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• Question 371:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  _____ he would have been convicted?

  Options:
  A) if he did this
  B) if he could do this
  C) if he were doing this
  D) if he had done this
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 372:

  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.

  The work of art is the outcome of a dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist' means that Options:
  A) the artist is influenced both by the society and by own creative imagination
  B) there is an irreconcilable conflict that society makes on him
  C) the artist subordinates his individual talent to the demands of the society
  D) few works of art are entirely original
  E) the individual artist needs to be informed about the traditions of the society
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 373:

  From the list of words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearest opposite in meaning to the underlined word or group of words and that will, at the same time correctly fill in the gap in the sentence.

  Although Chide's manners are quite refined, his colleagues are rather ___________

  Options:
  A) bold
  B) crude
  C) hostile
  D) rash
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 374:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  The witness decided to conceal the evidence?

  Options:
  A) walve
  B) divulge
  C) hide
  D) destory
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 375:

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

  Okibe was rusticated for his [derogatory] remark about the principal

  Options:
  A) complimentary
  B) unwarranted
  C) lack luster
  D) unsavoury
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 376: Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others? Options:
  A) deep
  B) lease
  C) meet
  D) lace
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 377:

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

  _____ been there to look several times without success?

  Options:
  A) He' II
  B) He's
  C) Is he
  D) He is
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 378: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) impound
  B) subject (verb)
  C) canoe
  D) knowledge
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 379:

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

  We have to identify the protagonists of the new movement

  Options:
  A) enemies
  B) leading figures
  C) oponents
  D) believers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 380: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.Our culture does not allow one to _____. when an elderly person is speaking? Options:
  A) cut of
  B) cut off
  C) cut in
  D) cut on
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  The correct answer is C .