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• Question 341:

  Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one in bracket, from questions below

  G[ua]rantee

  Options:
  A) plait
  B) far
  C) guard
  D) aunt
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 342: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:The lawyer told the court some unsavoury details about the case Options:
  A) unworthy
  B) unitelligible
  C) unpleeasant
  D) uninteresting
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 343:

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

  Had he come that day, the problem would still not have been solved

  Options:
  A) He came that day, but the problem was not solved
  B) He did not come that day, but the problem was solved
  C) He did not come that day, and the problem was not solved
  D) He did not come that day, but his presence would not have solved the problem
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 344:

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

  They often quarrelled before leaving the house but made it up by the time they returned home

  Options:
  A) added it up
  B) reconciled
  C) fell out
  D) compounded the problem
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 345:

  choose the option nearly opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined

  It is embarrassing to accept our mistakes and tender an apology.

  Options:
  A) acceptable
  B) honourable
  C) detestable
  D) pardonable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 346:

  This passage sums up the problems peculiar to the book trade make it different from any other trade-the problem of selection and the problem of sticking. How is the bookseller to tell what, in an enormous output, will prove sale-able before the full weight of unsold items affects the balance of his business and how is he at the same time to hold a stock large enough to enable the public to choose freely? He may seek to escape from this dilemma by becoming the passive sales representative of large publishing houses or distribution networks but he is then no longer a book seller. He may take refuge in the sale of items to a restricted circle of customers but he thereby cuts himself of from all that is vital in his trade and dooms himself to mediocrity and stagnation. On the other hand, he may protect his business from the danger of idle stock by speculating on the latest publication but this is a dangerous game in that it implies a constantly changing clientele: readers remain faithful to their own discoveries and failure to follow up a book an author or a type of literature means dismissing the public responsible for their success.

  This brings us back to the fact that books are indefinable. The story is told of a certain country with a great many generals where it was decided to present a rare and valuable edition of an old book to a general about to retire. The old soldier looked at the volume and remarked, ‘A book? What’s the point? I’ve already got one!’

  The problem of selection in the book trade involves Options:
  A) holding a stock large enough for the public to choose from
  B) determing which books will sell fast
  C) being a sales representative of large publishing houses
  D) being able to review the lastest publications
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 347: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).The minister addressed the workers to boost their _____ ? Options:
  A) morale
  B) morality
  C) mural
  D) moral
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 348:

  Read the passage and choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Just after ...1..... the aircraft gave a shudder and coughed. The pilot, from the ..2...... activated the emergency sheet to cover the improperly secured left rear ....3.... At the same time, he pushed a button on the panel to activate automatic turning, and the airplane ....4.... north-east He called the control ....5.... to report the misshaped requested clearance for emergency ....6....The plane circled the airport and prepared to return to the airport it had just left. Moments later, the aircraft ....7....to stop on a ....8.... ....9.... in oilskin ran in the light drizzle and were soon perched on the ....10.... of the plane, from where they began their inspection.

  The pilot, from the .....2... activated the emergency sheet

  Options:
  A) cabin
  B) cubicle
  C) cockpit
  D) cab
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 349:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  I am happy to inform you that your boys are conscientious

  Options:
  A) industrious
  B) carefree
  C) careful
  D) corrupt
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 350:

  For this question, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  The nation is in a period of economic flux

  Options:
  A) modification
  B) change
  C) fluidity
  D) stability
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  The correct answer is D .