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• Question 3871:

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

  The corrupt official had to leave the public service willy-nilly

  Options:
  A) unprepared
  B) reluctantly
  C) willingly
  D) compulsorily
  E) by retirement
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3872: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.Neither Agbo nor his parents _____ the meetings now? Options:
  A) attended
  B) attend
  C) has attended
  D) attends
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3873: Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Members of the panel were working at cross purposes? Options:
  A) in harmony
  B) in disunity
  C) for selfish purposes
  D) for selfless purpose
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3874:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

  It is time we _____ this irresponsible member

  Options:
  A) expel
  B) are to expel
  C) will expel
  D) are expelling
  E) expelled
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 3875:

  You all know how friendly we are with Okperi. Do you think that any Umuaro man who goes to prison there will come back alive? But that apart, do you forget that this is the moon of planting? Do you want to grow this year’s crops in the prison house in a land where your fathers owe a cow? I speak as your elder brother. I have travelled in Olu and I have travelled in Igbo and I can tell you that there is no escape from the white man. He has come when suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat left for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. The white man is like that. Before any of you here was old enough to tie a cloth between the legs I saw with my own eyes what the white man did to Abame. Then I knew there was no escape. As day light chases away darkness so will the white man drive away all our customs. I know that as I say it now it passes by your ears, but it will happen. The white man has power which comes from the true God and it burns like fire. This is the God about whom we preach every eighth day………..

  Unachukwu’s opponents were now shouting that this was a meeting of an age group that they had not assembled to join with him in chewing the seed of foolishness which they called their new religion.

  ‘We are talking about the white man’s road’ said a voice above the others.

  ‘Yes, we are talking about the white man’s road. But when the roof and walls of a house fall in, the ceiling is not left standing. The white man, the new religion, the soldiers, the new road-they are all part of the same thing. The white man has a gun, a machete, a bow and carries fire in his mouth. He does not fight with one weapon alone’.

  The dominant subject of this passage is the Options:
  A) white man's road
  B) new religion
  C) white man's influence
  D) white man's weapons
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3876:

  Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :

  Whenever I travel abroad, I always bring, on my return, photographs, postcards, and other small items as souvenirs

  Options:
  A) Mementoes
  B) Remembrance
  C) Memorials
  D) Memorables
  E) Property
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3877: Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.sufficiency Options:
  A) sufFIciency
  B) SUFFiciency
  C) sufficienCY
  D) suffiCIENcy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3878:

  Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:

  Politicians and holders of political appointments are generally assumed to be cunning:

  Options:
  A) kind
  B) straightforward
  C) generous
  D) even handed
  E) sly
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3879:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  Adekunle is prepared for a _____ with his opponent following his defeat last season

  Options:
  A) show-off
  B) show-down
  C) show-out
  D) show up
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3880:

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

  Though a brilliant student, Binta lost her tongue when she was asked to give the vote of thanks at the end of the Governor's visit to her school.

  Options:
  A) became dumb
  B) became deaf and dumb
  C) said nothing because she was shy
  D) forgot her native language
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  The correct answer is C .