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• Question 11:

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

  If we go hunting this weekend we'll have to _____ with scratch meals and sleep in hut in the forest

  Options:
  A) make up
  B) make do
  C) make out
  D) make good
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 12:

  Every artist’s work, unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with no 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 igneous assumption, current in many writings on the subject, that the curve’s hand is so closely controlled by the custom of centuries that the credits 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 must in this view of the tribal artist 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 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.

  It would be useful to study the social conditioning of artist because

  Options:
  A) We know that African art is entirely influenced by tradition
  B) Traditional art arises from the custom of the people.
  C) An artist’s predecessors solely determine the nature of his work.
  D) We do not know the extent to which an artist is influenced by his society.
  E) We do not know very much about how an artist’s creative imagination works.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 13:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  We were all delighted when the beautiful lady in our house ….. a bouncing baby boy.

  Options:
  A) Delivered
  B) Born
  C) Brought forth
  D) Gave birth to
  E) Gave bath to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 14:

  Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record keeping to the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people’s minds. It depends very much on the retentive power of the human memory. This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Interminable arguments were thus order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely free from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true either willingly or inadvertently. With the advent of the electronic memory, however these dangers have been largely overcome. Recording on audio and video cassettes now show not what happened, but also who did or said what including how and when

  The author believes that electronic recording is Options:
  A) superior only to mental recording
  B) inferior to both mental recording and writing
  C) superior to both mental recording and writing
  D) inferior to only writing
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 15:

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

  One can no longer take for granted today what _____ enjoyed in the university some years ago, can _____ ?

  Options:
  A) you/you
  B) one/one
  C) he/he
  D) one/you
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 16: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Teachers of music believes in its therap.eutic effect? Options:
  A) healing
  B) sound
  C) lyrical
  D) rhythmic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 17:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  People are not interested in who rules.

  Options:
  A) People are not ruled by the leaders they want
  B) People are not concerned about who rules them
  C) The rulers are not concerned about the people
  D) People who rule are not intersested in the ruled
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 18:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  English?

  Options:
  A) single
  B) impugn
  C) ink
  D) orange
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 19:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

  tangerine

  Options:
  A) gear
  B) danger
  C) girl
  D) ignore
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 20:

  From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:

  I was still sleeping when the national news _____ this morning

  Options:
  A) were broadcast
  B) were broadcasted
  C) was broadcast
  D) was broadcasted
  E) were being broadcasted
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  The correct answer is C .