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In each of the following sentence, there is one underlined word and one gap. from the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning in the underlined word and that will at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.
In the past, anybody who angered the gods was made to.....them.
AAppease
BReward
CSettle
DBeg
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Question 662
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In each of the following sentence, there is one underlined word and one gap. from the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning in the underlined word and that will at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.
The road which used to be wide now appears.......because of the new drainage.
AWiding
BLimited
CNarrow
DReduced
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Question 663
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In the passage above the number 76 indicates a missing word. Four options are given in a column lettered A to D, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the gap
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The life of a professional sportsman is hectic. Consider his typical day. As soon as he wakes up in the money, he jumps out of bed hurriedly and wears his..70..promptly, he goes out to ..71..for an hour or so, covering a few miles. However, on some other days, he might choose to practice with skipping...72..at home. Having completed whichever one it is, he goes in for a shower and dresses for the day's training..73..this phase varies according to his specialty. If he is a boxer, he goes into the...74..to deal with the punching bag and later with a sparring partner, usually under the watchful...75..of his coach. If he is a sprinter, he engages in continuous practice..76.. his performance with a stopwatch. If he is in football, netball, volley ball, or lawn tennies, he can best practice with others while the coach watches, calling attention to specific skills and...77..not mastered. In most cases, training lasts virtually the better part of a day, and often in discussion where certain technicalities are ironed out.
Now, when medals are ..78.., most people who just watch actions on television hardly realize what it takes to become a star. When all the..79..are considered and the high risk taken into account, one would realize that a star is worth the millions he earns.
Acalculating
Bguaging
Ctiming
Dassessing
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Question 664
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In the passage above the number 75 indicates a missing word. Four options are given in a column lettered A to D, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the gap
Read the passage below
The life of a professional sportsman is hectic. Consider his typical day. As soon as he wakes up in the money, he jumps out of bed hurriedly and wears his..70..promptly, he goes out to ..71..for an hour or so, covering a few miles. However, on some other days, he might choose to practice with skipping...72..at home. Having completed whichever one it is, he goes in for a shower and dresses for the day's training..73..this phase varies according to his specialty. If he is a boxer, he goes into the...74..to deal with the punching bag and later with a sparring partner, usually under the watchful...75..of his coach. If he is a sprinter, he engages in continuous practice..76.. his performance with a stopwatch. If he is in football, netball, volley ball, or lawn tennies, he can best practice with others while the coach watches, calling attention to specific skills and...77..not mastered. In most cases, training lasts virtually the better part of a day, and often in discussion where certain technicalities are ironed out.
Now, when medals are ..78.., most people who just watch actions on television hardly realize what it takes to become a star. When all the..79..are considered and the high risk taken into account, one would realize that a star is worth the millions he earns.
Asupervision
Bcustody
Ccommand
Dcharge
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Question 665
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In the passage above the number 75 indicates a missing word. Four options are given in a column lettered A to D, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the gap
Read the passage below
The life of a professional sportsman is hectic. Consider his typical day. As soon as he wakes up in the money, he jumps out of bed hurriedly and wears his..70..promptly, he goes out to ..71..for an hour or so, covering a few miles. However, on some other days, he might choose to practice with skipping...72..at home. Having completed whichever one it is, he goes in for a shower and dresses for the day's training..73..this phase varies according to his specialty. If he is a boxer, he goes into the...74..to deal with the punching bag and later with a sparring partner, usually under the watchful...75..of his coach. If he is a sprinter, he engages in continuous practice..76.. his performance with a stopwatch. If he is in football, netball, volley ball, or lawn tennies, he can best practice with others while the coach watches, calling attention to specific skills and...77..not mastered. In most cases, training lasts virtually the better part of a day, and often in discussion where certain technicalities are ironed out.
Now, when medals are ..78.., most people who just watch actions on television hardly realize what it takes to become a star. When all the..79..are considered and the high risk taken into account, one would realize that a star is worth the millions he earns.
Asupervision
Bcustody
Ccommand
Dcharge
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Question 666
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In the passage above the number 74 indicates a missing word. Four options are given in a column lettered A to D, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the gap
Read the passage below
The life of a professional sportsman is hectic. Consider his typical day. As soon as he wakes up in the money, he jumps out of bed hurriedly and wears his..70..promptly, he goes out to ..71..for an hour or so, covering a few miles. However, on some other days, he might choose to practice with skipping...72..at home. Having completed whichever one it is, he goes in for a shower and dresses for the day's training..73..this phase varies according to his specialty. If he is a boxer, he goes into the...74..to deal with the punching bag and later with a sparring partner, usually under the watchful...75..of his coach. If he is a sprinter, he engages in continuous practice..76.. his performance with a stopwatch. If he is in football, netball, volley ball, or lawn tennies, he can best practice with others while the coach watches, calling attention to specific skills and...77..not mastered. In most cases, training lasts virtually the better part of a day, and often in discussion where certain technicalities are ironed out.
Now, when medals are ..78.., most people who just watch actions on television hardly realize what it takes to become a star. When all the..79..are considered and the high risk taken into account, one would realize that a star is worth the millions he earns.
