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• Question 1911:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.Ade: Do you mind if i sit down here?

  Bola: Well, yes I do actually.

  Options:
  A) Bola is reluctantly granting the request
  B) Bola is willingly accepting the request
  C) Bola is certainly rejecting the request
  D) Bola is objecting to the request
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1912:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

  Breeze

  Options:
  A) stress
  B) chess
  C) free
  D) trees
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1913:

  In the following question, choose the option that best completes the sentence.
  The guest would have arrived earlier but he was _______ in traffic.

  Options:
  A) held down
  B) held up
  C) held about
  D) held off
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1914: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The army officer said that more _____ would be needed to prosecute the war? Options:
  A) guerrilas
  B) guerrillas
  C) geurrilas
  D) geurrillas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1915:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:

  We will surely buy this idea of introducing an entirely new product

  Options:
  A) pay for
  B) accept
  C) trade in
  D) barter
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1916:

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

  You should read all the _____ carefully before you decide where to go on holiday?

  Options:
  A) brochures
  B) prospectuses
  C) tickets
  D) handouts
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1917:

  Every artist’s work unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with on need of sales, is to some extent ‘socially conditioned’, He depends upon the approval of his patrons. Social conditioning is of course part of the field of study of the social anthropologist, yet I am not aware that the social conditioning of artists has ever been seriously studied. That such study is needed for the proper appraisal of traditional African art is evident enough when we note the ingenuous assumption, current in many writing on the subject, that the carver’s hand is so closely controlled by the custom of centuries that the credit for any creative imagination which is apparent in his work is due not to him but to the long succession of his predecessors. Of course, there is an element of truth in this view of the tribal as copyist; but it is hardly more valid for the Africa than for the European artist. In both cases the work of art is the outcome of a dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist, and in both the relative strength of these two forces may vary almost infinitely. To assess the personal ingredient in an African carving is no easy matter, especially if one is confronted with a rare or unique piece in an unfamiliar style; but the considerations involved are much the same as those employed in European art criticism.

  Which of the following represents the writer''s view about African art in relation to European art? Options:
  A) The African artist is influenced by his society, but the European artist is not
  B) In both African and European art there is a blend of tradition and indivitual creativity
  C) Although traditional influences can be seen in European art they much less strong than they are in African art
  D) African art is tribal, but European art is not
  E) African artists are more imitative than European artists
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1918:

  In each of the following questions, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable in which it occurs in capital letters. From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress.

  EDUCATION

  Options:
  A) E-du-ca-tion
  B) e-DU-ca-tion
  C) e-du-CA-tion
  D) e-du-ca-TION
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1919: Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).Prestige? Options:
  A) bag
  B) badge
  C) reggae
  D) leisure
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1920: _______your parents frown_______our friendship, we shouldn't see each other anymore. Options:
  A) because/over
  B) since/at
  C) although/at
  D) as/upon
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  The correct answer is B .