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• Question 11:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  My colleagues _____ before i arrived

  Options:
  A) started writing
  B) wrote
  C) had started writing
  D) have written
  E) have been wrting
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 12: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. They accused him of fomenting political unrest. Options:
  A) Guiding.
  B) Inciting.
  C) Discouraging.
  D) Preventing.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 13:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...20...] above. Options:
  A) career
  B) calling
  C) vacation
  D) routine
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 14:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  Life has become a misery for many owing to the harsh economic condition in the country.

  Options:
  A) drudgery
  B) ridicule
  C) ritual
  D) comfort
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 15:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  The journalist's unpopular views made him the subject of much _____

  Options:
  A) admiration
  B) derision
  C) admonition
  D) suspicion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 16:

  In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:

  At the end of the month we _____ each other for five years

  Options:
  A) would know
  B) should have known
  C) should be knowing
  D) would have been
  E) used to know
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 17:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  She has a set of gold _____

  Options:
  A) earing
  B) earings
  C) earring
  D) ear-ring
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. If I went to the village I would visit the King. Options:
  A) If i go to the village, i will visit the king
  B) I did not go to the village and I did not visit the king
  C) All the times I went to the village I also visited the king
  D) I will visit the king when I go to the village
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 19: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) cigarette
  B) European
  C) evacuee
  D) expedite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 20:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  Barely six months after his father's demise, he has nothing left again of his patrimony

  Options:
  A) inheritance
  B) property
  C) reputation
  D) valuables
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  The correct answer is A .