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Question 681
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The clock _____ 12 o'clock two hours ago.

AStriking.
BStrikes.
CStrike.
DStruck.
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Question 682
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The chairman is too much _____ an idealist for coming late.

AWith.
BFrom.
CAbout.`
DOf.
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Question 683
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

My mother was _____ annoyed with me for coming late.

AJust.
BVery.
CNeither.
DHotly.
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Question 684
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

when the strike is over, there will probably be an increase in wages and a _____ increase in prices.

AChronic.
BSporadic.
CConcordant.
DConcurrent.
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Question 685
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

Cooking has never been Jumoke's _____.

AForte.
BRecital.
CConduct
DStyle.
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Question 686
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

Those _____ are very beautiful.

AFlowers of ours.
BFlowers of her.
CFlowers of her's.
DOur flowers.
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Question 687
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The words _____ divided between the end of one line.

AHas being.
BHave been.
CHave being.
DHas been.
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Question 688
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

A bike must have found the very interesting movies quite _____.

APerverting.
BAbsolving.
CAbsorbing.
DNauseating.
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Question 689
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The woman refused to testify ______ her husband.

AFrom.
BIn.
CAt.
DAgainst.
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Question 690
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap. The guard spent all the night pacing _____.

ATo and fro.
BFrom and to.
CFro and to.
DTo and from.
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Question 691
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The invigilator _____ to know how long the examination _____ going on.

AWanted/ had been.
BWanted/ has been.
CWant/had been.
DWanted/have been.
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Question 692
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

He went to the restaurant to enjoy the special _____.

AChef.
BSuite.
CCuisine.
DA la carte.
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Question 693
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

The president said that the country was not out of the _____ yet.

AWood.
BForest.
CFog.
DWater.
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Question 694
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

You may have the pencil, but you can't have the ballpoint ________.

AAs well.
BEither.
CFuthermore.
DAlso.
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Question 695
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best complete the gap.

At the _________ of the century, many ways of doing things were introduced.

ASight.
BTurn.
CEvent.
DBirth.
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Question 696
jamb 2014

Choose the option that best completes the gap.

The house and the senate will, at noon next Wednesday, _________ to hear a special address by the president.

Acollude
Bconvene
Cadjourn
Drise
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Question 697
jamb 2014

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

The dispute between the two countries has resulted in the severing of diplomatic relations.

AStrenghtening.
BBreaking.
CSecuring.
DSwapping.
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Question 698
jamb 2014

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

All the researchers were asked to gather information on the new viral infection.

AGive.
BCollect.
CDisseminate.
DDistort.
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Question 699
jamb 2014

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.

ADiscover.
BInvent.
CAccumulate.
DAllow.
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Question 700
jamb 2014

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.

They accused him of fomenting political unrest.

AGuiding.
BInciting.
CDiscouraging.
DPreventing.
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