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• Question 921:

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

  The agency has sworn to deal with all the apostles of confederation?

  Options:
  A) opponents
  B) apostates
  C) proponents
  D) protagonists
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 922:

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

  The government has provided new _____ for the local government polls

  Options:
  A) guard lines
  B) guide lines
  C) guardlines
  D) guidelines
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 923:

  Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

  He spoke with his heart in his mouth

  Options:
  A) courageously
  B) with such unusual cowardice
  C) with a lot of confusion in his speech
  D) without being able to make up his mind
  E) with fright and agitation
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 924:

  Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :

  The president of our club has sent his regrets. He may be unable to attend the next meeting.

  Options:
  A) Confusion
  B) Explanations
  C) Anxieties
  D) Unhappiness
  E) Apologies
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 925:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s):

  We stood up when the principal came in, _______?

  Options:
  A) isn't it
  B) didn't we
  C) not so
  D) did us
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 926:

  Every artist’s work unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with on need of sales, is to some extent ‘socially conditioned’, He depends upon the approval of his patrons. Social conditioning is of course part of the field of study of the social anthropologist, yet I am not aware that the social conditioning of artists has ever been seriously studied. That such study is needed for the proper appraisal of traditional African art is evident enough when we note the ingenuous assumption, current in many writing on the subject, that the carver’s hand is so closely controlled by the custom of centuries that the credit for any creative imagination which is apparent in his work is due not to him but to the long succession of his predecessors. Of course, there is an element of truth in this view of the tribal as copyist; but it is hardly more valid for the Africa than for the European artist. In both cases the work of art is the outcome of a dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist, and in both the relative strength of these two forces may vary almost infinitely. To assess the personal ingredient in an African carving is no easy matter, especially if one is confronted with a rare or unique piece in an unfamiliar style; but the considerations involved are much the same as those employed in European art criticism.

  The work of art is the outcome of a dialectic between the informing tradition and the individual genius of the artist' means that Options:
  A) the artist is influenced both by the society and by own creative imagination
  B) there is an irreconcilable conflict that society makes on him
  C) the artist subordinates his individual talent to the demands of the society
  D) few works of art are entirely original
  E) the individual artist needs to be informed about the traditions of the society
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 927: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The conference Centre caters for transients only? Options:
  A) temporary guest
  B) professional
  C) permanent guests
  D) novices
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 928:

  A wolf, seeing a lamb drinking from a river, wanted to find a pretext for devouring him, He stood higher up the stream and accused the lamb of muddying the water so that he could not drink. The lamb said that he drank only the tip of his tongue and that in any case he was standing lower down the river, and could not possible disturb the water higher When this excuse failed him, the wolf said: 'Well, last year you insulted my father.' "I wasn't even born then replied the lamb. 'You are good at finding answer' said the wolf, 'but what do you mean by taking up so much of the path where I am walking?' The lamb, frightened at the wolf's angry tone and terrible aspect, told him, with all due submission, that he could not conceive how his walking on such a wide path could occasion him any inconvenience. 'What!' exclaimed the wolf, seemingly in great anger and indignation. 'You are as impudent as your father who seized me by the throat last year and caused me to be kept in a cage for three months'. 'If you will believe me,' said the lamb, 'my parents are poor simple creatures who live entirely by green stuff, we are none of us hunters of your species.' Ah! I see it's no use talking to you,' said the wolf, drawing up close to him. 'it runs in the blood of your family to hate us wolves, and therefore,as we have come so conveniently together, I'll just pay off a few of your forefathers scores before we part.' So saying, he leapt at the lamb from behind and garotted him. Adapted from Bennet. C.H(1978)

  From the way the story ended, it can be concluded that the

  Options:
  A) lamb did not survive the encounter
  B) wolf and the lamb parted amicably
  C) wolf had encountered the lamb's parents
  D) lamb offended the wolf quite seriously
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 929:

  LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL FORMS

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

  'I can't wait to becoming a mother', the new bride declared.

  Options:
  A) she is excited about motherhood
  B) She is not keen on becoming a mother
  C) She will be patient as a mother
  D) She sees motherhood as a burden.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 930:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :

  His summary of the meeting was brief and to the point

  Options:
  A) careful
  B) precise
  C) accurate
  D) exact
  E) crucial
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  The correct answer is B .