Astaduim
Bsports club
Csports centre
Dgymnasuim
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Question 667
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In the passage above the number 73 indicates a missing word. Four options are given in a column lettered A to D, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the gap
Read the passage below
The life of a professional sportsman is hectic. Consider his typical day. As soon as he wakes up in the money, he jumps out of bed hurriedly and wears his..70..promptly, he goes out to ..71..for an hour or so, covering a few miles. However, on some other days, he might choose to practice with skipping...72..at home. Having completed whichever one it is, he goes in for a shower and dresses for the day's training..73..this phase varies according to his specialty. If he is a boxer, he goes into the...74..to deal with the punching bag and later with a sparring partner, usually under the watchful...75..of his coach. If he is a sprinter, he engages in continuous practice..76.. his performance with a stopwatch. If he is in football, netball, volley ball, or lawn tennies, he can best practice with others while the coach watches, calling attention to specific skills and...77..not mastered. In most cases, training lasts virtually the better part of a day, and often in discussion where certain technicalities are ironed out.
Now, when medals are ..78.., most people who just watch actions on television hardly realize what it takes to become a star. When all the..79..are considered and the high risk taken into account, one would realize that a star is worth the millions he earns.
Apractice
Bsessions
Cregime
Dreharsals
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Question 668
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In the passage above the number 72 indicates a missing word. Four options are given in a column lettered A to D, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the gap
Read the passage below
The life of a professional sportsman is hectic. Consider his typical day. As soon as he wakes up in the money, he jumps out of bed hurriedly and wears his..70..promptly, he goes out to ..71..for an hour or so, covering a few miles. However, on some other days, he might choose to practice with skipping...72..at home. Having completed whichever one it is, he goes in for a shower and dresses for the day's training..73..this phase varies according to his specialty. If he is a boxer, he goes into the...74..to deal with the punching bag and later with a sparring partner, usually under the watchful...75..of his coach. If he is a sprinter, he engages in continuous practice..76.. his performance with a stopwatch. If he is in football, netball, volley ball, or lawn tennies, he can best practice with others while the coach watches, calling attention to specific skills and...77..not mastered. In most cases, training lasts virtually the better part of a day, and often in discussion where certain technicalities are ironed out.
Now, when medals are ..78.., most people who just watch actions on television hardly realize what it takes to become a star. When all the..79..are considered and the high risk taken into account, one would realize that a star is worth the millions he earns.
Acord
Brope
Cstrings
Dtwine
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Question 669
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In the passage above the number 71 indicates a missing word. Four options are given in a column lettered A to D, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the gap
Read the passage below
The life of a professional sportsman is hectic. Consider his typical day. As soon as he wakes up in the money, he jumps out of bed hurriedly and wears his..70..promptly, he goes out to ..71..for an hour or so, covering a few miles. However, on some other days, he might choose to practice with skipping...72..at home. Having completed whichever one it is, he goes in for a shower and dresses for the day's training..73..this phase varies according to his specialty. If he is a boxer, he goes into the...74..to deal with the punching bag and later with a sparring partner, usually under the watchful...75..of his coach. If he is a sprinter, he engages in continuous practice..76.. his performance with a stopwatch. If he is in football, netball, volley ball, or lawn tennies, he can best practice with others while the coach watches, calling attention to specific skills and...77..not mastered. In most cases, training lasts virtually the better part of a day, and often in discussion where certain technicalities are ironed out.
Now, when medals are ..78.., most people who just watch actions on television hardly realize what it takes to become a star. When all the..79..are considered and the high risk taken into account, one would realize that a star is worth the millions he earns.
Atrot
Bskip
Cjog
Djump
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Question 670
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In the passage above the number 70 indicates a missing word. Four options are given in a column lettered A to D, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the gap.
Read the passage below
The life of a professional sportsman is hectic. Consider his typical day. As soon as he wakes up in the money, he jumps out of bed hurriedly and wears his..70..promptly, he goes out to ..71..for an hour or so, covering a few miles. However, on some other days, he might choose to practice with skipping...72..at home. Having completed whichever one it is, he goes in for a shower and dresses for the day's training..73..this phase varies according to his specialty. If he is a boxer, he goes into the...74..to deal with the punching bag and later with a sparring partner, usually under the watchful...75..of his coach. If he is a sprinter, he engages in continuous practice..76.. his performance with a stopwatch. If he is in football, netball, volley ball, or lawn tennies, he can best practice with others while the coach watches, calling attention to specific skills and...77..not mastered. In most cases, training lasts virtually the better part of a day, and often in discussion where certain technicalities are ironed out.
Now, when medals are ..78.., most people who just watch actions on television hardly realize what it takes to become a star. When all the..79..are considered and the high risk taken into account, one would realize that a star is worth the millions he earns.
Ajump suit
Btracksuit
Cswimsuit
Dshell suit
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Question 671
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
We will leave... you are ready
Aas when
Bwhenever
Cas ever
Dsoon as
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Question 672
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
It is such a bad place ..... i will never dream of going there again
Athus
Btherefore
Cthat
Dthen
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Question 673
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
The president's speech......yesterday at 8.00 p.m.
Ais broadcast
Bis being broadcast
Chas been broadcast
Dhas been broadcasted
Ewas broadcast
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Question 674
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
Bakary can lift this heavy log,....?
Aisn't it
Bcan't he
Cdoes he
Ddoesn't he
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Question 675
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
We arrived just....time for the grand opening.
Aby
Babout
Cbefore
Din
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Question 676
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
I will always stand ......him
Aby
Bwith
Cto
Dfor
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Question 677
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
The task is ..... for us to undertake.
Amuch too difficult
Btoo much difficult
Cmore too difficult
Dquit to difficult
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Question 678
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
After the quarrel. he made it.....to his friend.
Ain
Bout
Con
Dup
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Question 679
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
The council appointed a.....committee to look into the matter.
Afive-men
Bfive-men's
Cfive man
Dfive-man's
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Question 680
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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
