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• Question 4161:

  Is work for prisoners a privilege to save them from the demoralizing effects and misery of endless unoccupied hour? Is it something added to a prison sentence to make it harder and more unpleasant, or something which should have a positive value as part of a system of rehabilitation?

  Those magistrates who clung to a sentence of hard labour doubtless looked upon strenuous work as an additional punishment. This point of view is widely accepted as right and proper, but it ignores the fact that unwillingness to work is often one of the immediate causes of criminality. To send prisoners back to the outside world, more than ever convinced that labour is an evil to be avoided, it to confirm them in their old way of life. It has been said that the purposed of prison work in a programme of rehabilitation is twofold: training for work and training by work. The prisoner, that is to say, needs to be trained in habits of industry; but over and above this, he will gain immeasurably if it is possible to rouse in him the consciousness of self-mastery and of purpose that the completion of any worthwhile piece of work can give to the doer. He may find the pride of achievement in something more satisfying, and more socially desirable, than crime. But these things can only come when the work itself has a purpose and demands an effort.

  The author thinks that strenuous work in prison Options:
  A) is a privilege for the prisoners
  B) may do more harm than good
  C) is part of their punishment
  D) is a right and proper thing
  E) should be an additional punishment
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4162: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. The dispute between the two countries has resulted in the severing of diplomatic relations. Options:
  A) Strenghtening.
  B) Breaking.
  C) Securing.
  D) Swapping.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4163:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  The School Board has placed an order for _____

  Options:
  A) all the furnitures and equipments required in the new schools
  B) all the furniture and equipment required in the new schools
  C) all of the furniture and equipments required in the new school
  D) many of the furnitures and equipment required in the new school
  E) many of the furnitures and equipments required in the new schools
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4164:

  In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:

  I told you, you would miss the bus. You _____ left home earlier

  Options:
  A) can't have
  B) must have
  C) will have
  D) should have
  E) had to have
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4165:

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

  The _____ robber showed no mercy during the attack?

  Options:
  A) loquacious
  B) senseless
  C) ruthless
  D) benevolent
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4166:

  complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

  They said that _____ about 20 candidates for the job of a shorthand typist

  Options:
  A) they were
  B) it will be
  C) there were
  D) it was
  E) there are
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4167:

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

  What is Ummi's Occupation?

  Options:
  A) Trader
  B) Teacher
  C) Business woman
  D) Nurse
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4168:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  The man would not withdraw what he had said?

  Options:
  A) take back
  B) take out
  C) take away
  D) take from
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4169:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phase in italics.
  His taciturnity amazed everyone in the court during the legal tussle.

  Options:
  A) obliviousness
  B) reticence
  C) sensibility
  D) pervasiveness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4170:

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

  _______ woman was attacked by a group of bandits

  Options:
  A) a 90- years old
  B) a 90-year old
  C) a 90 years-old
  D) a 90 year-old
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  The correct answer is B .