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• Question 1861:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  Last week the _____ at the theater was the longest i had ever seen

  Options:
  A) assembly
  B) congregation
  C) convention
  D) audience
  E) crowd
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1862: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word Underlined: The fact that Ruth has inherited her late husband's house is cold comfort to her Options:
  A) appropriate comfort
  B) inadequate comfort
  C) no comfort at all
  D) wet comfort
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1863:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  I am optimistic about the interview though it was a mind-bending exercise.

  Options:
  A) an enervating
  B) a debilitating
  C) a difficult
  D) an easy
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1864:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  The dull students took correspondence course as a means _____ his standard in the class

  Options:
  A) to improve
  B) for improving
  C) of improving
  D) by improving
  E) to improving
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1865:

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

  The _____ of what she was cooking filled the whole compound?

  Options:
  A) fragrance
  B) scent
  C) aroma
  D) smell
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1866:

  Those who are familiar with it will tell you that Ludo, like human life itself, is a game both of chance and skill. You need skill in deciding how to make the most advantageous use of the figures that turn up on the die when you cast it. Since each player has at least four alternative ways of using his figures, two players with equal luck may fare differently, depending on how cleverly each one uses his figures. The element of luck, again as in human life, plays a dominant role however. For no matter how skilful a player may be in using the figures he gets on the die, he has a slim chance of winning if he continually throws low figures. While a combination of ones and twos may be useful in checking the advance of one’s opponents, it will not take one home fast enough to win. On the other hand: consistent throws of sixes and fives with the very minimum of skill, will help a player to home all his four counters before any of the three other players, unless, of course, he has no idea of the game at all.

  In the passage, the possession of skill specifically enables a player to Options:
  A) win
  B) throw good figures
  C) use his figures efficiently
  D) check his opponents effectively
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1867:

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

  Hurt?

  Options:
  A) hut
  B) girl
  C) hate
  D) hot
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1868:

  choose the option with the correct emphatic stress indicated in capital letters from the options lettered A-D

  Conventional

  Options:
  A) conVENtional
  B) CONventional
  C) convenTIOnal
  D) conventioNAL
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1869:

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

  The host insisted on _____ what he called 'a little gift'

  Options:
  A) me to accept
  B) me accepting
  C) my accepting
  D) my acceptance
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1870: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What's the name of Ngozi's hostel?

  Options:
  A) Comrade
  B) Beauty Queen
  C) Queen Ana
  D) Queen Amina
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  The correct answer is D .