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• Question 1891:

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

  They show no fitness in dealing with strangers?

  Options:
  A) boldness
  B) kindness
  C) tact
  D) love
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1892: Choose the option that best complete the gap. What is the jury's _____ the matter. Options:
  A) Verdict with.
  B) Verdict on.
  C) Verdict at.
  D) Verdict from.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1893:

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

  After months of tedious climbing, the team reached the _____ of the mountain

  Options:
  A) end
  B) summit
  C) height
  D) terminal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1894: Everybody hates _____ kept waiting Options:
  A) be
  B) being
  C) to be
  D) for being
  E) in being
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1895:

  From the options, choose the word(s) that best fill(s) the gap.

  If the armed robbers _____ caught, they would have been lynched.

  Options:
  A) would be
  B) have been
  C) are
  D) had been
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1896: Choose the option that best complete the gap. when the strike is over, there will probably be an increase in wages and a _____ increase in prices. Options:
  A) Chronic.
  B) Sporadic.
  C) Concordant.
  D) Concurrent.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1897:

  Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence:

  The letter was being written by the principal.

  Options:
  A) The letter had been written by the principal
  B) The principal was writing the letter
  C) The principal wanted to write the letter
  D) The principal wrote the letter
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1898:

  In this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  If he were here, it could be more fun.

  Options:
  A) He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun
  B) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion
  C) There was no fun because he was not present
  D) He was being expected to supply more fun
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1899: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).Events in South Africa indicate a kind of political renascence? Options:
  A) rejuvenation
  B) decline
  C) turbulence
  D) upheaval
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1900:

  These two factors the altitude and the weather, tend separately and together to defeat the climber. The height weakens, slows him down; it forces him to spend days and nights in the courses of his assault on the summit; the weather, besides adding to the demand of his energy and moral fortitude, conspires to deny him the time he needs to complete his mission. Whereas in lower mountains and on easy ground the weather may be no more than a handicap, in the high Himalayas it is decisive, regardless of terrain.

  The deduction to be drawn from these two factors is was clear enough. We must either so fortify ourselves that we could continue, without detriment, to live and have our being above the limit of natural acclimatization, or, better still, we must solve the problem of speed. It was desirable; in fact, that we must meet both these requirements and thus give to those chosen to attempt the summit and to their supporting teams some measures of insurance against the vagaries of the weather, for safety in mountain climbing is as much a matter of swiftness as of sureness of foot. Either or both could be achieved only by the administration of oxygen in sufficient quantities to make up for the deficiency in the air, and for the duration of the upward journey above the limit of successful acclimatization

  The author believes that to overcome the problem of altitude and weather the climber needs mainly Options:
  A) courage and speed
  B) energy and moral fortitude
  C) sufficient quantity of oxygen
  D) swiftness and sureness of foot
  E) quick acclimatization
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  The correct answer is C .