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• Question 1881:

  In each of this question choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  The accused was eventually convicted.

  Options:
  A) consequently
  B) subsequently
  C) finially
  D) lntially
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1882:

  Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).

  Everybody is allowed to _____ his view on state matters?

  Options:
  A) air
  B) hear
  C) show
  D) share
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1883:

  The main source of -1- (A. Production B. Revenue C .development D. capital) to the government is -2-(A. planning B. budgeting C. Taxation .investment),which can be direct or indirect. while the former is based on one’s -3-(A. income B. profits C. services D. wealth),the latter is imposed on goods and -4-(A. re-numeration B. surpluses C. resources D. services) and it is paid only we these are -5- (A. supplied B. produced C. distributed D. bought) other sources includes -6- (A. compensation B. Benefits C. gratitude’s D. loyalties) such as those paid by mining companies, and sales of -7- (A. charges B. duties C. bills D. licenses ) for dogs,guns,hotels, etc .another major source is -8- (A. investment B. banking C .interest D. borrowing ) which is different from the other because it as to be repaid. From these and other sources, government is able to raise -9-(A. loans B. capitals C. money D. grant) with which it carries out its -10- (A. jobs B. necessities c. investments D. functions), which include administration and the -11- (A. settlement B. provision C. embarking D. commitment) of social services. Besides, it is able to control the country’s -12- (A. accounts B. budgets C. prices D. economy) by imposing taxes sometimes to prevent -13-(A. deflation B. monopoly C. inflation D. depression) or by altering pattern of -14- (A. consumption B. production C. development D. growth) through the raising of -15- (a. subsidy B. discount C. commission D. duty) against certain foreign goods.

  Read the passage carefully and answer the question labeled 4. Options:
  A) re-numeration
  B) surpluses
  C) resources
  D) services
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1884:

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

  Bobrisky is a fashion victim

  Options:
  A) he/she likes fashionable things more than anything else
  B) he/she dresses gorgeously without any fitting
  C) he/she wears low quality dresses of his/her pauperized status
  D) he/she likes things that are indisputably translucent
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1885:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  Abba became _____ about his in ability to pass the examination.

  Options:
  A) despondent
  B) disenchated
  C) dogmatic
  D) joyful
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1886: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The government warns that drink-driving is punishable under the law? Options:
  A) a drunkard driving can be punished
  B) driving while drunk is an offence
  C) driving while drunking can be punished
  D) drinking and driving is an offence
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1887:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  The police described the boy as being_______hand.

  Options:
  A) over at
  B) out of
  C) on by
  D) up to
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1888:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  According to Salma, No man was worthy to be called a man except ____

  Options:
  A) her husband
  B) her boyfriend
  C) her brothers
  D) her father
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1889:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  You are just the hat on _____.

  Options:
  A) don't you
  B) isn't it
  C) arent you
  D) not so
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1890:

  Bridget denied that she wasn't there. This means that

  Options:
  A) She confessed that she wasn't there
  B) She owned up not to be there
  C) She maintained she was there
  D) She maintained she wasn't there
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  The correct answer is C .