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• Question 911:

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

  His power supply was _____ from the mains because he did not pay his electricity bill

  Options:
  A) blown out
  B) cut off
  C) put off
  D) put out
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 912:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentences:

  It was a long poem but he learnt it _____

  Options:
  A) off head
  B) in memory
  C) by heart
  D) at heart
  E) from memory
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 913: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). The poor widow who could not buy the clothes was seen _____ her wool into _____ yesterday? Options:
  A) to spin / yards
  B) spinning / yarn
  C) making / tailoring
  D) to spil / clothes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 914: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.A wide range of options _____ made available to the political parties during the recently concluded elections? Options:
  A) are
  B) were
  C) was
  D) is
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 915:

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

  You think she hasn't got any friends? Of course she's got _____

  Options:
  A) many more
  B) quite much
  C) quite a few
  D) few
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 916:

  choose the option nearly opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined

  Insecurity has escalated since the present government came into power.

  Options:
  A) abated
  B) increased
  C) proliferated
  D) metamorphosed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 917:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...16...] above. Options:
  A) underrates
  B) overrates
  C) outclassess
  D) outfits
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 918:

  The primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the words lettered A to D choose the one that has the correct stress.
  category

  Options:
  A) cat-e-GO-ry
  B) CAT-e-go-ry
  C) cat-e-go-RY
  D) cat-E-go-ry
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 919: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:The newly elected leader has pledge to ensure better life for the citizens Options:
  A) vowed
  B) agreed
  C) undertaken
  D) undertaking
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 920:

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

  The pressman said that his interview with the Presidents was off the record.

  Options:
  A) not written on government record books
  B) not intended for publication
  C) not taped
  D) written elsewhere other than the government records
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  The correct answer is B .