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• Question 1881: The speculation amongst the students of Forcados High School was that Jimi was dating Options:
  A) Risikat
  B) Joke
  C) Caro
  D) Efua
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1882:

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

  The house-wife was hard up before the end of each month

  Options:
  A) upset
  B) penniless
  C) borrowing
  D) in no need
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1883:

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

  He _____ by now, i can hear all the people shouting

  Options:
  A) would have arrived
  B) must have arrived
  C) has arrived
  D) should have arrived
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1884:

  Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

  The state government appointed a commission of inquiry to go into the community's complaints carefully and without prejudice

  Options:
  A) investigate
  B) search
  C) look for
  D) account for
  E) ascertain
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1885:

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

  If i went to the cinema i _____ early

  Options:
  A) shall return
  B) am returning
  C) would return
  D) had return
  E) may return
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1886: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.Didn't ______ draw your attention to the entry requirements? Options:
  A) anyone
  B) someone
  C) somebody
  D) everyone
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1887:

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

  I have refused to give him my pen because I don’t want him to ….. it again.

  Options:
  A) Loss
  B) Loose
  C) Lose
  D) Lost
  E) Lend
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1888:

  choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the letter(s) underlined from the options lettered A-E

  Head

  Options:
  A) bead
  B) red
  C) rear
  D) stir
  E) heel
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1889: Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others? Options:
  A) interlocutor
  B) Opportunity
  C) Ambiguity
  D) Actualization
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1890:

  Professor Ikin emerged from the charm incident a changed man. During the preceding months when his wife had talked persistently about Dr. Okoro and his American friends he had paid little heed to her. He assumed that nagging was her way of life. Dr. Okoro did not constitute a threat to him; they were not in the same department so they could not be competing for the headship of the department. Even if they thought the same subject, Okoro could surely not deem to be a rival to him. He was an Associate Professor while Okoro had only just become a Lecturer Grade II. If he had yielded to his father’s pressure to marry early he might have produced a child as old as Dr. Okoro. Two member of the Provisional Council had had intentionally dropped broad hints that he was lined up to take over from Dr. Wilson as Vice Chancellor. He did not therefore need to any more notice of Dr. Okoro’s attitude towards him than a cow take notice of a fly perching on its back.

  It was true Dr. Okoro got on well with the Americans who happened to be at the helm of the affair of Songhai. But what could they do for him? At best, in the teeth of strong opposition from all quarters, they could make him a Senior Lecturer. Even that will require the approval of the Provisional Council, and Okoro should not take for granted that half the members would not accept him as a child born today who would attain full maturity tomorrow. Professor Ikin knew what displeased the Americans about him – it was his lack of a Ph.D., but he hoped that over the years they would learn to judge a man by what he produces rather than by the degrees he has accumulated. If they did not, it was just too bad because only an earthquake could move him away from Songhai at such a crucial stage of its development.

  The Americans are displeased with professor Ikin because Options:
  A) he hates Dr. Okoro
  B) he does not like his wife
  C) they see him as not sufficiently, academically qualified
  D) they only like people who worship them
  E) they are at the helm of affairs at Songhai
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  The correct answer is C .