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• Question 321:

  Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:

  It is difficult these days to get a seat _____ the plane in spite of a confirmed booking

  Options:
  A) inside
  B) in
  C) on
  D) upon
  E) into
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 322:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  The young lady decided to _____

  Options:
  A) do away with the many advices given by her relatives
  B) reject all the advices given by her relations
  C) take to all the advice given by her relations
  D) take to all the advices given by her relations
  E) eject all the advice given by her relatives
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 323: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:The government is making concerted efforts at providing essential social facilities in the rural areas. Options:
  A) dissipated
  B) unconcerned
  C) unsuccessful
  D) uncontrolled
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 324:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  It is entirely up to you to make a profession of your faith

  Options:
  A) confess your belief
  B) turn your faith into a business
  C) deny your faith
  D) loudly proclaim your religion
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 325:

  Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questionsAlice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

   

  No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

  Options:
  A) Denies
  B) Claims
  C) Rejects
  D) Imagines
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 326:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  Measures were taken to authenticate the number of the booklets received?

  Options:
  A) reaffirm
  B) discredit
  C) discountenance
  D) count
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 327:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  My advice to Tolu was: Look before you leap?

  Options:
  A) Tolu was advised to consider her opinons before reaching any decisions
  B) Tolu was advised to consider the possible consequences before taking action
  C) Tolu was advised to weigh her decisions by looking and leaping
  D) Tolu was advised to leap only after looking
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 328:

  complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

  He told me to go on _____ till seven

  Options:
  A) to work
  B) worked
  C) works
  D) working
  E) work
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 329:

  In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :

  Adaobi is contemptuous _____ dishonest people

  Options:
  A) to
  B) at
  C) for
  D) of
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 330:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  Many species in creation have mutated over the years into new forms of life _____ ?

  Options:
  A) stablized
  B) manifested
  C) transformed
  D) standardized
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  The correct answer is A .