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• Question 3601: Can you buy African souvenirs in any other shops? OR _____ can you buy African souvenirs? Options:
  A) What place
  B) Which place
  C) Where
  D) Where else
  E) Wherever
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3602:

  In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:

  It had been raining before the match started, _____ ?

  Options:
  A) isn't it
  B) hasn't it
  C) hadn't it
  D) wasn't it
  E) is it
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3603:

  Choose the one nearest in meaning to the word(s) in bracket

  This type of response is [typical] of a lazy teacher

  Options:
  A) symptomatic
  B) characteristic
  C) universal
  D) incontestable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3604:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:

  Had she known he was a highway robber she would not have married him. This means

  Options:
  A) she married him before she knew he was a robber
  B) she knew he was a robber when she married him
  C) she did not marry him because she was a robber
  D) she refused to marry the man when she knew he was a robbers
  E) she was a robber marrying a highway robber
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3605:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  Uncle Ochai now has enough money to completes his ______ building?

  Options:
  A) two storey
  B) two-storeyed
  C) two-story
  D) two storeyed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3606:

  Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

  Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people's affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news 'value' for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others' their joys and despair then become our own concern.

  Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston

  The word intensity, as used in the passage, means?

  Options:
  A) scheme
  B) flare
  C) instinct
  D) force
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3607:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:

  Ike is head over heels in love with Ngozi. This means that

  Options:
  A) Ike is friendly with Ngozi
  B) Ike is trying to fall in love with Ngozi
  C) Ngozi fell on Ike's heel and both of them fell in love
  D) Ike is madly in love with Ngozi
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3608: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:'This is a miniaturized version of your house' remarked the Architect. Options:
  A) compressed
  B) abridged
  C) decreased
  D) smaller
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3609:

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

  photography?

  Options:
  A) phoTOgraphy
  B) PHOtography
  C) photoGRAphy
  D) photograPHY
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3610:

  Whatever may be its wider implications, the explosion of hydrogen bomb is, for the meteorologist, simply another atmospheric disturbance. It should therefore be classed with certain rare natural...such as volcanic ...12... But there are certain features of a man-made disturbance that requires special examination. As with all events on this ...13...It is impossible to describe what happens in details. However we can be reasonably sure of the main effects, and most impressive of these arises from ...14...The immediate result of the ...15... is that the air surrounding the bomb is raised very rapidly to an enormously high...16... The hot gases expand violently as great....17...compressing the air around them into what is called...18... or blast wave that is responsible for much of terrible destructive power of the weapon.

  Another kind of wave arises because of the weight of the air. The force of the explosion lifts the ...19...waves. Waves of this type are normally felt by human beings and they have their effect on the weather.

  Adapted from Ayoola K.(2007) University for All Students, Lagos, Nigeria: Olive Free Venture

  Choose the most appropriate answer in the numbered 19 Options:
  A) atmosphere
  B) space
  C) height
  D) form
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  The correct answer is B .