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• Question 481:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  I sent _____ news to the press yesterday

  Options:
  A) a parcel of
  B) a flash of
  C) an item of
  D) a number of
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 482: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.The editor was not happy that the Nigerian press was hemmed _____ ? Options:
  A) up
  B) over
  C) across
  D) in
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 483:

  LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL FORMS

  In each of this question select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  He is clinging child.

  Options:
  A) he is possessive
  B) he likes to cling with his sister.
  C) he is a bully
  D) he is a handsome young man
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 484:

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

  Instead of _____, she lied?

  Options:
  A) pleading
  B) her to plead
  C) her pleading
  D) plead
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 485:

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

  The commission was set up to enquire _____ the general conditions of child abuse in such institution

  Options:
  A) at
  B) from
  C) after
  D) before
  E) into
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 486:

  For this question, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  The film was shot in decrepit police station.

  Options:
  A) an improved
  B) a damaged
  C) an impoverished
  D) a dilapidated
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 487: Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Ohiokhen had a brainwave as to how she could deal with the problem? Options:
  A) an imagination
  B) a desire
  C) a headache
  D) an idea
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 488: From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. The principal went to buy some... for the physics laboratory. Options:
  A) equipment
  B) pieces of equipments
  C) equipments
  D) items of equipments
  E) list of equipments
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 489:

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

  Note that only senior members of staff have the _____ of using the toilet upstairs

  Options:
  A) permission
  B) occasion
  C) privilege
  D) habit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 490:

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

  My spell in the university was an unmitigated disaster

  Options:
  A) an unavoidable
  B) a painful
  C) a regrettable
  D) an unqualified
  E) an unfortunate
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  The correct answer is D .