  B) the people of Lafayette
  C) Zaki
  D) Ummi's husband
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1830:

  Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the option. Conspiracy.

  Options:
  A) CONspiracy.
  B) conspiRAcy.
  C) conspiraCY
  D) conSPI racy.
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  The correct answer is D .