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• Question 2491:

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

  My advice to Tolu was: Look before you leap?

  Options:
  A) Tolu was advised to consider her opinons before reaching any decisions
  B) Tolu was advised to consider the possible consequences before taking action
  C) Tolu was advised to weigh her decisions by looking and leaping
  D) Tolu was advised to leap only after looking
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2492:

  Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

  Mr. Jack could be a successful businessman if he paid more attention to the more intricate aspects of his account

  Options:
  A) Mr Jack will undoubtedly succeed
  B) Mr Jack cannot succeed
  C) Jack will have a very good chance of succeeding
  D) Mr. Jack will find it difficult to succeed
  E) Mr Jack will succeed in spite of all odds
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2493:

  choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the letter(s) underlined from the options lettered A-E

  Teach

  Options:
  A) deviate
  B) through
  C) wrath
  D) both
  E) listen
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2494: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.Didn't ______ draw your attention to the entry requirements? Options:
  A) anyone
  B) someone
  C) somebody
  D) everyone
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2495:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) in underlined:

  We enjoy the story but it sounds larger than life

  Options:
  A) too long and unsubstantiated
  B) a little watery and lifeless
  C) completely untrue
  D) somewhat unusual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2496:

  You all know how friendly we are with Okperi. Do you think that any Umuaro man who goes to prison there will come back alive? But that apart, do you forget that this is the moon of planting? Do you want to grow this year’s crops in the prison house in a land where your fathers owe a cow? I speak as your elder brother. I have travelled in Olu and I have travelled in Igbo and I can tell you that there is no escape from the white man. He has come when suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat left for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. The white man is like that. Before any of you here was old enough to tie a cloth between the legs I saw with my own eyes what the white man did to Abame. Then I knew there was no escape. As day light chases away darkness so will the white man drive away all our customs. I know that as I say it now it passes by your ears, but it will happen. The white man has power which comes from the true God and it burns like fire. This is the God about whom we preach every eighth day………..

  Unachukwu’s opponents were now shouting that this was a meeting of an age group that they had not assembled to join with him in chewing the seed of foolishness which they called their new religion.

  ‘We are talking about the white man’s road’ said a voice above the others.

  ‘Yes, we are talking about the white man’s road. But when the roof and walls of a house fall in, the ceiling is not left standing. The white man, the new religion, the soldiers, the new road-they are all part of the same thing. The white man has a gun, a machete, a bow and carries fire in his mouth. He does not fight with one weapon alone’.

  Unachukwu's speech in this passage shows that he Options:
  A) is a coward
  B) wants his people to suffer
  C) loves the white man
  D) is wise with experience
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2497:

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

  The Inspector of Education who made several trips on bad road returned yesterday completely _____ by fever

  Options:
  A) brought down
  B) put down
  C) worn down
  D) worn off
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2498:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:

  Telling Ali to break his habit of coming to work late is like knocking your head against a brick wall

  Options:
  A) trying the impossible
  B) asking him to beat you
  C) making a fool of yourself
  D) asking him to be your enemy
  E) making him break ndown at work
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2499:

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

  The organization is constantly in a state of flux.

  Options:
  A) There are periodic changes in the organization
  B) The organization is facing a difficult period
  C) The organization is experiencing; good times
  D) The organization is moribund
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2500:

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

  A number of suspects were paraded _____ the victim of the robbery

  Options:
  A) in front
  B) before
  C) for
  D) to
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  The correct answer is B .