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Bevery dead Nigerian must have lived a sanity life
Conly very few Nigerians die natural deaths
DNigerians value dead greatly
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Question 22
jamb1987
One suspects that the reason why some of our newspaper still manage to break even.......suggests that some Nigerian newspapers
Awould be runnung at a loss but for obituaries
Bare patronized only because they specialize in obituaries
Cderive all their revenue from obituaries
Dinvest huge revenue in obituaries
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Question 23
jamb1987
'Mortuary stylistics' as used in the passage refers to the
Aart of writing obtuaries
Btext of obtuaries
Cstudy of obtuaries
Dart of eulogizing the dead
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Question 24
jamb1987
The tone of this passage is
AAngry
BSatirical
CNon-commital
DPleasant
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Question 25
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
Tonye said that he was going to bed because he was .... to do any more work.
Atired out
Bvery tired
Ctoo tired
Dextremely tired
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Question 26
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
Dapo has made good use of some useful .... on the chemical composition of chalk
Ainformation
Bpiece of information
Cinformations
Dpieces of informations
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Question 27
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
The train was to slow so i decided to .... at the next stop
Aget by
Bget bye
Cget off
Dget of
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Question 28
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
Chinedu took his umbrella with him in case it ....
Arain
Brained
Cwould rain
Dis raining
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Question 29
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
We discovered at the end of last term that we had to read .... books before we could confidently go for our final examination
Amore of many
Bvery many more
Cvery much more
Dmore very many
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Question 30
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
Culture patterns are modified as they are .... from one generation to the next
Atransported
Btransposed
Ctranslated
Dtransmitted
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Question 31
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
The man insisted on giving unsolicited ....
Aadvice
Badvices
Cadvise
Dadvises
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Question 32
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
Do not take my books out of this office unless you .... my permission to do so
Aget
Bhave
Chad got
Dare having
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Question 33
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
The hunter brought home ..... antelope.
Aalive
Ba life
Ca live
Da living
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Question 34
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
The villages looked ..... their leader for good examples.
Aup to
Bon to
Cup at
Dforward to
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Question 35
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
The quarrel has got to a stage where someone has to ....
Ainterrupt
Binterfere
Cintrude
Dintervene
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Question 36
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
He did not stop to ask himself why .... such thing.
Ashould he do
Bhe should do
Ccould he have done
Ddid he do
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Question 37
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
The poor little kid has been down .... fever these few days
Awith
Bfrom
Cin
Dfor
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Question 38
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
My brother does not have a flair .... mathematics.
Afor
Bin
Cat
Dof
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Question 39
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
Roli failed because the examination was .... difficult for her
Aso
Bvery
Chighy
Dtoo
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Question 40
jamb1987
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s):
During demonstration, the mobile police were instructed to break .... the students defence line
