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• Question 501:

  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.

  Which of these is NOT the purpose of work in a programme of rehabilitation? Options:
  A) training the prisoners to have satisfaction in work
  B) developing in them a pride in sense if achievement
  C) developing in them more satisfaction in work than in crime
  D) helping them to accelerate their reform and discharge
  E) Training them for work and by work
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 502:

  Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence:

  The doctor was very gentle with his patients in the examining room.

  Options:
  A) Harsh
  B) Rude
  C) Rough
  D) Unkind
  E) Callous
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 503: In the book "Independence" Tayo's uncle, Kayode, wanted to study Engineering in _____. Options:
  A) Britain
  B) U.S.A
  C) France
  D) Germany
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 504:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Guard?

  Options:
  A) gourd
  B) guide
  C) argue
  D) chat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 505: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:It was their custom to keep an open house on Sundays Options:
  A) welcome all visitors
  B) keep the shutters open
  C) leave the house open
  D) expose the whole house
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 506:

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

  Many goods _____ tape recorders and cameras find a ready market in every country

  Options:
  A) like
  B) such a
  C) such as
  D) such
  E) as
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 507:

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

  Omar's achievement was by no means a small feat. This means that?

  Options:
  A) Omar's achievement was difficult
  B) His accomplishment was small
  C) Omar's achievement was not as difficult as it seems
  D) His accomplishment was not by a small feat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 508:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  Idakwo ran _____ miss the train?

  Options:
  A) lest he may
  B) lest he should
  C) lest he almost
  D) lest he will
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 509:

  In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :

  The choice to go to the university or not is _____

  Options:
  A) yours'
  B) your
  C) yours
  D) your's
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 510:

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

  The labour leader's recalcitrant stance was applauded?

  Options:
  A) flexible
  B) uncompromising
  C) well-informed
  D) stubborn
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  The correct answer is A .