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• Question 3941:

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

  Ngozi has always considered her father to be an impassioned man?

  Options:
  A) Her father is a very strict man
  B) Her father is a very lively man
  C) Her father is an emotional man
  D) Her father is a disciplined man
  E) Her father is a disciplinarian
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3942:

  From the list of words or group of wordslettered A to D, choose the one that is mostnearest 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.

  The University has a large intake, very few ________ take place

  Options:
  A) turnouts
  B) rejections
  C) explusions
  D) obstructions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3943:

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

  Ijeoma counted her chickens before they were hatched. This means that Ijeoma

  Options:
  A) regarded each egg as a chicken
  B) hatched the egg prematurely
  C) assumed that her expectation had already been realized
  D) protected her eggs from breaking
  E) insured the eggs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3944:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  I can always depend _____ my father for my survival.

  Options:
  A) on
  B) in
  C) upon
  D) by
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3945: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Emeka's painting was so realistic that it could almost have been a photograph? Options:
  A) pictureque
  B) concrete
  C) lively
  D) authentic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3946:

  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’.

  'Passes by your ears' in the passage means Options:
  A) piercing through your ears
  B) listening eagerly
  C) making no impression
  D) accepting the truth
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3947:

  After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentences is given. Choose the interpretation that youconsider most appropriate for each sentence.

  The appearance which the famous actor made last month was his swan song. This meant that_________

  Options:
  A) the actor sang beautifully during the play
  B) the play was postponed because of the actor's non-appearance
  C) the play was the actor's last appearance before he died
  D) the last play was the actors best performance
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3948:

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

  Disgruntled people are indifferent to any plans to rid the society of evil

  Options:
  A) different from
  B) diffirent about
  C) in agreement with
  D) interested in
  E) opposed to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3949:

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

  Most of the latest actions are militant in nature.

  Options:
  A) commanding
  B) civil
  C) zealous
  D) passionate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3950:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  The author of The Life Changer holds a degree in ______

  Options:
  A) BSc (Ed) Mathematics
  B) BA (Ed) English Language
  C) BA (Ed) Economics
  D) BA Mass Communication
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  The correct answer is A .