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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
I don't know what to do with these children. They are always fighting ..
Athemselves
Bmyself
Cone another
Deach of them
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Question 3952
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Tutu liked to read detective novels to take his mind ... his worries
Aoff
Baway
Cout of
Dfrom
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Question 3953
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
The police vehicles raced .. full speed with their sirens blaring.
Aon
Bwith
Cat
Din
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Question 3954
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
There were no meat in the market .. Shade bought some fish
Aso
Bunless
Csince
Dwhereas
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Question 3955
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Ranti: This is not my key, Ayo: Then... is it?
Aof which
Bwhose
Cwho's
Dwhom
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Question 3956
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
I know of a cow ... has only three legs
Awhom
Bwhich
Cwho
Dof which
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Question 3957
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Toyin's fever was so acute that she ... an injection
Ahad to have
Bhad to had
Cmust have
Dought to have
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Question 3958
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
I ought ... the letter by now.
Ato be sent
Bto have being sent
Cto have sent
Dto have to send
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Question 3959
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Adamu is a very good friend on .... I can rely
Awho
Bwhose
Cwhich
Dwhom
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Question 3960
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From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.
What you cannot avoid you try to endure
Acast off
Bdispense with
Cpractice
Dtolerate
Eput off
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Question 3961
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From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.
In accordance with the practice of his religion, Raman's body was interred the day he died
Asanctified
Bpreserved
Ccremated
Dburied
Eentered
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Question 3962
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From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.
There are some drugs that could exacerbate a particular illness
Aheal
Bameliorate
Clengthen
Dworsen
Edetect
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Question 3963
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From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.
Ade is very winsome yet his neighbour finds it difficult to put up with him.
Alive with
Btolerate
Cdepend on
Drely on
Estay with
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Question 3964
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From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.
The girl has just come out of the fattening room and her waist is adorned with beads.
Asurrounded
Bdecorated
Cbesieged
Ddefaced
Ebedraggled
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Question 3965
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From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.
My choice of a partner would be based on character, not looks
Avisibility
Bfeasibility
Cappearance
Dstares
Eposture
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Question 3966
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After the following sentence, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider appropriate for each sentence.
Mary's classmates agreed to send her to Coventry. This means that Mary's classmates agreed to
Asend her to the penitentiary
Breport her to the Sisters at the convent
Cignore her
Dtrain her to the leader
Esend her to the Sisters at the convent
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Question 3967
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After the following sentence, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider appropriate for each sentence.
How do you hope to do it? You can't make bricks without straw
Ause a straw for making bricks
Bafford not to have all the necessary materials
Cseek a leader
Dfind bricks and straw
Eerect a brick without straws
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Question 3968
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After the following sentence, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider appropriate for each sentence. She is eating her heart out for a sailor who is away at sea
Awriting to
Blonging for
Cquarreling with
Dfuming about
Ehating
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Question 3969
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After the following sentence, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider appropriate for each sentence.
He went off the rails, as soon as he heard of his failure in the last examination.
Abecame annoyed
Bwept bitterly
Cbecame disorganized
Dbecame a man
Elost consciousness
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Question 3970
waec1988
After the following sentence, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider appropriate for each sentence.
The men eventually gained their freedom and decided later to get their own back on their oppressors.
