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• Question 1981:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  Mr Bello's best advice to Aliya on dating is that

  Options:
  A) gifting doesn't mean true affection
  B) dating can be so distracting
  C) she should wait for the right time
  D) she should never be committed to anyone
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1982:

  In each of the questions, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.The union congratulated the ELECTED president.

  Options:
  A) Did the union reject the elected president?
  B) Did the union congratulate the elected chairman?
  C) Did the management congratulate the elected president?
  D) Did the union congratulate the ousted president?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1983:

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

  Mrs Godwin _____ in this school since 2001.

  Options:
  A) taught
  B) was teaching
  C) teaches
  D) has been teaching.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1984:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.

  The exhibition was an eye opener to all.

  Options:
  A) style
  B) examination
  C) dispatch
  D) display
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1985:

  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

  Which ONE of the following was NOT a reason for using oxygen? Options:
  A) it gave them psychologicl encouragement
  B) it fortified them to live above the limit of natural acclimatization
  C) it protects them against the unexpected changes of the weather
  D) it quickens their journey to the summit
  E) it helps them to survive the worst effects of the weather
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1986:

  Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.

  meditative?

  Options:
  A) meDItative
  B) mediTAtive
  C) MEditative
  D) meditaTIVE
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1987:

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

  The appearance of the pall-bearers was extremely fascinating

  Options:
  A) magnetic
  B) unorganised
  C) interesting
  D) repulsive
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1988:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap.

  Wherever the leader went people struggled to catch a _______ of him.

  Options:
  A) Glimpse
  B) Look
  C) View
  D) Picture
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1989:

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

  In may 1978 the rain fell incessantly and made life drab

  Options:
  A) at intervals
  B) recurrently
  C) repeatedly
  D) concurrently
  E) continously
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1990:

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

  The police ran the criminal to earth

  Options:
  A) jailed him
  B) knocked him down
  C) discovered him
  D) buried him
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  The correct answer is C .